Wasn't there. I wasn't at the Shea Stadium to hear the Beetles in 1965 either, but I'm sure whoever opened for them got booed too, and that was no winter's day in a deep and dark December. - Steve Lebowitz

Q - What was it like to open for The Beatles at Shea Stadium? Everybody was waiting for The Beatles to come on.

A - That was the one thing our manager was afraid of. When he told us we were gonna do the Beatles tour, he also had another proposition from the Motown Revue. We could've went to Europe with Motown and been on their bill. Of course, we took The Beatles. Our manager was pretty worried about that, what kind of response we would get. Would we get booed? It might hurt your career. But, I guess our record was good enough and known enough. We didn't get booed at all and we did seventeen different states.

http://www.classicbands.com/RichardLopezInterview.html

Are you sure about anything else, Steven?

King Curtis Band, Cannibal and the Headhunters, Brenda Holloway, and Sounds Incorporated opened for the Beatles at Shea with Cousin Brucie as the host announcer. Yeah i know worthless random trivia!

That polling could be wrong!
Very few voters that I know approve of your boy MOM!

O'Malley is still cleaning up the mess left by Bob Ehrlich. People forget that.

The boos, at least from me, were legitimately for O'Malley and not because he wasn't Obama. He is the epitome of a self interested politician and a man with no integrity. He has driven business out of Maryland, is in the process of destroying the tax base and as a result, is having to make heavy cuts to the budget to keep it balanced.

so it is your opinion that anyone would of been booed appearing before obama? is that right! then why wasn't elijeah cummings booed?
omalley is unpopular, he is doing an awful job and he just laid off state employees. that's why he was booed.
but i know you are biased b/c the governor is a democrat.

That's funny. Seems to me the talk shows and message boards list a 37% APPROVAL RATING, not Dis Approval Rating.

What research company worth their salt solicits "Disapproval ratings"

Again, another day and another reason to never trust Baltimore Sun.

O'Malley is Maryland's George W. Bush

Jen -- No need to be nasty. I think you should trust the Baltimore Sun on this one. The wording of the question asked by the pollster -- and it's standard language in all polls -- is "Do you approve or disapprove of the job Martin O'Malley is doing as governor." Saying "approve" were 49 percent of respondents; 37 percent said "disapprove," while 14 percent provided no answer. I think it's far to call the 37 percent figure his "disapproval rating" -- although I grant you that most commonly, the overall figures are referred to as approval ratings.

-- David

I was there, and I definitely think the boos, at least around me, for for O'Malley. Cummings got cheers, and he spoke right before him. When O'Malley got up there, people around me were yelling things like: 'No furloughs!' and 'Stop laying off state workers' and other things that were aimed specifically at O'Malley, along with the boos.

well done, Mike and Marc! My apologies to 55,600 screaming but courteous fans.

David
Trust the Sun!? You got to be kidding me. Especially coming from you. lmao
BB

I was there, and it seemed since no one booed Elijah Cummings the boos must have been directed to O'Malley. I wish people would look at the big picture when you look at a politician who inherits a deficit, and then has to deal with a crashing world economy. I don't work for the government, but I am working for a company who is laying off people. If it were up to me, I'd be happy to take a couple days of unpaid leave in order to save some jobs (particularly, my own!)

P.S. O'Malley is MD's G.W. Bush? That's a laugh. I think you meant Ehrlich was MD's G.W. Bush.

The boos are justified. He is not leading and his false promises are going to haunt him.

O'Malley is a phony, arrogant, divisive punk who can't handle criticism and blames all his problems on somebody else (namely, the Republican guy before him). He reaps what he "blows."

I was in the center of the plaza, and I think that the crowd didn't want to hear from anyone else at that point. From the very first "I'm pleased to introduce..." the crowd anticipated the Pres-Elect, and showed their disappointment when they didn't get him.

By the time O'Malley made it to the stage, people were tired of being strung along as they eagerly awaited Obama. In fact, I think the harshest comments heard from the crowd were for his introducer, Quincey. No one seemed the slightest interested in hearing from her, and not one person nearby professed to even know who she was.

I was there, and heard O'Malley get moans if not "boos". It seems to me that everything said here is pretty spot on: O'Malley's still cleaning up Erlich's mess, he's obviously got eyes on a higher office and it hurts his integrity, he's handling an economic recession as well as any other governor I can think of (but nothing to brag about), and when he tries to sound genuine it comes of as pandering and maudlin. I can see him having a 49% approval rating, and still be in the running for a second term--the big fat 'D' next to his name on a ballot will surely help. Bit of a shame though, I don't know if he can really become a popular politician in his own state.

How many people DIS-approve of our tax and spend governor? I wouldn't be surprised if he came up with the bright idea to tax blog entries...

if o'malley is still handling erlich's mess how long then was pres. bush handling clinton's mess?

GWB received some boos this morning as he walked onto the dais. I wasn't at either event (nor even the Beatles concert at Shea), but I think the boos represented disapproval of each individual, obviously for different reasons.
Funny how a few boos can stand out from a crowd, while the applause seems to be taken for granted.
Of course, anyone with any class would not boo either individual. Disagreement is fine, but respect the office and the individual that holds it. Save the childishness for the Jerry Springer Show.

patti said:

>>> O'Malley is still cleaning up the mess left by Bob Ehrlich. People forget that.

Just another liberal who can't help but blame everything on Ehrlich.

He was probably surprised by the boos--he thought he could get by with his Clinton impression for all four years in office, but Bubba's not as popular as he was. Maybe he'll crash and burn, and then Michael Steele can make a comeback.

O'Taxey got a surplus he blew right after he got into office just so you know. Also most people who WORK for a living in MD think Martin sucks! I own a small business and all Martin has done is make it way harder to turn any kind of a profit. I now have to charge my customers sale tax which I never had to do before MOM got into office and lost alot of business because of it. Your boy wonder backed the wrong horse in the presidential race, he is self serving and a sorry excuse for a governer. He received the worst rating of any Gov in all the states in a recent ranking..... in his defense the rating was done before the Gov Blogo scandel.
P.S. I also think he also cheated on his wife (although not proven) if you care about morals or anything like that. If not, there is a job waiting for you on Baltimore's city council!!
Hope Ehrlich runs again!!!

Do you people really believe that this is"Ehrlich's mess"? Ehrlich was cleaning up Glendening's mess. When does it all stop? Take responsibility. Busch and Miller ACTIVELY opposed every policy Ehrlich proposed, with the intent of having him fail. As an example, the energy deregulation bill was a Busch/Miller/Parris compromise that failed, and they blamed Ehrlich. To say that O'malley's dismal performance so far is the fault of anyone else than MOM is to deny reality and an attempt to evade responsibility.

Lets see...O'malley in the mayor's office:

1. Bounced around and fired one good police commissioner one after the other.

2. Partitioned religious organizations to stop Ehrlich from bring slots and continuing to let surrounding states bleed us dry.

3. Dodging responsibility for a $58 million deficit in the Baltimore city public schools system; which was not completely his but rolled it over from previous mayor's terms to keep it hidden, refused to confront it head on to attack the situation, and shrugged off any help from Ehrlich.

These are just a few notes of Omalley politics which grind my gears lol

Now in the Governor's seat:

1. Reversed his position on slots when it became far too late to right the maryland economic state before setting into recession.

2. Dropping state jobs to cut back on the budget...Oh that'll always make you popular ;-)

3. Trying to hitch a ride on Obama's back into washington instead of committing to the city of Baltimore and state of Maryland; to which he governed in his own self-interest of furthering his political career.

Now I'm a young black college student who's born, raised, and living in Baltimore City that works (and pays taxes) as a retail worker. So all of his policies affect people like me and many others directly.

Sooo if I had been in the crowd I would have BOOOed immediately since Omalley had already planned on ditching us for the governor's office when he first got in the mayor's seat. Then when Obama annouced his candidacy for the presidency; tried to ride in on his coat-tails into the realm of washington.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that Omalley having another term as Governor is highly out of reach and after all he's done.....would any of us really want him there?

one of the reasons omalley got booed, was because of the way he handled the city when he was mayor and the racisim he let grow in the police department.he and his hench man, sean malone were the reason so many black police officers were fired,and why the white police officers kept there jobs even after they were found guility of murder.he showed everyone that he did not like black men who lived in the city,and was a typical under cover racist..thats why he got booed saturday.and anyone that defends him is just as bad...dont forget there are 14 black police officers suing omalley and the city,they have been for 5 years

Is O'Malley still the Governor? I thought he went on vacation a year ago and never returned. What has he been doing for the last two years? This guy's worse the Harry Hughes and Parris Glendening put together.

It is easier to blame an individual than to roll-up the sleeves and help fix the problem. O’Malley inherited a less than ideal situation from his predecessors and the state economy has bottomed out –no one in their right mind can blame O’Malley for the national recession. We all need to get involved in helping solve the problems. Instead of trying to balance the budget, what Herbert Hoover did after the 29 crash; O’Malley needs to think of stimulus packages and creative ways of getting the state economy rolling… he should take his cue from Washington and the president whose inauguration he just attended.

I'm sure the people booing Marty didn't include Delaware retailers who are elated that he raised the sales tax.

I often wonder what is being held over O'Malley's head.....he just doesn't seem to be the same person who came to uplift the city by becoming Mayor to turn it around, deter crime, drugs and giving hell to those who sat around and made excuses. .........now he is a meeley mouth Governor with no "umph" or "power" behind him!....what a shame and such a waste of talent and now the down slide of the Inner Harbor that was started by a great person and Mayor, Governor with a vision and perseverance...Gov. William Donald Shaffer!.....Where is O'Malley's vision and perserverance of... WHAT????

It was freezing, everybody was waiting for Obama and instead, we got O'Malley talking about the eagle flying over the mountain.

Boooooooring.

I was one of the people chanting "Obama" in the middle of his speech -- not because I don't like the governor, but because, like the rest of us, I wanted to see Obama. And O'Malley gave a tremendously dull, cliched speech. It was a snoozer, and he got called out on it.

I was on War Memorial Plaza for an hour before President-elect Obama spoke on Saturday. The crowd was excited and they WANTED to see our new President. I'm sure none of us would have been there for to endure the frigid cold for anyone but Mr. Obama. I know I wouldn't have been.

And by-the way, EVERYONE who stepped up to the microphone after Rep.Cummings spoke was booed for two reasons. We wanted to see the man we came to see. And we wanted to get it over with, so we could get warm.

As a Democrat I will never EVER vote for O'Malley again. He lied to us about BGE, he's cutting jobs yet still collecting his fat salary and finally he is a part of the growing corruption in MD politics. I am not an Ehrlich guy but if the Dems had passed his slots bill when it was proposed instead of waiting for O'Malley to get in, the slots would have already saved hundreds of jobs and we wouldn't be in the current situation. I am really tired of Maryland's and Baltimore's partisan politics. This is exactly why we voted for Obama, to get rid of these tactics!!!!

Some perspective:

Glendenning's snub of Bill Clinton back in the day. Funny and very telling.

The chorus of boos that greeted Sheila Dixon when she came out onto the field at Camden Yards to introduce Cal Ripken for his HOF induction.

Yes. They were booing HIM. I was there. They did not boo other speakers. The boos were obviously for him. Not surprising because he's the worst governor Maryland's ever had. In fact, he wasn't a great mayor either. Dixon is doing a much better job than he ever did. And I sure do miss Bob Ehrlich.

Odd, O'Malley saw himself as the next JFK. What he didn't realize was the fact that JFK's heir apparent is African-American. Watch the videos of Obama in Baltimore and tell me that O'Malley's reception by the President-elect wasn't as cool as the weather. Obama is a rock star and knows it; O'Malley is a roadie and has no clue.......

I was there, too. And O'Malley was definitely booed. It had nothing to do with the cold.