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Raining on Obama's Parade

Submitted by Patrick Ruffini on Sat, 07/05/2008 - 18:05
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On July 4th, Camp Obama dribbled out the news that the candidate's acceptance speech may well happen in the 76,000 seat Invesco Field, right across from the Pepsi Center in Denver.

Here's a satellite image of the venue:


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There is no retractable roof.

That means there is a chance that it might rain on Obama's acceptance speech.

IIRC, the Republicans considered doing something similar in San Diego in 1996, trying to escape the cramped confines of the San Diego Convention Center with its 27-foot high ceilings by moving the last night of the convention to Jack Murphy Stadium. They ultimately decided against it because of the possibility that it might rain.

Could Obama's desire for a final night worthy of the NFL, like his Presidential seal, go down as yet another example of his super-sized arrogance?

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This is SOOOOO derivative

Submitted by Ironman on Sat, 07/05/2008 - 19:21.

Once again the Obamatons dust off an old idea and pretend that it's some brilliant innovation from the man who will calm the waters , cool the planet and make Red Sox fans like the Bronx.

Like, this was done 48 years ago!

The term New Frontier was used by John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in 1960 to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Democratic nominee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Frontier

That stadium, by the way, had a much larger capacity than Invesco Field , est. 101,000 in that era. 

Obama may already have had larger crowds in Portland  http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2008/07/obama_may_be_planning_to_outdo.html

then he will be able to get into Invesco anyway.

The weather folks estimate that Denver only gets about 1.5 inches of rain in August. http://www.colostate.edu/depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Calendar/weathaug.htm, so even if the message is all wet, the crowd will probably stay dry.

Getting back to the point here, will we soon find out that Obama rescued his crew from a sunk PT boat next?

Because Nothing Says I Love America...

Submitted by RedMango on Sat, 07/05/2008 - 23:49.

than staging elaborate massive displays of propaganda in large public places.

Introducing North Korea:

www.youtube.com/watch

As a Pink Floyd fan....

Submitted by Ironman on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 08:29.

something like this comes to mind