I've been out of the loop for a bit, but I thought this thread was going to be about that crazy barn-themed podium at the DNC (and I'm not searching all 13 pages to realize it isn't). I hate to call out my own party over such a small issue, but it's an elephant in the room!
I still haven't heard mention of it in any news sources, even after Palin openly mocked the styrofoam pillars the Dem's used. From where I'm standing, the columns were actually quite subtle in comparison to a podium that could easily be a leftover prop from James and the Giant Peach. What is the theme here? He is descending from the American Mt. Olympus to speak to the people living out behind a cartoon woodshed? Did they hire Beetlejuice as a set designer? It made so little sense in conjunction with such an amazing, historic event, I still can't stop thinking about it (obviously).