# Inauguration Day follow-along thread -- Woo-hoo! Cue the brass bands & fireworks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 20, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958 "2021-01-20T13:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/141 "2021-01-20T17:04:11Z")
Weather lifting just as President Biden speaks. Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/142 "2021-01-20T17:04:12Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > It’s refreshing to hear a competent adult speak!!! Who doesn’t refer everything to himself! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/143 "2021-01-20T17:05:14Z")
“There is truth and there are lies!” Sing it, Joe! ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/144 "2021-01-20T17:06:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > You just know there will be people arguing that Biden’s inauguration was invalid because he took the oath 11 minutes early. I have no idea if this is unusual or not. I admit to never paying so much attention to an inauguration before in my life!! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/145 "2021-01-20T17:06:50Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Did not happen, will not happen… NOT EVER!!! May he be right. But he is right: this isn’t new. It’s another round of the same old battle. It needs to be fought now, and it’ll need to be fought again. But right now: the ramparts are holding. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/146 "2021-01-20T17:07:18Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I couldn’t help but notice that everyone has these nice, fashionable, sometimes color coordinated masks on, and Mitch is back there wearing a cheap paper mask. - He knows what he’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/147 "2021-01-20T17:07:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > > > It’s refreshing to hear a competent adult speak!!! > > Who doesn’t refer everything to himself! I know, talking about Americans and what he, his administration and government in general can do for them, instead of making everything about him. What a concept! ---
**Author:** ![Flopnoodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@Flopnoodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flopnoodle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/148 "2021-01-20T17:08:21Z")
Big sigh of relief. It’s ridiculous how good it feels to know I don’t have to check the news 6 times a day to find out if we’re at war with Iran or not, to find out if the children locked in cages will be allowed soap or not, to find out which 80’s era has-been is crafting our foreign policy, or to find out if we are leaving the WTO, WHO, NATO, or the UN… I feel like I can relax, at long last. So to all of you out there who, like me, have stress-triggered migraines, we get to be normal again! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/149 "2021-01-20T17:08:57Z")
“The world is watching!” _camera cuts to McConnell_ ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/150 "2021-01-20T17:09:00Z")
“We will lead not by the example of our power but by the power of our example.” Oh dear, where’s Sam Seaborn? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/151 "2021-01-20T17:09:08Z")
He’s not saying one thing that is controversial or radical, and yet the righties will find all kinds of fault with it. Scouring it for hidden, threatening messages. ---
**Author:** ![Flopnoodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@Flopnoodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flopnoodle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/152 "2021-01-20T17:10:10Z")
And as I was typing that, I managed to tune out what President Biden was saying. Holy shit, it feels good to be able to safely do that again! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/153 "2021-01-20T17:10:12Z")
> [@Flopnoodle](#): > > Big sigh of relief. It’s ridiculous how good it feels to know I don’t have to check the news 6 times a day to find out if we’re at war with Iran or not, to find out if the children locked in cages will be allowed soap or not, to find out which 80’s era has-been is crafting our foreign policy, or to find out if we are leaving the WTO, WHO, NATO, or the UN… I feel like I can relax, at long last. Your post made me cry… you are so right… ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/154 "2021-01-20T17:10:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > He’s not saying one thing that is controversial or radical, and yet the righties will find all kinds of fault with it And they’ll say “if you really want unity, you have to let us off and not do anything about what we did”. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/155 "2021-01-20T17:10:38Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > I admit to never paying so much attention to an inauguration before in my life!! I’ve watched a number of inaugurations and looked over canvassed vote totals, but never have I paid much attention the EC votes in the various capitals, nor the delivery of said ballots, and the certification in Congress like I did this cycle. Goddam Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/156 "2021-01-20T17:10:43Z")
He recognized, by name, the Presidents who preceded him - omitting Trump. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/157 "2021-01-20T17:11:12Z")
> [@Flopnoodle](#): > > It’s ridiculous how good it feels to know I don’t have to check the news 6 times a day And to not see that stupid hateful orange face on the news every day. I hope the only time we hear trump’s name in the news going forward, it will be “and now, in the latest ‘The People vs. trump’ case…” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/158 "2021-01-20T17:11:36Z")
Wonder what w bush will say about this speech. He had the best quote of the last inaugural. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/159 "2021-01-20T17:15:13Z")
They always do that. It’s the thought that counts? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958/160 "2021-01-20T17:16:09Z")
I’m sure it will be the usual empty platitudes all politicians use. Biden’s speech is wholly unremarkable and unmemorable. It’s not bad. It’s ok but no one will remember or quote this speech. It is only good in contrast to Trump who was so awful we are happy to hear almost anything else. Compare it to Obama’s inauguration speech to see the difference. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-follow-along-thread-woo-hoo-cue-the-brass-bands-fireworks/930958.md?page=9)