Giant Obama sand sculpture stands near convention (they repaired it after the rain)

Auburn Publications ^ | Sept 2, 2012 | AP

[Innovative]

Sand sculptor Larry Hudson said it took a team of five people about 3 days to finish the sculpture, which shows the president with his arms crossed and smiling broadly. Hudson said the sculptors finished Saturday just before a large thunderstorm struck, requiring touch-ups.

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[ColdOne]

I didn’t think 0 would let anything happen to that.

[barmag25]

Would love to see this overrun by stray cats doing their business.

[Gumdrop]

That is one ugly sand sculture. I don’t care for Obama, but I think he is a bit better looking than that.

It is a hoot that it’s so ugly. When the rains come tomorrow, it’ll be full of rivulets.

[Berlin_Freeper]

[duckman]

Why is Charlotte advertising Myrtle Beach? Just asking.

[stboz]

Let's see here.....Wizard of Oz......melting, melting...oohhh!

A well placed bucket of water will do it.

[Innovative]

Longer article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fifteen-foot-obama-sand-sculpture-draws-onlookers-near-convention-hall-in-charlotte/2012/09/02/abbf9df6-f52c-11e1-863c-fe85c95ce4ed_story.html

“A 25-foot sand sculpture of President Barack Obama brings some of the beach to the Democratic National Convention’s host city. But landlocked Charlotte is nearly 200 miles from the ocean - and the sand is actually from a mine in South Carolina.”

[doug from upland]

It cost $30,000. Hmmmm, how many homeless could they have fed with that money?

[dfwgator]

I know now, that I will never visit Myrtle Beach.

[spokeshave]

Ha...that's how we think of Obama...

Background, Image, Program, Economy, Jobs, Debt, Credit Rating all built on sand...

Meanwhile Obambi thinks he is some sort of dictator

and will be swept into the dustbin of history by the coming Tsunami

[PJBankard]

All of the sand used to create this 16 ton turd was taken from Myrtle Beach.

[Innovative]

It’s all in the eye of the beholder:

“Harper said she sees lots of sand around her home in Las Vegas, “but nothing like that good looking president.””

[duckman]

Why is Charlotte advertising Myrtle Beach? Just asking.

[ConorMacNessa]

"My name is Obama, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
(Apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley)



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[tomkat]

[Adder]

Be a great place for the OWS crowd to go...

[Innovative]

We should tune in to the Romney and Ryan show. The myth of a democratic socialist society funded by capitalism is finished.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2925756/posts

“What is being challenged is nothing less than the most basic premise of the politics of the centre ground: that you can have free market economics and a democratic socialist welfare system at the same time. The magic formula in which the wealth produced by the market economy is redistributed by the state - from those who produce it to those whom the government believes deserve it - has gone bust.

It (the message) was just a reassertion of the basic values of American political culture: self-determination, individual aspiration and genuine community, as opposed to belief in the state as the fount of all social virtue. Romney caught this rather nicely in his acceptance speech, with the comment that the US was built on the idea of “a system that is dedicated to creating tomorrow’s prosperity rather than trying to redistribute today’s.” Or as Marco Rubio put it in his speech, Obama is “trying ideas that people came to America to get away from”.”

[No_BlahBlah]

Is it just me or does this look like the black cop in Diehard?

Not a very good advert for the artist,

[chris37]

Now that is fluckin’ funny!

[I still care]

During the RNC, the Dems kept saying speeches like Christie’s were a “failure” because they didn’t talk enough about Romney. I thought, of course. The Dems are all fixated on worship of authority figures. I loved Christie’s speech.

It’s like Rush said, we need to venerate the principle, not the person. But Dems are all into the cult of the personality, like foreign countries deify their tyrants.

At conservative meetings, people chant “USA! USA”. But Dems chant, “4 more years”

There’s something so totally wrong in their upbringing and education.

[Slings and Arrows]

[ColdOne]

LOL!!!!!!

[cardinal4]

Why is Charlotte advertising Myrtle Beach? Just asking.

Good question, NC beaches are top shelf, too..

[smoothsailing]

Obama, Chia King!

[UCANSEE2]

I would like to THANK Larry Hudson and his team. They did an excellent job of repairing the sculpture, and managed to make Obama look like a grinning child molester while completely getting away with it.

I hope they don't get stiffed on the bill.

WAY TO GO , LARRY !

[spokeshave]

Ha...they don’t allow comments in the original article....I wonder why....../sarcasm.

[DuncanWaring]

Snake charmer ... heh, heh, heh ...

[ConorMacNessa]

I love it!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[silverleaf]

Uncle Ben!

[smoothsailing]

Just Perfect!!!

[BlessingsofLiberty]

bwahahahahha

captured Obama perfectly

he he he he

...made my day...

[Beowulf9]

That is amazing!

[UCANSEE2]

SO... The sand isn’t from Myrtle Beach (implied by the ‘button’) , nor Charlotte, but is from a mine in SC ?

Very clever, this Larry Hudson.

Next thing we will find out is that the sand is tainted with chemicals caused by fracking.

[pallis]

If they were going for the gay, pervert look, they nailed it.

[mware]

Creepy

[UCANSEE2]

All of the sand used to create this 16 ton turd was taken from Myrtle Beach.

Apparently (according to an earlier post) even THAT PART of the obama sculpture is A LIE.

[spokeshave]

Try this short video compiled of Clint's speech at the convention, and his GMC Sperbowl advert ....gripping.

http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/09/we-own-this-country-clint-eastwood-reloaded/

[CatherineofAragon]

Looks like it should drop to one knee and start belting out “Mammy.”

[BerryDingle]

Isn't that look on the face racist? If I posted a Buckwheat
lookalike pic, the mods would probably yank it.

[left that other site]

hey king...

Brilliant graphic on post #6!
Check it out!

[UCANSEE2]

MORE ACCURATELY, it appears the whole ‘sponsor’ of this statue is MYRTLEBEACH.COM, and one could safely assume that the SCULPTOR runs/owns that website.

It’s must a sand sculpture and , like the promises of Obama, won’t last very long.

[UCANSEE2]

(geez, my bad)

It’s JUST a sand sculpture......

[xrmusn]

Why is Charlotte advertising Myrtle Beach? Just asking
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When is the last time the libs did ANYTHING that just out and out made sense?

[neal1960]

I’m 40 miles SE of Charlotte and we have a major rain storm heading toward the Queen city. Here’s hoping....

[Brown Deer]

About 2,790,000,000 results (0.26 seconds)

[Innovative]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fifteen-foot-obama-sand-sculpture-draws-onlookers-near-convention-hall-in-charlotte/2012/09/02/abbf9df6-f52c-11e1-863c-fe85c95ce4ed_story.html

“A 25-foot sand sculpture of President Barack Obama brings some of the beach to the Democratic National Convention’s host city. But landlocked Charlotte is nearly 200 miles from the ocean - and the sand is actually from a mine in South Carolina.”

[UCANSEE2]

captured Obama perfectly

(think about this)

By building it out of sand, the sculpture will 'decay' at about the same rate as Obama during the convention.

The creator of this sculpture is a genius.

[mikrofon]

Obama at Myrtle Beach earlier ...