The Obama Era Begins Washing Away
This week, Democrats gathering at their national convention in Charlotte aim to pound home the point that Mitt Romney is too out-of-touch with the average American to be president. Conventions being highly choreographed affairs nowadays, the Forward crew is digging deep to present Barack Obama as the more likable and caring choice for swing voters tuning in to sift the pros and cons of the two major party candidates for president.
And nothing says likable and caring more than a gigantic 15-ton sand sculpture of your candidate.
Unfortunately, as every child who's spent a day at the beach well knows, sand castles--or cult-of-personality-worthy sand statues--aren't known for their water resistance. And it rains during the summertime in North Carolina. Sometimes a lot. Like today, for instance:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A torrential downpour that struck Charlotte Saturday afternoon damaged the Mount Rushmore-style sand sculpture bust of President Obama — an ominous beginning to what many fear is a plagued convention.
Workers were trying Saturday afternoon to reform the base of the sculpture, built from sand brought in from Myrtle Beach, S.C., pounding and smoothing out the sand that had washed off the facade of the waist-up rendering of the chief executive.
He may have overused the technique, but at least Bill Clinton's lower lip-biting--his preferred method of conveying caring and likability--could withstand a passing shower.
Am I being too granular here, or should Team Obama pull out a Bible and consider swapping construction materials to one more likely to support their man's ambitions (Matthew 7:24-29)?
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Apr '11
Re: The Obama Era Begins Washing Away
A serious question: How can they (He) not see how ridiculous this looks--how it plays right into the meme of Obama as grandiose narcicistic demi-god? (Even without the sand washing away.) Who came up with this idea, and does he still have a job? I am surprised that there is any political professional anywhere so obtuse that he can't see how this looks to a normal person. Again, confirming: is this real?
Oct '10
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest president of them all?
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Essgee: Like most Democrat projects, it was built with shoddy materials, using over-priced labor, and planners that are too stupid to get out of the rain.
The Dems are awash in solid ideas as usual. · 56 minutes ago
But the jobs were definitely shovel-ready.
Re: The Obama Era Begins Washing Away
The power of self-delusion is sometimes total. How else to explain why the same people who think Sandman Obama is a great idea maintain that Eastwood bombed at the Republican convention the other evening?
Jul '10
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The sand Obama should have been shielded by Greek columns.
Jan '11
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Thanks Lucy Pevensie! I do note that I spelled Ozymansdias with a "us" not the correct "as". Um, to reference the USA. Um, yeah, that's the reason....
Jun '12
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George Savage
The power of self-delusion is sometimes total. How else to explain why the same people who think Sandman Obama is a great idea maintain that Eastwood bombed at the Republican convention the other evening? · 6 hours ago
His supporters see him this way, so they see no problem with portraying him this way.
It's the ultimate expression of their hero worship and his cult of personality.
I honestly fear for our nation because people like this vote.
Jun '12
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Just a bust? Perhaps it would have been more stable if it were erected above feet of clay.
Sep '10
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ConservativeWanderer
George Savage
The power of self-delusion is sometimes total. How else to explain why the same people who think Sandman Obama is a great idea maintain that Eastwood bombed at the Republican convention the other evening? · 6 hours ago
His supporters see him this way, so they see no problem with portraying him this way.
It's the ultimate expression of their hero worship and his cult of personality.
I honestly fear for our nation because people like this vote. · 17 hours ago
What happens historically when a cult of personality of this magnitude loses, what about the people that followed it?
Jun '12
Re: The Obama Era Begins Washing Away
Aelreth
ConservativeWanderer
George Savage
The power of self-delusion is sometimes total. How else to explain why the same people who think Sandman Obama is a great idea maintain that Eastwood bombed at the Republican convention the other evening? · 6 hours ago
His supporters see him this way, so they see no problem with portraying him this way.
It's the ultimate expression of their hero worship and his cult of personality.
I honestly fear for our nation because people like this vote. · 17 hours ago
What happens historically when a cult of personality of this magnitude loses, what about the people that followed it? · 7 minutes ago
We may be about to find out.