The applause is canned folks. On c-span I was just watching * and it is way too.....

[DB1]

controlled I think part of it is coming from the W.H. control booth.

[blonndee]

1. Who is that idjit who keeps going "rawr, RAWR, RAWR!"

Good god. Worse than a drunken frat party.

[stray cat]

4. That guy is really loud - does he have an amplifier? What an idiot

[DB1]

6. It was instant quiet, instant applause, way too controlled for reality.

[swishyfeet]

10. Little Cheney -- rawr ru-rawr

[tridim]

2. I've been LMAO at the supplemental applause.

It sounds exactly like an early 80's sitcom.

[DB1]

12. I hope crooksand liars catches on.

[KidNiki]

3. I think its taped....

He starts talking before they stop applauding

[Gregorian]

5. God, half the audience wasn't even applauding!

It's comical.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Did you catch the guy yawning?

:rofl:

[AkFemDem]

8. Seriously, trying REALLY hard to be non-partisan and objective here and

I am just FLOORED by the difference between this and the DNC, even BEFORE greek-fest in the arena, lol. Everyone looks so old (no offense to the 60+ crowd, we love you too) and so subdued and robotic. No passion, no substance, no "nothing".

[Erin Elizabeth]

19. No inspiration, no passion....

And Fred Thompson is trying way too hard.

I love the people just sort of walking around, not paying much attention to him.

[DogPoundPup]

22. Even when they add 3 cups of sugar to the Kool Aid they can't get a rise from the foilheads?

[NYC Liberal]

9. I agree. I was gonna post the same thing.

Every applause starts with that idiot making the SAME noise -- like a dying moose.

[baldguy]

11. All the RNC delegates have remotes wired up to their brain stems.

Applause on que - cheer on que - laugh on cue. They wouldn't be able to get the proper response otherwise.

[backscatter712]

14. Nah, they just have the Hypnotoad...

like that episode of Futurama...

[DB1]

15. My mistake. Should have known it was a Stepford convention.

[Bobbie Jo]

13. and they magically stopped in sync with the end of his pauses

[Abacus]

16. I think it's just that Bush doesn't have audience feedback; he's guessing about the applause.

[Gman]

17. I'll be damned... it IS canned!

How embarrassing. That's pitiful.

Then at the end, he disappears... just like Palpatine in a hologram.

[DB1]

21. I think this should be K & R'd to the morning news.

[madamesilverspurs]

18. Aha!

Now we know what that ginormous movie of the endlessly waving flag is for -- it appeals to self-righteous overthetop patriotism while being less obvious than a dangling pocket watch. "On the count of three, open your eyes and follow the instructions you have been given..."

[Stagecoach]

20. And it was the opposite last week at the DNC

I noticed the networks last week during the DNC were squelching the applause, "controlling" it from getting too loud.