Inauguration 2013

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Since I'm sure a lot of us are at home off work and watching, thought I'd start this thread!

Can I say I'm obsessed with Michelle's Thom Browne coat?

[NutBrnHair]

Everyone in the Obama family looks great. The girls are so beautiful and grown up!

[IUHoosiergirl88]

It seems like just yesterday they were little kids...they're getting to be beautiful young women!

[adpimiz]

Hopefully the next four years go by quickly..

[ADPi95]

I'm just glad I moved further south of the District so I don't have to deal with traffic!

[AGDee]

It did strike me how poised and polished Malia has become. She is truly a young lady now. She will start college before the end of this term. I wonder where she'll go?

It bothers me that they focus so much on the fashion of the women. I'm just not into that. We don't know who the designer of the President's suit was.

I told Hypo that when she's President, I'll perform the duties that Michelle's mom performs... helping with the kids and living in the White House.

My favorite excerpt from the speech:
"It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law — for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity; until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country. Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm."

And my second favorite:
"We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity. We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future. For we remember the lessons of our past, when twilight years were spent in poverty, and parents of a child with a disability had nowhere to turn. We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other — through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security — these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great."

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law — for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.

OMG YES! Let's get cracking on those second-term issues!

[clarinette]

My high school's marching band is marching in the parade! So excited!

[Gamma Xi Phi]

[AGDee]

I could never walk down those steps without hanging on to something. Just sayin'. When I go down stairs, I have a death grip on the rail.

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Old habits die hard

[Kappamd]

^^^LOL

NBC's coverage with Al Roker was HYSTERICAL.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by adpimiz

Hopefully the next four years go by quickly..

If it's any consolation, those of us who had that same feeling in January 1981, 1985, 2001 and 2005 can report that the Republic did indeed survive.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

If it's any consolation, those of us who had that same feeling in January 1981, 1985, 2001 and 2005 can report that the Republic did indeed survive.

It's posts like these that require a "Like" button.

I have to admit, I was really freaking out once or twice among those years listed. And the 2005-2009 years were really quite rough, but the Republic definitely survived.

[adpimiz]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

If it's any consolation, those of us who had that same feeling in January 1981, 1985, 2001 and 2005 can report that the Republic did indeed survive.

Haha, I know we will survive.

The sad thing is, as a Republican, I disliked Bush as a president about as much as I dislike Obama as a president.