1) I am entirely convinced that sometime in the last week there was a meeting in which it was determined that Edwards gets dibs on the thumbs-up sign, because he looks marginally less like a tool doing it. Kerry did this little aborted thumbs-up right as he came on, but remembered himself and switched to the new pumping fist gesture he's been assigned. It is...somewhat less painful to watch, I guess.
2) I understand the utility of the raising and lowering podiums, of course. But they still freak me out every single time.
3) I think they should have let down all the balloons at once, instead of that time-release thing (or was that a balloon malfunction?) Sure it doesn't last as long, but the sudden balloon influx is far more exciting.
4) Is it, like, remotely fun to get nominated for President? I bet it's not the least bit fun. I bet the Johns are both standing there all, "How soon can I get out of here and get some sleep?"
5) Damn. That's a lot of balloons.
Posted by hilatron at July 29, 2004 10:14 PM | TrackBack