Posted on 01/21/2013 7:17:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON -- Four years after making history by becoming the first African-American president, Barack Obama will kick off his second term on Monday with a scaled-back inauguration that reflects the tempered expectations for his next four years in office.
Lingering high unemployment, bitter political battles and a divisive re-election campaign have punctured the mood of optimism and hope that infused Obama's 2009 inauguration after a sweeping election win.
This time, Obama's inauguration will feature smaller crowds and a reduced slate of inaugural balls and parties to match the more subdued tenor of the times.
When Obama raises his right hand to be sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts outside the U.S. Capitol at 10:55 a.m. Chicago time, it will be his second time taking the oath in 24 hours.
He had a private swearing-in on Sunday at the White House because of a constitutional requirement that the president be sworn in on Jan. 20. Rather than stage the full inauguration on a Sunday, the main public events were put off until Monday.
Obama begins the day worshiping at St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House. He will then take the oath again and deliver his inaugural address from the Capitol's west front overlooking the National Mall, where a crowd of up to 700,000 is expected to watch.
That is down significantly from the record 1.8 million people who jammed Washington in 2009 for Obama's first inauguration.
As Inauguration Day dawned and people streamed through the wintry cold toward the Capitol grounds, Washington was in security lockdown, with thousands of police and National Guard troops deployed, barricades up and Humvee military vehicles blocking major intersections.
Outside the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, an elaborate presidential viewing stand, encased in bullet-proof glass, awaited Obama and other VIPs
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I swear I just heard some reporter on PBS call Joe Biden “the most important vice president in the history of the world” LOL
I have to admit that I totally forgot that this was today.
Not that I care.
Would have been nice to have a 1/2 million there for a pro-gun rally.
Just announced: “Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States.... Barack “H” Obama”
“H”????!!!! “H”???!!!
Say it!
Hussein@!!!
Who the fudge is the announcer?
Micheal Buffer?
LOL
Well done!
LOL so true.
Chuckie Schumer is yapping about our “Collective Journey”
Just finished the first 12 episodes of “Homeland.” Now it’s an “NCIS” marathon. Refuse to put live TV until this obamanation is over.
BTTT bump!
Well said!
It’s like a train wreck I can’t look away.
Now we have a black female poet “askin for blessins”
It is of note.
Now the poet is yapping about “bein unseen by the nekkid eye”
Ridiculous pandering.
For the benefit of the ENEmedia's 6pm propaganda broadcast only, and you don't find that so far beyond antagonistically cynical is to be funny ?
As in > how is it possible that in the space of a mere 50yrs this country has gone from leading the world to being solidly 2nd class (and falling) in most categories ?
/rhetorical
Moochie has some ridiculous fake eyelashes on.
Now a stylized ver of the battle hymn of the republic...
“Glory Glory Hallalujah, His truth is marching on..”
We sure do need “blessins” but they only come from the one and only God which these people know nothing about.
I’m watching so I can count how many times the Won says “I”.
Moochie sure looks smug.
Why is there not a Three Stooges marathon when you need it?
And the Won was just shown with his imperial nose in the air.
She always looks smug. Not watching but following comments here...lol.what a sad day for our country.
Lamar Alexander introduces Sonya Soda Meyer to swear in Joe Biden.
Now we have the pleasure of being serenaded by James Taylor! LOL
This is seriously deadly ****!!!
Oh, I do love James Taylor. Showing my age.
James regaled us with a good ol, Commie ballad by Woodie Guthrie
“America the beautiful”
Now Obama swears in..
And flubs it.
We sure do need “blessins” but they only come from the one and only God
Speaking about God, was it my imagination or was God left out of the invocation...
“one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all He seemed to be included a multi-faith conclusion of the ‘prayer.’
Here comes Obamas pontification...
This is the private swearing in ceremony.
Obama is picking at the scab of slavery
Do you suppose he believes what he is sayin? If only....
That was odd...Bidens oath was longer. Protect from enemies foreign and domestic.
LOL Sasha is Yawning!
Pop has her bored to tears LOL!
5.56mm
Now Obie is picking at Class divisions.
This speech is just awful.
I was going to watch, but I had to stick needles in my eyeballs instead.
What a downer...so negative, or is it just me?
Invocation: Damn Whitey
Oath of office (ceremonial): Obama foursworn
Inaugural address:
Ladies and gentlemen, the affirmative action president of the United States
Condescension
Malediction: Damn Whitey
Parade: On approaching the reviewing stand, each band shall play Ruffles and Flourishes, then Rogue's March
“we WILL respond to the threat of climate change”!!
What a bunch of clap trap.
Worst inaugural speech ever!
Get in son gun grabbing Barry.
It’s not you.
This speech suck diddly ucks.
I’m watching this on Al Jazeera, just for the vibe.
He seems to be suggesting that what the Founders really meant in the Declaration of Independence was that everybody should have a big-screen TV.
Forward to socialism! We are all equal! Equal equal equal!
Now he is yapping about gays.
and Immigrants and Newtown.
HE’S OH SO MERCIFUL TO US HIS CHILDREN! WE AMERICANS NOW HAVE A DEAR LEADER WE CAN CALL OUR OWN!
Now I’m off to vomit! :-(
“James regaled us with a good ol, Commie ballad by Woodie Guthrie
“America the beautiful”
Huh? It’s one of my favorite patriotic songs. What’s commie about it? And I’m pretty sure the song pre-dates Woodie Guthrie by a lot
“The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob. They gave to us a Republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.” -President Barack Obama
Barf
Boy, {can I say that without being caller the R word?} his speech writers must have beatten the c@#p out of him cuz I haven’t heard one “I” yet. Of no, he just said it twice.
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