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Obama speech stage resembles ancient Greek temple
Reuters ^ | August 26, 2008

Posted on 08/26/2008 7:11:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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.

Politicians in past elections have typically spoken from the convention site itself, but the Obama campaign liked the idea of having their man speak to a larger, stadium-sized crowd not far from where the Democratic National Convention is being held, at the Denver pro basketball arena.

Obama was taking a page from the campaign book of John Kennedy in 1960 when the future president delivered his acceptance speech to 80,000 people in the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Once Obama speaks, confetti will rain down on him and fireworks will be fired off from locations around the stadium wall.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008dncconvention; democrats; denver; election; electionpresident; elections; obama
They didn't learn anything from Berlin, did they?
1 posted on 08/26/2008 7:11:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another John McCain “The One” commercial coming up.


2 posted on 08/26/2008 7:12:51 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More Hollywood theater from the DemocRATS. Just the “change” America needs.


3 posted on 08/26/2008 7:12:55 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (A History and Science Minute.- "Climate change" has been going on for millions of years!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama has all the hubris of a Greek god.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

4 posted on 08/26/2008 7:13:13 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The more “staging” they apply to this extreme lightweight, the more evident to more Americans just how empty this suit is...


5 posted on 08/26/2008 7:14:00 PM PDT by GunnyB (Once a Marine, Always a Marine)
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"Obama speech stage resembles ancient Greek temple"

Let's hope they have a real Greek Tragedy.

6 posted on 08/26/2008 7:14:13 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Greek temple? Must be the idea of all the overt gays in the Democratic party.

Should have been a Roman temple. The convention is more like a scene from “Caligula.”


7 posted on 08/26/2008 7:14:27 PM PDT by whitedog57
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Must be a misprint. It should be “Geek Temple”.


8 posted on 08/26/2008 7:15:37 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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To: whitedog57
Caligula had delusions of grandeur. Obama thinks he's the world's Colossus. Nothing is big enough to define him!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

9 posted on 08/26/2008 7:16:40 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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10 posted on 08/26/2008 7:17:15 PM PDT by ncfool (Making Obama look patriotic is above my pay grade)
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To: whitedog57

Yup! If he comes out wearing a white robe and sandals to receive his “laurel and hardy handshake” from Howie Dean, I think I’ll puke. DemocRATS really need to try to cutback on the phony Hollywood stuff.


11 posted on 08/26/2008 7:17:15 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (A History and Science Minute.- "Climate change" has been going on for millions of years!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More “show” to replace the (lack of) substance.


12 posted on 08/26/2008 7:17:20 PM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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They didn't learn anything from Berlin, did they?

Sure they did. Adolf liked majestic settings with lots of columns too.

Think: 'Triumph of the Will' for a study of how to make a scumbag seem like a saviour.

13 posted on 08/26/2008 7:18:23 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I guess they couldn’t get the Chinese director who did the opening and closing ceremonies at the Olympics.
Sheesh...this sounds really cheesy. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him rise into some fake clouds at the end of his speech.


14 posted on 08/26/2008 7:18:25 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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Do you remember the Republican convention, when a whole bunch of secular progressives got upset because they said it “looked like a church”?

I guess the pagan theme is just right for the dems.


15 posted on 08/26/2008 7:18:53 PM PDT by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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16 posted on 08/26/2008 7:20:18 PM PDT by ncfool (Making Obama look patriotic is above my pay grade)
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