>Frame it and lie to your grandkids.
No dice. One’s unimpressed and the other leans Republican, though she is (fortunately) too young to vote.
I got one of those too. It’s an invitation to Washington, DC. I’m pretty sure you don’t need an invitation to go there.
Mine ended up in the trash. The invitation also included a catalog with a bunch of Obama/Biden swag…though this $400 picture would be pretty cool, but I’ve got better things to spend $400 on.
I got the same thing. Also in the envelope was an ad for key rings, mugs, etc. commemorating the inauguration. I consider it a souvenir.
Yes, but the potential for one of them thinking that’s it’s something really rare and valuable and taking it to a 2099 episode of Antiques Roadshow only to be ridiculed publicly by smarmy gay east coast antique dealers from the future makes it totally worth it.
I got one the other day, and was more impressed with their computerized data-handling abilities. How many times have I had dealings with companies/organizations separately from my wife, and we each receive all notices and correspondence from them separately as well? We donated separately to the campaign, yet ours came addressed to “_____ and _____ ______” (actual names, of course). Of course, whatever money they spent correlating and “guessing” that two people at the same address with the same last name wouldn’t mind being addressed together, they likely saved in not having to print and mail separate “invitations.”
That is cool…apparently they’ve created a time-travel camera.
I’m less impressed. Here’s what I got today. Yes, that’s right, I got a blank piece of paper with gold embossing on it. Hey, maybe I can run it through the printer and make some official-looking backstage pass. 
If you can get a post-dated picture that would be worth $400.
Huh. Four years ago I had a hard plastic card with my name on it to wear around my neck.
Nothing special - I was a volunteer for the inaugural committee. But at least I got something more than an invitation.
They’re going to regret this when everyone shows up with their “pass” in 7 days expecting to get in.
Hey, if any of you lose it you can buy it now on ebay for $250. Or you can risk bidding for it.
What good is an Obama Inauguaral Invitation if it won’t stick to your refrigerator?
Heh. I got a printed invitation, all right, but it was badly smudged. Guess the machine stuck it into the envelope before the ink was dry.
It’s a souvenir, no more. When I was part of an inauguration college winter-term project in 1985, I got an almost identical one, but I remember that it included a separate sheet of paper which specifically said that it would not get you into any ticketed events.