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mediamatters.org - 8/29/2008
ABC reports that Republicans are mocking Democrats' columned stage, not that 2004 GOP convention stage also had columns
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On the August 28 edition of ABC's Good Morning America, co-hosts Robin Roberts and Diane Sawyer echoed Republican talking points mocking the stage at Invesco Field in Denver, where Sen. Barack Obama plans to give his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for president. After Sawyer noted that Republicans were "making fun of" the stage, which includes a structure with columns, ...

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Barackopolis? Egobama? Temple of who?
WTF Is It Now?!? — Republicans are so fucking pathetic. Columns! Ahhhh! Even more disgusting? Cable tv stations that aren't the official gpuke propaganda nutwork harping on it. ...

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