Barack Obama Is The One Pillar Of Hercules
BARACK Obama: strength, vanity and pillars personified:
Barack Obama strode onto the world stage on Tuesday with trademark audacity, or as his political enemies would have it, a dearth of humility, in the symbolic shadow of Jordan’s Temple of Hercules.
As he tries to convince Americans he will keep them safe, the White House hopeful held his first major press conference abroad as presumptive Democratic nominee near ancient Roman ruins and a shrine to the mighty Greek mythic hero.
Overlooking sun-bleached homes and minarets of the Jordanian capital, Obama spoke about his stealth mission to Iraq, against a backdrop seemingly chosen to suggest a young dynamic potential president, at home and abroad.
Hercules: a story of bulls and boar…
Posted: 23rd, July 2008 | In: Barack Obama, Politicians, Race For The White House, Twitterings Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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