Of course: Setting for Obama’s speech to resemble ancient Greek temple
posted at 8:31 pm on August 26, 2008 by Allahpundit
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A manger wouldn’t have played well with the red-staters they’re trying to woo.
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…
Once Obama speaks, confetti will rain down on him and fireworks will be fired off from locations around the stadium wall.
Too staid for my tastes. What about a giant plaster Lincoln head descending from the sky with Obama inside, and once it hits the stage he breaks through out of the top hat like the Hulk? Or how about the lights come up to reveal statues of Jesus, MLK, Gandhi, and The One — except his isn’t a statue, it’s really him and he was just standing perfectly still. Then he comes “magically” to life as the camera hits him. Awesome.
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He needs showgirls. Topless, preferably.
Cicero43 on August 26, 2008 at 8:34 PM
The Lincoln thing wouldn’t work, the Republican that freed the slaves bit, you know?
Maquis on August 26, 2008 at 8:36 PM
that or the Count’s gondola entrance from The Count of Monte Cristo that’d be subtle enough….
sven10077 on August 26, 2008 at 8:36 PM
I guess they felt the silly spectacle in Berlin didn’t drop his polls quite enough.
Chuck Schick on August 26, 2008 at 8:36 PM
So, He’s not the Messiah, He’s freakin’ ZEUS!
Tony737 on August 26, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Doesn’t the messiah remember his teachings about humility?
jencab on August 26, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Wow! Greek AND a temple? Evil Westerners and religion. Interesting.
progressoverpeace on August 26, 2008 at 8:37 PM
LOL omg could this get any better
trailortrash on August 26, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Oh, please…please let someone screw up the dimensions.
Slublog on August 26, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Will the cult prostitute be giving the benediction?
ninjapirate on August 26, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Slublog beat me to it.
greenonions on August 26, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Arrogance. A foreshadowing of what may come, ignoring the will of the people, destroying the will of the people.
madmonkphotog on August 26, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Is he going to wear a freekin’ toga, too?
Are the people in the big-bucks luxury boxes exempt from kneeling in His presence?
MrScribbler on August 26, 2008 at 8:37 PM
he will receive a fatal head wound during his speech, and rise again!!!
right4life on August 26, 2008 at 8:38 PM
I’d be funny if a mini Stonehege(msp) was lowered down like in Spinal Tap.
LtE126 on August 26, 2008 at 8:38 PM
LMAO…..have they booked the Mormon Tabernacle Choir?
GarandFan on August 26, 2008 at 8:38 PM
The Chinese are just lucky that the Olympics went before the Democrat Convention.
progressoverpeace on August 26, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Wait. I’m getting a vibe…
It’s PERFECT!
Cicero43 on August 26, 2008 at 8:39 PM
In other words, he liked the Jib Jab cartoon so much that he had to flip a coin to decide if he should give a speech from the ending scene with the voting booth, or on a live unicorn sporting a pink mane flying through the air leaving a rainbow trailing from it’s backside while little blue birds fly with a small banner that says “change?”
Well, let’s hope that he doesn’t get stuck in the stage dressing like Derek Smalls.
wise_man on August 26, 2008 at 8:39 PM
What about a giant plaster Lincoln head descending from the sky with Obama inside …
No, but at the Pubbie convention I’d like to see Ted Nugent have a huge plywood Obama … oooops, I mean O-SAMA come down and have ted shoot him between the eyes with his bow like he used to do to Saddam.
Tony737 on August 26, 2008 at 8:40 PM
My only question is will there be animal sacrifices to The One that will atone for our sins?
David Rasbold on August 26, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Will a toga be involved, because I don’t think he’s got the bod for it. Too scrawny.
JA on August 26, 2008 at 8:40 PM
More extravagant: The Obama “corronation” OR the halftime show at The Orange Bowl?
SuperCool on August 26, 2008 at 8:40 PM
These are Dems. You are more likely to get showboys. Probably bottomless.
Guardian on August 26, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Obamissus?
reaganaut on August 26, 2008 at 8:41 PM
A miniature Greek temple? Will he wear a toga? Will an oracle read a goat’s entrails and tell him his fortune?
Disturb the Universe on August 26, 2008 at 8:41 PM
The only thing…Greek Gods don’t have moobs.
LtE126 on August 26, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Aren’t Greek columns, um, Phallic Symbols?
Maquis on August 26, 2008 at 8:41 PM
They could rig superconducting magnets in Obama’s shoes and have him levitate around the stage. It fits the near Mount Olympus theme.
Then again, superconducting magnets need to be cooled to something like 4 Kelvin to get them to work.
Weebork on August 26, 2008 at 8:41 PM
No problem. BHO’s cool.
progressoverpeace on August 26, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Do you guys not know there is video of your Boss being attacked by Alex Jones and his insane followers shouting, “Kill Michelle Malkin”?
TheBigOldDog on August 26, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Perhaps they can change the choreography to keep the dwarf clear?
Chuck Schick on August 26, 2008 at 8:42 PM
AWESOME! I’d vote for that!
petunia on August 26, 2008 at 8:42 PM
“Obamissus?
reaganaut on August 26, 2008 at 8:41 PM”
PERFECT!!! Mav should do an “Obamasis” ad next.
LtE126 on August 26, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Good Lord, exactly how long before people who supported Obama are given the same pitiful look you give Edward’s supporters today.
Marcus on August 26, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Why not the Pyramids? WTF..
Chakra Hammer on August 26, 2008 at 8:44 PM
Got another Star Trek idea. Like the one - you know - “the One” salute with the space hippies? If someone wants to take the Star Trek episode where the crew beam down to the Parthenon, and meet Zeus. Some enterprising young fellow could do a motion capture of Obama’s face to the body of Zeus, where he grows while Kirk looks up, and then he stands like, 60 feet tall.
wise_man on August 26, 2008 at 8:44 PM
… except his isn’t a statue, it’s really him and he was just standing perfectly still. Then he comes “magically” to life as the camera hits him. Awesome.
HA! You’re kickin’ azz tonight A.P.!
What He SHOULD do is climb on the back a horse with wings and a woman’s face, then He flies across the stage recreating His “Night Journey”!
Tony737 on August 26, 2008 at 8:45 PM
It hasn’t stopped Obamalovers comparing him to Lincoln since they both come from Illinois. There is even a sick mash-up that some artist did with Obama’s face superimposed over Lincolns. I bet you could find it with Google. Sick.
Abe Lincoln’s mole on his face had more character than Barry.
carbon_footprint on August 26, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Brutus is going to stab America in the back!
Chakra Hammer on August 26, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Hillary: “Friends, Romans, Countrypersons, lend me your ears, I’ve not come to endorse Obama but to bury him!”
flytier on August 26, 2008 at 8:45 PM
If only I had the software to do something with this:
An Echo of Narcissus
reaganaut on August 26, 2008 at 8:46 PM
so if this makes Obama akin to Zeus, that makes Michelle the wife, Hera.
Little known, yet true nonetheless, fact: Hera had the nickname ‘cow-face’.
Hillary - Medusa, I guess.
toenail on August 26, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Yes yes that’s what was missing. He needs to show that he tames the animals…green don’t you know.
petunia on August 26, 2008 at 8:46 PM
String some invisible wires on him and have him ascend into the heavens at the end of his speech.
Disturb the Universe on August 26, 2008 at 8:46 PM
BEWARE OF GREEK BEARING GIFTS
ordi on August 26, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Darn you people are fast! Can’t keep up!
wise_man on August 26, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Are these people serious? This is not a hollywood production, this is the begining for the race for the POTUS. This is not a rock concert, a fottball halftime show. America needs a leader not a figurehead. I think after the speech BHO will poll below 40%
unseen on August 26, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Here’s my greatest hope out of this speech: there is an equal or greater backlash than the one he gave in Germany. I would laugh my _____ off.
carbon_footprint on August 26, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Wow. I thought for sure he would come riding in on a donkey with women laying palm frons at his feet.
rockmom on August 26, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Obama should reconsider and go with that patriotic outfit that Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) arrived at the ring to fight Rocky Balboa in Rocky.
BuckeyeSam on August 26, 2008 at 8:49 PM
A giant wooden horse filled with Marxists perhaps?
aero on August 26, 2008 at 8:49 PM
“I have decided not to run for President anymore as the job does not accomodate my greatness. I am hereby running for the position of OPTIMUS PRIME”
Chuck Schick on August 26, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Did anyone suggest that he wear a white suit and have a brilliant light shining on him?
petunia on August 26, 2008 at 8:49 PM
No excuse for stupidity…
byteshredder on August 26, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Neither of them “Come from Illinois” Obama was supposidly Born in Hawaii and Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky
Chakra Hammer on August 26, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Will the gladiatorial contests come before or after the speech?
Cicero43 on August 26, 2008 at 8:49 PM
while little blue birds fly with a small banner that says “change?”
Yes yes that’s what was missing. He needs to show that he tames the animals…green don’t you know.
petunia on August 26, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Doves with olive branches in their beaks. and a fawn with a rabbit. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone put a horn on a horse and he rode out on the “unicorn” of legend.
unseen on August 26, 2008 at 8:50 PM
I know that. I will clarify, they were born in different states, but were elected to office in Illinois.
carbon_footprint on August 26, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Will the Goracle be there?
ninjapirate on August 26, 2008 at 8:50 PM
4 Greek Columns, Obama would be the 5th Column.
Chakra Hammer on August 26, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Remember that line from 300?
“… those philosophers and boy lovers …”
Tony737 on August 26, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Imagine what he has planned for his inauguration.
Disturb the Universe on August 26, 2008 at 8:52 PM
If they can’t get any topless showgirls, would Alex Jones be willing to stand in?
Doc Rochester on August 26, 2008 at 8:53 PM
So what? At least Hillary was Born in Illinois.
I don’t care about Illinois as a Hooiser we kinda have a rivalry with them.
Chakra Hammer on August 26, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Music to fit the occasion is a must!!
sonnyspats1 on August 26, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Did anyone suggest that he wear a white suit and have a brilliant light shining on him?
petunia on August 26, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Funny you should mention that. The more I see of BHO the more I think of a revial tent sermon by a slick charlaten. Ironic that those that shout the loudest about “stupid red neck christians” where the ones taken in the hardest by the “fever” of belief.
unseen on August 26, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Apparently he is unfamiliar with the phrases “Less is More” and “Keep it simple, stupid.”
Disturb the Universe on August 26, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Did the entire Democratic Party not see the Brittney and Paris ad? Are they trying to be a parody of a political party? Okay okay…the McCain campaign has surrogates there talking to the media. They need to burst out laughing when the news talkers ask them what they think…Mitt: Haaa haaa best SNL skit ever!!!!! But I thought the DNC was having a shin dig tonight….
petunia on August 26, 2008 at 8:54 PM
A giant wooden horse filled with Marxists perhaps? - Aero
Ha! This thread will produce many great comments, but that’s the best one so far!
Come on Newbies! Top this qoute!
Tony737 on August 26, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Imagine what he has planned for his inauguration.
Disturb the Universe on August 26, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Well the blacks i talk with think he will paint the Whitehouse black and have a big old party on the frontlawn. I am not joking about this. that is what they really believe.
unseen on August 26, 2008 at 8:55 PM
I wonder if they hired the guy who coordinated the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics for this. Can you see Obama surrounded by thousands of people dancing in LED-lit suits? Obama rising from the ground on top of a giant globe? Malia and Sasha lip-synching “God Bless America” with children of every color and ethnicity dancing around them? Fabulous!
aero on August 26, 2008 at 8:55 PM
They should have set up the stage like Obama’s brothers front yard.
Chakra Hammer on August 26, 2008 at 8:55 PM
sounds like It’s gonna be another leg tingler
jellybelly on August 26, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Perhaps Justin Timberlake can rip Obama’s shirt open and reveal an “O” shaped nipple-clamp?
Cuffy Meigs on August 26, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Unseen,
I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
Disturb the Universe on August 26, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Oh, I should assume that they do. It’s kinda hard not to see that video. (thank the Lord that Michelle is safe)
I loved traveling through the remains of the ancient Greek temples in Greece. Especially in Corinth and the Parthenon. It’s completely amazing. And you, Mr. Obama, are no Greek leader (unless he REALLY like to fight wars).
mjk on August 26, 2008 at 8:57 PM
“We forsake you.
Gonna rape you.
Let’s forget you better still.”
Coronagold on August 26, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Maybe they will have a live camera on the world’s oceans to show the rising sea level …. fall back down. (as Obama reverses Man Made Global Warming™.)
wise_man on August 26, 2008 at 8:57 PM
OK, is this guy *trying* to lose the election or something? How can he be so insulated against criticisms of elitism? This only confirms it. What a shocking display this will be. I’ll have to watch it on mute just to see the ridiculousness of it (I’ll catch the transcript here, I can’t bear his voice).
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on August 26, 2008 at 8:58 PM
A straw hut would’ve been more apropos.
SouthernGent on August 26, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Obama will pull out some chronic and a bong and call Larry Sinclair over for a limo ride.
Chakra Hammer on August 26, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Wise man,
And the polar bears will be all be saved.
Disturb the Universe on August 26, 2008 at 8:59 PM
I’m subscribed to pajama media, otherwise I’d not see the video. Wonder why it wasn’t linked here. I assumed it was and I missed it. The police did nothing as they were making death threats.
I wish I could say unbelievable. (the protesters who thought that this was acceptable to do this. the cops doing noting about it.)
wise_man on August 26, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Oh thats a good idea, you should market that and start selling them.. make some cash.
Chakra Hammer on August 26, 2008 at 9:00 PM
He’s going all pimped out for the new millenium.
oops. Guess that was racist.
tru2tx on August 26, 2008 at 9:01 PM
The more I learn about Barry the more he reminds me of Olby.
rockhead on August 26, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Personally I think he should take a page out of Bill and Ted’s book.
srhoades on August 26, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Darn!!! Beat me to it.
Steve Tsouloufis on August 26, 2008 at 9:04 PM
ssshhhhhh, everyone… be quiet…
They could still nix it. If it’s as special as it sounds, that would be a tragedy.
I’d like to say that it sounds like a WONDERFUL idea, and as a McCain supporter, I’m filled with DREAD.
CK MacLeod on August 26, 2008 at 9:05 PM
that was incredible
RushBaby on August 26, 2008 at 9:06 PM
I must say that when I first saw a post with the heading “Hillary Fall Out,” my first thought was along those lines.
CK MacLeod on August 26, 2008 at 9:06 PM
This just begs for a clip from /http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiDmMBIyfsU&feature=related
Mord on August 26, 2008 at 9:07 PM
I guess the Stonehenge set was taken?
skipkey on August 26, 2008 at 9:09 PM
*oh!*
Yeah! DARN that brilliant and heroic Obama and his WONDERFUL stage ideas of his! He will Shirley get so many votes on election day when the press shows photos and video of his greatness at the greek temple where he is anointed the savior of us all!! If only out stupid McCain and company would think up a great idea like this, but they would never be so smart!!
wise_man on August 26, 2008 at 9:09 PM
I actually think they said he took lessons on how to do the preacher cadance. Listen to his speech it’s there. That is a learned speaking pattern. He does it on purpose! But then that is gossip…oh well this is a blog…
petunia on August 26, 2008 at 9:10 PM
Thousands of Republicans, chained to oars, rowing his barge up the Potomac?
Loxodonta on August 26, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Trying to make him look “presidential” again. Didn’t they learn anything from the European fiasco?
I wonder if they’ll play “Hail to the Chief” as he comes out? Shouldn’t he have his own faux presidential song to go with his faux presidential seal?
AZCoyote on August 26, 2008 at 9:13 PM
The forecast for Thursday night in Denver is clear with a full moon. Pray harder for rain!
Mallard T. Drake on August 26, 2008 at 9:14 PM
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