Posted on 08/28/2008 6:18:58 AM PDT by Zakeet
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 campaign mocked the massive neoclassical set created for Obama's speech at 75,000-seat Invesco Field. Some Republicans have dubbed it the "Barackopolis," while others suggested the delegates should wear togas to fit in among the same Doric columns the ancient Greeks believed would stroke the egos of Zeus and Athena.
"It's only appropriate that Barack Obama would descend down from the heavens and spend a little time with us mere mortals when accepting the Democratic nomination," said Republican National Committee spokesman Danny Diaz.
The McCain campaign quickly dispatched a memo calling the stage the "Temple of Obama."
"We would have expected to read something like this in The Onion. Fortunately for us, it's true. Unfortunately for Obama, it's true," a McCain adviser told The Post.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Set designers say this is supposed to look like the White House, not the house of Zeus and Hera.
The set designers are wrong.
It looks like a temple with a raised alter.
I wonder who Obama will be sacrificing tonight.
It appears the set designers have failed their mission.
“Set designers say this is supposed to look like the White House”
Let’s hope that’s a close as he gets to the real thing.........
The DNC is practicing their parts for tonight's worship service............
OBAMAM AHKBAR! OBAMA AHKBAR!
I see where they got their inspiration..............
Can't be a virgin. They wouldn't be able to find one.
“built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears’ last tour.”
you can’t make this stuff up......
This guy sure likes to play dress-up....it almost reaches the level of fetishism.
Obama will be sacrificing most of the American people tonight.
Sacrificed to the God of Socialism.
Why didn’t they just rent Red Rocks ?
I’m thinkin Temple of Doom
h/t Hotair
“Why didn’t they just rent Red Rocks ?”
Obviously someone dropped the ball on that one, that would have been even better.
One of the commentators on Fox & Friends this morning made a great comment about this setup. He said that he actually found the stage to be very appropriate for Obama. It looks really pretty on the front, but there’s nothing behind it, it’s an empty facade, just like Obama. He casts a really good ‘look’, but he’s a completely empty suit.
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