Colbert Estimates Rally Attendance At 6 Billion People (VIDEO)

Last night on "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert took a fond look back at this weekend's Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear, saluting the heroes of the rally by leading the audience in a patriotic ballad, and providing some interesting statistics about the rally's attendance.

"According to official sources in my gut, there was a crowd of over six billion people on the Mall," Colbert said, adding that The New York Times had printed his tweeted estimate.

"That is two historic events in one weekend," he continued, "My rally, and The New York Times printing the truth."

Colbert then took a minute to remember the historic day with footage of attendees in their "fearful finest" while leading the audience in a sing-along.

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Comments

[sewe]

11:42 AM on 11/04/2010

One of the rally signs I saw said the following:

"According to Glenn Beck Math, there are at least 17 million people here."

[YouDontWantMeHere]

10:30 AM on 11/04/2010

Oklahomo the state that pointed the way ta Western Expansion

[demsrsilly]

10:27 AM on 11/04/2010

I am sure some libs will think this is an accurate estimate.

[ta2t2o]

05:27 PM on 11/04/2010

I'm sure some a@@hat rethugs will nominate a witch to run for senate.

[rini]

07:03 AM on 11/05/2010

Not as many as Fox viewers who thought that Glenn Beck's rally had one million people (actual number 87,000 by impartial estimates.)

[demsrsilly]

10:27 AM on 11/04/2010

Was very effective in helping the dems which was the intent of the rally.

[ta2t2o]

05:31 PM on 11/04/2010

Did you attened the rally? Those of us there got a lot more out of it. If the libs and dems are as simple as you give them credit for - then they didn't need the rally to provide them with motivations. I like to think we're a little more educated and analytical than that though. Afterall, we're not the ones who get messages from the distorted image of Jesus on a piece of toast.

[bernard0]

12:12 AM on 11/04/2010

Margin of error: ±5.99 billion

[LMPE]

08:42 PM on 11/03/2010

I'll see it soon.

[gpymd]

10:10 AM on 11/03/2010

This was such an amazing event. I hope they do another one. Here was my view of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29bz3n8mnBU

[PC Contrarian]

09:22 AM on 11/03/2010

Here's another look back at the Rally, from a black person's perspective:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evwKfxNG1pY&feature=player_embedded

[o4tuna]

02:57 PM on 11/03/2010

Your propaganda isn't any better than anyone else's propaganda.

[PC Contrarian]

03:09 PM on 11/04/2010

It's not my propaganda, I'm just presenting an alternative view.
But tell me, what about the video was propaganda to you?
Some quotes please.

[EpiDoc]

08:09 AM on 11/03/2010

I wish those 6 Billion had voted yesterday.

[zootalors]

03:03 PM on 11/03/2010

sigh, agreed and fanned!

[Leslib]

07:11 AM on 11/03/2010

I was in the middle of that crowd and it sure felt like 6 billion! I think Stephen is right.

[DoctorGreeves]

06:21 AM on 11/03/2010

Six Billion sounds right to me. Thanks for a smile on this dark morning.

[valeskas]

07:36 AM on 11/03/2010

I feel the same as you do, it gave me a smile on a very sad morning.

[Americulchie]

03:59 AM on 11/03/2010

As I wait for Alaskas results all I can say are Colbert and Stewart are too groovy for words.

[yoyodyne666]

03:56 AM on 11/03/2010

I'm not going to the artic circle .....

[jeanrenoir]

03:42 AM on 11/03/2010

"Progressives" apparently prefer laughing among themselves to actually winning power in America, which can only be accomplished by winning over a chunk of centrist independents who aren't Colbert fans.

[ancientmarinader]

03:46 AM on 11/03/2010

So you have one half of Congress and are lecturing us on power? lol.

Funny.

[SolarPowerGuy]

04:05 AM on 11/03/2010

Yes, it's true, progressives would rather laugh than pursue political power. I think that's one of our virtues.

I think that every politician who has started a war, or consciously enacted a policy against poor people, or lied about an opponent in a political race, has something dark in their soul. And they really, really need to laugh.

[Rubyredman]

08:52 AM on 11/03/2010

Fanned.

[OnAndOnSOH]

03:38 AM on 11/03/2010

I think he's being conservative.

[Americulchie]

04:03 AM on 11/03/2010

You prove brevity is the soul of all wit.Faved and fanned for your most excellent irony.

[tanya1111]

07:57 AM on 11/03/2010

ALWAYS! duh...