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JammieWearingFool: Just Perfect: Temple of Obama Built By Britney Spears Set Designers
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog: Carol Platt Liebau: What Are the Dems Smoking?
Hot Air » Top Picks: Too good to check: Barackopolis brought to you by Britney Spears’ designers
Flopping Aces: Obama’s Mount O-lympus Stage Designed by Britney Spears Set Designer
Column Inches
Political Punch —
... , President Bush had an ornate set with Grek columns when accepted the GOP presidential nomination in 2004. The Obama campaign says this is another one of those idiotic phony issues trumped up by the GOP and conservative media that makes no difference whatsoever to voters. What say you? - jpt August 28, 2008 | ...
Just Perfect: Temple of Obama Built By Britney Spears Set Designers
JammieWearingFool —
... Really, this must be some kind of plot orchestrated by Karl Rove. For the better part of a month now Team Obama has been moaning about being compared with Britney Spears, yet they actually use the same set designer. They really are that dumb . Democrats will kneel before the "Temple of Obama" tonight. As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party's nomination atop an enormous, Greek-columned stage - built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears' last tour . John McCain's ...
Carol Platt Liebau: What Are the Dems Smoking?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
You have a candidate who has been mocked repeatedly -- and effectively -- for acting as though he thinks he's a god. So what do you do? Build him a temple (the Obamaopolis?)! You have a candidate who has been mocked repeatedly -- and effectively -- for being more of a celebrity than a leader. So what do you do? Hire the same set team that produced Britney Spears' last tour! Keep it up, guys. Please.
Too good to check: Barackopolis brought to you by Britney Spears’ designers
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... As if the Temple of the One had not embarrassed the Democrats enough, the New York Times discovers that it links Barack Obama and Britney Spears — again . Team Obama complained when John McCain’s “Celebrity” ad compared Obama and Spears to define Obama as a celebrity without any substance. So why did they turn to the Spears team to design their Greek temple of a set? Democrats will kneel before the “Temple of Obama” tonight. As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party’s nomination atop an ...
Obama’s Mount O-lympus Stage Designed by Britney Spears Set Designer
Flopping Aces —
... No word on whether Obama will wear a toga!
The Barackopolis stands ready for the Democrat’s god to descend tonight!
TEMPLE OF DEM ON MT. O-LYMPUS
By JEREMY OLSHAN and GEOFF EARLE
NY Post
August 28, 2008
DENVER - Democrats will kneel before the “Temple of Obama” tonight.
As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party’s nomination atop an enormous, ...
Obama's Acceptance Stage Built by Britney Spears' Set Designer
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
Remember a few weeks ago when supposedly impartial media members were angered by a McCain ad that likened Barack Obama to Britney Spears? Well, the stage that Obama will be giving his acceptance speech from Thursday evening was actually built by the same guy that designs Britney Spears' concert sets. I kid you not. As reported by the NY Post Thursday (emphasis added, photo courtesy NYP): As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party's nomination atop an ...
LOL Quote of the Day
Sister Toldjah —
Via the NYPost regarding Obama’s temple (emphasis added - h/t: Captain Ed):
But the set is designed to evoke the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, not the Acropolis, said staging supervisor Bobby Allen, a Spears set vet.
“We’ve done Britney’s sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated and we had to do it in far less time,” said Allen, of RDA Entertainment. ...
Explaining the columns
Ben Smith's Blog —
The New York Post gets a little more on the staging of tonight's event:
But the set is designed to evoke the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, not the Acropolis, said staging supervisor Bobby Allen.
Allen, the Post says, is a Britney Spears crew vet.
Too Good, But True
Power Line —
About Barack Obama's Greek Temple, from the New York Post : As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party's nomination atop an enormous, Greek-columned stage - built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears' last tour. ... But the set is designed to evoke the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, not the Acropolis, said staging supervisor Bobby Allen, a Spears set vet. "We've done Britney's sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated and we ...
Oops!... He Did It Again
Confederate Yankee —
Oops!... He Did It Again Get ready for Barack Spears and the Temple of Duh : As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party's nomination atop an enormous, Greek-columned stage - built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears' last tour. [snip]"We've done Britney's sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated and we had to do it in far less time," said Allen, of RDA Entertainment."The biggest challenge has been making sure we don't damage the ...
Obama at Mile High
The Reaction —
... on the riskiness of it all, as if it may not be such a good idea, what with Democrats quaking in their boots, and the rightist New York Post, which spews nonsense like this: "Democrats will kneel before the 'Temple of Obama' tonight." ...
It's Obama, Y'all
The Corner on National Review Online —
Thursday, August 28, 2008 [image] It's Obama, Y'all [ Mark Hemingway ] From the New York Post : As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party's nomination atop an enormous, Greek-columned stage - built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears' last tour . Oh man, that McCain celebrity ad is the gift that keeps on giving... 08/28 03:31 PM
Awesomeness: Obama’s temple designed by BRITNEY SPEARS’ set designer!
Stop The ACLU —
Beyond parody, my friends. Beyond parody . Democrats will kneel before the “Temple of Obama” tonight. As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party’s nomination atop an enormous, Greek-columned stage - built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears’ last tour. … “We’ve done Britney’s sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated and we had to do it in far less time,” said Allen, of RDA Entertainment.“The biggest challenge has been making sure ...
Watch behind you; remember you are just a man!
sisu —
... O Day, 28th of August, 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech, and Democrats' presidential nominee is waiting in the wings of ", eager to wow 'em as he steps center stage to deliver an all-things-to-all-people acceptance speech to 75,000 assembled guests and the immediate world via TV and the internet. Meanwhile, a snickering New York Post reports that the "Temple of Obama" where the much-anticipated event will take place was "built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears' last tour": ...
Awesomeness: Obama's temple designed by BRITNEY SPEARS' set designer!
Wizbang —
Beyond parody, my friends. Beyond parody . Democrats will kneel before the "Temple of Obama" tonight. As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party's nomination atop an enormous, Greek-columned stage - built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears' last tour. ... "We've done Britney's sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated and we had to do it in far less time," said Allen, of RDA Entertainment. "The biggest challenge has been making ...
Mile High Worries
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... star wattage and connecting with average Americans and that it gives Republicans a chance to drive home their message that the Democratic nominee is a narcissistic celebrity candidate. We already know he is a rock star, we already know he can bring 85,000 people together in a stadium. He has done it multiple times. He needs to talk to people who haven t made up their minds yet, said Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen. Not only is Obama a rock star, he is also embracing his inner Britney. His temple was built by the same outfit that built Britney Spears stage sets . DENVER - ...
Mocking Republican mockery
Daily Kos —
... Republican propagandists are likening the Invesco colonade to a Greek temple on Mt. Olympus. In other words, Republicans have no idea what temples are for; there were no temples on Mt. Olympus since temples were built by humans, not gods. ...
Greek Temple in Denver: Site of Pan-Obamania Festival?
GayPatriot —
... Others have weighed it, noting how this set was “built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears’ last tour.” So the set reinforces that he’s no ordinary politician, but a celebrity instead. And like most celebrities having delusions of being more than just an actor playing a part a singer entertaining a crowd. ...
What The Republicans Fear
Comments from Left Field —
... While the Republican’s and their media lackeys fret about what columns are used at Invesco we’re busy gathering in massive numbers to take our country back. ...
Taking After Britney Again
Moonbattery —
... when McCain compared their Messiah to fellow shallow pop phenom Britney Spears. Yet the absurdly pretentious Mount Olympus stage set for his Democrat coronation yesterday was designed by the same team that constructed cheesy sets for Britney Spears's last tour. ...
Empire of Yin - Part 1: The Great Unbalancing
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe —
... All Western “progressive” parties in an arch extending west from Austria to Australia, including Mr. Obama’s, cater to the psychographics for which media events such as pop star tours, Olympics closing extravaganzas, and grand and unspecific pronouncements of hope, change and equalization of all in front of papier maché Greek temples are tailor made. It’s no coincidence that Mr. Obama’s temple set was built by the same company that works for Britney Spears. Nor should it surprise that another “blinding” specimen of shrieking Western moronism should ...
$140,000 Spent on DNCC Podium and the Barackopolis
Weekly Standard Blog —
... With all the hullabaloo surrounding the RNC's expenditures on Sarah Palin's clothes, I thought it would be interesting to find out how much money was spent on Obama's Greek-columned stage at Invesco Field. You remember the Barackopolis--those "styrofoam Greek columns"--don't you? ...
