Columns as a background?

[Stinky The Clown]

Seems pretty damned fitting to me. They were good enough on this day, 45 years ago.

[mike_c]

1. get thee to the Greatest Page....

Excellent find! Well done!

[peace13]

2. You knew that they came from somewhere.

Thanks for this.

[oldtime dfl_er]

3. Fantastic!

:bounce:

[PATRICK]

4. I was just going to say

It's the Lincoln memorial stupid. Not surprised the modern GOP is self-blinded to the reference. Hope it makes it into Obama's speech.

[madeline_con]

7. They can't see with their heads in their asses. n/t

[Lugnut]

5. I'll be darned!

I thought I might be the only one who got the connection. It's brilliant.

[libnnc]

6. damn right

:kick:

[nashville_brook]

8. wow, interesting observation. the columns are totally working for me.

before i noticed your observation, i was thinking that they convey a sense of civitas. Like, The Republic.

[judasdisney]

9. Bush's 2004 and Obama's 2008 stage sets are identical

http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board/viewtopic.php?t=19986

[XemaSab]

10. I see that, but I also thought it was meant to be

evocative of the White House.

[radfringe]

11. reminded me of the rose garden at the white house

the columns flanking rows of windows

[Kitty Herder]

12. The whole column thing is just plain stupid

These jerks are making something out of nothing. Columns are a common decorative touch. Bush had them at his convention, too.

When people like Tom Brokaw make a big deal out of something this petty, don't they see that it only makes them look foolish?

[CANDO]

13. "Now is the time"

I didn't notice it at first, but he borrowed that from "I have a dream" and it is AWESOME!

[newtothegame]

14. Reccomended n/t