by Frank James
When Sen, Barack Obama's presidential campaign announced that the Democratic presidential nominee would give his acceptance speech al fresco at Invesco Field, all of a sudden the weather became a concern.
Earlier in the week, the weather forecast raised concerns; meteorologists were calling for the possibility of rain today.
Some Republicans, including people of faith, created a controversy by letting it be known that they were praying for rain and got excoriated for it.
Truth be told, I've also heard a few reporters hoping for rain on Obama's parade because, frankly, they were fed up with the arrogant vibes coming off the candidate and his campaign. Maybe a good soaking at the football stadium would offer a much-needed corrective.
But whatever Obama's concerns are today, the weather isn't among them. The weather here in Denver has been near perfect all week with no rain. Today will be no exception.
While the sky off in the distance has occasionally looked threatening (there were those tornadoes about 20 miles away earlier in the week) the most anyone has been able to complain about is just how hot it can get here, when you're about a mile closer to the sun than you are in the nation's capital, as you wait on line to clear security or walk the few, but long, blocks between the Pepsi Center and downtown Denver.
The National Weather Service is calling for sunny skies with a high of 81 degrees and a slight wind from the southeast. Even the weather breaks Obama's way.
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Comments
Obama, who will have a light shine down upon him in his Greek Temple at the stadium tonight, VILL NOT allow it to rain! What I can't understand is how this self-adulation in a setting obviously developed to present a God-like pedestal doesn't cause the media to collectively barf. Never has this country had a candidate who viewed himself as some type of Deity. Perhaps tonight, he will simply levitate into the clouds as a
fitting conclusion to his elevated oratory.
Posted by: Nordeen | August 28, 2008 10:31 AM
Maybe those "few reporters hoping for rain" (including those at the Trib) will finally "get it" and lose their obvious bias against Obama.
And with Hurricane Gustav looking to make landfall on the first day of the Rethugs convention (an appropriate reminder of McCain and Bush eating cake while folks died in New Orleans three years ago), it'll become even more obvious whose side God is on.
Posted by: pedestrian | August 28, 2008 10:52 AM
Behold the temple of the great Obamessiah. He is the one! Where's the manger he came out of?
Posted by: Jeff | August 28, 2008 10:55 AM
So now some of the reporters are getting fed up with Obama's vibe. Go back to school and study journalism, because what you guys have been passing off as news is worse than my Junior High Journalism class.
Posted by: Ron | August 28, 2008 11:11 AM
Where was dems Nagin and La Blanca when Katrina hit? 30 school buses sitting idle. They were to blame for Katrina disaster! On recording, both Nagin and La Blanca said to Bush that everything was under control. They knew they had elderly people with no way out. Shame on them!
Posted by: Randy | August 28, 2008 11:22 AM
Wonder ifObama wakes up and sees what his suporters are doing in Denver and Chicago to supress the freedom of the press and media with his background don't expect a CHANGE-
Posted by: George | August 28, 2008 12:05 PM