Parthenon by the Platte.
Well, he's never been accused of excessive humility:
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Come to think of it, I hope Sen. Obama didn't write inches instead of feet on the cocktail napkin when he mapped out the stage design. (But I would love to see dancing midgets during his acceptance speech.)
UPDATE: Gracious links from Allah and the Divine Miss MM. For even more hilarity, start here.
UPDATE 2: The Daily Mail reports that Obama is having another prop delivered.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.Frankly, it makes a perfect setting for the media orgy that will follow.
The stage, similar to structures used for rock concerts, has been set up at the 50-yard-line, the midpoint of Invesco Field, the stadium where the Denver Broncos' National Football League team plays.
Some 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.
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 off from locations around the stadium wall.
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Come to think of it, I hope Sen. Obama didn't write inches instead of feet on the cocktail napkin when he mapped out the stage design. (But I would love to see dancing midgets during his acceptance speech.)
UPDATE: Gracious links from Allah and the Divine Miss MM. For even more hilarity, start here.
UPDATE 2: The Daily Mail reports that Obama is having another prop delivered.
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8/27/2008 8:29 PM
Hard Starboard wrote:
Toga! Toga! Toga! Toga!: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple. The stage, similar to structures used for rock concerts, has been set up... -
8/27/2008 9:52 AM
Hard Starboard wrote:
I must admit, I got a little caught up in the speculation that Hillary Rodham....Clinton was going to use the opportunity of her convention speech last night to slap Barack Hussein Obama with the snub to end all snubs. No,... -
8/27/2008 10:34 AM
Ed Driscoll.com wrote:
All hail Caesar Obama! Update: There's always been definite gnostic feel to Obama. To combine memes from Glenn Reynolds and Nigel Tufnel (and really, who doesn't?) I blame...Da Druids! (Via Michelle Malkin, who has much more on the Temple on...
OMG.
Excessive narcissism.
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Auuuurrrrgh!!! I was going immediately to the dancing dwarves / inches instead of feet thing and you beat me by a country mile!
I bow to you, sir.
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Upon a second glance at your image, I spied the fishing wire lowering the 18-inch Stonhenge . . . erm . . . Parthenon onto the stage. I've just discovered the feeling of Coke Zero departing my nasal cavities at high velocity. Hilarious!
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Obama should fly in like the Olympic Torch Firelighter in Beijing. I guess that JFK did similar event in the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1960. Also in 1960, the first Mayor Daley stuffed the ballot boxes in Illinois to win it for JFK. Will the second Mayor Daley do likewise for BHK?
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Nothing says "serious candidate" like an homage to Spinal Tap.
Doesn't do much to alleviate the rock star image, either
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