The photo the MSM will NOT show today or tonight

[zulchzulu]

I think he posed for the camera...no? Are those GREEK COLUMNS????

[Mz Pip]

1. Think he looks old?

no?

And what is with that clenched fist? Planning on punching someone John?

[zulchzulu]

2. I do like this photo though...perfect!

[zulchzulu]

5. He's standing next to (gasp!) greek columns!!!! OMFG!!!!! n/t

[Heather MC]

30. McCain's Fingers look like Claws the Photographer may have suggested

he hide his daggers

Also "According to Dr. House" you can diagnosis a number of aliments by what the finger tips look like
He could be hiding "clubbing" of the Fingers which is a sign of disease
that's my tinfoil opinion

[Sequoia]

3. That's his, "I mean business." look. What is that gold band, his POW bracelet?

Back when the Vietcon relased the POWs people had braclets with the name of a captured trooper. I was at at friend's house watching TV when the plane touched down at a military base and the guys poured out of the plance. As the names were called out one guy, with the last name of Dove, was the name on the bracelet of my friend. She was pretty jazzed about it.

[Mz Pip]

7. I wouldn't be surprise

if it were and that he had it gold plated so he could "reluctantly" show it off whenever he is asked a hard question.

[daggahead]

11. That may be his bracelet to remind him ...

of how many houses he owns?

Or maybe it shows him the times he has to take his meds?

[Cheap_Trick]

34. Maybe it has his name on it

so Johnny Alzheimer's can look at it if he foregets.

[endarkenment]

4. Are those GREEK COLUMNS! OMFG! WTF!!1!!!!! (nt)

[redqueen]

6. Clearly he has a messiah complex.

:rofl:

[Cha]

8. Rec'd~ Well, we can pass the fucker around the

internet.

[ensho]

9. Wash., D.C. is a Greek column city

nt

[Virginia Dare]

10. Designed by a FRENCHMAN!....n/t

[Bozita]

12. *GASP* A candidate posing as a Greek god, a PAGAN god? We all know what the Bible says ...

... about false gods.

It might just be the antichrist!

[glancingthefuture]

13. Obama will have Greek like temple columns as his backdrop tonight. There

was an article about it yesterday.


edit to correct spelling.

[TahitiNut]

14. Well, you sure are on top of things, aren't you?

:eyes:

[glancingthefuture]

18. HERE: Obama Speech Stage Resembles Ancient Greek Temple

For your reading pleasure:


Obama Speech Stage Resembles Ancient Greek Temple
August 26, 2008

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5660266

494 comments


DENVER (Reuters) - 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 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.

The show should provide a striking image for the millions of Americans watching on television as Obama delivers a speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination.

[TahitiNut]

26. Mind like a steel trap, huh?

:eyes:

[glancingthefuture]

33. umm. .........

Why set out to insult new members?

[TahitiNut]

35. Most "new members" take the counsel of many years and READ before posting.

If you had done so, perhaps you'd know that DUers are fairly well-informed and the "news" you were INFORMING me (and others) of has been hashed and rehashed here for over 24 hours. To fail to READ first and ASSUME that another is as ill-informed AND then redundantly post something that's been posted and reposted is, at best, inconsiderate. (Literally, failing to consider.) You then got a gentle (humorous) CLUE ... and then a heavier (humorous) CLUE ... and think YOU are being insulted? Nonsense. Utter fucking nonsense. (If that's your 'best foot' being put forward. I'd hate to see the other. I'm not favorably impressed. Polite "new members" do a better job of introducing themselves. Wise up.)

[glancingthefuture]

39. I did

not consider your first reply humorous ---it was snarky and I have no intention of taking counsel of snarky elders.
The fact is--I posted the article for your convenience (and for the OP since he did not seem to know that Sen. Obama was going to make his own stage 'greek-like".


have a good day.

[Name removed]

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[glancingthefuture]

19. I have posted the article --see my post upstream.

[redqueen]

21. Here... let me help you with that. If you read past the SPIN, there are facts.

"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."

[glancingthefuture]

22. Yes, I read that. The imagery will be grand.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

23. It's not just the White House. Greek revival is very prominent throughout DC

Lincoln Memorial


Jefferson Memorial


Library of Congress


Capitol Building


National Archives




This is such a lame attack point from the Republicans.

[redqueen]

24. Yup... says as much in the linked article... it's just that IMO

the ones on the stage most closely resemble the WH...

I think it's grand. Gets all the morons a yappin... free publicity. :D

[glancingthefuture]

25. Yes, it is. I have toured DC many times. Thanks for the pics.

[TahitiNut]

36. "This is such a lame attack point from the Republicans." Well, it's WORSE than that.

Greek Revival architecture was the common style of antebellum plantations, as well as the predominant federal architecture. The dog whistles are blowing.

The Belle Meade Plantation (1853)



Other examples ...
http://www.presidenthomes.com/uploadedImages/Quality_and_Style/Architectural_Styles/clip_image001(8).jpg

[SemiCharmedQuark]

37. If anyone was competant in the media, they'd point that out.

Personally, I see it as Obama bringing a little bit of DC to Denver.

[TahitiNut]

38. I personally think the set is more about secuirty than style.

There are contemporarily obligatory media functions (LCD screens, etc.) for any such event and the theme is clearly "federal architecture" but I'd say the Secret Service had a hand in dealing with sight lines and evacuation routes.

[justiceischeap]

16. I'd think they'd hide this one...

[KansDem]

17. Where's his FLAG LAPEL PIN!!!

I hope at one of the debates the f**ktwit "reporter"-turned-moderator spends 45 f**king minutes debating THIS transgression!!!

[ClayZ]

20. I keep seing the Rethugs with FEATHERS in their mouth!

K and R

[Overseas]

27. Took me a while. Forgot the ridiculous column bashing.

The "Look I'm a Serious Guy" expression is comical enough.

I think the bracelet is some kind of Med Alert thing. Unless he really did have his military dog tags adapted into jewelry to remind him-- Noun Verb POW.

[TahitiNut]

28. Are those columns in front of his antebellum plantation home?

:eyes:

[jillan]

29. Like the Supreme Court?

or how 'bout the Capitol Building??



edit to fix pic.

[ensho]

31. they even sell Greek columns at big hardware stores

decorators use them on the designer shows

[ailsagirl]

32. No way, no how, NO MCCAIN

I can barely stand to look at him