I enjoyed the inauguration today quite a bit. I felt sad watching Fmr. President George W. Bush leaving office, but not because I love him so much or anything. I am a supporter of his, but the reason I felt bad is because I know he feels bad. He has been the President during a very tumultuous time and because things aren't hunky-dorey at the end of his time in office, he is bid farewell with a smirk and the occasional rude gesture by the American citizens for whom he has worked so hard. I feel that he has gotten a bad rap and he knows it. But I digress. The inauguration was stirring and exciting, if short on real substance. The poem by Elizabeth Alexander was painful, although I think it might have actually been okay if I had read it on paper; she was just too choppy in her delivery, in my opinion. It was, all in all, an enjoyable event to watch. The Obamas are definitely a breath of fresh air in all their relatively youthful giddiness, and I'm happy to see two smiling little faces in the White House. We haven't had youngsters in that building for quite some time... has it really been since Kennedy?
So, here you go, America. You wanted him, you got him. Let's see what he can do.
6 months ago
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Haha... I love your subject line! I find that formal, repeating, sort of events tend to go the same way for me! It's all the same... he was president at high noon, oath or not! :) Also, I agree with you that the delivery of that poem was painful, but I absolutely loved the words. Watching GW made me feel a little sad as well... though, if I were him (sad or not) I would be thinking "Finally!!" What a weight must be off his shoulders, now!! And, if I were Obama, I would be happy and excited, but also thinking, "Oh... shit!!" What a weight must have been put ON his shoulders! Last, I must say... I do have a crush on the first family!!
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