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On January 20, 2009, history was made. In the presence of an estimated 1.5 million Americans, the first African-American president, Barack Obama, took office in the United States. Most found it nearly impossible to escape the media coverage of such an historic event. As invigorating as watching the event...
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Following the inauguration, crowds left the Mall and jammed many surrounding streets, including Independence Avenue. Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette
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Unable to get to the Mall, Kezana Mykolz of Washington, D.C., Pam Nusser of Fairmont, W.Va. and Monica Young of Los Angeles listen to the ceremony on a radio while standing along Independence Avenue, a block from the Mall. Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette
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Timothy McNulty | January 16, 2009 We've heard all the stuff about Barack "The One" Obama's messiah status , but this is getting ridiculous -- now he's being credited for raising the dead. The Grateful Dead are going to DC to play an inaugural ball. Anti-Obamites, you can put this...
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Timothy McNulty | January 16, 2009 Obama is starting his ceremonial whistle-stop inaugural trip in Philly tomorrow, but is not making a public appearance. That's burning up some campaign volunteers who are shut out of a closed, VIP meeting with the prez-elect, the Inquirer reports : Excited that...
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Timothy McNulty | January 16, 2009 O's plans next week for the other O's big event, from the NYT : She will host her program from the Opera House at the Kennedy Center on Monday, Jan. 19, the day before the inauguration. Tickets for the live event were distributed last month. On Thursday Ms....
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Timothy McNulty | January 16, 2009 Let the buildup begin. Politico has a nice story on Obama's prep for the big speech. It's all about Lincoln , as usual: Just hours after admitting he was intimidated by Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address, Barack Obama went to stare it down. He had...
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Timothy McNulty | January 14, 2009 There is more to look forward to Sunday's Parade magazine than Walter Scott's Personality Parade. First off, the P-G's exec editor David Shribman has an overview of great inaugural speeches. It starts like this: Abraham Lincoln used the occasion to speak...
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Timothy McNulty | January 14, 2009 Obama is getting a little Single White Female with this Lincoln obsession. The former Illinois legislator is even copying what the former Illinois legislator had at his inaugural lunch in 1861, says AOL: * First Course: Seafood Stew, paired with a Napa Valley Sauvignon...
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Tony Norman People who know me know that I'm not a sentimental guy. I've never been particularly interested in inaugurations. I can't remember the last one I watched in real time. (I vaguely remember watching Jimmy Carter take the oath of office and being bored by it; what do you want? I...