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August 28, 2008 5:22 PM

Republicans Hand Out NY Post Cover In St. Paul

From CBS News’ Allison O’Keefe:

(ST. PAUL, Minn.) As reporters start to arrive in this twin city, Republicans have the handouts ready and waiting. Today it was a color copy of the New York Post’s front page. “O My God: Dems erect Obama temple” reads the cover over a picture of the stage at Invesco Field.

Today the finishing touches were put on the Republican National Convention stage and the plain, brown podium, which resembles one a college professor might use, was unveiled. Convention President and CEO, Maria Cino told reporters that the stage will be a sharp contrast to the Democratic convention in Denver. “I think what you see is a very simplistic stage. A stage that is much lower than it has been in the past. A stage that John McCain has used throughout his campaign where he is talking directly to his audience not standing above his audience.”

Behind the podium is an enormous screen that stands 30 feet high and 50 feet wide, which will show biography videos and other forms of media. According to Cino, it is the first HD screen to be used at a convention.

In an interview with CBS News, General Contractor Greg Lane, said that the stage is the lowest in convention history. Lane, who produced the Republican convention four years ago, pointed out that that the six foot high stage used then was the shortest at the time, and the 2008 version is two feet shorter than that, standing at only four feet high.

Hundreds of local workers began converting the Xcel Energy Center from a hockey arena to the 2008 Republican convention on July 21st. They removed bleachers, cleaned out locker rooms, built platforms and transformed suites into television studios in order to house 20,000 people.

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by joereed007 August 28, 2008 5:37 PM PDT
And this is news? George W. Bush had a bigger set four years ago!! Big Deal! PS - The New York Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch, the same guy who owns Faux News.
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by wilder5121 August 28, 2008 5:41 PM PDT
OF COURSE. What else is new?

If the Republicans were to run on their record...they''d be EXTINCT already.
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by n0morerepubl August 28, 2008 6:43 PM PDT
And this is news? George W. Bush had a bigger set four years ago!! Big Deal! PS - The New York Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch, the same guy who owns Faux News.

Posted by joereed007

I RATHER WATCH TMZ THAN FOX
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by liberalme August 28, 2008 8:05 PM PDT
Too bad they have no issues to run on, more of the same is just that.

I am so prepared for these con attack ads and Obama will respond with intelligence---they''ll never figure out what he''s talking about.

We don''t need another 4 OR 8 years of down and dirty!!
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by kansas1946 August 28, 2008 9:17 PM PDT
%u201CO My God: Dems erect Obama temple%u201D reads the cover over a picture of the stage at Invesco Field.
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This the best you got, Republicans? Reminds me something a bunch of junior-high kids would do. Of course, that is about the level of the Republican mind-set.
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by engymass2 August 29, 2008 12:09 AM PDT
MAN !!! Do these guys have anything to talk about that will "HELP ME" !!!
We''re dying out here !!!
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by wellhell3 August 29, 2008 12:15 AM PDT
McCain actually has a fine record to run on if people actually opened their eyes and looked.

McCain and Hillary are two of the few legislators that put some ooomph into their retoric and push the work to get done!

Senator McCain won''t be naive enough to bury our Constitution in global authority, and he''ll keep our country safe.

Nor to mention he''s not a Marxist Islamofast hugging bastward.
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by kansas1946 August 29, 2008 12:34 AM PDT
Senator McCain won''''t be naive enough to bury our Constitution in global authority, and he''''ll keep our country safe.

Nor to mention he''''s not a Marxist Islamofast hugging bastward.


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Posted by WellHell3 at 12:15 AM : Aug 29, 2008
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There is nothing wrong with supporting McCain, but why do you have to end it with some ridiculous, juvenile, trash, against Obama? Vote for McCain.
I just happen to think the Obama is the better candidate. For once I don''t feel like I am voting for the lesser of two evils.
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by mrtutto August 29, 2008 3:44 AM PDT
You don''t suppose that the New York Post is owned by an ultra Conservative ?
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by mrtutto August 29, 2008 3:51 AM PDT
The Republican hacks are out in full force tonight.... This paper owned by Rupert Murdoch can''t really claim anything. There were so many people there that you actually didn''t notice the columns, unless you wanted to write a slanted story.... and yes those were fireworks in the end. I have heard that for the John McCain Convention they are having trouble reaching 2000 people because not even Republican Senators want to attend.
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by mattcat25 August 29, 2008 10:26 AM PDT
I%u2019m sure that 30 foot Television Screen on the stage in Minnie will be used to send out and array of more subliminal hypnotic suggestive brainwashing tactic propaganda on the easily susceptible Republican Conventioneers.

Or, they just might resort to waterboarding everyone!
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