Bye Bush

[lesliepear]

Snuck off at work to reception - where quite a few employees were watching and the phones were very quiet.

Obama was a bit nervous on the oath. Fortunately, legally, he became president at noon, even without the oath. He gave a good speech though.

Hopeful for a better next 4 years.

Comments

[dstroy.livejournal.com]

Actually, my understanding is that technically, Biden was president during that time frame between noon and when Obama took the oath, since Biden had been sworn in earlier. ;)

[kukla-red.livejournal.com]

It was pretty amazing. I'm glad I stayed home and watched all of it. I only wish David and Sarah could have been here too.

Better times ahead.

[shanin.livejournal.com]

We were able to watch it as well and I was great to be able to see it.

[lyssandri.livejournal.com]

You and me both, Leslie!

I find it sad that I never thought I'd live to see the day someone *other* than a white male would be president, and EXTREMELY happy to have been proved wrong! It's very odd to feel hope after 8 years of almost forgetting what the word meant.

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

It was interesting to see Obama's reaction when Roberts bungled the words of the oath. His hesitation was probably a moment of thought of whether to repeat the mistake, say it correctly without comment, or mention the correction.

I have no doubt that Obama will be an improvement; it would be difficult to do worse. And I have hope that he'll be not just an improvement, but very good.