# Witnessing: Obama's inauguration.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-obamas-inauguration/482163>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 20, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-obamas-inauguration/482163 "2009-01-20T18:22:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-obamas-inauguration/482163/61 "2009-01-26T10:00:02Z")

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> [@suranyi](#):
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> I disagree. I thought there were several really nice turns of phrase. I loved the ending:
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> "Let it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God’s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations. "
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> I was in tears.
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> Ed

. Not really sure where he was going with that. Maybe I expected too much. I didn’t vote for him but was impressed with his stump speeches. I think if he had let his speechwriters make the speech it would have been a JFK moment to remember.

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