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Pictured: The miniature 'Greek temple' from which Barack Obama will launch his final push for the U.S. presidency Last updated at 6:50 PM on 27th August 2008 Barack Obama's big speech on tomorrow night will be delivered from an elaborate columned platform resembling a miniature Greek temple, it has been revealed. The stage is similar to structures used for rock concerts and has been set up at ...
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The columns at Invesco
Ben Smith's Blog — ... One Democrat suggested Obama hang flags over his neoclassical stage set, which does reflect the campaign's occasional tendency toward kitsch. ...

Bush's 2004 temple
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Indeed, the Bush set and the Obama sets currently look strikingly similar, with the podium set well in front of the columns, and connected by a path. ...

2008 Democratic National Convention: An Insider’s Video Tour of the Obama Temple
(Obsolete Feed) — ... Every cult needs a temple but this is more than a bit over the top - even for a man of Obama’s arrogance: He will stride out to a raised platform to a podium that can be raised from beneath the floor. Once Obama speaks, confetti will rain down on him and fireworks will be fired from around the stadium wall. Join the Blogs of War Readers Facebook group and meet cool conservative thinkers from around the globe. Copyright © 2007 by John Little of Blogs of War. ...

Hugh Hewitt: All Hail Obama!
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Where will Bill Ayers, Benadine Dohrn, Tony Rezko and Jeremiah Wright be sitting? The the UK's Daily Mail reports: Barack Obama's big speech on tomorrow night will be delivered from an elaborate columned platform resembling a miniature Greek temple, it has been revealed. The stage is similar to structures used for rock concerts and has been set up at the 50-yard-line, the midpoint of Invesco Field, the stadium where the Denver Broncos' American football team plays. Obama

Hugh Hewitt: All Hail Obama!
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog — Where will Bill Ayers, Benadine Dohrn, Tony Rezko and Jeremiah Wright be sitting? The the UK's Daily Mail reports: Barack Obama's big speech on tomorrow night will be delivered from an elaborate columned platform resembling a miniature Greek temple, it has been revealed. The stage is similar to structures used for rock concerts and has been set up at the 50-yard-line, the midpoint of Invesco Field, the stadium where the Denver Broncos' American football team plays. Obama

Edifice Complex
Shakesville — The Republicans are mocking the stage set from which Barack Obama will deliver his acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High tomorrow night: ...

Jump The Shark Time? Obama To Depart Speech On Faux Air Force One?
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... the madness … or one to celebrate the insatiable lunacy that, God willing, will tumble this poser onto his bony ass in the general election as John McCain wins in a damn landslide …THAT’s all I can say, because as the piece below states … I really DO want to vomit right now. (American Digest) Can’t Possibly Be True. Can’t Possibly Be That Stupid! Bonkers! The British paper, the Daily Mail is currently running this shot of a prop arriving for the Obama Sermon tomorrow in ...

Denver - Day 3: Roll call, Bubba, and Biden
Sister Toldjah — ... Indeed, the Bush set and the Obama sets currently look strikingly similar, with the podium set well in front of the columns, and connected by a path. ...

Sic Transit Gloria Obama?
The Sundries Shack — ... transit gloria mundi”, which was translated “All glory is fleeting”. The Pope, when he is coronated, is reminded three times during the ceremony of the same phrase, which is translated, “Holy Father, thus passes the glory of the world”. Barack Obama badly needs one of those guys right now. Charles Krauthammer yesterday asked of the Democratic nominee, “Has He Lost His Mind?”. What prompted the question is this elaborate stage for his acceptance speech tonight. The stage is similar to ...

8/28: Watching And Waiting
Blogometer — ... the case that Obama is ready to lead, his speech felt like a squandered opportunity. A squandered opportunity that reinforced the notion that Democrats either don't know how to talk about -- or don't have the stomach for talking about -- national security. It felt very pre-9/11." KERRY: Lowering The Boom Liberal bloggers were surprised and delighted by Kerry's speech, which included some sharp attacks on McCain: OBAMA: Such Hubris! Conservative bloggers are mocking Obama after the Daily Mail reported that his acceptance speech "will be delivered from an elaborate columned ...

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