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Bush, RNC Both Heart Greek Columns, Too!
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Aug 27, 2008 05:58pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Greg Sargent - August 27, 2008, 5:54PM
You've no doubt heard about the GOP's valient efforts to make an issue today out of this Reuters story reporting that Obama will make his Thursday speech before a reproduction of "an elaborately columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple."
The Republican National Committee blasted the news out to reporters under the title "audacity watch." Lots of wingers have been chortling about this, too. We assume the idea, if you can call it that, is to suggest Obama believes he's a Greek god or something like that. You know, celeb meets the ancient Greeks. Get it?
But of course, as Ben Smith notes, in 2004 Bush accepted his nomination before a backdrop of Greek revival columns, too. Here's an image:
This 2004 ceremony, of course, would have been partly produced by none other than the RNC. |
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