LiveBlog: The Inauguration of That One Guy Everyone's Always Talking About
12:40 – Well, that's the ceremony. Now, there is just the parade to be endured.
12:39 – Damn! I was hoping for sea shantiers!
12:38 – Sea chanters?!
12:36 – From the comments: "Bush to Obama after speech: 'Hey, did you understand anything that guy up there just talked about?'" – JC
12:34 - At the rate he's reading, we all might die mid-prayer. – Matthew Tobey
12:33 – I hope this guy doesn't die mid-prayer.
12:32 – Another reverend? Where's the imam? where's the rabbi? Where's the witchdoctor? I feel left out.
12:31 – This po – em su – cks.
12:30 – What about the separation of poetry and state? – Mary Phillips-Sandy
12:28 – I think I rejected this poem back when I was editing my old online lit-zine.
12:27 - This – lady – enunci – ates – clear – ly. – Mary Phillips-Sandy
12:26 - Well, that was a pretty nice speech. It's really weird to be aware of yourself watching history unfold. It feels a little like huffing spray paint.
12:25 - Doris Kearns Goodwin just got the vapors. – Karen Lurie
12:24 - From the comments: "I keep expecting the camera to catch Bush hastily thumbing through a dictionary to follow Obama's speech." – Paul
12:23 – From the comments: "Obama just mentioned, 'The Force.' A Jedi is he hmmmph!" – Cube
12:21 – Is Obama the first president to actually acknowledge that some people might not believe in a sky god, hallowed be its name?
12:20 – "Nonbelievers." God bless him. – Matthew Tobey
12:18 – They sure didn't waste any time updating whitehouse.gov.
12:16 – Wow! What an amazing day for America! We actually have a Muslim atheist communist foreign-born president with a fake birth certificate.
We've come a long way, baby!
12:14 – He just said "science"! And he didn't say it with a sneer! Oh my god, is that guy really my president now?
12:13 – Any time my excitement about this moment flags, I just think about how much all of this cuts into the souls of people like Michelle Malkin.
12:10 – There are about twenty million Americans puzzled as to why Obama is not raising the roof right now. – Dustin Chinn
12:08 – From the comments: "I can't decide whether I'm supposed to make popcorn or genuflect." – Katie D.
12:07 – Shit! That canon is shooting at Obama! Stop that thing!
12:06 – It's over! Barack Obama is our president! George W. Bush no longer.
12:05 – Holy shit, this is actually happening. Obama is being sworn in for real right now!
12:04 – So is Joe Biden Bush's VP until Obama is sworn in? – Matthew Tobey
12:03 - Here's a 2%er: Yo Yo Ma playing is probably giving Josh Lyman flashbacks to when he got shot. – Matthew Tobey
(Apparently, that's a West Wing joke. I didn't get it, because I refuse to watch a show that supposes an Irish president.)
12:02 – Is that Yo Yo Ma playing with Itzhak Perlman? Too much diversity! Too much diversity!
12:00 – How'd that fiddler get down off his roof? Get back up on the roof, fiddler!
11:58 – Did you feel a disturbance in the force? Dick Cheney is no longer vice president. He's just some mean old Mr. Potter-looking guy.
11:57 - Joe Biden is getting sworn in. He looks like he's been blinded in some kind of bar fight, though.
11:53 - Now THAT is a church hat Aretha's wearing. – Dustin Chinn
11:52 – This invocation is mighty Christiany, isn't it? What about the rest of the country?
11:51 - Sasha does not have five syllables, Rick Warren. Matthew Tobey
11:51 – I wonder how many hardcore Evangelicals are spitting at their TVs right now.
11:50 – Funny. They didn't "forget" to televise Warren's prayer.
11:49 - From the comments: "A purpose driven Warren looks like he needs a purpose driven diet." – banana
11:48 – Rick Warren just told me that everything exists for God's glory. I wish somebody would have told me that before. I would have taken better care of my old Millenium Falcon toy.
11:46 - Dianne Feinstein looks like she buys her hair from the same place as Rod Blagojevich.
11:44 - From the comments: "The crowd boos Bush and sings "Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye." Is everyone in the Mall from Philly?" – Cube
11:43 – Jesus H. Christ, it's Barack H. Obama!
11:41 – Holy god, that's a lot of people crammed in there! I wonder who's the guy in the way back.
11:40 – Wow! That's a whole lot of people applauding for Joe Biden. Seems unnatural.
11:39 – Wonder if Michelle Obama's discovered the treasure map hidden in the Lincoln Bible. – Dustin Chinn
11:37 – What the hell is that thing on George Bush Sr.'s head? Shouldn't the Secret Service be taking care of that problem?
11:34 - From the comments: "Like I told my wife, while I have never known a world with a black President, our daughter will never remember a world without one." – Bearness
That's a pretty cool thought.
11:33 - As of right now, George Bush is still president. Soak it up now while you can.
11:30 - The crowd is chanting, "Obama! Obama! Obama!" Yes, I believe they are ready to do his bidding.
11:25 – Okay, so I'm finally set up. Sorry I'm so late. My morning ablutions toward the White House took longer than I'd expected. But I'm here now.
So, uh, what's going on here? Some kind of ceremony or something?
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Well that was iconic.
Cheney reminded me of Potter from 'It's a Wonderful Life' – which Colbert is probably preparing as a Christmas special even now. And Bush's helicopter ride out had a touch of the Saigon about it don't you think?
For those of you who are interested, here's a video from Reason magazine voicing the libertarian concerns about the new administration.
http://reason.com/blog/show/131148.html
well i sure feel different now I can just feel the change in the air the hope the uuhm well lets just wait for the changes to promise's and uhmm references to promises made and yes well all feel great with the new tax's .we are already paying for ceo's bonus's now they are going to need more to pay the to live in their mansions and fly private jets.Time will tell if now is true change or just more b.s promise's.wooo hooo here we co
Aw, don't make fun of the poet… she was speaking in a "poet voice," it's pretty much goes with the job.
Thank God that Bush, Cheney, and the other Repub-idiots are gone. From now until time for the trial starts against Bush, Cheney, and Rummyfield for orchestrating the tragic 9/11 and for war crimes in Afghanistan / Iraq / Gitmo, each night I'll keep filling paper bags with
shit and lighting them on fire on Georges' front porch and have fun watching George stomping the fire out. To bad I'm not an a Iraqi, if I was I'd throw my shoes at the bastard.
Overheard during coffee in the U.S. Captial.
President-elect Obama: Damn George, Could you've eased-up on screwing-up this country enough.
President G.W. Bush: Well Barack, Did I do good, he-he?
President-elect Obama: Hell No, At least you could have flushed the toliet.
MSNBC sure knows how to cover balls. Ever liveblog balls? Anerson Cooper thinks balls are important. Some Morray Eeels are at the balls. Guess what they do.
"Boo! You Suck Chief Justice Roberts!
by Cube January 20th at 12:05PM." Sheesh. I really didn't think he'd hear me.
Would've been great if you guys would've shown a clip of Joe Biden being sworn in as vp, then a clip of Palin's "Say it ain't so, Joe" comment from their debate!
Willingly I accept. The theme is interesting, I will take part in discussion.