Alright, I'm in the middle of Al Franken's book, and he has a big chapter on the 2002 election (which I voted in, where were you?) in which the republicans made a huge deal of the "hijacking" of a memorial for Paul Welstone, a Minnesota Senate candidate (which by the way was ONLY aired on CSPAN ONCE) and the "booing" of senator Trent Lott. Franken gives the republicans that there was some booing for the entry of Trent Lott (even though there was none for Coleman, Wellstone's competitor) and gives a website where you can watch the whole thing here. At 1:18:22, when Trent Lott shows his big fat face, you can supposedly hear some boos. However, I listened, and I didn't hear a SINGLE GOD DAMNED BOO! I know my sound isn't that off, because when I backed it up to 1:17:00, when you can see President Clinton enter, the song is no longer audible with the cheers for him. so obviously if "20,000 people" booed Lott (who was by the way at the time also about to field some really nasty "allegations" of racism when he suggested that the world would be a much better place if Segregatonalist presidential candidate Strom Thurmond had won is bid for the presidency) I would be able to at least hear it a LITTLE Bit when I turn my computer up all the way. But, alas, NOTHING is audible AT ALL. You try it. If you can hear all those boos that the republicans were talking about, then I guess then that Limbaugh was justified in telling his 20,000,000 listeners that the audience had been planted, and that the whole memorial was a sham from the democratic party in order to capitalize on the death of a senator that Limbaugh refered to as "Senator Welfare" before his death. Sorry, Rush. No worries, the word "capitalize" is still a trademark of the right wing, no threat here!

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