Premature confetti ejaculation

Now this is funny:

President Bush pauses as confetti falls from the ceiling before the end of his speech at a campaign rally at Verizon Wireless Arena Friday, Oct. 29, 2004 in Manchester, N.H. The confetti exploded prematurely.

They just showed the video on CNN. It was god damn hilarious. Bush was supposed to say "God bless you" at the end of his speech as a trigger to the confetti. He ad libbed it early, and the confetti exploded from the rafters. Upon hearing the unexpected POP, Bush looked as scared as I've ever seen him. Everyone ducked until they realized what was happening. Then he just stood there while the confetti rained down on him, waiting for it to end so he could get on with his speech.

Is there any better metaphor for the Bush campaign? In the late going, absolutely nothing can go right. They can't even get the confetti to fall at the right time.

p.s. Curt Schilling, who was supposed to appear with Bush, backed out at the last minute because his doctors told him "he shouldn't travel" with his injured ankle. Yeah, not like he was just in St. Louis or anything. He backed out because he felt the heat for his GMA comments, period, end of sentence.

[UPDATE] Here's a link to the video.

Also, a reader tells me that Schilling was not only in St. Louis on Wednesday, but Disney World in Orlando on Thursday. But he can't travel, BY CAR, to be with the President in New Hampshire.