so it looks like the media is playing the balloon

[theoceansnerves]

story as the headline from the convention. just flipping around channels as the morning shows begin and it's been the starting talking point on all of them. some guy forgot to push a button, cursed and gasp, profanity made it out over the air!

[Robbien]

1. Media is so sad.

baloons, flipper porpoises and NASA jumpsuits, all the GOP memes. Such a sorry state to which the media have fallen.

[xchrom]

2. they are good corporate peons

and that's the very best thing you can say about them.

[mopaul]

3. if the man can't get his balloons to drop on time, why elect him?

yeah, that botched balloon drop definitely is a bad omen. if he can't even pull that off, how can he govern?

[slor]

4. The late balloons actually...

created a sense of anticipation for my wife and I, I even missed The Daily Show waiting, and I ended up being happy to watch all those real patriots on stage and the chidren playing with balloons. So if this is how they want to "knock" the convention, it is clear that the media knows that the idiot is going back to crawford in November.

[jpgray]

5. They should have had a giant titty balloon flop out

That would have stirred the ol' controversy pot.

:D

Seriously though, our media are so disconnected--who would give a damn about this except our pundit corps?