Apparently, if you are 1) a major political party in this country and 2) you are throwing yourselves a huge party, then you are required to dump thousands of balloons down on your guests. When this fails to happen according to plan, coordinators of said conventions get really frustrated. This becomes even more of an issue, when a CNN microphone–added to the control room to add “flavor” to the event–picks up your frantic pleas and cursings and proceeds to broadcast them worldwide.
If you missed the fun at the end of the Kerry’s speech, then this MP3 clip will give you a small taste of the moment. (Keep in mind that this went on for like 2 minutes while CNN was broadcasting live.)
“Jesus! We need more balloons. I want all balloons to go, goddammit… What the f**k are you guys doing up there? We want more balloons coming down, more balloons. More balloons. More balloons!” –DNC Coordinator
Another reason why I love politics…
