Phantom Boos

  •  September 4, 2004

This from the Associated Press:

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — President Bush on Friday wished Bill Clinton “best wishes for a swift and speedy recovery.”
“He’s is in our thoughts and prayers,” Bush said at a campaign rally.
Bush’s audience of thousands in West Allis, Wis., booed. Bush did nothing to stop them.

Except many who watched the event on television are questioning the report. They say they didn’t hear any boos.
This story, still by the AP and still the same article but channeled through a different outlet, doesn’t mention the boos.
Did anybody happen to capture the video from the event?
I’ve preserved a screencapture of the article I quoted above should it change as well. Its in the extended entry.

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  • http://www.lashawnbarber.com/ LB

    I also linked to the audio. I didn’t hear any boos. All I heard was people express concern.

  • http://www.evilwhiteguy.com/blog Evilwhiteguy
  • http://www.inthebullpen.com/ Chad Evans

    Buck might be right that he heard boos, however if there were indeed boos from the crowd, it would have been a complete fringe group that did this and not anywhere near even 5 percent of the crowd. As I stated earlier, I saw a clip of the part of Bush’s speech and do not recall anything relating to a boo unless clapping can now be considered booing.

  • http://www.cabarfeidh.com/blogger.html dave t

    Powerlines et al have further details, I have shots of before and after and AP are telling ‘porkie pies’ as we say…

    Disgusting.

  • Buck

    I heard it on streaming Audio, and there WERE boos!

  • http://www.evilwhiteguy.com/blog Evilwhiteguy

    I’ve got a link for the audio on my site. You can hear it here.

  • http://www.inthebullpen.com/ Chad Evans

    I saw the clips from Bush’s announcement and I didn’t hear any boos at all. In fact, a small clap came out when Bush commented upon sending prayers to clinton. It wasn’t a resounding applause, but it was there. If indeed there was a boo, it was by only a couple of people in the crowd.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    Buck, do you have a link to the streaming audio where you heard the boos? Every one I’ve listened to doesn’t have the boos.

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