If Greek columns are so "uppitty" how come they were ok when Bush used them in 2004? pics >>>>>

[jezebel]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Bushs_2004_temple.html#comments

Bush's 2004 temple



Barack Obama's appearance in Denver won't be the first convention speech framed by Greek columns.

Republicans who are mocking Obama's appearance haven't mentioned it, but George W. Bush accepted his own nomination in 2004 on a set with a similar neoclassical theme, with columns rising on either side of him, as the pictures above and below show.

Indeed, the Bush set and the Obama sets currently look strikingly similar, with the podium set well in front of the columns, and connected by a path.

The attachment to kitsch, particularly at political conventions, is clearly bipartisan. (There are also a couple of columns around America, as Matthew Yglesias notes.)

[AzDar]

1. Nice catch!

:thumbsup:

[NYC_SKP]

2. Perfect, thank you....I'm relieved...

First thing I heard this am had to do with the columns going up at Invesco....

I'm glad Bush, of all people, used them before...

:patriot:

[apnu]

3. Great point, book marking.

[eShirl]

4. D'oh! n/t

[CherokeeDem]

5. Don't You Love It....

when the Republicans put their foot in their mouth! And the MSM just rolls over for belly rub.

[mzmolly]

6. K and R

Thank the "Gods" for real news! ;)

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Maybe this is a stretch but perhaps those RWers are getting visions of

plantation mansions with those types of columns? (Me, I think it is very appropriate to use them since they are so prominent in D.C. architecture. Very presidential. Well, at least for Obama. Not so much for ** up there.)

[onehandle]

8. Jesus. I'd forgotten about that Naziesque event.

What an asshole.

[RedEarth]

9. Good find.............

[amandabeech]

10. I don't like the Shrub version, either.

Besides, he's a Republican. It suits them.

[Demi_Babe]

11. well I'll be damned

[leftynyc]

12. Beautiful catch!!!!

Brava!!! Encore!!!!

[Neshanic]

13. Sorry, but that's not even close. Ours is a Roman village.

[C_U_L8R]

14. What is that thing? Looks like a big zit.

[Barack_America]

15. We should've popped it...

Gotta pop those things or they'll blemish you for a LONG time! ;)

[C_U_L8R]

28. Woulda Coulda Shoulda

I'm afraid we'll carry that scar for life.. but we've learned a valuable lesson

[KittyWampus]

16. it looks more like an Aztec Pyramid with an alter on top for the blood-sacrifice

[BrklynLiberal]

17. Gawd. That second pic made me think of a casket containing someone laying in state...

[global1]

18. Oopps!!! New Repug Talking Point: They Copy Every Thing We Do - They Aren't....

creative and they just have copied our lead again.

[Hope And Change]

19. K & R!

[Eurobabe]

20. Having that asshat anywhere near columns is

a slap in the face to the brilliant Ancient Greeks. :puke:

[emulatorloo]

21. Plus, ours looks like DC. Think President Obama on Inauguration Day.

That to me is the symbolism. Bush 2004 was like some crazy hyped up Church -- remember the cross motifs?

[ellacott]

22. I sent this to Joe Scarbourgh

[pa28]

23. Nice - and let us not forget to mention the crucifix podium.

That was the height. I guess Bush was "the chosen one".

[justiceischeap]

24. I think Repugs look at DU and see what we're griping about

Then it ends up on Faux and other RW news outlets.

[carlotta]

25. Anyone ever see the backdrop to Hitler's Nuremberg rallies?

I'm sorry, but that's what Obama's stage set looks too eerily like. They really need to scrap this idea.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

27. You know who was totally a nazi? Franklin Roosevelt.

Just check out the bastard's house.

[BlooInBloo]

26. IOKIYW.