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Thread #117918   Message #2544614
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
20-Jan-09 - 08:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Happy Inauguration Day!
Subject: RE: BS: Happy Inauguration Day!
I liked the way Michelle Obama reacted to that mix-up with the oath - amused tolerance. Not the least surprised, you could almost see her saying "typical man". It's the kind of thing that happens at weddings.

I bet he'll get teased about that by her and the kids. (And I'll bet he makes a joke about it when he comes to be inaugurated again in 2013.)
And it was reassuring to see that he's always not quite as cool and in control inside as he manages to look on the outside.
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Rev Lowery 90? Not quite - I see he was born October 1921. Still, what with Pete Seeger on Sunday that says something about how it can be good for the body as well as the soul to throw yourself into working for civil rights!   That benediction and Pete singing "This Land" were two of the high points of the inauguration triduum.

And here's a glorious YouTube clip I just came across of Rev Lowery from 2007, looking forward to the day the people of the USA might turn "Good Crazy" and elect Barack Obama President.