Biden wasn’t booed, the fans were booing about a bad call on the field
Michelle Malkin reports that Joe Biden was booed during tonight’s Sunday Night Football game in Philadelphia. Only problem is, that’s not what happened. The fans were booing about a ball call made against Philly on the field. They were showing Biden as the foul was being sorted out.
Then again, it wouldn’t surprise me if Philly fans booed Biden. They booed Santa Clause. Biden’s in good company.
Edited to add (11/10 9am): A reader writes in to say I am absolutely correct. The booing was engendered by the refs, not Joe Biden.
November 10th, 2008 01:55
no, i was at the game -Sect 233, – Biden was booed, as was Jeff Lurie.
November 10th, 2008 02:09
Actually Malkin did not “report” it. she reported that AP reported it, and quoted an article. Big difference.
November 10th, 2008 09:23
I dunno, reporting on a story and initiating a story are both forms of reporting, in my book. Shrug.
November 10th, 2008 10:24
Biden isn’t popular scholar…Obama won despite him (a bad v.p. pick).
November 10th, 2008 10:30
If AP reported it, then it happened, Right? AP said Biden was booed when his face came upon the screen at the game.
“The Giants and Eagles played in front of a special guest. Vice President-elect Joe Biden watched the game in a luxury suite with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie. Biden was booed when he was showed on the video screen.” AP
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gydhJ570ueRcpiVpAEtQp0GcjFXgD94BQD680
November 10th, 2008 10:36
Correlation is not causation, Anne. It is quite conceivable that booing accompanied Biden’s face but Biden’s face did not cause the booing.
November 10th, 2008 11:14
yes he was. Did you see the reaction of the Eagles owner? very funny. I watched it on dvr a couple of times and the boos were not for the call
November 10th, 2008 11:40
Looks like you are alone on this one, scholar.
November 10th, 2008 12:59
Not so. Other people at the game expressed similar sentiment: “Eli had just gotten sacked and he threw the ball down and wasn’t called for intentional grounding. The Philly fans were booing the non-call on the NFL’s golden boy, not Joe Biden.”
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/09/biden-booed-at-eagles-giants-game/
November 10th, 2008 15:21
nope – the jeering was all for Biden (and maybe a little forLurie).
sorry
November 10th, 2008 18:04
We saw the game in Canada yesterday.
We had 8 sets of eyes watching – we’re confident that when the camera panned to Biden he was booed.
Personally, I see nothing wrong with booing politicians. How many do you know actually look out for your best interests? Trust me, politicians don’t give a shit on our side of the border either. I would have booed him too.
November 10th, 2008 18:08
Let’s not forget also that Palin was booed when she dropped the puck at the Flyers game:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/10/biden-booed-at-eagles-giants-game/
November 10th, 2008 23:18
And that’s what dems did all election. Biden looks stupid, try to bring it back to Palin. Election’s over. We shall all enjoy four years of Biden’s stupidity…SNL won’t touch Obama, at least they have Biden!
November 12th, 2008 14:14
It appears Scholar in Training should change his name to Excuse Maker in Training. No matter how you try to coat it, Biden was being booed.