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-Election 2012

Rains wash away Mount Obama in Charlotte, N.C.

2012-09-02

[Washington Times]

A torrential downpour that struck Charlotte Saturday afternoon damaged the Mount Rushmore-style sand sculpture bust of President B.O. -- 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.

The sand sculpture was protected from above, and Mr. Obama's face didn't see too much damage. But the storm was so strong that its heavy winds blew the rain sideways, pelting the president's right side and leaving the sand pockmarked and completely erasing his right elbow.

Democrats' choice of Charlotte has drawn criticism from unions who don't like North Carolina's labor laws, and the state seems to be tilting away from Democrats politically.

The large Rushmore-style sculpture drew comparisons to Mr. Obama's 2008 convention in Denver, when he accepted his party's nomination on a stage that looked like a Greek temple.

Posted by:Fred

#11 An ironic choice of medium I'd say.

Posted by: Past Master of the Obvious 2012-09-02 23:02

#10 Isn't Algore supposed to have a speech at the DNC convention? Have they insured against freak snowstorms and gale-force winds? What do they say about history? Isn't it that it repeats, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? What happens after that? Utter collapse?

Posted by: Old Patriot 2012-09-02 22:17

#9 "Stage that looked like a Greek Temple" > either Atlantis, or Madonna at halftime.

Anything else or in-between is undeniable heresy.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-09-02 21:24

#8 Don't count the Champ out just yet.

Once the rats discover the lever that delivers the cocaine they keep pulling it until they are all dead.

Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-02 18:56

#7 Zero is looming more and more like some type of cult leader than president

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-09-02 18:07

#6 "The expression "feet of clay" can be traced back to the biblical Book of Daniel. King Nebuchadnezzar experienced a terrifying dream in which he saw a massive statue constructed from various precious metals. The feet of this statue were composed of a mixture of iron and clay, making it especially vulnerable to an attack. Indeed, an massive stone did strike the statue at its clay feet, reducing the entire effigy to dust."

Seems to work with sand too. Hey, I don't think the ONE is going to make Mount Rushmore.

Posted by: JohnQC 2012-09-02 12:29

#5 Obligatory:

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Posted by: Whiper Huperese9925 2012-09-02 12:21

#4 Preznit "Head In The Sand" - not just figuratively

Posted by: Frank G 2012-09-02 10:21

#3 many fear is a plagued convention

...well if you want to see something close to an outbreak of zombies, it might well be.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-09-02 09:07

#2 many fear is a plagued convention

Zero gonna be there? Well what else would you expect.

Posted by: AlanC 2012-09-02 08:56

#1 Pounding sand ? Please continue.

Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-02 07:05

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