Kerry Daughters booed at VMA's

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-08-30 06:39am

linky-poo

the biggest boos camewhen they asked the crowd to vote for their father.The picure says it all! Tall Kerry daughter trying to Shhh! the crowd with a look on her face that is something between confusion, disbelief and constipation.

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2004-08-30 07:09am

Who gives a shit?

Talon Karrde · Post by **Talon Karrde** » 2004-08-30 08:37am

lol. This is kind of funny since they've been trying to so hard to garner the youth vote. However, the same thing COULD have happened to the Bush girls too. Then again, I highly doubt they'd attend an MTV event like that.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-08-30 09:03am

They were probably booing them because they wouldn't show them their boobs. Besides, it's the Drudge Report. That story could very eaily be untrue/way out of context.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-08-30 10:22am

Kind of tasteless, though. You're not even supposed to plug your new album or movie at this kind of thing, let alone campaign. Of course I don't think they quite deserved to be booed like that.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2004-08-30 10:27am

Gil Hamilton wrote:They were probably booing them because they wouldn't show them their boobs. Besides, it's the Drudge Report. That story could very eaily be untrue/way out of context.

Heard it on the news this morning... Lemme try and find another source...

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-08-30 12:11pm

Joe wrote:Kind of tasteless, though. You're not even supposed to plug your new album or movie at this kind of thing, let alone campaign. Of course I don't think they quite deserved to be booed like that.

If you read the article, they were booed from the moment they took the stage before they said anything, at least that's the impression I got. If you want to talk about tasteless, talk about that audience.

And not supposed to plug your new album? Have you ever watched those things? The announcer plugs your albums and movies for you.

Gil Hamilton wrote:They were probably booing them because they wouldn't show them their boobs. Besides, it's the Drudge Report. That story could very eaily be untrue/way out of context.

Yeah, it's Drudge, after all. Somehow I'm finding it hard to believe that this was just a simple case of "Liberal youth audience boos daughters of liberal presidential candidate" with absolutely nothing else.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-08-30 12:14pm

Kerry's family may in fact be one of his biggest stumbling blocks coming up. They're a wild-card that can only serve to hurt him since his wife is a complete bitch and his daughters don't do anything for him.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-08-30 12:19pm

I haven't seen this story reported anywhere else. Something tells me that Drudge took a photo and just made something up to run with it.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-08-30 12:21pm

Sounds like they were booing the appearance of politics in the VMAs - the Bush twins got booed, too.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2004-08-30 12:22pm

I'd be booing too. Where was John Edward's daughter?

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2004-08-30 12:25pm

Durandal wrote:I haven't seen this story reported anywhere else. Something tells me that Drudge took a photo and just made something up to run with it.

Watched it on the news today and it was as the OP said. There was an initial loud booing that I guess came from the upper level and/or back of the audience. There was some cheering from the front but it was unable to overcome the boos.

It is unknown if there were any reaction to the Bush daughters who appeared via video. I was unable to hear the audience during their appearance. I assume the director turned off any external mics.

You can also search Google news for plenty of reports of this.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-08-30 12:27pm

Iceberg wrote:Sounds like they were booing the appearance of politics in the VMAs - the Bush twins got booed, too.

and rightfully so. why the fuck do people feel that they must inject politics into every goddamned thing?

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-08-30 12:42pm

Phil Skayhan wrote:
Durandal wrote:I haven't seen this story reported anywhere else. Something tells me that Drudge took a photo and just made something up to run with it.
Watched it on the news today and it was as the OP said. There was an initial loud booing that I guess came from the upper level and/or back of the audience. There was some cheering from the front but it was unable to overcome the boos.

It is unknown if there were any reaction to the Bush daughters who appeared via video. I was unable to hear the audience during their appearance. I assume the director turned off any external mics.

You can also search Google news for plenty of reports of this.

I've searched for the terms "kerry daughters mtv booed" and come up with hardly anything. Could you post a link?

Post by **Cairber** » 2004-08-30 12:52pm

i watched the VMAs and I can truthfully say YES they were booed. The bush twins talked via taped video (since they are at the convention) but they didnt ask anyone to vote for their father (unlike the kerry girls did) so everyone was quiet while they talked...mostly about getting out there and voting. The booing became loudest when they said that they hoped everyone voted for their father.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2004-08-30 12:53pm

Durandal wrote:
Phil Skayhan wrote:
Durandal wrote:I haven't seen this story reported anywhere else. Something tells me that Drudge took a photo and just made something up to run with it.
Watched it on the news today and it was as the OP said. There was an initial loud booing that I guess came from the upper level and/or back of the audience. There was some cheering from the front but it was unable to overcome the boos.

It is unknown if there were any reaction to the Bush daughters who appeared via video. I was unable to hear the audience during their appearance. I assume the director turned off any external mics.

You can also search Google news for plenty of reports of this.
I've searched for the terms "kerry daughters mtv booed" and come up with hardly anything. Could you post a link?

Take out the mtv from the terms... like so

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2004-08-30 12:55pm

I just typed in "boos" for Google

CNN

And here's a little interesting tidbit on the CNN article from Juiceenewsdaily, but I'd take that with a grain of salt until I can catch a rebroadcast myself.

Natorgator · Post by **Natorgator** » 2004-08-30 03:32pm

The booing wasn't nearly as loud as a lot of the press made it out to be.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-08-30 04:00pm

Cairber wrote:i watched the VMAs and I can truthfully say YES they were booed. The bush twins talked via taped video (since they are at the convention) but they didnt ask anyone to vote for their father (unlike the kerry girls did) so everyone was quiet while they talked...mostly about getting out there and voting. The booing became loudest when they said that they hoped everyone voted for their father.

What was the crowd's problem initially? From what I've heard, they didn't just walk out and say, "Vote for our dad!" What were they saying in the beginning that got them that kind of immediate reaction?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-08-30 04:13pm

I don't see why this is a surprise or a story. MTV audiences aren't exactly known for their civilized behaviour, and this is the most divided the nation has been since the Vietnam War. According to the CNN article they carried on the same way during the Bush daughters' segment but the mikes were turned down.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-08-30 04:23pm

Darth Wong wrote: According to the CNN article they carried on the same way during the Bush daughters' segment but the mikes were turned down.

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Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-08-30 04:24pm

Darth Wong wrote:I don't see why this is a surprise or a story. MTV audiences aren't exactly known for their civilized behaviour, and this is the most divided the nation has been since the Vietnam War. According to the CNN article they carried on the same way during the Bush daughters' segment but the mikes were turned down.

It's just weird because MTV and its fanbase has been traditionally regarded as more liberal and is expected to be very anti-Bush in this election. It's not surprising that they got a few boos, but I haven't seen the clip myself, so it's hard to tell if the media is just exaggerating.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2004-08-30 04:26pm

Double post=funnyish.

desertjedi · Post by **desertjedi** » 2004-08-30 04:27pm

I think it just shows that politics does not have a place everywhere in society. Yes it is important, but at an awards ceremony for music videos? Maybe just a simple non-partisan "Go out and vote" would have sufficed.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-08-30 04:54pm

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:Double post=funnyish.

Sorry, my school's network fucked up.