Video: Andrea Mitchell, reporting live from the balloon drop
posted at 11:41 am on September 5, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Credit where it’s due. After enduring the trauma of watching 9/11 footage that cable nets routinely run on the anniversary of the attacks, our modern-day Murrow actually gets off a decent line at the end here.
These weren’t the only balloons being popped last night, incidentally. Exit question: How long before Team Barry starts running ads accusing McCain of being the biggest celebrity in the world?
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That’s the one I was talking about.
John on September 5, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Better than the urine-filled balloons outside.
RBMN on September 5, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Exit question: How long before Team Barry starts running ads accusing McCain of being the biggest celebrity in the world?
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Nah. They’ll just point out the cost of all the balloons, how much space they’ll take up in a landfill, question whether recycled balloons were considered, and oh yeah, Cindy McCain owns too much real estate.
Mew
acat on September 5, 2008 at 11:44 AM
KO is a total tool. Chuck E. Cheese….go eff yourself Overbite.
ihasurnominashun on September 5, 2008 at 11:44 AM
HAHAHAHAHA….so hilarious
spacekicker on September 5, 2008 at 11:45 AM
at least you weren’t ad i front of the traon marked “Maverick Express” dear….be thankful all you tasted was rubber and not steel…
GO SARAH!
sven10077 on September 5, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Too bad they weren’t anvils.
Oh, did I say that out loud? I thought it was my internal monologue.
fossten on September 5, 2008 at 11:45 AM
I thought KO’s line was funny. Mitchell looked like she was in the ball pit at Chuck E Cheese. It’s funny.
alteredbeat on September 5, 2008 at 11:45 AM
I had to close my office door I was laughing so hard at that. This is going to be remembered as the best Presidential race ever.
BadgerHawk on September 5, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Is a joke about Mitchell having a lot of balls in her face inappropriate?
lorien1973 on September 5, 2008 at 11:46 AM
She should have been dragged out with Code Pink.
Hening on September 5, 2008 at 11:47 AM
What a doofus.
TheSitRep on September 5, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Not him.
Sarah America
drjohn on September 5, 2008 at 11:48 AM
balloon….loon!
grapeknutz on September 5, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Damn I’m a proud conservative….but McCains speech ending had me in tears..even Mitchell was touched. I loved Palin but I think his call to all Americans is what I think in long run people will remember when they talk about his Presidency.
tottoritodd on September 5, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Heh.
Currently, the lag time between the ZERObama campaign responding to anyone pointing out its weaknesses with “I know you are, but what am I?” ranges from 2 weeks to 2 months. The ZERObama whining and crying over any particular weakness seems to be interspersed throughout that same period.
progressoverpeace on September 5, 2008 at 11:49 AM
I sort of wish I was there. I don’t think I could have resisted knocking her right on her a$$.
drjohn on September 5, 2008 at 11:50 AM
ATTACK of the KILLER BALLOONS !!!!
go get her boys !!@!!
Always Right on September 5, 2008 at 11:50 AM
An Obama-whore-reporter drowning in a sea of red white and blue after the conclusion of a very successful Republican convention.
…anybody else taste the sweet sweet irony here?…….
FiveWays on September 5, 2008 at 11:51 AM
That was hilarious!!
D2Boston on September 5, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Andrea Mitchell is as big a loser as Olby and Chris Matthews. A nobody’s nobody. Where do they find people this inept to represent their network….the Daily Koz?
volsense on September 5, 2008 at 11:51 AM
That was pretty dang funny. I bet her arm got tired! Olby made a dumbass statement at the end, something about being on the floor of a Chuckie Cheese. What an ass.
Torch on September 5, 2008 at 11:52 AM
When a woman is married to a man as old as Alan Greenspan, she should be familiar with the effects of gravity, and nightly ball drops.
RBMN on September 5, 2008 at 11:54 AM
The “political equivalent of a Chucky Cheese affair”… as compared to what? Perhaps a tent revival/traveling-snake-oil-salesman presentation in front of styrofoam Greek columns?
Yoop on September 5, 2008 at 11:55 AM
AP: you ALMOST got it right….
“How long before Team Barry starts running ads accusing
McCainSARAH PALIN of being the biggest celebrity in the world?Always Right on September 5, 2008 at 11:55 AM
That was actually kind of cute. She couldn’t repress her smiling! Would have been cuter if Andrea had just let the balloons fall around her and just keep talking in spite of being obscured from the camera.
And the Chuck E. Cheese comment? It’s great when the jealous ones make remarks like this, because they can get turned around on them so easily.
Amplify this snark! And file Chuck E. Cheese parents in the (R) column!
RushBaby on September 5, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Chucky ===> Chuck E.
Yoop on September 5, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Felt sorry for her. Each balloon has twice the mass of her skull. It musta been painful.
Limerick on September 5, 2008 at 11:56 AM
The Maverick strikes again.
LOL!!
jencab on September 5, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Yes, Bathtub Boy. It is like a Chuck E. Cheese. And you’re the fat kid with no friends outside on the sidewalk looking inside jealously.
Things never change.
MadisonConservative on September 5, 2008 at 11:57 AM
NO
She is a valuable asset for the McCain/Palin team….
the longer the M$M take to adjust the more they are free advertising for McCain….
GO SARAH!
sven10077 on September 5, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Andrea Mitchell is the wife of Alan Greenspan.
Alan Greenspan, one of the architects of the modern economic clusterfluffy.
Hope she loves the pre-nup.
Sakaki on September 5, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Andrea Mitchell covered in latex. Ewwwww!
rivlax on September 5, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Have pity on the poor woman, after all, she’s 62 years old.
OMG, I laughed so hard, my dogs looked concerned.
labwriter on September 5, 2008 at 11:58 AM
It would have been funnier if her husband went dancing behind her like Snoopy with a big grin on his face.
Mr_Magoo on September 5, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Senator McCain’s voice peeling like a bell, over the sustained roar of the crowd, again and again, for that last full minute:
STAND UP!
STAND UP!
FIGHT WITH ME!
FIGHT FOR AMERICA!
Yes, my mouth dropped open, I started crying, it sent shivers up my spine, and my heart was bursting with pride.
The ending of that speech was indescribably awe inspiring.
Loxodonta on September 5, 2008 at 12:00 PM
I like the cut of your jib, sir!
playblu on September 5, 2008 at 12:00 PM
I bet the libs are just sick of those colors by now. Better to have yellow and red balloons for their tastes.
Grafted on September 5, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Mr_Magoo, I am *laughing my butt off*
Sakaki on September 5, 2008 at 12:01 PM
This is hilarious. I flipped to OBNBC just in time to see this and I couldn’t stop laughing. I didn’t even hear what she was saying.
And you KNOW the Republicans near were doing it on purpose.
Enoxo on September 5, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Of which she is decidedly not a member?
nailinmyeye on September 5, 2008 at 12:02 PM
This was Andrea Mitchell’s obligatory nice comment about John McCain. She has already trashed Sarah Palin. Andrea Mitchell earned her liberal battle fatigues when she was in Philly on local television sandbagging former Mayor Frank Rizzo every chance she could. Mayor Rizzo, for those too young to remember, was a tough as nails police chief who became mayor by defeating some old line countryclub liberal. Mayor Rizzo was detested by Philly’s newspapers and by reporters like Andrea Mitchell. Mayor Rizzo represented everything that people like Andrea Mitchell detest.
Larraby on September 5, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Finally! I made someone laugh on an AP thread!
Mr_Magoo on September 5, 2008 at 12:03 PM
It looked like the conventioneers were deliberately pushing the balloons onto her to cover her up.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
The Monster on September 5, 2008 at 12:03 PM
I’m laughing so hard, I’m crying.
BuckeyeSam on September 5, 2008 at 12:05 PM
I would have loved to see the context around that tight shot by the cameraman.
Mr_Magoo on September 5, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Chuck E. Cheese’s FTW!
carbon_footprint on September 5, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Just think about the dead rubber trees used to make these balloons. Let us mourn together. Oh the humanity.
hot-heir on September 5, 2008 at 12:06 PM
The ending of that speech was indescribably awe inspiring.
Loxodonta on September 5, 2008 at 12:00 PM
carbon_footprint on September 5, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Not as good as Yes We Can! (bleh)
Mr_Magoo on September 5, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Poor Andrea, in the middle of people who were so happy and yet, Andrea is having the worst two days an Obama sycophant can have. She does seem a little less crushed than she did after Sarah’s speech.
No leg tingle here…
originalpechanga on September 5, 2008 at 12:07 PM
LOL!!!! That’s what I thought. Whoooohaaaaaaaaa!
Sergei on September 5, 2008 at 12:08 PM
OPRAH UPDATE
CanadianGuy on September 5, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Yes, Messiah’s morning talking points forbids it. Nevertheless, it can’t be the first time Mitchell has had empty balls in her face.
Western_Civ on September 5, 2008 at 12:10 PM
GO BABOONS! GO BABOONS! I DON’T SEE ANY F-N BABOONS!
/Dr.Zaius
Cuffy Meigs on September 5, 2008 at 12:10 PM
The real question is did The Dems buy carbon offsets for their outdoor fireworks! We need to know. Why isn’t the MSM asking if the offsets were purchased? Can we get a comment from Gore about this assault on the planet!
JackS on September 5, 2008 at 12:10 PM
hahahahahha! Very good.
tru2tx on September 5, 2008 at 12:11 PM
abject lie…she had Messiah the Lightworker on her show.
sven10077 on September 5, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Not sure that I’ve seen any thread about Cindy McCain last night. She did fine, but I really thought that the video about her was very good. There was one shot showing her sobbing reaction to something that probaly few of us have seen or will ever see.
The left loves dumping on her, but I’ll take her as First Lady any day of the week and twice on Sundays. Screw the left. Cindy’s loaded, but it appears that she puts a lot of time and money into her charity work–and it’s real charity work, not just face-time charity work.
BuckeyeSam on September 5, 2008 at 12:12 PM
That was hilarious!
But, wow, her delivery is miserable. She looks like she’d rather be taking an acid-bath than be at the GOP convention.
CP on September 5, 2008 at 12:12 PM
I still don’t know what she was blabbering about. All I heard was “pop”,”pop”,”pop”….
Best commentary so far from msnbc, imo.
Asher on September 5, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Since we’re all having such a good time today, shall we drag out the Gospel According to The One videos?
Casting the First Stone
The Encounter in the Temple
In my short stint here at HA, these are my all time favorite threads!
Mr_Magoo on September 5, 2008 at 12:13 PM
If I make a joke about Andrea Mitchell and flying rubber will I get banned?
Chuck Schick on September 5, 2008 at 12:13 PM
I think she took one earlier in the day. Two in one day would make her, well…
Mr_Magoo on September 5, 2008 at 12:14 PM
BuckeyeSam on September 5, 2008 at 12:16 PM
:-)
INC on September 5, 2008 at 12:16 PM
That was so funny I had to watch it twice. Surely Karl Rove had something to do with it.
Buy Danish on September 5, 2008 at 12:16 PM
She has more experience than the Community Organizer.
I made my wife watch Cindy because the Mrs. puts a lot of stock in the qualities of The First Lady (she loves Laura). I didn’t know all that stuff about her from way back when. I thought she just recently got involved (other than the adoption). It was good to see although we missed the first minute or so, we saw enough.
Mr_Magoo on September 5, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Allah, could what we are all experiencing today be considered:
afterglow?
Mr_Magoo on September 5, 2008 at 12:21 PM
My collie says:
CyberCipher on September 5, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Better to have ballons drop on you than the “live seagull droppings” my husband received the first day we moved into our current house!
newton on September 5, 2008 at 12:22 PM
I can’t stand this a** clown.
madmonkphotog on September 5, 2008 at 12:23 PM
At 17 seconds in Mitchell said “…imagine the excitement of the real McCain supporters here…”
Don’t worry Andrea, none of us thought you were even a fake McCain supporter. You and your network have made that perfectly clear.
mwdiver on September 5, 2008 at 12:23 PM
From last nights live thread:
NightmareOnKStreet on September 5, 2008 at 12:23 PM
I thought that was an Onion take on tree huggers…. then I became thoroughly frightened that they are real!!
Hilarious!
tru2tx on September 5, 2008 at 12:24 PM
It would have been funny if someone was going around breaking balloons with a pin and accidentally stuck Andrea in her ass.
Blake on September 5, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Under balloon droppings (or bird droppings) is a good place for old Andrea.
rplat on September 5, 2008 at 12:26 PM
I love how everyone’s stacking Palin against Obama, and Biden is totally ignored. We’ve got our ROCK STAR!!
Didn’t Obama seem highly annoyed, if not agitated, doing that impromptu press conference after O’Reilly’s interview? He knows he’s failing.
Stirred, not shaken.
John the Libertarian on September 5, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Funny how no code pinko commies interrupted the dems convention…
Oh that’s right, they’re legitimate delegates there…
RocketmanBob on September 5, 2008 at 12:27 PM
It is pretty obvious that the crowd is throwing those balloons at Andrea – most of them are coming from the side, not above! I think the crowd is sending a not-so-subtle message to the media here.
drunyan8315 on September 5, 2008 at 12:32 PM
It’s deeply disturbing to me to see a woman (!!!) parading around on national teevee trying to do a man’s work (reporting). Who does she think she is anyway?
Clearly, her unfortunate choice to put on shoes and leave the kitchen has seriously jeopardized the safety and mental health of her family and her husband, who probably haven’t been fed in over 2 weeks.
If she were a real woman and a good woman, she would recognize her responsibilies to her great grandchildren and get her skinny egocentric butt off of the teevee and back home where she belongs.
I mean, really, who does she think she is? Does Sally Quinn KNOW about this??? I fear that she doesn’t.
Gartrip on September 5, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Andrea, better then being ripped by Rudy…
right2bright on September 5, 2008 at 12:36 PM
…clap…clap…clap…clap…clap…clap…(removes hat, wipes tear from eye)
Wyznowski on September 5, 2008 at 12:36 PM
The woman has bachelors and masters degrees in special education. Sure, she’s had a few setbacks, but she’s had some difficulties. Before she began cranking out kids, she had two or three miscarriages. Laura Bush is wonderful, but Cindy is not too far behind her. And besides, she was a USC cheerleader in her undergrad days.
BuckeyeSam on September 5, 2008 at 12:38 PM
She should have been reporting upside down hanging by her bat feet with Greenspan hanging next to her.
Mr_Magoo on September 5, 2008 at 12:39 PM
If only we had some Styrofoam Greek columns up there, it woulda been perfect.
Akzed on September 5, 2008 at 12:42 PM
If you haven’t yet…check out the link. It is well worth the watch and absolutely safe for work…unless you work for hippies.
hot-heir on September 5, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Don’t understand what Andrea Mitchell was doing there in the first place. She isn’t a journalist. She is a worker for the Obama campaign. Who let her in to the Republican convention?
katieanne on September 5, 2008 at 12:48 PM
hahahaha I didn’t even notice that, but you’re right.
That’s awesome
apollyonbob on September 5, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Whatever.
Now get to the McCain web site and sign up to volunteer for the campaign fight.
Right_of_Attila on September 5, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Not even in my worst college drunken stupor…
Alden Pyle on September 5, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Funny how no code pinko commies interrupted the dems convention…
Oh that’s right, they’re legitimate delegates there…
RocketmanBob on September 5, 2008 at 12:27 PM
+1, but a sea of funny and witty comments here on this thread.
awake on September 5, 2008 at 12:58 PM
I don’t know when I’ve laughed so hard. Funny, funny, funny. Cannot script this stuff.
I was watching it on PBS, and one of the Geezers of the Round Table made the comment as the balloons were coming down spectacularly that “they couldn’t do this at the DNC convention because it was an open-air arena.”
/Sob.
hoosiermama on September 5, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Olbermann is the epitome of Chuck E Cheese.
petunia on September 5, 2008 at 1:17 PM
I found it belittling of the way the Repubs chose to celebrate with Balloons. read: Childish and “cheezy”. Sorry I hate KO and found his comment condescending. I can see the allusion to a ball pit, but it still chapped my chongas.
ihasurnominashun on September 5, 2008 at 1:27 PM
They are always so concerned with detecting when Republicans are being “partisan”, even at their own convention. The media feels like they are being personally slapped in the face anytime there is the least criticism of any rat politician.
Buddahpundit on September 5, 2008 at 1:32 PM
hahahaha
trailortrash on September 5, 2008 at 1:35 PM
If you get stuck like that in a crowd of democrats, you get felt up and your wallet acquires a new owner.
whitetop on September 5, 2008 at 1:36 PM
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