The Official Inauguration-Watching Thread

“Will you all please stand”? Is he implying there’s room to sit out there in the crowd? :eek:

Cheney is no longer VP!!! Wooo hooooo!!!

Robinette?

I didn’t know that.

What performance? I blacked out there for a minute, all I remember is a big grey bow with sparkles…

Aretha was a good choice, I think. Great follow-up to prayer, I say. I pray only to the Gods of Rock and Soul.

I have a harder time believing that Joe Biden is VP, than that we elected a black man for pres.

Will Mr Obama repeat too, or will he just recite? The latter would appear more fitting.

Seconded.

Your opinion is noted, thank you.

Poor Aretha doesn’t have the chops anymore to belt that out of the beltway. Fragments of her former voice.

String section represent!

Itzhak Perlman’s violin always makes me a little teary.

Yeah, that’s beautiful music.

The real question is what kind of Koran will he use.

You’re welcome.

That there is a clip-on tie that Yo-Yo Ma is wearing. I’m not hating. Just pointing out.

Here’s a drinking game for you: would you rather your middle name was Hussein or Robinette?

Kinda mournful strings there.

ETA: OK, it’s picking up there.

Who is the guy playing the clarinet?

Love the John Williams piece. And the musicians!