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The near cult-worship nature of the Obama campaign is not exactly a new concept. From the near religious fervor of his supporters, to the campaign graphics, including some that seem to equate Obama with Jesus, it\’s gotten a little weird. Each day I\’m expecting Obama to try \”loaves and fishes\” as a highlight of his speech. But now, it appears that full fledged creepiness has been achieved…

Republicans, who mock Barack Obama as a self-appointed divine savior, gleefully pounced Thursday on pictures of the set for his big convention speech, which appears to resemble a temple.

The Democratic presidential candidate will accept the party White House banner before a more than 70,000-strong crowd at an outdoor football stadium here late Thursday.

Pictures and an aerial film footage of the set being constructed for the speech show a curved backdrop with creamy, gray column-like structures, which could suggest Washington architecture, or a classical structure, like a Greek or Roman temple.

I ask you, does that look like \”Washington architecture\”?? Only in that it has columns, other than that, you got yourself a classic greek Temple of Obama there. I\’m a little reluctant to ask what\’s likely to be sacrificed to The One in that temple. Virgin interns??

With all this, perhaps Obama and his supporters don\’t think he\’s actually Jesus. What with the self-adoration and his own greek temple, I\’m sorta thinking Narcissus might be the more applicable comparison.

Obama\’a aides need to reel him in a bit, before this gets out of control (too late!). It makes me recall a bit of a book I read awhile back, written by a former Secret Service agent who served in the Carter, Reagan and Clinton administrations. He remarked how when a new President was elected they were frequently still riding high on the euphoria of winning the election and thinking pretty high of themselves, and therefore not taking personal security all that seriously. Apparently they have to remind new Presidents that yes, half the country voted for you…but the other half voted against you. And of that latter half there are a significant number that really don\’t like you, of that there are some that hate you. And of that, there are a few that probably want to kill you. Apparently that speech was necessary in order to get the new President to return to earth and realize how important his personal security was.

It appears as if Obama is riding pretty high on that euphoria already, and just like his presidential podium, it\’s a little premature. I wonder how high Mount Olympus is? I imagine a fall of that height is gonna hurt pretty bad.