***Official Ron Paul video thread***

[Borodog]

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Ya'll hear that 5,000 people showed up at the Philly rally?

I don't buy it. I was there, and I was doubtful if it was even 1,000. I remember hearing that once they claimed they had 4,000 people, and then CNN or something reported it was more like 1,000. I don't know.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7jrRIlh88w

Looks like a lot more than 1,000 to me.

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Yeah, that is easily a few thousand. 1,000 would be a block 30 people on a side. 4000 seems entirely reasonable given that crowd.

[Taso]

I don't know, it definitly looks more than what I could see, but not that many. Whatevvv, I hope there were 5,000 there.

[phiphika1453]

This has the potential to be awesome. A Ron Paul video contest that lets the winning video be shown during the Rep. CNN/You Tube debates on November 28th.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF8hewUaK6A

[Borodog]

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I don't know, it definitly looks more than what I could see, but not that many. Whatevvv, I hope there were 5,000 there.

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Crowds can be pretty deceptive. A crowd of 1000 is fairly small as tightly packed as that one is. It would only be a block 32 people on a side. That crowd is significantly larger than that.

A crowd of 4000 is only a block 63 people on a side. If you watch the video, the crowd looks over 30 people deep in every direction as the guy pans. That's about 3000 right there. Assuming people fill in the corners of a rectangular area, and you've got your ~4000.

Not that the exact numbers matter. I just think that 1000 is definitely a significant underestimate, by a factor of a few.

[ALawPoker]

You and your science.

[Borodog]

It's more like OCD. I've been estimating crowd sizes and counting floor tiles for years. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Bump_Bailey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNKvMFwgQC0

Be a delegate, do it for America.

[ALawPoker]

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It's more like OCD. I've been estimating crowd sizes and counting floor tiles for years. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Hahaha. Your brain is like a border collie who doesn't get enough exercise and does laps around the coffee table. You were bred to think!