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The right-wing blogs are all a-twitter over the stage being built at Denver’s Invesco Field for Barack Obama’s acceptance speech Thursday night.

Here’s a shot of the partially-constructed stage:

[Pic from Think Progress]

Conservatives are up in arms because it supposedly resembles a ‘Greek temple,’ which reinforces their nonsense perception of Obama as leading some kind of cult of personality.

Looking at it, though, those pillars look just like the ones that adorn the White House. You know, that place where the President lives? That building that serves as a symbol of the office both Barack Obama and John McCain are running for?

So, I wonder, where are the breathless blog posts talking about how John McCain wants to rule the country from a giant mansion built to look like an ancient Greek temple?

I won’t hold my breath.

UPDATE: Josh Marshall thinks it looks like the Lincoln Memorial, which also makes sense–Lincoln and Obama are both Illinoisans, and Obama looks to Lincoln for inspiration on how to unite a deeply-divided country.

Obama’s speech will also occur on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I have a dream’ speech, which was delivered on the steps of the Lincoln memorial and spoke of fulfilling Lincoln’s vision of unity and equality.

UPDATE II: Think Progress for the win:

Conservatives are mocking the stage as a “temple of Obama.” Ed Morrissey writes, “That this scales heights of presumptuousness can hardly be refuted.” One anonymous McCain adviser quipped, “Is this from the Onion?” No, but it may be inspired by the stage at the 2008 Virginia Republican Convention:

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So, is the Virginia Republican Party some kind of cult of personality, too? Or are you guys going to admit this is just a stupid line of attack?

UPDATE III: Politico’s Ben Smith one-ups Think Progress:

Barack Obama’s appearance in Denver won’t be the first convention speech framed by Greek columns.

Republicans who are mocking Obama’s appearance haven’t mentioned it, but George W. Bush accepted his own nomination in 2004 on a set with a similar neoclassical theme, with columns rising on either side of him, as the pictures above and below show.

Indeed, the Bush set and the Obama sets currently look strikingly similar, with the podium set well in front of the columns, and connected by a path.

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I think this is quickly rising to the level of one of the stupidest, most baseless attacks in modern campaign history.  Debating the placement on columns on a convention stage? Aren’t there bigger issues out there to worry about, guys? Come on.