I'm drinking the Obama Kool-Aid. It tastes an awful lot like salt water. Since I've got very little to do today, I thought I'd jot a few notes about this moment in American History...
This is- as you all are no doubt aware- an historic moment. I've got shivers running up and down my spine as I'm typing just thinking about the idea of hope, of possibility, of what America can do. I was not in any way an active participant in politics when George W. Bush was sworn in in 2001, and so this is the first time I'm really paying attention to what's going on in our country at such a transitional phase. We are in the last minutes of the Bush administration, and I must say that whatever your feelings or thoughts in a political sense, it must be a bittersweet moment for this man.
I am envious of the hundreds of thousands of folks who are witnessing this event live. Perhaps if I had thought about it and planned ahead, I could have been there as well. Oh well; I'm content being warm in my home.
They just showed Dick Cheney being wheeled in. Fuck him.
So there's this feeling I have that is really sublime. Despite the personal turmoil I find myself in, THIS moment is not looking in the past, THIS moment is making history, and I am extremely excited to be part of history; if you can't feel that, get your head together. An epic moment in every sense of the word. I'm excited to see how the next 4 years unfold.
11:39- Joe Biden introduced to the people. Again, the shivers are shooting up my spine. This is not the salt water.
11:40 Camera zooms on an unsmiling Barack Obama. He's like Jordan during warm-ups. No smile, all business. Meanwhile, CNN tells me that there are MILLIONS on the National Mall. Wow, my estimation abilities are WAY off...
11:43- President-elect Obama is introduced. What a moment. What an ovation! I must say the chanting sounds a little awkward, and not in the sense that it's way out of synch. Applause will do. Cheering will do. Chanting creeps me out a bit for political reasons.
And away we go...
Some murmurs in the crowd as Rick Warren mentions treating all humans with kindness and equality. Deserved. Meanwhile, Bush I has his kick-ass Elmer Fudd hat on. Badass.
11:53- Aretha Franklin steps up to sing My Country Tis of Thee. I'm sure Toby Keith is kicking himself over the fact that McCain's not being sworn in.
11:56- Biden gets sworn in. Pretty powerful moment...and now..........
12:05 p.m.- Here goes! MR. PRESIDENT BARACK H. OBAMA! Brilliant. I've got to say, the future looks a little brighter for America today. Let's go.
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