Comments on: Inauguration Day 2009

By: prof bw

prof bw — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:25:47 +0000

history will at least absolve thee . . . can’t say the same for some others out there Bush

By: Historiann

Historiann — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:14:47 +0000

Right on, Clio B and prof bw. Yet another reason to fire Jon Favreau! (Jon, we’re just not that into you.)

The funny thing is that I was lectured on another blog for supporting one literature prof’s decision not to turn her class over to watching the inauguration. I was told that we should just “listen to the man” because it was “soulless” to watch his speech later on TiVo or on the web, and because nothing we could possibly be doing in class could ever match what Favreau/Obama has to teach us.

Yeah, well, maybe not.

By: Clio Bluestocking

Clio Bluestocking — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:15:38 +0000

Heck, yeah, I was there! Freezing and singing and booing and cheering and freezing. I couldn’t see a darn thing, but it was fabulous.

Actually, during the speech, I first thought that going back to Washington was a slightly interesting twist given the Lincolnmania of the day. Then, I wanted to annotate the speech, like back when I was a document editor. “Ah, reference to Valley Forge.” “Reference to Better angels of our nature.” “Reference to Nothing to fear but fear itself.” “Reference to Ask not what your country can do for you.” Etc. etc. Much too self-conscious to be inspired.

Still, yeah, a speech writer who knows history might not want to reference Washington’s performance during those years. I think Obama (or the speech writer) was trying to evoke a that mythical understanding of the oooh! the triumph of democracy and the People by the end of the Revolution. Blahblahblah.

By: prof bw

prof bw — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:47:17 +0000

Kind of a slice-and-dice of his stump speech.

ok, somehow I forgot to say that in my long rundown on the inauguration and yet that was both my and my partner’s immediate response. That and I may have asked for an oreo cookie and milk . . .

By: Knitting Clio

Knitting Clio — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:28:59 +0000

I’ve seen Cheney compared with Dr. Strangelove, somewhere, can’t remember exactly at the moment.

By: Satsuma

Satsuma — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:32:25 +0000

This was just the cutest little reporting yet on the day. Just kept laughing at all your asides… “See ya Dick Cheney…” Loved that line.

By: Fratguy

Fratguy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:37:28 +0000

Atrios did,

http://www.eschatonblog.com/

By: Bing

Bing — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:50:15 +0000

I wanted to pistol whip Williams for that W thing.

Did anyone else think that Cheney looked like Mr. Potter?

By: hysperia

hysperia — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:58:05 +0000

It’s also noted that Roberts turned the “so help me God” part into a question. He said, “So help you God?”

By: hysperia

hysperia — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:55:07 +0000

The conspiracy theorists are hard at work. From the “left”, some are saying that Roberts screwed up deliberately and from the right, that Obama choked when he had to say “faithfully”. A litte levity at the end of the day.

http://americancreation.blogspot.com/2009/01/inauguration-thoughts.html