At the U2 concert this weekend the crowd would have gone wild for just about everything Bono said or sang.
Which made it all the more awkward when Bono got to his inevitable sermonizing, said several of those who caught the show. He was talking about his "One" project, which works against poverty and disease, particularly in Africa. Bono praised North Carolina for having two prominent politicians who have worked hard for that cause. On the right, he said, was the late Sen. Jesse Helms. (Bono of course had developed an understanding with Helms).
And on the left, was John Edwards.
That's when it got uncomfortable.
"I've never experienced an awkward silence at a rock concert before," writes Joe Gregorio on his blog, echoing what Dome has heard from others.
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