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Home Front: Politix
Kerry Kids Booed at MTV Show - Drudge
2004-08-30
HT Drudge Report
MTV, ROLLING STONE and the rock and roll establishment -- past and present -- have cast their vote, and their man is John Kerry. So on Sunday night when John Kerry's daughters were announced to speak at the annual MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, the MTV youth were expected to welcome his daughter's as pop culture princesses. Instead, in an era of the unexpected, the daughters of the Democratic candidate were met with cheers -- AND JEERS -- during the live broadcast in Miami. From the moment Alexandra and Vanessa started speaking, the boos outweighed anything close to cheers, and the reaction turned worse when the daughters asked the VIACOM youth to vote for their father. So shocked by the reaction, the taller of the two daughters tried to 'shhhhhh' her peers to no avail.

Great pic of the 'shhh' at link
Posted by:Mrs. Davis

#44  I can neither confirm nor deny...

After furhter esearch, seems the MTV audience were there for the party, not to be told to vote. Nothing personal, but they just wanted the music and awards. Don't take it for anything other than what it was: a demonstration for how shallow pop-culture hangers-on can be.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-08-30 11:24:52 PM  

#43  like Patty wasn't available.....
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-30 9:59:25 PM  

#42  Why wasn't all this around when I was young and could do something about it? All there was, was a gawky, underage Amy Carter and the Reagan girls.
Posted by: Pappy   2004-08-30 9:57:06 PM  

#41  I just saw that clip on CNN and yes, no boos, which made the gesture look rather funny.

Anyway, can we just settle on the fact that the Bush babes are hotter and be done with it?
Posted by: True German Ally   2004-08-30 9:07:55 PM  

#40  Seriously, OS, what did the shhhhshing look like without the boos?
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-08-30 8:33:45 PM  

#39  OS,

Thanks for keeping an eye out for the rerun. Or was it your friends at an Agency that doesn't exist in a fort near DC?
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-08-30 8:32:07 PM  

#38  Best thread EVAR.

The brunette Kerry's outfit reminds me of Nova, from Planet of the Apes.
Posted by: Baltic Blog   2004-08-30 8:31:06 PM  

#37  Follow up:

During the rebroadcast of the MTV awards. they EDITED OUT THE BOOS!

MTV edited the segment to avoid anyone booing, and remixed the sound to where it had only cheering.

A little bit of the Communist-style revisionist history?

Just shows the Liberals will lie rather than face a reality that proves them wrong.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-08-30 8:24:34 PM  

#36  Younger voters have been trending more conservative than their parents. What a disappointment to their hippy parents.
Posted by: ed   2004-08-30 6:05:12 PM  

#35  Since the Kerry Girls are supposedly hanging out with Ben Affleck, maybe the crowd was just showing love to their hostess, Jennifer Lopez.
Posted by: eLarson   2004-08-30 6:04:52 PM  

#34  Jeez, boo'd by MTV morons. Ain't THAT a helluva note?

I say we settle it in a civilized manner - tag-team hot-oil wrestling...
Posted by: mojo   2004-08-30 5:55:06 PM  

#33  Yep busted moxie bottle good thing to have in a jello fight
Posted by: Half   2004-08-30 3:27:10 PM  

#32  Are you kiddin'? The Bush gals would take em in any venue, Jello, pudding, wesson....even 3-bean salad. Remember, these gals are from Texas - they got moxy.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2004-08-30 2:35:22 PM  

#31  #29,
For a while, she looked like she packed on some pounds.

And good lord Barbs is really white there.

:(

OH I'D STILL HIT IT.
Posted by: Anonymous4021   2004-08-30 2:26:01 PM  

#30  I'd hit it.....in a NY second
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-30 1:55:14 PM  

#29  

#26 - Jenna Bush doesn't look so "hefty" to me. . .
Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-30 1:45:11 PM  

#28   From the moment Alexandra and Vanessa started speaking, the boos outweighed anything close to cheers, and the reaction turned worse when the daughters asked the VIACOM youth to vote for their father.

Bad news. If you're not at a political gathering, the best course of action is not to bring your politics with you. Had these two NOT tried to sway people to vote for their father and instead remained apolitical for the event, I'd have readily criticized the boo-birds as being just plain rude.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-08-30 1:08:50 PM  

#27  UPDATED PIC:
http://www.sondrak.com/archive/002064.html

Thanks Sondrak.
Posted by: Anonymous4021   2004-08-30 12:35:39 PM  

#26  I'd go with the Bush girls on the wrestling match.
Jenna is still... hefty (but a quite fine lass) and can use her weight.

The Kerry girls have reach, but in a Jello fight, that ain't gonna matter.
Posted by: Anonymous4021   2004-08-30 12:30:00 PM  

#25  In the video link, everyone who is cheering is in the front section. All the booing is coming from the backbenchers. At different points they try to switch to microphones with less booing and ALL of the video shots of the crowd are of vigorous clapping in the front row.

I refer you to Alice Cooper - political music is a traitor to rock and roll. The worst kind of art is the political cartoon. How sad that Denzel Washington is wasting his career with such drivel.
Posted by: Sawt al-Shebaab   2004-08-30 12:05:11 PM  

#24  You all have to watch the video linked to above.

That Kerry daughter shushing people. What nerve!

I guess condescension runs in the family.
Posted by: growler   2004-08-30 11:37:30 AM  

#23  Mucky I believe you can find some gelatin that's made from seaweed.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-30 11:03:21 AM  

#22  Mucky, just substitute Wesson oil for the Jell-o and you're good to go.
Posted by: Dave D.   2004-08-30 10:53:38 AM  

#21  Kerry daughters and Bush daughters at MTV?
There is history.

Lemee see. Alexandra Kerry stick out her boob at Cannes to the world. Nobody cares.

Not shown - Lowers dignity of Fred's good website

Jenna Bush sticks her tongue out at reporters, and everyone's offended.



I say : Young woman makes political statement that many agree with. Go Jenna!

Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-30 10:49:17 AM  

#20  goddamer! why is sumthing always ruin my day. >:(
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-08-30 10:42:18 AM  

#19  to the Kerry girls: Hey! Why the long face?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-30 10:38:14 AM  

#18  Mucky, gelatin (used to make Jell-o and other desserts) is made from the boiled bones, skins and tendons of animals. I am sorry. More details at this vegetarian website.
Posted by: trailing wife   2004-08-30 10:26:10 AM  

#17  Bush twins -vs- Kerry Girlz in a jello wrestling match? Now that would be a sellout! How about a pay-per view special to support charity? I like the Bush twins, but I think the Kerry Girlz would take em.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2004-08-30 10:25:27 AM  

#16  Damn there is hope yet.
Posted by: Bill Nelson   2004-08-30 10:24:40 AM  

#15  im jus always thought porkn was describe an applicashun.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-08-30 10:21:35 AM  

#14  Porkin as a verb or noun, Muck?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-30 10:11:02 AM  

#13  in em fantasee we are add the porkin to it. :)
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-08-30 10:06:46 AM  

#12  Mucky, those had better not be Pork-n-Beans if you want Gentle in there.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-08-30 10:03:08 AM  

#11  Polipundit provides a link to another page that has the video
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-30 10:02:32 AM  

#10  Ain't free speech a b*tch?
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-30 9:58:55 AM  

#9  ROFLMAO! Mucki!
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-30 9:53:43 AM  

#8  Getting back to the thread. Do you think this might mean that the audience isn't following the alledged Rock and Roll establishment?

And Muck, do those baked beans include chuncks of pork?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-08-30 9:53:20 AM  

#7  where is jello come from? itn always fruit flavors.
Posted by: murat4doo   2004-08-30 9:48:26 AM  

#6  You'd better skip that jello, Mucky (you know where gelatin comes from...) How about canola oil?
Posted by: Spot   2004-08-30 9:44:20 AM  

#5  OH.MY.GOD.NO!

make it stop!
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-30 9:40:08 AM  

#4  no. im already have gentle and antiwar in my bake beans fantatsee.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-08-30 9:36:05 AM  

#3  thanks for ruining that visual, Mrs. D
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-30 9:33:50 AM  

#2  Why not add Gentle?
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-08-30 9:11:59 AM  

#1  ima have em fantasees of em kerry girls and bush daughters and 200 pounds of jello.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-08-30 8:56:39 AM  

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