Democratic convention, night four: Eschaton to be immanentized in Denver
posted at 7:05 pm on August 28, 2008 by Allahpundit
We’re fully three hours away from Zeus’s descent from Olympus, but the festivities at the temple have begun so here’s your thread to snark. The schedule’s thin until 8:30 p.m. ET or so, when Gore the Baptist comes forth to herald the arrival of The One. Hotline has a few unexceptional excerpts from an advance copy of the speech and the AP has a bit more. Surely this will be the first time in history that a classical Greek setting serves as backdrop for a catchphrase based on the title of an old sitcom.
I doubt I’ll watch, but video will be here later. In the meantime, two quotes for you to meditate on. Number one: “Here we were eating lunch, and it was like the clouds parted and the sun was shining in.” And number two: “At the CNN bar, where the voice of Wolf Blitzer just said everyone will remember where they were when Obama made his speech.” Exit question: A Stonehenge set would have been awesome, wouldn’t it?
Update: Here’s something meatier to chew on. Is there going to be a convention in Minneapolis next week?
Update: The gauntlet is tossed in the comments. Was “Eight Is Enough” a sitcom — or a dramedy? Let the debate rage!
Update: Here’s the transcript of Obama’s speech. Money line from the nominee of the party that’s trumpeted every last setback and downplayed every last gain in Iraq for the past three years: “I’ve got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.” That makes twice now during a momentous speech that he’s rewritten his own side’s history. See his 2004 convention keynote, arguing that “there is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America” to a party sick to its core with identity politics, for the other.
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Come on Allah, you gotta watch. It’s a historic moment and it’s a feat for the country, whether we like his politics or messianic complex or not.
Baphomet on August 28, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Im so excited. The blind will see, the invalid will walk, and i’ll stop getting spam in my inbox. All because of Obama.
CapitalistPig on August 28, 2008 at 7:11 PM
I’d watch, but I have better things to do… that, and the TV isn’t mine.
PS: Boss MM is gonna be on Glenn Beck in a few minutes~!!
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 28, 2008 at 7:11 PM
I predict the groupies will throw their panties on the stage. Obama will in turn toss his sweat soaked tie to them.
Disturb the Universe on August 28, 2008 at 7:12 PM
I will always remember where I will be too, meeting former football player Peter Boulware at a FSU College Republicans meeting.
crabtree on August 28, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
(I forget which book…)
Ace ODale on August 28, 2008 at 7:12 PM
“Eschaton to be immanentized…”
Allahpundit, I deeply admire your command of the language and your grasp of both politics and religion.
I understand you are an atheist. Rather a shame, as you remind me very much of Chesterton; the cause of those who believe in God these days would certainly benefit from a mind as keen as yours.
ManlyRash on August 28, 2008 at 7:13 PM
When my grandkids ask me where I was when the One accepted the nomination of his Party I pray to the almighty that I will be able to tell them that Vandy covered +3.5 at Miami (OH) and their beloved grandfather was cashing his ticket and using the proceeds to take Army at +7 home against Temple tomorrow.
grdred944 on August 28, 2008 at 7:14 PM
I worried that if I watch it there might not be a freak weather event that topples the temple. I don’t want to jinx it.
innominatus on August 28, 2008 at 7:15 PM
I just threw up.
takemedrunkimhome on August 28, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Yes you need to watch this. I’m going to watch it but I will be well liquored up strapped in my chair so I don’t fall out of it and hurt myself when I start laughing my a$$ off.
Old Hippie Vet on August 28, 2008 at 7:16 PM
I won’t pretend I had heard the phrase “immanetize the eschaton” before Jonah Goldberg’s book tour (let alone knew what it meant), but I’m glad Allah has used it to describe tonight in Denver. It’s just too apt.
Let the secular Messiah’s reign begin…
Nessuno on August 28, 2008 at 7:16 PM
This speech will be exciting but not as exciting as… VICE PRESIDENT LIEBERMAN!!
e-pirate on August 28, 2008 at 7:16 PM
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-ed-morrissey-show
Come in here. Live chat discussing The One’s speech tonight.
Enoxo on August 28, 2008 at 7:17 PM
But what happens to Obama’s Greek temple tomorrow?
Cuffy Meigs on August 28, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Vice President Lieberman? Ugh. I think I just threw up in my mouth.
CapitalistPig on August 28, 2008 at 7:18 PM
Yes! Followed by Woodhenge and then Strawhenge. Nobody really knows wtf a henge is.
O. Bama’s Temple is an exact replica in 3D of his entire campaign. It’s ALL facade.
trailboss on August 28, 2008 at 7:18 PM
I honestly can’t watch it. I’ll check the highlights and thread on here. Thanks to all of you who are more brave than I. Bless you.
SouthernGent on August 28, 2008 at 7:20 PM
I was cleaning up the dishes after dinner and wanted something to listen to. I picked Zell Miller’s 2004 address.
jaime on August 28, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Here is a catchphrase for you:
WHERE’S THE BEEF
tommylotto on August 28, 2008 at 7:23 PM
On postponing the convention if the hurricanes hit, Dick Morris said on Cavuto today that McCain should go to Louisiana if that happens. Distinguish himself from Bush.
Disturb the Universe on August 28, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Cuffy Meigs on August 28, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Heh. Axelrod for HUD Sec.!
innominatus on August 28, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Narcissus Obamacles shall descend into the Barackapolis, Temple of the One as the skies open up, the stars align on high, and the moon shines down her fortunes upon the followers below.
Me, I say beware faux-greeks bearing gifts.
Enoxo on August 28, 2008 at 7:24 PM
LOL!! I plan on clinging to my guns and Bible the whooooole time!
Califemme on August 28, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Exit question: A Stonehenge set would have been awesome, wouldn’t it?
Yeah, but it’d be even better if they made a Colossus of Rhoades type statue with O’s face.
Tony737 on August 28, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Allah, “Eight is Enough” wasn’t a sitcom.
radjah shelduck on August 28, 2008 at 7:28 PM
“Eight is Enough”? Paging Dick Van Patten, Paging Dick Van Patten?
Wethal on August 28, 2008 at 7:29 PM
First, a shout out to my dad. : )
I just wanted to note that the Obama campaign made sure that the news breaks on the radio today included that he would be speaking from a set reminiscent of the Lincoln Memorial, and Martin Luther King…just in case anyone misses the significance of the set design or conclude that it’s, oh…POMPOUS. I listen to two different types of news breaks – ABC and FOX – and I’m not sure which one it was delivering the spin.
I saw a shot of the thing during their rehearsal today, and it sure didn’t look like the Lincoln Memorial to me.
capitalist piglet on August 28, 2008 at 7:29 PM
I actually know one of the cast members of Eight Is Enough. If I told you which one, all the ladies would be “supah jealous”, so I’ll keep my mouth/fingers shut.
capitalist piglet on August 28, 2008 at 7:31 PM
According to RedState, Obama is furious at McCain for stealing the limelight from the Messiah in his Temple with the GOP VP pick.
Hey, if the Dems are foolish enough to go first with their convention….
Between the unexpected nice ad from MCain and the fury over the pre-emption, perhaps Obama will be rattled enough make a few slips as he reads from his teleprompter.
Wethal on August 28, 2008 at 7:32 PM
They’re charging a lot of money to attend this shindig. Personally, you couldn’t get me to go to one of these huge stadiums if it was Jesus Christ himself speaking.
Blake on August 28, 2008 at 7:33 PM
I relived that one on YouTube today, myself. That was the best speech I’ve ever heard. Zell Miller’s delivery was abdolutely awesome.
backwoods conservative on August 28, 2008 at 7:33 PM
What they need is a stoned out hippie chick to be the Oracle of Delphi.
Tony737 on August 28, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Yes.
Blake on August 28, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Historic Events:
Martin Luther King: “I Have a Dream” speech.
Barack Obama: “I am a Dream” speech.
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on August 28, 2008 at 7:34 PM
It be Will.i.am, mudda fugga. Yo, Obama be da bomb!
DethMetalCookieMonst on August 28, 2008 at 7:34 PM
How about Helen Thomas?
JetBoy on August 28, 2008 at 7:35 PM
My only question is will CNN also cover the Republican Convention?And no I will not personally watch the coronation of BARACUS ELECTUS OBAMAGNIFICENTICUS.p.s. think Brittany might give his omnipotence a gratuitous Lewinsky?Just saying.Marines for Mccain Semper Fi [always faithful]
Marines for Mccain on August 28, 2008 at 7:35 PM
“We want change! We want change!”
Yep. That’s what you’ll be saying on a street corner if Obama becomes POTUS.
DethMetalCookieMonst on August 28, 2008 at 7:35 PM
They’ll find plenty at the local VD clinic.
DethMetalCookieMonst on August 28, 2008 at 7:36 PM
i am gonna watch and put my hand on the TV, i am hoping he will heal my tinnitus.
trailortrash on August 28, 2008 at 7:37 PM
I think will.i.am just covered BHO’s entire plan – Hope, change, yes we can. That covers it.
It plays better as a song than a Presidential plan.
progressoverpeace on August 28, 2008 at 7:37 PM
From Amspec blog. Wonder if people will give up and go home, and leave lots of empty seats.
Maybe they can run busses around town and pick up the homeless people with the nice new haircuts. Apparently the ChiComs had to round up “volunteers” to sit in empty arenas in Bejing.
Wethal on August 28, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Eschaton? “Allah” might be an atheist, but in the Catholic Church, “eschatology” means the study of the end of the world, as prophesied in the Gospels and the Apocalypse, for an unknown future time.
Very appropriate, because the election of Obama would be the end of America.
Steve Z on August 28, 2008 at 7:38 PM
OMG LOL You are too funny! That is exactly how he talks!
LOL, I say again, LOL.
Wow!
e-pirate on August 28, 2008 at 7:38 PM
The kids in the field don’t give two hoots what Obama says. They’re on the Stairway to Heaven.
Connie on August 28, 2008 at 7:38 PM
How is The One going to feed all those people with just a few loaves of bread and a couple of fish? I hear they are running low on wine, too.
Jim M. on August 28, 2008 at 7:39 PM
California….is cool to the homeless. Californiania….is cool to the homeless huh!
DethMetalCookieMonst on August 28, 2008 at 7:40 PM
They won’t care. The Paulnuts are giving away baggies. ;)
Connie on August 28, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Does anyone know what time the lions are going to dine on Christians? I don’t want to miss that.
Jim M. on August 28, 2008 at 7:41 PM
So far, it has kind of an MTV-ish vibe. Not that that’s a bad thing. Everyone remembers where they were when Britney and Madonna kissed.
Infidoll on August 28, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Apparently some cars are backed up for 6 miles.
That’s alot of CO2 going into the air.
This doesn’t help Algore’s children.
DethMetalCookieMonst on August 28, 2008 at 7:43 PM
I would watch his speech BUT you know how scheduling conflicts arise,at precisely that time I have to be at our annual one-legged ass-kicking competetion,so,as you can see I will be quite busy.
Marines for Mccain on August 28, 2008 at 7:44 PM
The jackbooted thugs on MSNBC said McCain can’t draw 10,000 people in Dayton, OH and they have to bus people in from other cities, and then made snide jokes.
But, for Obama’s speech tonight they are attracting people from OTHER STATES… Hmmmm.
What a joke this all is.
James on August 28, 2008 at 7:44 PM
This comment from the article at USNews is too much. Its perfect, really.
jimmy the notable on August 28, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Wait…you mean…NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
trailboss on August 28, 2008 at 7:47 PM
One question.
Is the huge murals and bill boards with stylized, heeby jeeby images of Obama a tactic that works?
We look at all the tyrannies in the world and the dear leaders have to plaster images of themselves all over the society. Obama seems to have the same need. Do the images help subdue the culture somehow?
Just wondering. It’s very creepy to me.
James on August 28, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Well I’ll certainly be watching! If Obama farts in the middle of his big speech, I want to see if Olbermann rushes down to smell it!
radjah shelduck on August 28, 2008 at 7:48 PM
If Gustav approaches the US Gulf Coast as a major hurricane near a populated area like New Orleans during the RNC then yes, the RNC should be postponed.
CliffHanger on August 28, 2008 at 7:48 PM
That explains why the greek columns all contain the inscription “Fnord”.
ajackson on August 28, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Hey, AP, can you move the chat from Ed’s show post into this one? Ed left the chat open and told people they could come in here and chat amongst ourselves for the One’s speech. And or post a link up top?
Enoxo on August 28, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Hmmm. Barack always seems to have a bunch of opening acts… He seems to be enthralled with having celebs be useful tools for him.
James on August 28, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Just pucked up my toga from the cleaners. Got some arugula from Whole Foods and made a crown out if it (I couldn’t believe the price!).
I was looking for a ram to sacrifice, but couldn’t find one. I did get some lamb chops. Hope that will do.
I feel like I am still missing something?
Jim M. on August 28, 2008 at 7:49 PM
HA! Troofer holding up a big “9-11 Was An Inside Job” behind Daley on MSNBC right now. And no one’s making him leave.
Cuffy Meigs on August 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM
James asks about the pictures of Obama everywhere.
I wonder if someone has counted the number of pictures of Obama in Denver tonight on the buildings and the number of pictures of Kim jong Il, is it, in Pyongyang?
Vanceone on August 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Is Dean Wormer’s wife hammered yet?
Chuck Schick on August 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM
The wine. But don’t worry. Obama will turn your spring water into wine.
Wethal on August 28, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Do they never have any opposing viewpoints presented on MSDNCBS?
James on August 28, 2008 at 7:51 PM
I’m not watching. The family and I have a Chicago Bears game to enjoy (hopefully this is the first game they win).
kerrhome on August 28, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Vanceone,
It really creeps me out. Obama is on all the magazine covers, always on the tv, on billboards and murals, and soon STATUES will most likely be erected of him.
James on August 28, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Line of the night:
This is a song inspired by the Dalai Lama’s speech about Compassion. It’s called Out of Our Heads.
Sheryl Crow
progressoverpeace on August 28, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Good catch! I put a big plastic water bottle next to the TV – can The One really pull that off through a TV?
Jim M. on August 28, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Running low? Hell. They swim in oceans of whine.
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing during three life-long memorable times in American history during my life. American astronauts landing and walking on the moon for the very first time, the Space Shuttle disaster, and the WTC attacks.
Tonight’s event is NOT one of those life-long ‘memorable’ times, in any way whatsoever. No more so than any David Copperfield act warrants life-long remembrance. That is unless, of course, you’re a really big fan of vast flocks of sheeple being tricked and fooled on a monumental scale.
FlatFoot on August 28, 2008 at 7:53 PM
I wish I were making this up, but Sheryl Crow is right now singing a song where the refrain is “I wish we could get out of our heads and into our hearts”. The perfect motto for the Democrats!
davenp35 on August 28, 2008 at 7:54 PM
I gues “One Is the Loneliest Number” would remind people of her enviro-wacko suggestions about toilet paper.
Wethal on August 28, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Didn’t Oral Roberts long ago tell people to put their hands on the radio to be healed? And he was a mere mortal.
Wethal on August 28, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Sorry. I see you beat me to it. It probably is worth mentioning twice though. LOL
davenp35 on August 28, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Yes, James, it creeps me out, too. And all the fawning comments from his followers. The Useful Idiots used to talk about Stalin the same way.
Disturb the Universe on August 28, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Hey, it’s Sheryl, ONE SQUARE, Crow.
James on August 28, 2008 at 7:56 PM
What an appropriate setting for The Goracle to speak to the masses.
GarandFan on August 28, 2008 at 7:57 PM
When do the seas begin to recede?
James: It’s beginning o look a lot like 1984 with all those monitors monitoring — Remember every TV had the same picture of that creepy guy on the screen.
tarpon on August 28, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Heh
Chaaange
F15Mech on August 28, 2008 at 7:57 PM
45 years ago Martin Luther King gave his I Have a Dream speech.
Today, Barack Obama the King will give his I Have a Teleprompter speech.
carbon_footprint on August 28, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Anyone else think he could be the Antichrist?
Just asking.
Too many lemmings willing to jump off a cliff for someone with no past and no experience.
rightwingmom on August 28, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Heh. I still like her music, but she ruined it all with that.
progressoverpeace on August 28, 2008 at 7:58 PM
My reception must be weak. I put a water next to the TV and it only turned to Shasta.
Chuck Schick on August 28, 2008 at 7:58 PM
No, he’s not the Antichrist…
That kind of talk makes you look ridiculous.
James on August 28, 2008 at 7:58 PM
Why doesn’t Obama command the hurricane to turn around and go back out to sea?
Wethal on August 28, 2008 at 7:59 PM
‘Cause it’s not hurting HIS convention…
Heck, he’s the one who probably stirred it up!
JetBoy on August 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Sheryl Crow and her traveling entourage of E. Coli.
progressoverpeace on August 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Almost as ridiculous as ignoring Hitler until 6 million Jews died.
rightwingmom on August 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM
That’s pretty close. What you usually get in the place of a Democrat promise is the shaft.
backwoods conservative on August 28, 2008 at 8:02 PM
If I was a rich, I would print a million posts in obvious “Dear Leader” style and have them distributed on the college campuses..
ninjapirate on August 28, 2008 at 8:02 PM
posters that is…or t-shirts…
ninjapirate on August 28, 2008 at 8:03 PM
Martin Lurther King, Jr had a dream. Obama thinks he is a dream.
Enoxo on August 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM
rightwingmom,
I don’t think he’s smart enough to be the Anti-Christ, but this unjustified adoration doesn’t give me too much faith that humanity would be able to resist the real one.
Disturb the Universe on August 28, 2008 at 8:05 PM
I suppose I will remember where I was the night one of our major political parties lost its collective mind and its candidate jumped the shark.
rockmom on August 28, 2008 at 8:05 PM
WHAT!!! You mean its NOT???
lionheart on August 28, 2008 at 8:06 PM
People of HotAir:
I know some of you are religious/spiritual people.
Join in and simply repeat this prayer:
God please intervene and expose this man for what he is. If it be thy will Lord, please make the teleprompter go out during the speech. This will be the sign. Amen
carbon_footprint on August 28, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Oh, AP, I just love it when you talk dirty in french.
MB4 on August 28, 2008 at 8:07 PM
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