Polytheism we can believe in?

Obama’s campaign has been nothing but platitudes, bumper sticker slogans, and a big Hollywood production. The trip overseas ended up being a nightmare, but they pressed on. His speech and the hoopla surrounding it is going to be an even bigger turn off for the American people.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.

The stage, similar to structures used for rock concerts, has been set up at the 50-yard-line, the midpoint of Invesco Field, the stadium where the Denver Broncos’ National Football League team plays.

Some 80,000 supporters will see Obama appear from between plywood columns painted off-white, reminiscent of Washington’s Capitol building or even the White House, to accept the party’s nomination for president.

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

The show should provide a striking image for the millions of Americans watching on television as Obama delivers a speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination.

Politicians in past elections have typically spoken from the convention site itself, but the Obama campaign liked the idea of having their man speak to a larger, stadium-sized crowd not far from where the Democratic National Convention is being held, at the Denver pro basketball arena.

Obama was taking a page from the campaign book of John Kennedy in 1960 when the future president delivered his acceptance speech to 80,000 people in the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Once Obama speaks, confetti will rain down on him and fireworks will be fired off from locations around the stadium wall.

Why a Greek temple? Polytheism we can believe in? Temple prostitution we can believe in? Why would an American presidential candidate want to stand in front of a Greek temple? Was there not some American landmark they could have duplicated?

Plus, think about the environment, not only will the environment be harmed by the confetti (imagine if the wind caught some, or if a bird swallowed it!!!), but both the fireworks and the carbon emissions from Obama’s puffed-up rhetoric will certainly cause Denver to have a snowless winter!

Apparently they didn’t go far enough with this, says Allahpundit over at Hot Air:

What about a giant plaster Lincoln head descending from the sky with Obama inside, and once it hits the stage he breaks through out of the top hat like the Hulk? Or how about the lights come up to reveal statues of Jesus, MLK, Gandhi, and The One — except his isn’t a statue, it’s really him and he was just standing perfectly still. Then he comes “magically” to life as the camera hits him. Awesome.

Tags: bumper sticker slogans, Democratic National Convention, Greek Temple, Obama, Polytheism, speech