Tim Blair disputes Charles Johnson's estimate of the size of the September 12 rally. Johnson wrote:
Here's the Washington DC Metrorail service information for Saturday, September 12, 2009:
September 12, 2009: Metrorail: 437,624
Comparable Metrorail Ridership 1 Year Ago: 362,773
The difference between these two figures is -- 74,851.
Oddly enough, this almost exactly matches the unofficial estimate given by a Washington DC Fire Department spokesman, who estimated the crowd at 60,000 to 70,000 people.
Blair writes
comparing September 12, 2008, to September 12, 2009, won't yield reliable…
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