Obama's Invesco Field Set

[redstate_democrat]

What do you think of this? I'm not sure about it.

[rateyes]

1. Love it. nt

[joshcryer]

2. It's very American.

I honestly don't see the problem. Thanks for the pics.

[TahitiNut]

43. If, by that, you mean designed with the assistance of the Secret Service, I agree.

You'd better believe that EVERY aspect of the layout and the "set" incorporates security concerns. Not only will various props contain bulletproof materials, we'll see (or won't see) accommodations for concealed snipers, crowd surveillance, and evacuation routes.

[valerief]

3. Incredibly beautiful. Worthy of a statesman. nt

[grasswire]

4. ugly

although I'm sure it will look cool on a TV screen.

[mikelgb]

5. its incomplete in those pics

but all the marketing and visuals of of the camp have been stunning

[scheming daemons]

6. Like the design for Washington DC. It's beautiful and very American

[IndyOp]

7. Trivial detail. He'd get slammed and praised no matter what they did. Let it go. (n/t)

[Thrill]

8. Not sure about what? Fuck what the Republicans say. They're Jealous

Thats why the Dems never win. They are so worried about the Repukes reaction. Meanwhile they are hateful and say disgusting things about our candidates.

[Cha]

48. I'll Double that Fuck what the repukes or the CorporateMediaWhore$

spew out about anything concerning Democracy. Fuck 'em if they can't take Reality.

[Labors of Hercules]

52. I triple that fuck what the Repukes think about anything...

at all. period.

[Cosmocat]

61. NORA Fin O'DONNELL

Watched two hours of MSNBC, and EVERY GOD DARNED segment, she said "talking to republicans, those ROMAN ARCHES, what does BO think he is a Roman Goddess (and yes, she said GODDESS)" and just chuckeled and snorted it up with the repukes, then screamed over the Ds two sentences into their answer about some Rendell quote.

IT NEVER GOD DARNED ENDS ...

The Democratic national convention, and the MSM prattles off about some grade school fin nonsense about pillars in a stadium!

[Cha]

71. nora a$$bite o'donnell is a corporatemediaWhore extraordinare..

she can beg for crumbs when Obama is Prez.

Watch it on C-Span or online C-Span http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx Jonathan Alter from Newsweek was recommending it for clarity if you didn't want talking heads interrupting the speeches by JOe Biden and Bill Clinton.

[KittyWampus]

9. It looks CLASSIC!

[SteelPenguin]

10. I think it's cheesy

Also why midfield and not in one of the end zones? I thought the place was sold out?

Anyway I think the Hitler comparisons are laughable but it just seems so out of place there. Definately not the way I would have gone.

Meh. Maybe when I see it lit up in all it's glory I'll change my mind. Plus I think it's cool that they'll have fireworks at the end.

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

11. Uh oh.... that looks vaguely "Roman"

THE ANTICHRIST WILL COME FROM THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE !!!!111!1!!11!!

PANIC !!!11!!!! MELTDOWN !!111!!!!

[MadrasT]

37. OH NOES !!!1!!! zOMG !!1!!1

:rofl:

[LongDistanceRunner]

12. what are you not sure about? Greek Columns?

I guess you have a problem with most every Government building then.

We've been ripping off the Greeks since the Revolutionary War.
In fact, our Republic was based on theirs...gasp!

[joshcryer]

16. Ding ding, one need only visit DC to see these "Roman Columns."

Geez. The media in our country is fucked up.

[tazkcmo]

13. What's with the football motife?

DO they think this is some kind of game?

[GreenPartyVoter]

53. LOL

[Phoonzang]

14. Hopefully it starts looking more "Washington"

It was still moronic of them to do something like that though.

[WeDidIt]

15. It's not finished yet.

That's what I thin about it.

Looks like the side pieces will have two columns each framing a video screen.

The center is only a framework and will have something over it, like curtains, flags, maybe video screens.

So total, there will be four columns, two on each side piece.

[redstate_democrat]

21. There needs to be a ton of American flags on stage, preferably by each column

so that it looks unmistakably American and not Greek or Roman or whatever.

[burythehatchet]

17. They could put up a huge "Tribute to John McCain" motif and still get attacked.

[blondeatlast]

18. What aren't you sure about? That's a curious statement, IMHO. nt

[goldcanyonaz]

19. Looks like a recreation of the Lincoln Memorial, re MLK I have a Dream speech

[redstate_democrat]

23. Oh okay I didn't think about it that way

[npincus]

20. horrid. the STADIUM is a monumental, historic stage set.

The rubber Acropolis is a distraction, and already the butt of GOP ridicule.

BAD f*cking idea. The GOP is already recycling their shitty Obama-messiah ads which the MSM will play ad-nauseum. How f*cking stupid to shoot ourselves in the foot needlessly. Haven't we learned anything? We know how those shits operate, and succeed doing so. The best guy doesn't always win. F*cking naive.

WHoever thought of that is probably the genius that engineered the faux-pesidential seal embarrasment.

Glad you asked? I hope it falls down tonight.



http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5he-dnQkMc5R-FaZ1v6t_VsNuf0AQ

Pictures and an aerial film footage of the set being constructed for the speech show a curved, backdrop with creamy, gray column-like structures, which could suggest a classical structure, like a Greek or Roman temple.

The backdrop may also be intended to evoke the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, where civil rights icon Martin Luther King gave his soaring "I have a Dream Speech" exactly 45 years to the day before Obama's keynote address.

As anticipation for Obama's address built, Republicans sent out an edition of their "Audacity Watch" email newsletter which they use to point out perceived examples of hubris by the Obama campaign, titled "The Temple of Obama."

McCain also featured the structure on a blog on his website.

The McCain campaign has issued a flurry of campaign commercials mercilessly ribbing the Democratic candidate over his elevated rhetorical style, and mocked Obama over a White House-style lecturn he once used.

In one ad, titled "The One" Obama is depicted as a quasi-religious figure who "anointed" himself to lead the world.

"Can you see the light?" the hard-hitting negative ad asked, following up on a McCain theme that the Illinois Democrat is arrogant, transfixed by his own celebrity and not yet ready to lead.

"It shall be known, that in 2008, the world will be blessed," said the narrator of the minute-long web video sent to McCain supporters in a fundraising appeal.

"They will call him, 'The One,'" the advertisement said, using a sarcastic tone and stark religious imagery.

[scheming daemons]

25. A) those ads would be aired, with or without columns

B) quit being such a pussy, who is scared shitless about what the Republicans will do.

"Oh noes!"


Fuck what the GOP thinks. Fuck their attempts at mocking.


They mock because they are scared shitless.



You need to seriously grow a set.

[npincus]

36. I'll ask President Kerry about the effects of GOP ridicule.

If I grew a set I'd be a hermaphrodite and my husband might divorce me.

Just chanting "Screw THEM!" like a mantra, and electing to make stupid choices is not how we'll win an election. I believe I'm the realist here. I think you need to throw YOUR set away! (You can always grow a new set).

:rofl:

[scheming daemons]

38. Obama is not Kerry....

This election is not the same.


Kerry's staff, headed by the incompetent Bob Schrum, was wimpy and weak..... and he had no ground game and was at a financial disadvantage.


Bush had 55% approval rating at the time. He's 30% now.


No two elections are the same.


Pardon my bluntness.... you need to "grow a backbone". Is that a better body part?

;-)

[npincus]

44. well...

a new backbone would be great... my scoliosis is a drag.

We cannot make stupid choices and assume we'll coast to the finish line... that attitude didn't get the anointed HRC very far. All of the mornonic battering IS having an effect. Admit it or not.

No I DO NOT fear the GOP and their tactics; I LOATHE them. I am twisted with hatred, if you must know the truth. I think we need to be very smart (we are) and match their f*cking filth, give it to them TWICE as hard (we aren't). Whatever it takes to beat those f*ckers.

Sorry, we can debate until the sun sets tonight. I don't like the stage set, we don't need it, and it opens up ANOTHER avenue for those bastards.

OK, now can I have my new backbone? :)

[scheming daemons]

46. The problem is that you think it is a "stupid" choice because of what some GOPers say/said

I think the stage set looks majestic, and will create awesome statesman-like images.


I'm proud of it. It looks Washington-ian. It looks impressive.

It's getting my testosterone up. ;-)

[npincus]

55. Hell, no.

I got a pain in my gut when I saw it this morning. A visceral response. Call it a reflex.

I work in the design/architecture field, am a person with a point of view when it comes to design/art/architecture. From my point of view, it's a gratuitous appendage that looks silly, doesn't work and is a visual distraction. The STADIUM filled with 70,000 screaming admirerers is a unique historic backdrop for the event. It works without any bells, whistles or fiberglass columns.

MY opinion and I'm sticking to it. Good luck with your testosterone...remember, the surge is working! :)

[scheming daemons]

64. Alright.... now I think you're flirting with me.....

;-)



It's not columns, by the way. What you saw wasn't done yet. It's a mock up of the White House.

[yardwork]

69. That's what I think. It's the White House as a backdrop.

I can't believe that some DUers are going along with the media spin on this.

[LongDistanceRunner]

26. are you seriously basing your opinion on GOP ridicule?

I guess we all know what motivates you.

[scheming daemons]

29. Some people are wimps. Screw them. LET the GOP try to mock... I'm not afraid of those pricks

...anymore.

[npincus]

40. my goodness, aren't you getting personal?

Respectfully, I have a long history of participation on the site, so YOU (or "we-all") do not know what "motivates" me. If you have lived through at least the 2004 election cycle, you can see how the GOP turns shit into treasure. I am the realist here.

This additive structure is entirely gratuitous, a distraction, the fact that it's been the subject of so much discussion/debate on the internet and has spawned what is only the beginning of a media feeding frenzy. Are YOU that naive?

This is purely self-inflicted. The stadium itself is a magnificent, historic backdrop for what is to be an unprecedented nomination ceremony. The "stage set" is artifical and looks silly.

My opinion. You need to treat others here who disagree with you with a little more civility.

[LongDistanceRunner]

67. exactly, your opinion. Not the Truth by any stretch of the imagination

and for someone who fears a media frenzy, you sure are doing your part to push this crap.

[MilesColtrane]

62. You're just miffed because you wanted Stonehenge.

[npincus]

70. LOL

:rofl:

[SurfingAtWork]

22. I hope it ends up not looking like it does right now

Because it looks like a greek theatare thing, which I think the GOP can (and will) use against him to feed the "Obama thinks he is a messia" narrative.

[scheming daemons]

27. They will turn anything Obama does or says into a "messiah" motif..... FUCK THEM

Grow a set and quit being scared of them.

[LongDistanceRunner]

28. your concern is noted and dismissed

[redstate_democrat]

30. It's going to overshadow what he has to say

[scheming daemons]

35. No it won't. The GOP was going to ridicule the fact that it is in front of 76,000 no matter WHAT

We need to quit worrying about what the GOP will try to do.


They will find something to mock about WHATEVER we do.


He's the next fucking President of the U.S. NOTHING WRONG with a little confidence about that fact.

[Thrill]

31. So what? I forgot. Everything has to be approved by the GOP before we do it

[eShirl]

32. oh give me a break! take a look at the architecture around Washington, DC

stop repeating inane repuke talking points, people

[Robeson]

24. Is this what some are having an aneurysm over?....

...I expected to see a full-scale replica of the coliseum in Rome...

[scheming daemons]

33. Just some people who are concern trolls or too damn wimpy to be in a campaign

You think Ronald Reagan gave a damn about appearing pretentious?


Fuck them. Get right in their faces.


We need to seriously be tougher than we're being. Quit being scared little pussies.

[Eurobabe]

34. So now the CONS take issue with the same Architecture as in DC?

Wow, that is so unpatriotic. :eyes:

[MadrasT]

39. It seems a little cheesy,

especially when compared to the awesome stage at the Pepsi Center. But let's see how it looks on the teevee Thursday.

It's about the message, not the backdrop!

[Labors of Hercules]

49. It is designed for television.

just remember that.

[nyc 4 Biden]

65. Also remember that. . .

The DNC had years to plan the stage in the Pepsi Center and only began planning for the stadium venue a couple months ago when Barack requested it.

[Bluerthanblue]

41. "orange pantsuit" bullshit- It isn't about the packaging- it's the

PEOPLE and the IDEALS that we need to focus on.

I hate the way people get so hung up on the details-


:shrug:

[SeeHopeWin]

42. WOW, looks awesome!

[justiceischeap]

45. Then you're not sure about the White House architecture (nt)

[RedEarth]

47. It's been my understanding it is suppose to look like the Lincoln Memorial where MLK gave his

"I Have a Dream" speech....Thursday night is the 45th anniversary of that incredible civil rights speech.

[justiceischeap]

51. Looks more like the White House. There's windows in the set. (nt)

[RedEarth]

59. Could be, however I don't see the windows in the pictures the OP posted.

I still think it is suppose to be somewhat similar to the Lincoln Memorial, since Thursday will be the 45th anniversary of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.

[LynneSin]

50. With rock concerts they put the stage at one of the End Zones...

..so you have more seats available that can clearly see the stage. Either Obama isn't going to use about 20k seats or her plans to put everyone in all available seats and give those with the 'bad seats' the big screen to watch it.

[achtung_circus]

66. Perhaps

it's delegates on the floor, spectators in the stands. That provides a security perimeter between the stands and the floor.

[rufus dog]

54. It is part of the Obama bipartisan effort

Democrats are building a set for a monumental moment. Repubs will be allowed to tear it down. Both parties are being used for their strengths.

[Avalux]

56. The White House - very cool.

It's going to be magnificent!!!! :bounce:

[MilesColtrane]

57. Where's the mirrored ball and inflatable pig?

:headbang:

[apnu]

58. Its the White House. End of columngate (nt)

[blogslut]

60. It's not done yet

For instance, the seats are in now:



It looks like the floor of congress. I think it's brilliant!

[jdlh8894]

68. Who cares? It's still a BIG waste of $$$$$ ! JMO n/t

[TrogL]

63. the fake pillars are a bit much

[Neshanic]

72. OP there are others that are sure about it. It sucks. We will hear about it forever.

[eleny]

73. I like it so far

The stadium when all finished, filled with people, lights & music it'll be amazing.

[kaiden]

74. Invesco Field has NO ambience. This design probably also gives

the Secret Service a better advantage than having Obama open 360 degrees, I think.

[Kdillard]

76. Interesting thought about the Secret Service. I know some people

were concerned about it being too open. It seems like it kills two birds with one stone.

[TTUBatfan2008]

75. I wish it was enclosed in bulletproof glass...

I'm so afraid that something awful can happen in such a huge ass stadium. Hopefully law enforcement are completely on their game tomorrow night.