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| Loony for balloons: the Clintons delight in Democratic convention spectacle | |
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| While Hillary Clinton cracked the glass ceiling last night as she accepted the historic presidential nomination from her party, the tsunami of balloons unleashed on stage at the Democratic convention also delighted. | While Hillary Clinton cracked the glass ceiling last night as she accepted the historic presidential nomination from her party, the tsunami of balloons unleashed on stage at the Democratic convention also delighted. |
| Her husband and former US president Bill Clinton could not contain his glee as 100,000 balloons flooded the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The former leader of the free world looked continuously in awe as he scurried around the stage batting balloons away or grabbing and throwing them. Hillary Clinton and vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine also got in on the fun. | Her husband and former US president Bill Clinton could not contain his glee as 100,000 balloons flooded the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The former leader of the free world looked continuously in awe as he scurried around the stage batting balloons away or grabbing and throwing them. Hillary Clinton and vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine also got in on the fun. |
| Twitter was quick to latch on to the sight of usually stiff politicians overcome with joy at the sight of balloons and gifs and memes flooded the internet throughout the night. Bill Clinton largely stole the show. | Twitter was quick to latch on to the sight of usually stiff politicians overcome with joy at the sight of balloons and gifs and memes flooded the internet throughout the night. Bill Clinton largely stole the show. |
| bill: hey hill check this outhillaryhey hillaryhillhey hillary check this outhillary look what i hillhillary pic.twitter.com/MAbRFW1yeY | bill: hey hill check this outhillaryhey hillaryhillhey hillary check this outhillary look what i hillhillary pic.twitter.com/MAbRFW1yeY |
| BILL! God, he was made for GIFs. pic.twitter.com/ljwZkxmaJy | BILL! God, he was made for GIFs. pic.twitter.com/ljwZkxmaJy |
| find someone who looks at you the way Bill Clinton looks at balloons pic.twitter.com/OiXX0l3ELL | find someone who looks at you the way Bill Clinton looks at balloons pic.twitter.com/OiXX0l3ELL |
| We are all Bill Clinton pic.twitter.com/vDwFoDmnT5 | We are all Bill Clinton pic.twitter.com/vDwFoDmnT5 |
| When Bill Clinton looks like he's having more fun at the DNC than Malia Obama is having at Lollapalooza pic.twitter.com/xltAeqoMeP | When Bill Clinton looks like he's having more fun at the DNC than Malia Obama is having at Lollapalooza pic.twitter.com/xltAeqoMeP |
| Here's your @HillaryClinton throwing a balloon at the #DemConvention GIF: pic.twitter.com/4gytyA5Y2m | Here's your @HillaryClinton throwing a balloon at the #DemConvention GIF: pic.twitter.com/4gytyA5Y2m |
| And here's your @billclinton playing with the balloons at the #DemConvention like a 5 year-old GIF: pic.twitter.com/qolmjs1oaA | And here's your @billclinton playing with the balloons at the #DemConvention like a 5 year-old GIF: pic.twitter.com/qolmjs1oaA |
| Bill Clinton showed a more selfish side to his character when a young girl attempted to grab one of the balloons in the video but Bill is having none of it. | Bill Clinton showed a more selfish side to his character when a young girl attempted to grab one of the balloons in the video but Bill is having none of it. |
| Hillary’s brother Hugh Rodham Jr, a lawyer who ran for the US Senate in Florida, was enthused to catch a balloon before he realized it was a lost cause . | Hillary’s brother Hugh Rodham Jr, a lawyer who ran for the US Senate in Florida, was enthused to catch a balloon before he realized it was a lost cause . |
| He was so excited to hit the balloon, then he realized who he was standing next to #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/kZjzwZ6A4y | He was so excited to hit the balloon, then he realized who he was standing next to #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/kZjzwZ6A4y |
| The technicalities of such a large display were also debated. The Dallas Morning News reported after the GOP convention that a bipartisan balloon artist named Treb Heining hired 120 local high school students and 20 chaperones to help inflate the balloons. His work has also appeared 16 Super Bowls and seven Academy awards. | The technicalities of such a large display were also debated. The Dallas Morning News reported after the GOP convention that a bipartisan balloon artist named Treb Heining hired 120 local high school students and 20 chaperones to help inflate the balloons. His work has also appeared 16 Super Bowls and seven Academy awards. |
| According to Wired, he also worked on the Democratic convention and coordinated several balloon shops, working 12 hours a day. | According to Wired, he also worked on the Democratic convention and coordinated several balloon shops, working 12 hours a day. |
| What remains unclear is which convention unleashed more balloons after the nominee’s acceptance speech. The Republican convention in Cleveland was also noted for an exuberant amount of balloons. | What remains unclear is which convention unleashed more balloons after the nominee’s acceptance speech. The Republican convention in Cleveland was also noted for an exuberant amount of balloons. |
| Raging debate in office on balloon drops at convention. Do they blow them on site or take them there? How do they transport them? So many qs | Raging debate in office on balloon drops at convention. Do they blow them on site or take them there? How do they transport them? So many qs |
| This is somebody's job right now!!!!!!!!! #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/6DZHXd6AAx | This is somebody's job right now!!!!!!!!! #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/6DZHXd6AAx |
| UPDATE: Their techniques have become more sophisticated. pic.twitter.com/qyI8HpkdJO | UPDATE: Their techniques have become more sophisticated. pic.twitter.com/qyI8HpkdJO |
| @aseitzwald say what you want about the GOP but they had a much better balloon strategy (put in plastic bin first to catch scrap, then pop) | @aseitzwald say what you want about the GOP but they had a much better balloon strategy (put in plastic bin first to catch scrap, then pop) |