Yes, the picture is real, nutroots

By Michelle Malkin  •  September 12, 2009 10:51 PM

I was offline for most of the afternoon and early evening — and just learned that the nutroots are claiming that the screenshot of the 9/12 march in D.C. that I posted — taken from a livecam of the event that I linked to here— is somehow “fake.”

The claim is that the shot came from the Kennedy procession or a previous left-wing protest and that the flag at half-mast proves that it was “fake.”

Newsflash for the clueless: Flags were still at half-mast earlier today in honor of the murder victims of the 9/11 jihadi attacks.

Guess the 9/11-was-an-inside jobbers are still that much in denial.

Unbelievable.

Yes, this is real:

And so is this:

(hat tip: Allahpundit)

Shut your eyes at your own peril.

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More “fake” photos via El Marco:

And from reader Hardtorn:

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Let’s go back to the screenshot:

Reader Rosemary e-mailed a link to USAToday’s National Mall/crowd estimate schematic, which it published in January to show how the Park Service estimated inaugural crowd attendance. It’s a helpful guide:

• Celebrating the 9/12 rallies; Turnout estimated at 2 million; Update: How many?; FreedomWorks in error

• Tea Party Express – 9/12 March On Washington Update… Updated

• Tea Party Express Hits Washington for the 9/12 March on D.C. – Obama Skips Town As Dems Plan to Claim Event is a Failure~