Rains wipe out part of 'Mount Obama' sculpture in Charlotte

Obama opponents rejoiced Saturday as heavy rains damaged a "Mount Obama" bust in Charlotte, N.C., the site of the upcoming Democratic National Convention. The Mount Rushmore-style sand sculpture had already been criticized for its grandiose nature, with some critics comparing it to the 2008 Democratic convention in Denver, where Obama accepted his nomination with a Greek columnar backdrop. The president’s rivals spread glee online, with some making analogies to a political foundation "built on quicksand." Others saw the destruction as an ominous foreshadowing of a possibly troubled convention. (But mostly it sounds like nobody thought through using this particular material in a rainy climate.) [Source]

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