Reply #32: It's a common thing at political rallies, it's not personal to Hillary, and I've always loathed it.

[VolcanoJen]

It makes the candidate or the candidate's introductory speaker squirm, but people do it anyway.

I think it's not as nefarious or damaging as some would suggest, in fact, it's kind of an American thing.

I remember my father and I watching Wimbledon once and laughing when it started raining, because the court announcer said, "There shall be no opening of umbrellas until the match has been called" and everyone just obeyed, while getting spat upon by the skies. My dad said, "If that was in America, fans would be opening and closing their umbrellas just to piss off the umpires."

We're an unruly lot. I hate it, but it will fade. Soon, our boos will be aimed at McCain. But there are still some raw wounds and I can see where people might misbehave in public. However, I don't see anything really damaging, in the long-term, over a little bit of inappropriate mirth-making, personally.