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The Sermon Near The Mound
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... 80,000 supporters will see Obama appear from between plywood columns painted off-white, reminiscent of Washington's Capitol building or even the White House, to accept the party's nomination for president. Followed by a simple supper of loaves and fishes, no doubt. Perhaps someone should remind the Obama campaign of another ancient Greek concept: Hubris . (The title of the post would have been funnier if they played baseball in the stadium.) Via Memeorandum . Others: Weekly Standard Blog , The Corner , Redstate , Sister Toldjah
Obama’s temple for the Cult of Personality
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... reported last night on the plans for Obama to deliver his acceptance speech in front of a fake Greek temple, and John McCormack has the picture: [image] That this scales heights of presumptuousness can hardly be refuted. What genius thought of this motif? Probably the same one that concocted ...
Photo of Obama’s “temple”
Sister Toldjah —
Last night, I wrote about reports of what Barack Obama’s stage at Invesco Field would resemble: A Greek temple. Today, Fausta, who sees a Star Trek connection, has posted a photo of it that does for the imagination what mere articles about it couldn’t:
John McCormack at The Weekly Standard blog notes the McCain camp’s reaction: “Is this from the Onion?”
Oh, if only it truly was.
2008 Virginia Republican Convention Featured Stage With Greek Columns
Think Progress —
Reuters reports that Barack Obama will deliver his Thursday night acceptance speech before an “elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple”:
Conservatives are mocking the stage as a “temple of Obama.” Ed Morrissey writes, “That this scales heights of presumptuousness can hardly be refuted.” One anonymous McCain adviser quipped, “Is this from the Onion?” No, but it may be inspired by the stage at the 2008 Virginia Republican Convention: ...
We seem to be having a Star Trek TOS meme going with Obama, here.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... BSG 2.0 vibe.
Anyway, first we had the
Space Hippies:
...and now we have
to ask, "Who
Mourns for Adonis?"
...um, not me? Read up a little on organized European polytheism
and you start to understand why the various Abrahamic faiths went
through them like a hot knife through butter.
Moe Lane
PS: When your
Temple to yourself is causing your political opponent's
campaign to immediately reply, "Is
this ...
