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#298304 - 08/27/08 05:06 PM Obama a Greek God?
JSMelkiteOrthodoxy Offline
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Registered: 08/18/06
Posts: 2196
Loc: Georgia U.S.
Apparently, Obama's stage for his speech at the DNC is set up to look like an ancient Greek temple.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5660266

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#298305 - 08/27/08 05:25 PM Re: Obama a Greek God? [Re: JSMelkiteOrthodoxy]
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Registered: 08/18/06
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#298307 - 08/27/08 06:23 PM Re: Obama a Greek God? [Re: JSMelkiteOrthodoxy]
Logos - Alexis Online   content
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Registered: 08/10/02
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Kind of cool!

Alexis

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#298309 - 08/27/08 06:57 PM Re: Obama a Greek God? [Re: Logos - Alexis]
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Registered: 06/08/08
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I am indeed sympathetic and supportive of much that Senator Obama proposes, apart from his position of right-to-life issues. Yet this image, with Washington, DC and ancient Greece recreated on stage, calls to mind something that forum members may recall -- the Potemkin villages. Or is it just our culture with Hollywood's stagecraft hard at work....

History is in the making - may God bless our country and all the candidates as they seek truth and represent their vision to our fellow citizens.

-Pustinik
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"Acquire a peaceful spirit, and thousands around you will be saved." –St. Serafim of Sarov

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#298373 - 08/28/08 12:41 PM Re: Obama a Greek God? [Re: Pustinik]
ZAROVE Offline
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Registered: 02/13/07
Posts: 286
Loc: Tennessee
Perhaps next Mr. Obama can provclaim himself the reincarnaiton of Appolo.

It fits his godlike persona he likes to project, or rather his handlers liek to project.

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