Obama Inaugural Address
That speech was just terrible. I think the speechwriter took all of his stump speeches and put them together. There was no central theme to it. It was all over the place. Maybe his speechwriter was the same guy from Airplane!
"and don't call me shirley"
Wow, that poem was pretty bad too.
UPDATE: Mike Ditka responds:
Did the guy giving the prayer just say, "where white will embrace what is right?"
"Yellow will be mellow?"
ramrocks: The final prayer was given by Dr. Joseph Lowery, a great civil rights leader who marched with Dr. King. Regardless of the silliness of some of his phrases, I think we should be mindful of his heroic part in the Civil Rights movement.
As Gov. Palin said yesterday, this election was a positive move for all of those who felt left out of this nation's power structure because of their race. Race or gender should not be a barrier to the highest office in the land. Some day we will see the gender barrier removed.
I don't hold it against any African American who voted for Obama out of a sincere desire to see an African American become president. My late father used to say that he only voted for a Democrat once in his entire life and that was only to prove that a Catholic could be president.
He voted for JFK because he wanted a Catholic to be president. We sometimes forget these days just how remarkable an achievement it was to elect a non-WASP. There was a great deal of anti-Catholic sentiment during that campaign. Critics even made snide jokes about JFK turning the Statue of Liberty into "Our Lady of America," and people seriously thought that he would have a secret hotline to the Vatican. So, my very Republican father voted for a Democrat. My family has been Republican ever since my grandfather came here from Lebanon in 1916. We joined the GOP because the Irish wouldn't let us swarthy Mediterraneans join the Democratic Party, which they controlled in the inner cities; and we eventually repaid them for this by voting for the first Irish Catholic president.
So, I don't hold it against them, but I should warn them that my father always ended his statement about only voting for a Democrat once by saying, "and I later regretted it." After the Cuban Missile Crisis, that is.
JR: Hey, Barry, send some of that "Global Warming" to New Jersey... the battery in my truck was killed because of the cold!
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I think that speech had a lot of brown mixed in.. that needed to be flushed..
(just in case, I'm comparing the speech to crap.. not color)
I also think Cheny was in the wheelchair just so he didn't need to stand for everything.. :)
Even CNN is saying the speech was sober with a dose of hope- what does that mean?
I did not watch it. They were showing it in our company lunchroom, but I did not go.
Obama even screwed up his oath of office - nice omen there. Remind me to send Chief Justice Roberts a Christmas card. :)
Did the Heavens open up and spew forth happiness and fuzzies for all makind?
That poem was even worse than Maya Angelou's weird thing from '92. What is it about the Dems and bad poetry?
Ramrocks..
it's what you get when you mix beatniks and moral authority..
When the Clintons took over in '92, I remember how conservatives felt as if the grown ups had left and the teenagers were in charge. Does anyone feel like the grown ups have left again?
Anonymous,
There's still no word on whether the oceans are receding. But the Weekly World News is reporting unicorn and rainbow sightings. Truly Master Obama lights our path...*
*Those of you who read NRODT will get that reference.
There are ten poitns to be noted in Obama speech aand we must all keep this in mind till he is in charge.
http://controversial-affairs.blogspot.com/2009/01/obamas-inaugural-address.html
I hope Pres. Bush (43) will get some peace and quiet. all of the shrill moonbats demonstrating their BDS was getting very old..
now, they are irrelevant..
I thought it was great for Pres. Obama to have Dr. Lowery give the benediction. It seemed like an appropriate choice, and an honor that Dr. Lowery has earned (and then some). The prayer itself...um...I'm in the 'keep it short and sweet' camp for praying. I think that's a result of having to sit through hours of Baptist revivals and altar calls.
I really enjoyed that he worked in the 'Yes, we can' slogan. I thought that was impressive.
I didn't hear it; I read it. I had better things to do with my lunch hour than listen to Himself prattle. Thank goodness, my lunch was too tasty to yark up.
He's not the right man for President, those that elected him are idiots, and we will rue this day. For a whole lot of days.
It's definitely a night to drink wine.
What I want to do is get a mailing list of all Republican congressmen and senators (copying my socialist congressman Levin) and write them every time something's coming up, urging them to stand firm and principled against the nanny-ization (is that a word? It will be.) of our country.
All those libs want me engaged and involved in the process? Passionate
about the government? Oh, I will be. Be careful what you wish for. . . .
mel,
I agree about Dr. Lowery.
However, the whole ceremony was only slightly less annoying than that stupid "cars for kids" commercial that runs on 77WABC AM radio during Rush's show. You know the "1-877-cars for kids..." with than idiotic tune that makes you instantly mute the sound.
Unfortunately, we can't mute the sound for the next four years...
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT TOOK HIM TWO DAYS TO WRITE THAT!!!!
ummmm wow....EPIC FAIL!!!!
and seriously WTF was up with the Poem and the very Racist comment from that Rev.
ramrocks,
Yeah, maybe I just haven't paid enough attention before, but the ceremony seemed odd to me. It didn't have anything to do with Pres. Obama or Vice Pres. Biden (they both seemed somber and dignified), but it seemed like the most undignified inauguration that I can remember. Just a combination of things: the jeers toward former Pres. Bush (absolutely inexcusable), the Obama flags, the chanting, etc. And then there's all the Obama gear and memorabilia. I know part of it is the historic nature of his presidency, but I just felt like some of it was a little over the top.
Did you notice Beau Biden behind Vice Pres. Biden when he was taking the oath? I thought it was nice that he got to be there.
reminded me of a sports team.. all the apparel..
"It's Team Obama" With home field advantage for the playoffs"
Ace has more on the Benediction Prayer..
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/281446.php
"Ace has more on the Benediction Prayer.."
Ace has been awesome today.
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You know, the more I think about Pres. Obama's speech and the way he dumped all over former Pres. Bush and the way his supporters treated Bush today (and for the last eight years), the more annoyed I get. Would it have been so hard to show some class today? Not to mention the manner in which his supporters behaved during both the primary and general election campaigns. There was an incredible level of misogyny among his supporters that he never rebuked, and therefore tacitly approved.
I'll show respect to him and the office that he holds, but, really, I can't blame Ace for being so annoyed today.
There's a blog post up at The NY Times political blog about Alaska's Colony High marching band and their trip to Washington to perform in the inaugural parade. Palin gets a couple of mentions, but there aren't any gratuitous slams; it's mostly just a nice, fluffy piece on the kids. It can be found here: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/in-alaska-parade-trumps-politics/
There's also an article up at the Fairbanks paper's site about the woman who won Miss Alaska performing at two inaugural balls. I'm sure you've already heard about that, and she's an Obama supporter, but the quotes in the article from her about Palin are gracious. And, since it's an Alaskan paper, she talks about Alaska a little bit. It can be found here if you're interested: http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jan/20/1984-miss-alaska-gets-boost-inaugural-balls-gov-sa/
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