Slog - Comments on Top 25 Turning Points in the Campaign http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/top_25_turning_points_in_the_campaign Number 13? The Greek columns: By mid August, Barack Obama was being mocked by John McCain as a celebrity Messiah, whose ego and presumption exceeded his abilities and experience. So imagine the glee of the press pool who got a sneak preview of the stage at Invesco Field in Denver, the scene of his grandiose convention speech to 76,000, when they saw the stage flanked by Greek columns. Did Obama think he was a political Adonis, or was he trying to provide a backdrop with echoes of the neo-classical designs of the White House and the US Capitol? After 24... Copyright 2008 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:32:12 -0800 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:43:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by John Bailo
It's like TOS episode "Who Mourns for Adonis"...those columns were the secret of Obama's power. But then McKirk blasted them with his phasers and then Obama shrunk down and the United States was saved!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/STWhoMourns.jpg

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/top_25_turning_points_in_the_campaign#c1181557 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/top_25_turning_points_in_the_campaign#c1181557 2008 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:43:47 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Image is everything.

The Socialist Republicans are just jealous cause this year they can't afford them.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/top_25_turning_points_in_the_campaign#c1181579 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/top_25_turning_points_in_the_campaign#c1181579 2008 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:56:04 -0800 Comment by Olo This appears to be a strange new use of "turning point" with which I wasn't previously familiar.

]]> Olo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/top_25_turning_points_in_the_campaign#c1181597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/top_25_turning_points_in_the_campaign#c1181597 2008 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:05:54 -0800 Comment by Eric F His campaign didn't design it, as I remember. Because his candidacy was confirmed so close to the convention (or, because Clinton waited so long to quit her losing effort), the DNC hired Production Resource Group to begin work on the convention without the Obama campaign guiding the hire or the design.

Given the excellent graphic design work associated with his campaign, I doubt they would have come up with the David Rockwell/Vegas nightmare that was the convention set, or the Friedrich St. Florian ridiculousness of the stadium set. I'm expecting a much more attractive set for the 2012 convention.

]]> Eric F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/top_25_turning_points_in_the_campaign#c1181864 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/top_25_turning_points_in_the_campaign#c1181864 2008 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:43:23 -0800