Tonight kicks off the start of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. This year's convention will certainly look much different than the conventions of years past, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines. We will miss some of the pageantry and pomp of past conventions, both Democratic and Republican, but let's have some fun with this throwback from 2004 (Language Warning):
The best DNC moment in history was 2004, when Kerry accepted the nomination and the balloons dropped too slowly and CNN aired live audio of the director repeatedly yelling "GO BALLOONS" and finally "what the fuck are you guys doing up there?" at 1:50. pic.twitter.com/fuXNjcSKB3
— Slade (@Slade) August 17, 2020
Not to be outdone, Bill Clinton had his own iconic balloon moment at the 2016 DNC:
We probably won't see moments quite like this in the new virtual conventions, but maybe there will be some Zoom bloopers to laugh at in the near future.
If the DNC isn't really your thing - no fear - the Trump campaign is effectively taking over Youtube for the next few days to counteract the convention coverage:
