Comments on: Obama at Invesco Stadium: The Greek Column Thing, Part Two

By: Ricorun

Ricorun — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:41:42 +0000

Maybe they'll have a big pinata, in the likeness of Bush on one side and McCain on the other, and lower it from the roof until one of the columns skewers it up the crotch. Then maybe they'll give everybody sticks and let them have at it.

It would be very cathartic, I imagine.

By: JillyDybka

JillyDybka — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:04:13 +0000

Nashville has a full-scale replica of the Parthenon. I suspect that is what my neighbors will be thinking of.

By: thedudesblog

thedudesblog — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:44:59 +0000

All Hail Caesar Obamacus!

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:25:47 +0000

Dr. E., and other readers -- here, something I posted yesterday for instruction.

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/dc1.htm

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:13:32 +0000

Dr. E., I addressed this earlier, and (again),

The Obama camaign says it is explanation #2, the "high road" as I call it, among the two likelist explanations of this imagery, which I explained yesterday in detail as well as had fun with additional remarks about it and Zeus on Mt. Olympus.

1. The "low road" -- it's just conceit, a White House portico motivated by the same people and their motives behind the fake Presidential seal Obama used already.

2. The "high road" -- multi-campaign-theme-oriented visual imagery. This is the Lincoln Memorial, site of Martin Luther King's famous speech; Obama is from the Land of Lincoln; he is speaking in an open-air stadium in a western location that is remote from the traditional seats of power of the country and of his political party (as happened with also-campaign-thematic John F. Kennedy's speech in Los Angeles in 1960s, heralding a new era of change and a new generation of people in power).