Posted on 09/05/2012 8:34:10 AM PDT by KansasGirl
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The chief meteorologist at a Charlotte television station is questioning the decision by Democrats to move President Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention to a smaller venue because of the weather.
“Thursday night will likely be the best weather of the entire week,” Brad Panovich of WCNC-NBC TV wrote on Twitter in reference to when Obama’s speech was planned to take place at the outside Bank of America stadium, which can accommodate 70,000 people.
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday announced that the weather is forcing them to relocate Obama’s speech to the Time Warner Cable Arena, which is inside and holds a far fewer 22,000 people.
In a series of tweets on Wednesday morning after the news broke, Panovich said there’s only a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain or storms and argued that “if you are going to move inside for this small risk you could have done that days ago.”
Said Panovich: “My main point is if you were going to move inside for the small [weather] threat Thursday [,you] could have made that decision a week ago.”
Republicans reacted to the news asking whether the change is really because the Democrats are worried about filling enough seats in the outdoor venue for the video cameras.
“Problems filling the seats?” Republican National Committee spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski told reporters in a Wednesday email.
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Actually the CMS was to be a Labor Day welome event which they cancelled due to lack of funds.
Brad’s a terrific goalkeeper (soccer) — not much gets passed him. I think he can hold his own on this one.
It's an established fact that Dunkin' Donuts has better coffee and pie. Ask the 50 Chicago cops you'll find there who were sent for God knows what reason by the Emperor Rahm.
[But, but, but.....ABC Radio Newwsssss just told me that the weather was predicted to be SEVERE in Charlotte!
LOL!]
I heard that too! They just repeat whatever Obama tells them to say. That’s their job.
LMAO!!
I made myself watch a little of the b*tch from NARAL last night to see the crowd or lack thereof. The camera focused on all these old overweight women wearing too much make up who were swooning over the speech. Sad.
LOL
At weather.com thurs will be party cloudy with 0 percent chance of rain. Winds will be be SSW at 4 mph.
WCNC is an NBC affiliate, but it’s owned by Belo Corporation, which has a long-standing reputation for solid news operations at its local stations, including WFAA in Dallas and WWL in New Orleans.
In fact, The Zero became angry last year during an interview with Brad Watson of WFAA. Apparently, Mr. Watson wasn’t buying Obama’s usual B.S. and kept “interrupting” him, in an effort to get some real answers. See video at link below; Barry was quite upset by the end of the interview.
http://angrywhitedude.com/2011/04/dude-of-the-week-wfaa-dallas-reporter-brad-watson/
Event Moved to More Intimate Venue:
Puppet Show w/ Special Guests
Spinal Tap
Obama Speech
Weathermen have always played a role in the Obama theme.
Never in my lifetime have I seen such raw, inept liars as the current DNC makeup. They’re all hat, no cattle.
we know it ain’t about the weather
Youtube removed the video and the account of whoever posted it.
15,000 seat arena. 15,000 press credentials. No problem.
No, seriously! It’s all about the weather - whether or not they can find enough bodies to fill up the venue.
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