AP is reporting Baloongate

[Renew Deal]

BOSTON - The Democrats have a balloon problem.

John Kerry (news - web sites) concluded his acceptance speech Friday night, the jubilant convention crowd cheered and the balloons dropped. A few of them. Too few.


"Go balloons," said convention producer Don Mischer, instructing the balloon droppers. "Go balloons. Go balloons!" His voice was becoming increasingly frantic — and it was going out over CNN.


"I don't see anything happening," he said angrily. Unknown to him, CNN was running his name and title across the bottom of the screen.


Long minutes after the place was supposed to be a blizzard of balloons and confetti, Mischer was still shouting that it wasn't happening, at least it wasn't right. Viewers saw a lot of balloons, in fact, and Kerry, family members and delegates happily batted them around. But nothing like the 100,000 that had been supposed to cascade down.


At one point Mischer used a profanity to rebuke his balloon-dropping crew. CNN was still broadcasting his voice.
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&u=/ap/20040730/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_balloons&printer=1

[bpilgrim]

1. dirty trick?

sounds just like something ROVE would do :shrug:

peace

[kwolf68]

2. Baloons

Proabably be the top story on CNN tomorrow. If thats really the Clinton News Network I wish he'd get his ass over there and make some decisions. LOL

[Deb]

3. " Balloon Man Gets Time Out, Bush Remains Cheneyed."

News at 10

[demgrrrll]

4. Ok, the balloon guy cursed. Big Deal. Let's move on. n/t.

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[AlCzervik]

5. amen to that

[NightOwwl]

6. CNN was running

his name and title across the bottom of the screen.

No question now. CNN did this on purpose.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

7. I have a mental picture of Don Knotts as Barney Fife...LOL!!!!....

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[LittleApple81]

8. SO WHO THE CHENEY CARES???????????

[belle]

9. Wow, techie people cursing when there's a glitch. I'm shocked, shocked.

And I bet someone on the catering staff at one of the after-parties got chewed out for dropping the canapes, too. With foul language and everything.

[West Coast Democrat]

10. There's a link on Yahoo. Why are you posting a Freeper Link?

[Renew Deal]

11. I found it there

I meant to post the yahoo link. oops

[West Coast Democrat]

12. Why?

[Renew Deal]

13. Because

I wanted to see what they were saying. I spared you the newsmax link.