Mount Obama washes away

By: garfieldjl (Diary)  |  September 1st at 05:52 PM  | 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A torrential downpour that struck Charlotte  Saturday  afternoon damaged the Mount Rushmore-style sand sculpture bust  of President  Obama — an ominous beginning to what many fear is a plagued  convention. Workers were trying Saturday afternoon to reform the base of the  sculpture,  built from sand brought in from Myrtle Beach, S.C., pounding  and smoothing out  the sand that had washed off the | Read More »