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GEORGE W. BUSH, CAESAR.
Attention, Republicans everywhere who are scandalized by the stage decorations at Barack Obama's planned speech on Thursday: Your great and powerful leader did it first.
Greek columns and executive overreach characterized by complete disregard for the law? Bush had the whole package back in 2004. I wonder why no one was outraged?
Via Ben Smith.
--A. Serwer
COMMENTS (7)
Bush was already President in 2004. And besides he just won the War on Terra, right?
Posted by: CParis | August 27, 2008 6:40 PM
I haven't seen a Greek column yet in this controversy, but that's a pretty straight example of the dolce stil' Mussolini in the picture.
(Hint: "Greek" in "Greek column" describes something, it's not an ornamental epithet.
Posted by: Gene O'Grady | August 27, 2008 7:00 PM
I was outraged. But the NY Times was too busy fluffing the scary evanglical takeover in Ohio to pay the facists any mind.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 27, 2008 7:26 PM
Wow! Maybe he'll make his horse a senator (Caligula, right?) Oops, I forgot: Dubya doesn't ride a horse and just rents cattle for his ranch for photo ops.
Posted by: H. E. Baber | August 27, 2008 7:27 PM
Silly Andy. He doesn't realize that IOKIYAR and/or IOKIYAWG.
Democrats and black guys are forbidden from appearing w/in a hundred feet of Greek columns. Give a speech in front of them? Oh, the audacity!
Posted by: Obamanaut | August 27, 2008 7:44 PM
You are just plain dumb. Obama needs his symbolism to be about America. The Flag will be just fine.
Posted by: Robert M | August 27, 2008 8:30 PM
That's exactly right--there should be a huge flag.
There will be, right?
Posted by: Anonymous | August 28, 2008 12:22 PM