According to ABC News and several other sources, Obama is planning on giving his speech at Invesco Field on Thursday from a columned stage resembling an ancient Greek temple. Let me repeat that: Barack Obama, who has been battling accusations of messianic arrogance since the beginning of his campaign, is planning on giving his speech in a gigantic stadium full of screaming fans on a columned stage resembling an ancient Greek temple.No word yet on whether he plans on dressing up like Zeus.
Republicans have already mined this sure-to-be-catastrophic lapse in judgment for one of the funniest lines of the entire election: "Is this from the Onion?" (kudos to the random McCain aide who come up with that)
Here is my list of possible explanations for this decision:
- It's all an elaborate head-fake by the Democrats (purpose of head-fake unknown);
- Karl Rove has been playing Jedi mind tricks on DNC chairman Howard Dean;
- Terrorists have invaded Denver, replacing all of the fresh air with poisonous gas that transforms normal human beings into blundering fools;
- Barack Obama actually is God and is planning on announcing it on Thursday. Yeah, so I guess the Greek columns don't seem so overstated now, do they?
- Any suggestions?
From the New York Daily News:
I still think it would have been better to err on the side of understatement, considering Obama's image issues, but hey. What do you guys think? Is it: (a) over the top or (b) appropriately grand considering the occasion?
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Bush used very similar decor at the Republican convention so...
ReplyDeleteHmm...good point. I just googled that image and you're right - there are a couple of columns behind him. Then again, Bush wasn't battling a reputation of being elitist, so I think Obama's backdrop will stand out more to people...especially after jerks like myself bring attention to it. In any case, I still think the Dems are adding fuel to the flames.
ReplyDeleteBut it WORKED, didn't it? The "image issues" were of McCain's making anyway..it turned out that no matter what anyone wants to say about ostentation or 'celebrity', it effing WORKED!
ReplyDelete"It worked" meaning you thought Obama's speech was effective with the backdrop or "it worked" meaning you thought the Republican strategy to paint Obama as arrogant was effective?
ReplyDeleteI mean to say that the move to Invesco field was a good one, along with the set and setting. Comments about ostentation, pomp and circumstance sound like sour grapes in front of the 80,000 plus who packed that stadium. It looked like a movement.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I thought it was well done. The way it was being described beforehand, though, I was completely freaked out (obviously). But it certainly didn't wind up looking like an "ancient Greek temple" to me. Damn you crafty Republicans!! You even tricked me!!
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