Balloon drop dribbles instead [Swearing, cursing heard on CNN]

The Boston Globe ^ | July 30, 2004 | BRYAN BENDERAND & ROBERT GAVIN

[johnny7]

The 100,000 balloons released from the rafters at the FleetCenter at the end of Senator John F. Kerry's acceptance speech last night apparently did not fall fast enough, prompting the convention producer to profanely complain in remarks that were inadvertently picked up by CNN and heard by millions of viewers.The balloon drop was orchestrated by Maureen Curreri, owner of Boston Balloon Events of South Boston.

[johnny7]

HA! Shades of 'Jimmuh' Carter!

[chainsaw]

A Kerry harbinger of Nov. 3, 2004

[Robert Taylor]

Sheesh, I saw that on Drudge a moment ago.

Dang picture of Kerry saluting with HELP IS ON THE WAY, quite laughable, had me chuckling.

Who does he help?

Voted against every major defensive program, doesn't help the soldier.

Voted to raise taxes, doesn't help the taxpayer.

Voted for massive expansion of gun control, he helps criminals.

Voted against Lacy Peterson law he helps butchering criminals.

What a gas.

[traumer]

What the F%$#@ ....!

[anotherdubya]

Or a rightwing conspiracy...heeheehee

[sgtbono2002]

Maybe instead of Ballons they should have dropped the Democrats speeches, they went over like lead Baloons

[traumer]

/from the drudgereport.com/ DNC CONVENTION DIRECTOR DON MISCHER AIRED ON CNN AS KERRY ENDS SPEECH, HEARD WORLDWIDE: 'Go balloons, go balloons! Go balloons! I don't see anything happening. Go balloons! Go balloons! Go balloons! Standby confetti. Keep coming, balloons. More balloons. Bring it- balloons, balloons, balloons! We want balloons, tons of them. Bring them down. Let them all come. No confetti. No confetti yet. 'No confetti. All right, go balloons, go balloons. We need more balloons. All balloons! All balloons! Keep going! Come on, guys, lets move it. Jesus! We need more balloons. I want all balloons to go, goddammit. Go confetti. Go confetti. More confetti. I want more balloons. What's happening to the balloons? We need more balloons. 'We need all of them coming down. Go balloons- balloons? What's happening balloons? There's not enough coming down! All balloons, what the hell! There's nothing falling! What the fuck are you guys doing up there? We want more balloons coming down, more balloons. More balloons. More balloons'... What a finale... HA !!!!!!!

[NY.SS-Bar9]

James Carville: "Republican dirty tricks - they added helium to the fill air."

[PBRSTREETGANG]

"WHERE ARE MY F---ING BALLOONS!!"

[traumer]

'J.F.K.' ....

[AppyPappy]

Here it is

http://www.drudgereport.com/dnc.mp3

[blanknoone]

One question....were the balloon droppers unionized?

[Dahoser]

...prompting the convention producer to profanely complain in remarks that were inadvertently picked up by CNN and heard by millions of viewers.

Millions? On CNN?

[traumer]

A f*#!%@ help is ON - THE - WAY !

[AppyPappy]

It must have gone overseas.

[randita]

Reached last night, Curreri, who had worked for months to plan the elaborate drop, told the Globe: "We didn't have any problems."

Huh...

[rod1]

YOu knoew the DEMs are really quick with the foul launguage at any opportunity. This is Hillary's legacy for the party from her stunning White House performances (cursing at the SS aides). I remember the comments about Bill or Hill swearing publically when standing in the inaguaral receiving line as they demanaded directions to the nearest bathroom.

Class act all around.
The gift that keeps on giving.

[Fester Chugabrew]

EnDEMic denial of reality.

[RockinRight]

Kerry on 11/3/2004:

I thought I might lose, but I didn't think I'd f**k it up this bad...