kerry's big moment

[self_non_self]

"Go balloons," said convention producer Don Mischer, instructing the balloon droppers. "Go balloons. Go balloons!" His voice was becoming increasingly frantic -- and it was going out over CNN.

At one point Mischer used a profanity to rebuke his balloon-dropping crew. CNN was still broadcasting his voice.

Go balloons! BALLOONS! What's happening

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[gloompixie]

:D Hahah

[self_non_self]

It was maybe the greatest thing I've ever seen on television - I'm still in tears :)

BALL00NS WTF

[cervicide]

Oh god, that was hilarious.

GO BALLOONS

[self_non_self]

I really think that GO BALLOONS ought to become the new Kerry/Edwards campaign slogan. Well, either that or "Squeeeee..."

The best part of it all is reading about the months of careful preparation and differential calculus that went into the Great Balloon Drop:

Tonight culminates a marathon of planning and preparing that began in March, and continued through last week’s sprint to inflate 100,000 balloons, stick them in 100-foot-long nets, and position them in the upper reaches of the FleetCenter.

Now Maureen Curreri prays that her calculations of everything from balloon size to wind speed are on the money.

“You dot your i’s and cross your t’s,” said Curreri, owner of Boston Balloon Events of South Boston. “Then it’s in God’s hands.”

Bwahahaha - GOD HATES YOU.