The 57th Presidential Inauguration: Barack Hussein Obama

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i really don't get this whole 4chan humor thing

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ok THIS is hilarious

where you been ermac? i feel like i haven't seen you around here much.
 
showing teeth is a sign of aggression. And his arms are crossed. This Obama is showing he is dangerous, alert, and guarded.
 
showing teeth is a sign of aggression. And his arms are crossed. This Obama is showing he is dangerous, alert, and guarded.

Yep, I interpreted it pretty much the same way. More confident and more aggressive. And he is already showing it.
 
I was going to drive to Silver Spring tomorrow, but the guaranteed terrible traffic is forcing me to change my plans.

Thanks Obama.

I've been wrangled into taxiing my parents into DC so they can go to the Innaguration. They have Ball tickets too I think. Not fun.
 
Law states a President must be sworn in by Jan 20; but since it's a Sunday, they want to have a public one on the 21 which is a Monday. Legally he was sworn in and is now officially on his second term... the swearing in tomorrow is merely symbolic.

This has happened in previous inaugurations as well.

Before the 20th Amendment, the Oath of Office was on March 4. It fell on Sunday for the swearing in of Presidents Monroe, Taylor, Hayes and Wilson.

Since the 20th Amendment was moved the Oath of Office to January 20th, this is the third time it has fallen on Sunday. Presidents Eisenhower and Reagan had to have private ceremonies before their Inaugural Address the next day.
 
fuck man america is going downhill i can't believe it. congrats i guess though ain't like becoming president is a big deal.
 
didn't you used to be a real poster?

He did, and then no one gave him any attention. So now he does that in every thread and it's gotten worse as he still doesn't get attention. Just ignore it, it's only a matter of time until he get's banned as it's not funny or witty in any way.
 
Law states a President must be sworn in by Jan 20; but since it's a Sunday, they want to have a public one on the 21 which is a Monday. Legally he was sworn in and is now officially on his second term... the swearing in tomorrow is merely symbolic.

Doesn´t state of the union also always happens on the 20th of January? Isn´t that the tradition? I just looked up and it´s happening on the 12th of February.
 
Doesn´t state of the union also always happens on the 20th of January? Isn´t that the tradition? I just looked up and it´s happening on the 12th of February.

Might be the tradition in non-election years.

Also apparently Obama will be the first two term president to take the oath of office 4 separate times. He took it twice in 2009 also when Roberts messed up and he had to do it over privately it the next day.
 
What was the purpose of Obama taking the Oath today and then again tomorrow?
If he doesn't take the oath today he stops being President at noon. Presumably John Boehner would be acting President until the oath was administered, following the line of succession. They didn't want to have the big public ceremony on a Sunday due to the cost of pulling in massive security details on a weekend.
 
Maybe it's just me but that ceremony we had today should (and could) have been it, especially for all 2nd term Presidents.

No need for all the pomp for a second go round...

<shrugs>
 
Maybe it's just me but that ceremony we had today should (and could) have been it, especially for all 2nd term Presidents.

No need for all the pomp for a second go round...

<shrugs>

Nah, they're nice to see and people who are younger than me who didn't care about this stuff 4 years ago now have the opportunity to see it and appreciate it.
 
Maybe it's just me but that ceremony we had today should (and could) have been it, especially for all 2nd term Presidents.

No need for all the pomp for a second go round...

<shrugs>

I agree. It seems silly for 2nd term Presidents in general.

I get the tradition and law aspect. However, having a parade and semi celebration for a remarkably bad administration is pretty unfortunate.
 
Well once you've lived through Harding, what else can compare?

Warren G. /did/ regulate.

davepoobond said:
i think a Kardashian is going to pop out from behind a chair and try to put makeup on Biden but the girl will step in front of him and disintegrate.

I was going to correct you with "Cardassian", but yours is better.
 
Someone look online and see if someone thinks Barack is swearing on the Koran instead of the bible. I guaran-damn-tee someone has already said that.
 
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