Hundreds stranded outside Democratic National Convention ("embarrassing")

Sacbee ^ | 9/06/12 | David Siders

[Libloather]

Hundreds stranded outside Democratic National Convention
Posted by David Siders
September 6, 2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Hundreds of ticketholders were stranded outside the Democratic National Convention ahead of President Barack Obama's acceptance speech here tonight, after officials said the arena reached capacity and closed the doors.

**SNIP**

An official told a crowd outside the arena gate that the local fire marshal apologized and called the situation "embarrassing." The official said the gate would not re-open and that no ticketholders - even delegates and special guests - would be admitted.

[nodumbblonde]

I’d like to nominate that post for “Post of the Month”!

(Yep, I distinctly heard a 2/3 agreement from the FRelegates!)

[Ed Condon]

I guess too many dead voters showed up.

[Cobra64]

The facility holds 20,000.

There are 5000 delegates and 15,000 from the media. Therefore no room for the union thugs and college kids bused into Charlotte.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Did it rain?

[spokeshave]

Is there anything worse then an Epic Fail?

Those dims have gon done used up all the Fail in the universe.

[catnipman]

Blade Runner
(1982)

Bryant: We found the shuttle drifting off the coast two weeks ago...so we know they’re around.

Deckert: Embarrassing.

Bryant: No. Not embarrassing because no one’s ever going to find out they’re down here. ‘Cause you’re gonna spot them and you’re gonna air ‘em out.

[katykelly]

That was my thought ... why only ‘ hundreds ‘ ? They have been bussing them in for days .

[SunkenCiv]

I think it’s only right to take the part of the Party of the Single Party State, and note that the presence of delegates wasn’t all that important when it came time to vote on platform planks.

Thanks Libloather.

[Blue Ink]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

[GOYAKLA]

FORWARD IS REALLY, F - WAD!

[jmacusa]

Well then MNJohnnie, would you say it failed on the face of it? As failures go, was this a failure that promised to be a failure that delivered on that promise of failure by failing spectacularly? I would say so. I can't fail to say that as failures go, this was an epic failure of proportions no one could fail to see.

[Iron Munro]

Obama and the democrats run the country just as well as they ran the DNC convention.

Don’t listen to his syruppy lies - look at how incompetent he is.

[MNJohnnie]

It widely exceeded my expectations of failure. Which is surprising because I expected an Epic Fail.

[CatDancer]

I second the nomination.

Loved it, Johnnie.

[S.O.S121.500]

Perhaps this is some primordial fragment from the original big bang of fail. Some pure essence of a fail so uncontaminated by anything else as to be beyond the laws of physics that we know.

.

Just say FUBAR.

[The Working Man]

When I read the title of this piece this is the first thought that I had:

What a PERFECT metaphor for Obama and the Democrats vision of America. If you aren’t already inside with them you will be locked out and have no chance at “Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness”, under the changes they intend on bringing to America.

[Fresh Wind]

There must have been some undocumented DemocRats that snuck inside.

That should be a lesson for all DemocRats.

[lentulusgracchus]

Good one. Recalls a rant I saw years and years ago, when I first started surfing, must be 12 years ago, another great rant like yours -- very good, just what I needed to start today off after the big drag of listening to Biden and Obama on the same night. Ewwww.

[lentulusgracchus]

Excellent rant, circulated.

[csmusaret]

If we go “Forward” while “leading from behind”, what does that do to the guys in front of us?