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67. Rain damage to Obama sand sculpture from Saturday downpour is being repaired

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 09:38 AM

Sep 2012

From the Politics blog at the Moonie Times:

Rains wash away Mount Obama in Charlotte, N.C.
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
September 1, 2012, 04:15PM

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.

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/sep/1/rains-wash-away-mount-obama/

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Sand sculpture of Obama built by Myrtle Beach SC for DNC convention. [View all] Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 OP

If a ReTHUG had killed Bin Laden malaise Sep 2012 #1

YUP ... Limbaugh would have carved it with his tounge. JoePhilly Sep 2012 #18

ROFL malaise Sep 2012 #40

I do not recommend visualizing that. JoePhilly Sep 2012 #48

Looks like some black guy. 2pooped2pop Sep 2012 #2

Looks more like MLK than the DC monument does! SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #4

Sorry, but I don't like it. Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #3

I so agree, it's awful..n/t monmouth Sep 2012 #6

Inappropriate... that it.. nenagh Sep 2012 #21

+ agree nt Voice for Peace Sep 2012 #36

They should add a statue of a prone, dead Osama Bin Laden at the base (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #5

that's so monty pythonish... Whisp Sep 2012 #29

lol Voice for Peace Sep 2012 #37

Oh FFS taterguy Sep 2012 #7

Fine, then do a sand sculpture celebrating this country or our heroes. Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #9

That's your thought, not mine taterguy Sep 2012 #15

"a sand sculpture celebrating this country or our heroes" demwing Sep 2012 #51

I meant something farther back in our history. Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #53

What I'm hearing you say demwing Sep 2012 #56

That's kind of cool -- local tradition. I like it! gateley Sep 2012 #28

Oh shit....rofl DearAbby Sep 2012 #8

They are already saying it. Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #10

What's the purpose? Frustratedlady Sep 2012 #11

Sorry but dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #12

It's awful. WinkyDink Sep 2012 #13

lots of goofy stuff at conventions Enrique Sep 2012 #14

It's supposed to rain every single day next week Kookaburra Sep 2012 #16

That is one of the stupidest....butt ugliest things I've ever seen. alphafemale Sep 2012 #17

Well, it doesn't look very much like Obama and it doesn't look like Mt Rushmore either tularetom Sep 2012 #19

By using sand they can't make it look like him at all lunatica Sep 2012 #20

I like this! gateley Sep 2012 #32

Excellent work! KansDem Sep 2012 #66

As I said above, I think this is a mistake. Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #22

Where do you get that the convention is doing this? chieftain Sep 2012 #25

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #33

So it's not the DNC -- that seems to have escaped those who rushed to judgment. gateley Sep 2012 #34

Sorry if you think I rushed to judgment. I apologize. Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #38

You just asked for our thoughts -- and the misunderstanding is gateley Sep 2012 #59

Here is a closer picture of it SunsetDreams Sep 2012 #41

Hey! @InvisibleObama is already in Charlotte!! SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #61

Typical of the Redneck Riviera Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #49

Looks like Joey Bishop. Scuba Sep 2012 #23

I really did laugh out loud Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #50

Deleted.. nenagh Sep 2012 #24

it can still be saved by someone who knows how to do likenesses Whisp Sep 2012 #27

I appreciate that this isn't easy but mygawd, that's not the President! Whisp Sep 2012 #26

Anyone in Charlotte that can Shankapotomus Sep 2012 #30

So the DNC is not creating the sculpture.. nenagh Sep 2012 #43

You got your wish, it rained today big time. SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #62

Yes! Shankapotomus Sep 2012 #65

Rain damage to Obama sand sculpture from Saturday downpour is being repaired pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #67

They need another course Dalai_1 Sep 2012 #31

Is that Sheldon Adelson with an afro? BeyondGeography Sep 2012 #35

Ozymandias lilly-kate Sep 2012 #39

The sculpture was done by a hotel. Not DNC, not Obama emulatorloo Sep 2012 #58

I don't see the fuss, it's a sand sculpture that's in front of a hotel in Charlotte SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #42

Makes sense to me to take it down goclark Sep 2012 #44

I wonder if there were 2 sand sculptures in the works? SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #45

Yes--they are two DIFFERENT sand sculptures and the Welcome one was taken down pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #54

Hey, thanks! I tried to find locations, sounds like neither were DNC SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #60

If anyone is interested, "Madame Cocoa" completely made of chocolate for DNC SaveAmerica Sep 2012 #46

your headline is misleading, it has nothing to do with the convention. grantcart Sep 2012 #47

Yes, I changed it. Thank you. Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #52

Looks like a lot of people believed you. Now we will have to hear this shit emulatorloo Sep 2012 #57

bad replica of Obama n/t onecent Sep 2012 #55

Excellent workmanship, but it doesn't look anything like Obama. WillowTree Sep 2012 #63

Doesn't look like him , but i don't really care JI7 Sep 2012 #64