When you are The One, a mere indoor sports arena is not enough.
Taking a page from his own playbook, President Obama has decided to be formally anointed the Democratic nominee for president at the Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to the Charlotte Observer.
The convention itself will be held at the Time Warner Cable Arena, but Obama will trot everyone outside Sept. 6 for the grand finale at the 74,000-seat home of the Carolina Panthers. The speech will also be open to the public.
In a move that thrilled and galvanized supporters, Obama in 2008 accepted the nomination at the outdoor Invesco Field in Denver.
Not only will the Charlotte stadium permit a larger crowd, but organizers will also be able to sell skyboxes to donors.
The convention will also be shortened to three days and begin on Labor Day with a “party” at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The Obama campaign has been stretching to reach out to the GOP-friendly NASCAR crowd, sending Michelle Obama on a disastrous journey in November to the Homestead-Miami Speedway where she was booed in her role as Grand Marshal.
Changing the convention to three days will, according to a convention official, “make room for a day to organize and celebrate the Carolinas, Virginia and the South.”
All, of course, places where Obama really needs to win.
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Will there be Greek columns of foam?
They should give up on the NASCAR crowd…will never win them over!
He may have two crowns this time, one for himself and one for his queen…hope he remembers a court jester suit for Opie Carney and has some plush robes for Valerie Jarrett.
Yes I was wondering how you could outdo the foam Greek columns from last time. I imagine the Hollywood crowd will come to his aid and
it will be spectacular:-(. Guess we pay for that too.
Not only columns, but he will also be lowered onto the stage in a golden throne.
Or come up in an elevator like Taylor Swift… If they don’t use the columns, some HS could use them for prom.
Maybe they could carry him onto the stage inside an egg, like Lady Gaga. Hmm, come to think of it, wonder if she will be there???
William, I hope so!
LOL. I am having visions of a Bette Midler musical production.
With the mermaid tail–please, please….
Wasn’t that the one in a wheel chair?
If the NASCAR fans don’t unwelcome them, the OWS crowd will. Isn’t BANK OF AMERICA stadium like catnip to them?
Annie you are right – they have no idea how they are perceived. NASCAR will never embrace them.
Geez…
Isn’t Labor Day the historic start of Atlantic Hurricane season? I’m just saying…Hurricane Barry anyone?
Starts 01 June…but Labor day is right at the height of hurricane season!
My bad on confusion of the “start” of the season. I did a little research though….if the season of named storms makes it to “V” by Coronation Day, that storm (apropos of all the great advice given by Ms. Jarrett) would be VALARIE.
The heavens won’t be mocked:
2012 Hurricane Names — The List and How They’re …
miami.about.com/od/…/2012hurricanes.htm
It is the HEIGHT of the hurricane season. Wouldn’t that be something?!
Remnants of hurricanes can certainly affect the Charlotte area. Wasn’t there a problem with the original indoor venue that it wasn’t built by union labor?
Not kidding – that would surely be taken as a sign of God and he would lose the election.
Wow.
“…Obama will trot everyone outside….”
Isn’t that what ‘turkeys’ do? ;-)
:-)
Pray for rain…
Ark level or waders?
Ark.
LOL
Sounds like they are expecting lots of lemmings to attend. Sure hope the festivities don’t include hungry lions and Christians as entertainment after the coronation.
No that will only happen after he gets re elected (we will not allow) he would march all of us as Christians off to FEMA camps then.
Thank God, I’ll be on vacation with no TV!!!
Time Warner perhaps I should tell them I will cancel my cable service.
That’s $213 I could use boycott! Maybe.
How do they get away with this sh*t.
“”It doesn’t matter whose name is on the stadium,” one of the party sources said. “President Obama has a record to run on holding Wall Street accountable, and there will be no doubt which candidate in the race is willing to stand up to Wall Street.”
There will be much merriment at the irony of this.
The final scenes from “Romancing the Stone II” come to mind, where OMAR is being ointed….OR video scenes I’ve seen on the history channel from WWII.
Has anyone ever quantified Obama’s NQ (Narcissism Quotient),
or did he break the scale?
Many times over but MO beats him for sheer narrcissim!
But she is really–and I mean this in the nicest possible way–nothing. Not elected, has no legal responsibillity…he is and does.
You want to,tell her she scares me talk about needing a secret service detail. Woe be the man or woman who speaks ill of the
Queen:)
Aw, what’s more woe… I know–famous last words…
Ha Ha!! “MO beats him”!! Violently, daily, sometimes with expensive accessories…
She does look a bit Dominatrix like v scary no wonder he’s so thin
fear!
Will it be a Federal Holiday? That way all his subjects would be able to see it
and worship the third coming! Golly what kind of dress will MO wear something spun of pure gold?
More like a feral holiday.
Giggle:-)
who need a holiday if you don’t have a job?
Ahhh very fitting that this will happen in Bank of America stadium, the same bank that launders drug cartel money, yeah it all does fit nicely! Wonder if that smug Eric Holder will be there knowing he has blood on his hands and continues to sit in power in the dept of Injustice as well? Well the billion in the war chest will not help keep all this corrution in power, we shall prevail and get you out Obama!
Hitler did this at Nuremberg. I wonder if Obama is going to wear some kind of uniform too? Award himself a Medal of Honor? He is a disgrace to the Presidency……..
Can’t you see it–some big old doorman epaulets?
All of a sudden I have an urge for beer out of a stein and I keep hearing
Wagner music…odd?
Maybe he will borrow something from Ghadaffi’s closet for the occasion.
He’ll have to arm wrestle Michelle for it.
Thought I was having a 60′s flashback Obama’s going to Disney World on
Thursday. Let’s see Florida swing state coincidence surely. He’s got a site up
so we can all send FLOTUS a birthday wish for today translates trolling for
emails. My birthday is tomorrow thank goodness. These people never cease to amaze me not in a good way:-(
Weird people had the same birthday…there was her, Betty White, James Earl Jones, Kid Rock… Of course, that is true of every date.
I just read that too about going to Disney World and promote tourism….Simply amazed…and embarrassed!
With the Obama’s that is an everyday problem:(. Hanging head in shame for our country. Tourism they are the only ones who can afford
travel as we pay for it and we are all broke what an idiot!
The entrance fee of around $80 would surely be better spent for a (one) bag of groceries in my humble home…since we actually WORK in the tourism industry:)
Shame indeed
I was away this weekend, but did you guys catch the comments about how the WHite House was a “dangerous” place to live, and how Michelle was worried about the girls living there?
Yea. How does THAT play with those living in Detroit or Flint or Phili Or … or or or or…
Jill Biden sent out a note that we should wish Michelle a good birthday, etc, because : “And the year ahead is going to be a tough one, so I know this card will mean the world to Michelle.”
Yea. Tough. All those designer clothes and vacations. Most OUT OF TOUCH administration ever.
Yes her BET one shoulder gown was between $4,000 to $6,000. I
guess we paid more for the one covered shoulder:)
That phony doesn’t know what danger is. Spend a few days in the shoes of a citizen who lives near the Southern border where armed illegal aliens are roaming the deserts of the United States of America running drugs and hunting Border Patrol agents.
Yea. How does THAT play with those living in Detroit or Flint or Phili Or … or or or or…
Frinstance…downtown Washington, a mile north and in many other areas.
Isn’t a convention kinda silly when he hasn’t really “won” anything at that point? Acceptance speech? It’s a farce, really.
How ironic – the venue is outside, so it has plenty of space for his gargantuan head (eg, ego) but is brain power can be housed inside a pixie stick.
Again I giggle:-)
Oh good…he’s not doing anything here in Ohio!!!!