The 44th President of the United States:

[skywaterblue]

obama_allthesethings - zimshan

by zimshan

It felt like we'd never see the back of Mr. George W. Bush, but here we are. Thank God.

My thoughts:

After all the build up about Rick Warren, his prayer was too long and boring. This fuck is the leader of a bizillion member church? God, white Christians must be really desperate because unless this was a really off day, he couldn't find religious inspiration with a dashboard GPS unit and Google maps. Fail.

The classical musicians (YO YO MA RULES) delivered, though. Aaron Copeland for the win.

Obama and Chief Justice Roberts tripping over the oath was a bit lolarious. Hee, Barack, calm down, don't be so eager to say it, you know?

The poem was kind of trite and she didn't have a good delivery, which was sad because this is the only time Americans sit through a poetry reading. (Despite Blago's best efforts, I guess.)

But to top it off, Rev. Lowrey, who looks all of a hundred years old, brought the house down with his benediction. Long, but captivating! Why couldn't they have asked him to do the opening prayer and skipped the whole wangst about Warren?

In conclusion: I love the Obama Pepsi ads. I am a terrible person.

Comments

[darkblackghost.livejournal.com]

The BBC's coverage consists of them running live video and talking all over it and all over anyone else talking, then talking more as they give their "analysis" of the situation. STFU, FFS! Which pissed me off to the point where I moved over to CNN. The BBC REALLY suck sometimes.

[skywaterblue.livejournal.com]

Dumb. The analysis here consists of people talking about what people are wearing, and how the elder statesmen look, and discussing the contents of the speech. And of course, the schedule and how behind it's running. *g*

[darkblackghost.livejournal.com]

Very dumb. Also, how the hell can they give analysis on something that is still happening and hasn't finished yet?!