"Are the 'Greek columns' a mistake?" "Does this connect with the working-class voters?"

[jenmito]

"Doesn't this feed into the 'Messiah' narrative?" SHUT UP ALREADY!!!

[Bill McBlueState]

1. Wow

I'm not watching TV, so I don't *really* know what you're talking about, but I can kinda piece it together. How ridiculous.

[jenmito]

14. Obama's backdrop will be columns. The RNC is already calling the stadium "the arena for the gods"

or something similar, and of course, the media seems to agree and is asking every Obama supporter about his choice of "optics." :eyes:

[NYC_SKP]

40. RNC...MSM...they are concerned, and they are trolls...

I'd love to ban them, send a granite cookie, an extra large Tombstone.

This is the most shallow attack yet and will really only play to those who have no intention of voting for Obama.

Any voter who's really so undecided that columns are going to make a difference is going to forget this in a week or two.

It's most entertaining!

[jenmito]

41. At least ONE guy (Mike Vaquarra?) keeps saying it's actually nothing different from

many of the buildings in DC.

[NYC_SKP]

48. Good, let's give Mike a raise. Geeze, columns, columns, columns,....

They're used on post offices and train stations, too.

Who does he think he is, f'n postmaster general, or the "grand conductor"???

There's a Marriott Courtyard somewhere in Fairfax county with large white columns and windows, just like Invesco Field.....hmmmm

What would THAT make him?

[jenmito]

51. I wish I could...

Yes, they're used in all those places, yet the media KEEPS calling them columns from a "Greek temple." :wtf:

[progdog]

70. I heard it is supposed to represent

the Lincoln memorial because of the anniversary of the "I have a dream" speech.

[Shoelace]

53. Since they can’t argue against the platform, they’ll argue about the stage

that's the best one liner I've heard yet to counter these dumbass media attacks about Obama's stage set.

[Shoelace]

61. well hell, let's throw a Toga party

might as well have some fun with the media spin huh? :woohoo:

[endthewar]

17. Andrea Mitchell's every other question seems to be about this

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Apparently they're expecting elephant tusks and palm trees.

And maybe a big bonfire in the middle with a big iron cauldron.

[nxylas]

3. Umm...the Messiah wasn't Greek

Just saying.

[KittyWampus]

4. lol!

[liberal renegade]

12. They're all mixed up.

[jenmito]

15. Tell it to the stupid RNC and MSM.

[Shoelace]

55. but the Greeks invented "democracy" didn't they?

or were those phallic symbols?lol.;-)

[nxylas]

62. Democracy is an American invention

According to my friend's kids' former teacher. The kids are now homeschooled.

[JoFerret]

67. Nonetheless they shall inherit the earth.

Right?

[nxylas]

68. Obviously that's not meant to be taken literally

It refers to any manufacturer of dairy products.

[JoFerret]

72. The word of Brian is not to be taken lightly.N/t

[Muttocracy]

5. so is the GOP planning on redoing all the federal buildings in D.C. with columns? nt

[texpatriot2004]

6. Bu*h used them in 2004. It was ok for him then. nm

[redqueen]

16. Is that when the pic linked in my sig was taken?

The corporate media always does this... attack dems for something republicans have been doing without comment or even notice for ages.

[road2000]

57. Geez, that's the Enterprise!

n/t

[BuyingThyme]

7. The funny thing is,

the people being spoon fed this crap are likely to eventually start believing he is a messiah.

[Ganja Ninja]

8. Which network is this BS going on?

[jenmito]

19. I'm watching MSNBC, so I'm sure it's even worse on CNN and Faux.

[Cosmocat]

44. EVERY, E V E R Y god darned segment ...

you know, 100 different lines from speeches yesterday - my personal favorite was the Big Dog saying "other countries admire the power our our example, not the example of our power."

And, EVERY god darned segment, at least a half dozen snarky or snickering mentions of greek columns.

[jenmito]

49. Exactly!! Not to mention...

Kerry and a few others gave speeches full of "red meat" and the media keeps saying this convention is weak on attacking the Repubs.!

[C_U_L8R]

9. in 8 hours

the media will be eating their very silly words.

I am appalled at how stupid the media has been this week.
Breathtakingly stupid... and mean spirited

[Lucinda]

32. There is nothing "stupid" about what they are doing. It's VERY deliberate.

And predictable.

[C_U_L8R]

43. They'll realize how stupid it was

every time they appear over the 8 years
before a staunchly Democratic FCC commissioner ... hehehe

[Bozita]

10. WOW! ... Look at this photo ...

[jenmito]

22. Jeez-why isn't the media all over THAT?

:rofl: Nothing could make HIM look like a god or a celebrity.

[Inuca]

27. Well... that's in the Capitol

the artificial columns in the stadium are an eye sore I think, not the best idea, but no big edal either.

[Bozita]

36. Check these pics of GWB at the 2004 GOP Convention ...

[Inuca]

50. Very Nurenbergian :-) n/t

[VolcanoJen]

11. Again, I refer all to David Axelrod's pitch-perfect response to this ridiculous, petty McCain attack

File under "Department of This Is How It's Done."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/obama-c...

"I know that Sen. McCain and his people have been shooting barbs about the 'opulence' of our convention from the mountaintop at Sedona at the McCain estate. I don't think it warrants a response." - David Axelrod

[endthewar]

18. LOL! I missed that one!

Absolutely hilarious!

[Cha]

24. Oh Jen, I didn't see that..thank you,

thank you, thank you!

[VolcanoJen]

26. My pleasure.

These Obama guys are good. :-)

[jenmito]

25. That IS PERFECT! Obama's Convention set is McCain's reality!

:D

[dbonds]

31. Speaking of his Sedona place...

Isn't his living there like oil and water. That place if extremely new age. There is one small part that is a cowboy movie tribute, but the rest is all energy vortexes. Maybe someone should ask if he believes in new age religions. Ask him about his tarot collection or how many wicca circles he has attended.

Pssst, you know John McCain lives in a community of witches.

[CherokeeDem]

33. I LOVE David Axelrod!!

The Obama team in not letting them by with anything. Finally...backbones!!!!!!!

[redqueen]

13. Stil? Jesus these whores are paid well to distract... they sure work hard at it.

God knows they're not working hard to provide... you know... actually MEANINGFUL information.

:eyess:

[nxylas]

20. As usual, Tom Tomorrow nails it

[Cha]

37. This should be read by every tv holding household in

America..some won't care but so many will agree with the dialogue that represents the corporatemediaWhore$.

[Barack_America]

21. "Is it wise for a black man to pretend he belongs in Washington?"

That's what I hear, reading the quotes you posted.

[Inuca]

23. I watched a bit and I know exactly what you mean

obsessing over the columns is ridiculous (OTOH in my view they are ugly and rather tacky). What I find even more ridiculous is the oft repeated question as to whether a more "intimate" setting would have been better for BO to "connect with the voters". Convention acceptance speeches are not meant to take place in an intimate living room, are they?

[verges]

46. And the Rolling Stones

would be better in a small bar too. But it's just not a rally good idea.

McCain's acceptance speech might work however. I'm sure they can use the back room at some Minneapolis bar and still have room for more people.

[AmericanUnity]

28. GASP!! George W Bush - Greek Columns - 2004 GOP Convention RED ALERT !!!! RED ALERT !!!!

[AmericanUnity]

30. Oops! Here's the pic

[jenmito]

29. Andrea Mitchell to Cilizza-"So how 'bout the stadium-was it a mistake or not?"

He answered that it's a "calculated risk." :eyes:

[JawJaw]

34. Second Coming?

Well, the first coming was 3 months ago at the VA GOP Senate convention:



"In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, an ancient race of people... the Druids. No one knows who they were or what they were doing..."

[jenmito]

42. Jeez! Where was the outrage THEN?

:eyes:

[PA Democrat]

35. They should be asking whether McCain's cruel health care plan "connects" with

working class voters. I hate the MSM.

[me b zola]

38. I suspect that the gop and those spouting their talking points

...are going to get punked tonight. Obama's team as said that the theme of the convention is returning the power of the government to the people. I think that we are going to get a poignant reminder of what that means, one steeped in Americanism.

[MiniMe]

39. ..

[merh]

45. Oh, they have room to talk

Did any of those waste of oxygen call GWB out for his back drop in NOLA, just 16 days after Katrina?




Did any of them bitch about the make believe scene he stood before, the generated lights and false sense of security and normalcy?

:argh:

hypocrites :mad:

[Virginia Dare]

47. They can't talk about the Hillary divide anymore..

so they're on to the Greek columns. I agree they need to STFU already.

[jenmito]

56. And they can't talk about ANYTHING negative about MCCAIN-not even any comments

on the Dems.' attacks of him. They just let them go. Why can't they talk about how much like Bush McCain is? Or about some of his LIES about his record...

[Virginia Dare]

58. They're very disappointed at the overall positive feeling and message..

surrounding this convention. They were really hoping for blood to be drawn. SCREW THEM!

[jenmito]

60. I know. They DID start out this morning asking if what the Clintons did was "enough,"

but I guess it started sounding like a stretch even for THEM.

[JuniperLea]

52. Gee... were they a mistake for Washington DC too?

They really have nothing. This is bottom of the barrel scrapings... already!

[Mme. Defarge]

54. They want it should be under

the golden arches? :shrug:

[merh]

59. please see this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6792090

[applegrove]

63. Whoever built Washington in the 1700s built it using greek symbols

and columns. That was a choice made way back when to go classical and democratic (since the greeks had the first democracy with slaves and the USA had the second one). So I think this is more Lincoln Memorial than anything else. Quit calling it greek. It is classical American.

[demo dutch]

64. Maybe, I'm sure it will completely blown out of proportion by the MSM

[laureloak]

65. Isn't it the Lincoln Memorial? n/t

[laureloak]

66. Isn't it the Lincoln Memorial? n/t

[TexasObserver]

69. No matter what Obama does, they'll come up with a narrative that questions it.

If he'd set this speech up to be to a hand picked group of average Americans in a plain venue, they'd say "he's pandering in hopes of winning back regular Americans!"

[Retrograde]

71. yeah, they shoulda gone with the cross and twin towers motif, like in 2004

Oh, wait - that was the 2004 Republican convention.

[Maria Wr]

73. That's OK

[Liberalboy]

74. As a Greek-American-Canadian

I think it looks fabulous......timeless architecture from the people who brought the world Philosophy, Democracy and Drama ;-)