Anti-Palin protest bigger than Welcome Home rally

By Libby Spencer

Proving once again that you can't trust the elite media, Mudflats reports from on the ground in Anchorage.

I attended the Welcome Home rally for Sarah Palin this morning. Hooo. It was an experience. About a thousand (maybe) hard-core Palin supporters showed up to hear her speak at the new Dena’ina Convention Center in downtown Anchorage.

Then he went to the anti-Palin rally.

Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage. The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the state. I was absolutely stunned. The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn’t honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn’t happen here.

Local newspaper ADN confirms the numbers and has more. Meanwhile, here's Mudflats' report from the welcome rally. As he says, the capacity of the room is 5000. MSM is reporting the crowd at 2000+. You tell me.


Many more pictures at both posts. One suspects if they conducted a popularity survey today, Palin would no longer be polling in the 80th percentile. And I wonder if Bruce Springstein knows Palin is using his songs? I doubt he would be pleased.

(Cross-posted at The Impolitic.)