Saturday, September 01, 2012

Jabba the Bama

     
Res Ipsa Loquitor
Rains wash away Mount Obama in Charlotte, N.C.
FEET OF SAND

 
Res Ipsa Loquitor

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.

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.

I've always said Obama's presidency was more like a crime thriller than a real event.  Now it appears to be ending as a Mel Brooks parody.  BTW, the actual Obama sand "likeness" looks more like John McCain than the Poseur.  More Karma.


          

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

My first though was 'who gives a f***!
Tim

Jon said...

Immediately brought to mind the old sunday school song "the foolish man built his house upon the sand ..."

Helly said...

So many metaphors, so little time.

The sandcastle virtues were all washed away ...

Anonymous said...

Let's get Old Testament from the Book of Daniel about the fate of impressive looking things totally lacking in foundation:

31 Thou, O King, sawest, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the aspect thereof was terrible.

32 As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.

34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them in pieces.

35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

Freddie Sykes

DonM said...

Looks to me like Jabba the Hut.

Cheesy said...

Rumor has it that this sculpture, in order to give it the correct substance, is constructed of used Wookie litter.

DougM said...

Too bad it wasn't carbonite™.

Anonymous said...

That ain't creepy or nuttin' ...

e~C

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