Attention, Republicans everywhere who are scandalized by the stage decorations at Barack Obama‘s planned speech on Thursday: Your great and powerful leader did it first.

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Greek columns and executive overreach characterized by complete disregard for the law? Bush had the whole package back in 2004. I wonder why no one was outraged?

Via Ben Smith.

–A. Serwer

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer