Except they don't need to correct the political story because they got it right the first time. The 75000 came to see Obama- the Decemberists were just an opening act.

Dinki: the Decemberists were just an opening act.

piffle.

The Decemberists are bigger than Jesus, and that's the only reason anyone came.

Who's this Obama character?

Is this article satire or is Wonkette now employing the retards from Newsbusters?

Dinki: The 75000 came to see Obama

it's a good thing you knob-slobbers will only get to vote once for black-power-boy in november.

Wonkette? There is a responsible source.

/McCain remembers Pearl Harbor. Now ask yourself, are any of the old folks in your family who remember Pearl Harbor mentally stable enough to be President of America?

The pretzel story had more twists.

Megastars? Really?

When the Decemberists came through San Francisco last, they played the Warfield I believe. Capacity of about 2500.

If they can draw 75,000 they are sure dedicated to the 'intimate' show rather than go for the big bucks.

captain_napalm: Dinki: The 75000 came to see Obama

it's a good thing you knob-slobbers will only get to vote once for black-power-boy in november.

Man you are still around? You are the worst troll in Fark history. That thread where 8 or 9 people where constantly handing you your ass and had you painted in the corner the other day was priceless. You jib is getting tired.

GriffXX: When the Decemberists came through San Francisco last, they played the Warfield I believe. Capacity of about 2500.

If they can draw 75,000 they are sure dedicated to the 'intimate' show rather than go for the big bucks.

The show they played in Portland before this one was at a 750 capacity venue. This is there hometown. Seriously this story should have been dead days ago. Who is keeping this alive? Rush, Hannity? I don't listen to the douchebags anymore, so I would not know.

DaSwankOne: Seriously this story should have been dead days ago. Who is keeping this alive?

The people who think that the guy who lost to Bush would be the best choice for the next president.

DaSwankOne: GriffXX: When the Decemberists came through San Francisco last, they played the Warfield I believe. Capacity of about 2500.

If they can draw 75,000 they are sure dedicated to the 'intimate' show rather than go for the big bucks.

The show they played in Portland before this one was at a 750 capacity venue. This is there hometown. Seriously this story should have been dead days ago. Who is keeping this alive? Rush, Hannity? I don't listen to the douchebags anymore, so I would not know.

Isn't Colin from Helena, or some other Montana town? I remember partying with him in college. Or did he just go to school out here?

Who cares!!

These pretzels are making me thirsty.

RandomExcess: Wonkette? There is a responsible source.


I have very little respect for journalists, and I have even less for bloggers.

If I wanted to stand in a sea of 75,000 people to watch an awesome band play some badass music, how long would it take AFTER THEY FINISH for me to:

1) leave, this is boring
2) leave, holy shiat, I need to pee
3) leave, there's a sea of people, let's go before they create 3 hour gridlock

but obviously 75,000 cheering, lazy, and water deprived people would rather just yawn and stand around for another hour or two in a place so densely packed that you couldn't sneeze without spraying atleast 10 other people.

It had nothing to do with wanting to listen to the speech, nothing. Don't you know how respectful people are?

RandomExcess: Wonkette? There is a responsible source.

/McCain remembers Pearl Harbor. Now ask yourself, are any of the old folks in your family who remember Pearl Harbor mentally stable enough to be President of America?

What is in the Wonkette article that is incredible? Its a pretty straightforward argument.

GriffXX:

When the Decemberists came through San Francisco last, they played the Warfield I believe. Capacity of about 2500.

Last summer, they played the zoo in Seattle. Literally - the zoo. Outdoor concert on a beautiful summer night, cheap tickets, The Crane Wife was a hot new release being played to death on KEXP, and they played the zoo. Didn't even sell it out either, IIRC. Wasn't a bad show, but not nearly as rockin' as an Obama rally.

I mean, really - Obama filled Key Arena to capacity and several thousand were turned away at the door. Am I supposed to think that most of the crowd was really there to see the Sonics play lose a few nights later?

Never thought I'd see left-leaning folk turn on Wonkette.

yeah, as if her article itself has no 'agenda' or POV


get a grip, toots.

I'm sorry, the correct tag is . The blatant leftwing bias at the Washington Post makes the Washington Times look like a mouthpiece for President Bush.

Paedophile_Deluxe:

The blatant leftwing bias at the Washington Post makes the Washington Times look like a mouthpiece for President Bush.

Um, the Washington Times is a mouthpiece for Bush....

Perhaps you meant the New York Times - that at least would make your post marginally less stoopid.

If you look at close up pictures of the crowd, you see plenty of older people, and families with kids. They came to see Obama, not rock out wedged under grandma's armpit in 85 degree weather.

I went to see Obama last summer in Santa Barbara with my friend and her conservative dad, and during his speech some random woman fainted. Obama did the whole "let's get her some air, get her some water" thing and waited for the paramedics to take care of her before going on with his remarks.

A few month later the conservative dad calls me all excited - CNN or Fox did a piece on people fainting at Obama rallies, showing how it has happened five or six times, and each time Obama shows the same concern. Well my friend's dad thought this was proof positive that each of these events were staged, that the people feinting were paid shills or otherwise in cahoots with the campaign.

He just couldn't understand that maybe this particular politician is able to evoke emotional responses in people, and that especially on hot days when you're stuck right up next to fifty people or in a stuffy auditorium and you've been waiting for two hours in one spot, people are going to have these kinds of reactions.

I seem to remember video of loads of young women fainting when the Beatles rolled into town.

I'll tell you what this attitude is, and its the same feeling subby has and whoever else is pushing this fable about the Portland crowd:

jealousy

They just cannot accept that Obama is popular, and that their guy (or Hillary) can't draw the same numbers of people. So they insist that Obama is paying people to pretend to faint, or that people came to see a band instead of him, or if they can acknowledge his supporters' enthusiasm, they're acting 'cultlike'. It's sad and pathetic.

"Decemberist-Inflated Crowd Numbers?!!"

BWAHAHAHAHA. Really? I nevereven heard of these guys and they're claiming that they draw 75k for a gig?!

>> Washington Post refuses to correct political story

God if your stupid enough to still be reading the corporate lapdog media there's probably no hope for you.

I love the cognitive dissonance that allows people to claim that the legions of Obama supporters are all rabid zombies caught up in a cult of personality in one breath and say "hey, he's not popular enough to get 75,000 people just to see him" in another.

He's just so damn charismatic and popular that there's no way large numbers of people would attend his rallies, they were just there for the band. Yes, that makes perfect sense.

bartink You must be trolling. No one in their right mind thinks that 75,000 people came to see some second rate opening act and then just happened to stick around to Obama.

Unless you have no idea a the difference is between an opening act and the main attraction. Since you sound like a Bushie, I guess it is possible you do not know the difference.

mediaho: "Decemberist-Inflated Crowd Numbers?!!"

BWAHAHAHAHA. Really? I nevereven heard of these guys and they're claiming that they draw 75k for a gig?!

THIS. I'm no expert on pop music, but I'd have thought I'd have heard the name somewhere before.

Anyway, I think if that many showed up for Pink Floyd, there would be a large drop-off for any following act.

>> These pretzels are making me thirsty.

You ought to thank your lucky stars.

If you were Bush you'd have to worry about waking up on the floor after pretzels kicked your ass.

Alphax: Anyway, I think if that many showed up for Pink Floyd, there would be a large drop-off for any following act.

srsly, can we list the bands that could draw 75,000 people?

1. floyd
2. zeppelin
3. U2
4. maybe radiohead?
5. the stones?
6. a reunited nirvana fronted by the ghost of kurt cobain

considering that an amphitheater holds in the neighborhood of 40,000-50,000, we're looking for bands that could sell out your local mega-venue for a couple nights in a row.

meddlin' kid: srsly, can we list the bands that could draw 75,000 people?

1. floyd
2. zeppelin
3. U2
4. maybe radiohead?
5. the stones?
6. a reunited nirvana fronted by the ghost of kurt cobain
7. The Obamas

FTFY

RandomExcess: bartink You must be trolling. No one in their right mind thinks that 75,000 people came to see some second rate opening act and then just happened to stick around to Obama.

Unless you have no idea a the difference is between an opening act and the main attraction. Since you sound like a Bushie, I guess it is possible you do not know the difference.

Bushie? Wow. Bush is the worst president of my lifetime, perhaps the history of this country. I am one of those Obama supporters that people accuse of thinking he's Jesus, just because I see him as the best candidate in my lifetime. Now that you know who you're talking to...

I was just saying that Wonkette is making an argument on agreed upon data, not presenting much other than an argument, which can simply be analyzed, kinda like O'Reilly when he isn't using data that his expert staff has come up with.

I think that clearly they were there to see Obama. Just a point about spin/argument/whatever.

I wish I was drunk...

The WaPo SHOULD post a correction.

"The story about the Obama rally that drew 75,000 people failed to mention that a band, The Decemberists, performed for the crowd prior to Obama's speech. It is estimated that as many as 1,500 of the events attendees were there primarily to see the band, and not for Obama. We apologize for giving mouth-breeders any alleged 'evidence' of a pro-Obama agenda on our part."

poot_rootbeer: The WaPo SHOULD post a correction.

"The story about the alleged Obama rally that allegedly drew 75,000 alleged people failed to mention that an alleged band, The Decemberists, performed for the crowd prior to Obama's alleged speech. It is estimated that as many as 1,500 of the alleged events attendees were there primarily to see the alleged band, and allegedly not for Obama. We apologize for giving alleged mouth-breeders any alleged 'evidence' of an alleged pro-Obama agenda on our alleged part."

Total win.... but you needed a few more. Ya know. Just to protect yourself from future litigation.

GriffXX: When the Decemberists came through San Francisco last, they played the Warfield I believe. Capacity of about 2500.

If they can draw 75,000 they are sure dedicated to the 'intimate' show rather than go for the big bucks.

THIS. The fact that most articles said "rock band" in the headline (instead of "the Decemberists") shows that they had little influence over the size of the crowd. If it was Springsteen, U2, Paul McCartney or the Rolling Stones I would understand, but the Decemberists still play club shows. This likely one of their largest crowds.

This was likely one of their largest crowds, I meant.

Its sad that I am from Portland and I didn't even know the Decemberists were from there.

Actually, I didn't even remember who the Decemberists were until someone mentioned the Colbert appearance.

Don't they normally play at the Crystal Ballroom (Capacity of 1000)?

for the curious, here's a good decemberists song. (pops)

"the crane wife" is more typical fare, but i couldn't find a decent vid of that...

If you changed the venue to a stadium and not an outside venue by the water on a weekend with other festivities going on it would have been 75 hundred and not thousand.

I'm sure people came out to see him just like people go to the zoo to see the pandas. To see what the media is creaming their panties over.

zefal: If you changed the venue to a stadium and not an outside venue by the water on a weekend with other festivities going on it would have been 75 hundred and not thousand.

I'm sure people came out to see him just like people go to the zoo to see the pandas. To see what the media is creaming their panties over.

Hell even 7500 is a great crowd for a political rally, more than Mcain or Clinton could muster.

I would almopst agree with you on your half brained assertions but unfortunately Obama already has a track record of attracting 10s of thousands to his rallies.