no balloons? what the f*ck are you guys doing up there?

[LastKnight]

does this guy know hes on tv?

-LK

[JJinSF]

1. I don't think so

I just heard that myself.

[NMDemDist2]

2. here they are, they waited for the wives to join n/t

[Kanary]

3. um, ya got an open mike, balloon guy.......

:)

[LastKnight]

4. he should be vice prez. lol

[Darth_Kitten]

8. The balloons weren't coming...........

I'd be PO'ed too!!! :evilgrin:

[Sugarbleus]

5. Someone swore? I missed that. Looks like a bit of a glitch

They interviewed the lady in charge of balloons the other day. She said that there is a thingy rigged back stage so that the balloons will blow out over the stage because there is a "roof/ledge/shelf that gets in the way........ They said there was about 1,000 lbs of confetti up there. Yikes.

here it comes................. :toast:

[Renew Deal]

6. lol

Where did you hear this?

[LastKnight]

9. CNN, the balloon guy had an open mic. nt

[brook]

11. CNN...

is where I heard it. Gotta admit I was laughing ...having spent much of my previous life in TV...it was a tech director's worst nightmare.

[NMDemDist2]

7. Major mess up, C-Span showing 80% of balloons still up

somebody hosed the balloon drop

[TryingToWarnYou]

10. I dont think he knew, but CNN KNEW.

Fuckers.

[Papa]

12. CNN did know. I had a couple of channels on and CNN just happened to have

the guys mike on. What a coincidence. Why in the world would they have the guys mike on unless they knew in advance the balloons were not going to come down? They guy was cursing for god's sake and they continued to air it.

[TryingToWarnYou]

13. I dont think they knew the balloons were messed up, BUT

I do think they had his mic on by accident until they realized that he was probably going to cuss a blue streak then they left it on on purpose. Of course, theres always the possibility that his mic was being recorded on purpose from the get go if they know the guy had a knack for cussing.

I think if the balloons were messed up, we would have heard something by now re sabotage.

[Papa]

14. No frigging way it was an accident

If it was an accident, they would not let it go on for a couple of minutes. I had 3 different channels on, cnn was the only one that had the guys mike on. and they let it go on for a long time. They thought it was funny otherwise they would not let it go on forever.

[G_j]

19. I switched from C-Span

to see how soon it would be before they started their neg. spin. The open mic was on for a while and I remember thinking that CNN could have found the glitch by now but I bet they are waiting for this guy to swear. He was so frustrated you could feel it coming. Sure enough he did. Then suddenly they shut off the feed.

It was left on too long to be an accident.

[Killarney]

15. I hope the FCC fines their ass. Hahahaha.

They had plenty of time to turn the mic off and they didn't because they wanted that on.

[Gin]

16. one glitch out of a perfect 4 days....the convention was a great success..

g

[chelsea0011]

17. FUCK is a serious word.....gotta cost $400,000 at least

[southernleftylady]

18. lol i was listening to that and for a moment i thought he knew he was on

tv because he was restraining himself AT FIRST lol then he lost it lol i thought it was funny myself lol

[gasperc]

20. the media must have caught your post

they are making alot of hay out of this balloon thing, I didn't even catch it

[Robbien]

21. The White House talking point memo told them to hype it

Freeperland is all over this giggling and snickering.