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Rains wash away Mount Obama in Charlotte, N.C



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.

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Mount Obama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Obama
Mount Obama (known as Boggy Peak until August 4, 2009) is the highest point in the nation of Antigua and Barbuda and on the island of Antigua. It lies in the far southwest of the island at 17°2′31″N 61°51′4″W,[2][3] and rises to a height of 402 metres (1,319 ft) and is named after Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States.

History

The highest point of the southwestern Shekerley Mountains, it is here that runaway slaves congregated while hiding in the forest. In 1687, 27 runaways were known to be encamped in a palisaded ‘maroon’ camp at the peak, then known as Boggy Peak. There had been a revolt of slaves, hunted down and taken dead or alive. The militia stormed the camp and the leaders were burned in the following year.

Renaming

On August 4, 2009, the birthday of U.S. President Barack Obama, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer officially renamed the mountain from Boggy Peak to Mount Obama.

Luminiferous wrote:So birtherplanet's schtick of all things Obama on here even relegates to a sand sculpture being destroyed by mother nature?

THE APOCALYPSE IS UPON US!!

Hey, I thought it was funny. I personally would have went with a nice ice sculpture. They're more durable than sand.

brotherplanet wrote:

Luminiferous wrote:So birtherplanet's schtick of all things Obama on here even relegates to a sand sculpture being destroyed by mother nature?

THE APOCALYPSE IS UPON US!!

Love how sand getting wet is "an ominous beginning to what many fear is a plagued convention."

GOP is on their knees praying to zombie jesus that something happens to make people forget about: