MSM (Joe S) mocking Invesco stage set design (Roman columns)

[npincus]

"grandiose", "unfortunate choice for a candidate accused of grandiosity"....


True he's an asshole, but... Roman columns?

[CoffeeCat]

1. I have to say that I agree with Joe...

It's a PR thing. I do think that Roman columns are a bit much.

The media and Republicans are trying to paint Obama as an elitist, arugula-loving
guy who thinks he's hot shit.

I'm sure this was not the intention, but the Roman columns sorta reinforces all
of that stuff.

With that said, Joe is a piece of shit.

With that said, we shouldn't be giving the pieces of shit out there, more fodder
for their asshat commentaries.

Dump the Roman columns.

[npincus]

3. I have to agree.

simplicity, humilty, that's the way to go.

[KittyWampus]

7. maybe some old rubber tires?

[bunnies]

10. And a nice tarp as a back drop.

We cant have him seeming too Presidential ya know.

[CoffeeCat]

19. The answer is somewhere between...

tarp/tired and Roman columns.

Flags, and red/white/blue stuff--is Presidential.

Columns evoke grandness on an epic--almost mythical--scale.

[bunnies]

49. I havent even seen the stage. Has anyone?

No pics anywhere. :shrug: And also... didnt MLK give his Dream speech in front of columns? Wouldnt that tie in?

[npincus]

23. less is more.

we're going to shred McCain's elitism (so many houses he doesn't know how many) and we introduce our candidate in a faux coliseum? Snarky "rubber tires" comment noted. Sorry for wanting to win. We know what the Repubs are going to do with this.

[Butch350]

39. That right!!

No end zone celebrations - just hand the ball to the referee and get back in the huddle.

[Heather MC]

9. FUCK JOE, SCUMBAG, he so jealous his PISS IS GREEN

Whenever he talks about Obama
he said "IF I WERE BARACK OBAMA...blah blah blah"
GOT TO HELL Joe, IF you were Barack Obama that would be the most hated name in the country next to George Bush!

[betharina]

25. could the columns possibly have anything to do with MLK's speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial?

[PearliePoo2]

2. I believe

Mika then said, "Well, they're not finished with it yet, so we'll see."
Like Scar said, "will they have Obama in a toga"?
My first gut reaction is, I'm not liking the Roman columns.

[npincus]

4. the GOP will have a f*cking F IELD DAY with this.

[Skidmore]

6. Someone a few days ago pointed out how much the RNC venue

resembles a Nazi hall. We can have a field day too.

[CoffeeCat]

17. It plays into a PR weakness...

...that the Republicans are attempting to exploiting with Obama--all of the "elitist" "egomaniac" nonsense.

It would be similar to McCain speaking in front of gilded, gold columns while wearing
a top hat and a tuxedo as he motors around the stage in a diamond-encrusted Rascal.

Let's not give the psychopaths more fodder for their disinformation-hate campaign.

[PearliePoo2]

18. No doubt about it.

I'm cringing here just anticipating the feedback and critiquing. :puke:

[Bobbie Jo]

36. Yeah...because they have nothing else....like, IMPORTANT. nt

[eshfemme]

5. Are there any pics of the Invesco stage set? I haven't seen it so don't have an opinion yet.

[PearliePoo2]

12. Joey Scar's show

just had some video taken from the air that showed the Roman Columns. Apparently they are normally part of the field.

[peaches2003]

30. Talking about Soldier's Field in Chicago

These columns are not normally part of Invesco. The comment was about Soldier's Field in Chicago. They are being built for the speech backdrop. What are the Obama people thinking? Take Obama's biggest and most talked about negative and make it even worse. Of course the backdrop should be all patriotism, flags, r/w/blue, etc. Why do we give the Repugs and media even more to criticize?

[Sidney J Mussburger]

40. It's Soldier Field not Soldier's Field.

I've got no problems with the columns. How do columns = elitism? Because Joey Scarballs and his repug friends say so? Check out Washington DC, there's columns all over the place and as you just mentioned, Soldier Field, which was dedicated to fallen soldiers.

[Renew Deal]

55. Why do you hate the troops?

:evilgrin:

[Sidney J Mussburger]

60. Because they're Elitest Column lovers!!111!1

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[wvbygod]

8. We need Sampson to come out and yank them down with chains

The he can go chill out with a cold one and a haircut.

[PearliePoo2]

15. Perfect!

:rofl: :toast:

[BeyondGeography]

11. We are kind of like Rome...in the latter, decadent stages

Not sure that's the point Obama wants to make, though. :freak:

[C_U_L8R]

13. I have two words for Joe and his pet slug Mika

FUCK YOU

they are the worst of the worst.

[blogslut]

14. They showed the mock-up?

Cause I'm looking through Yahoo/AP images and so far, I'm just seeing pics of the stage crew assembling the set. Looks like they've barely started.

[Thrill]

16. I don't know how true this is. I heard they are trying to make it more intimate

so the Repukes can't try to use it in a commercial on something. I think the 10 people who won the backstage with Obama are suppose to be on stage behind him

[Connie_Corleone]

20. WHY THE HELL DO WE KEEP LISTENING TO THESE SCUMBAGS??

Why don't we wait until the damn stage is set up before we start criticizing?

[PearliePoo2]

21. Mike Murphy (a RePuke)

just said, "My advice if I were them, is to blow up the Zeus set".

[npincus]

24. it's a f*cking PR disaster.

Obama campaign should have learned after the faux presidential seal debacle.

[LongDistanceRunner]

57. I am damn glad that Obama is not learning anything from your ilk

[Me.]

22. Gee, What Does That Say About Most Of The Buildings In DC?

The entire front of the Supreme Court is Roman columns, not to mention the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials. It's classical. Is this the best they've got, just plain old ignorance?

[VADem11]

26. The WH press room has columns

I don't see Joe bitching about that.

[betharina]

27. joe is a douche.

[npincus]

32. you want a colonade, so don't hold your event in a football stadium.

A greek theater stage set in a football stadium is absurd. All he needs is a stage, and a jumbo-tron or 2.

What they hell were they thinking?

[Mz Pip]

37. It seems counter productive

to clutter up the stage with columns that look like something from a gladiator movie.

Bad choice IMHO.

[jaxx]

28. What I heard was..............and NOT from joe...........

is that the columns represent the Capitol Bldg. A door like entering the Capitol.
Leave it to Mr. Screech to put down the symbols of the USA. Freak.

He got booted from prime time and it's now time to get him off the morning show. Send him to Fox.

[MarjorieG]

29. Gee, Mika, Mike, Tucker, and all GOP talking points.

[npincus]

31. great.... now Sludge has it, way up top

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5660266

[SOS]

34. ABC link calling it Greek

Birthplace of Democracy.
Makes more sense that way.

[blogslut]

35. Nope. Not good enough

Where are the pics?

[greguganus]

59. "He will stride out to a raised platform to a podium that can be raised from beneath the floor."

I don't like this idea.

[Hepburn]

33. ....

[TornadoTN]

38. I'm not really feeling good about this one

Maybe it'll turn out great, warm, and intimate. But I don't see how this is going to help us in any way, it's only going to give the GOP plenty of ammo to use in their attack ads.

A little nervous but we'll see how it turns out.

[SoonerPride]

42. IT'S FUCKING SET DESIGN.

WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT SHIT TO WORRY ABOUT.

[TornadoTN]

45. I guess some don't pay attention to the GOP's tactics

This will feed their pathetic mantra of Obama being some kind of disconnected Rockstar.

It may be "FUCKING SET DESIGN" as you so eloquently put it, but a good PR & marketing person will have a field day with it.

[npincus]

48. BINGO... snarky posters here don't get it.

It's a GRATUITOUS shot in the foot... the STADIUM is a magnificent backdrop, no cardboard acropolis stage sets required.

Jeez.

[Thrill]

53. Everything is going to be a GOP attack. No matter. Stop fearing these assholes

The Democrats would win a lot more. If they were bold.

[onenote]

54. you want "warm and intimate" in a stadium?

HO-kay...

[spanone]

41. i don't raise my blood pressure by allowing these pricks in my home

it wouldn't matter if they had hay bales, anything would be mocked.

[Bobbie Jo]

43. Here!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6772641

:applause:

[Sidney J Mussburger]

44. Oh Noes, There shootin off fireworks toO

Dang the Republickans are gonna call use ElistESt Againe. *Wring Hands*

Get a fucking grip.

[scheming daemons]

50. That obviously means that Obama is secretly a CHINESE sympathizer!

[Sidney J Mussburger]

51. WhAT!?!? A ComMie EliSTESt!?!!!

AHHHHGHHHHHH!!!!!! Will Never Wins NOw!!!!!! :nuke:

[uncle ray]

46. i'm very concerned about this.

oops, sorry. it was just indigestion.

[Barack_America]

47. Joe S doesn't know his history...

Shocking, I know.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6772641

[amandabeech]

52. I hope that no one in the crowd starts chanting "Toga! Toga!."

I'm with npincus.

The "Greece as the cradle of Democracy" meme will be lost on most people.

Just cover it with bunting and put some flags out there.

Or tear it down.

[LongDistanceRunner]

56. They aren't Roman columns, douchebag

They are Greek.

I guess we should just avoid the whole notion of Democracy since it was created by the Greeks.
:sarcasm:

[muffin1]

58. Yeah, I'm not feeling the Roman columns, but

The RW and MSM have something to say about everything. Is he black enough? Is he too black? He's too popular. He speaks too well. He attracts too large a crowd. And even, HE'S TOO SKINNY. WTF?????
This from the same bunch who delivered us GWB.
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