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I'm not going to want to miss the inaugural activities on Tuesday, 1.20, which will extend from the early morning to early afternoon. I can catch it all later online, of course, but there's something about watching it live. I'm generally inclined to bypass any Sundance Film Festival screenings (press or otherwise) set for the first few hours of that day.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 8, 2009 at 7:57 AM

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Sabina E says ...

I'm going to be in DC for that special event, too! I'll be staying in DC for a week. But to tell you the truth, now I'm starting to lose faith in the Obama presidency...

anyway, does anybody wanna meet up with me in DC? Drop me a line!

Posted by Sabina E at January 8, 2009 8:54 AM

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clancy says ...

I will be at Sundance as well and I will seek you out Jeff- maybe an HE party watching event.

Posted by clancy at January 8, 2009 9:03 AM

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JHR says ...

Once the swearing in ceremony and speech are over, Obama will go to a luncheon with Congressional leaders...it is not a televised thing...you won't really see him again until the parade that doesn't really get rolling until late in the day...so not much to see past around 1 PM EST...

Posted by JHR at January 8, 2009 9:47 AM

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tommysunshine says ...

Sorry to poop the party but it ain't groundbreaking history. Judging by his cronyistic, shortsighted appointments- CNN hack as Health supremo, guy with zero intelligence experience heading the CIA-
it's an "if you have tears, shed them now" moment.

Don't get me wrong, I want Pres-elect to succeed but I can forecast this with relative confidence- he's not going to. Anyone who thinks he will be successful falls prey to delusion. But this is the consolation: those of us who forsee the Obama Tragedy have reality on our side. Those who don't are victims and victims always have the better view.

Posted by tommysunshine at January 8, 2009 9:59 AM

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Kim Voynar says ...

I'd hate to be a filmmaker with my film slated to screen Sundance the morning of the 20th. Though I heard (don't recall from who) the fest is planning some kind of Inaug watch thing.

Posted by Kim Voynar at January 8, 2009 10:03 AM

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nemo says ...

"Don't get me wrong, I want Pres-elect to succeed but I can forecast this with relative confidence- he's not going to. Anyone who thinks he will be successful falls prey to delusion."

It's going to be tough for anybody to succeed who has to clean up the staggering set of messes left behind by George "Manchurian Candidate" Bush.

Posted by nemo at January 8, 2009 10:21 AM

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/3rtfu11 says ...

tommysunshine says ...
Sorry to poop the party but it ain't groundbreaking history. Judging by his cronyistic, shortsighted appointments- CNN hack as Health supremo, guy with zero intelligence experience heading the CIA-
it's an "if you have tears, shed them now" moment.

How come you haven't turned to stone yet? A black man being president should be enough to do the trick for you.

Posted by /3rtfu11 at January 8, 2009 10:23 AM

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Edward says ...

Great attitude you have tommy. He's not even President and you have already decided he's going to fail.

I've been working for the state legislature for over 20 years and they are planning on having a big screen TV setup to watch the Inauguration. That's something that they didn't do for any previous inauguration.

Posted by Edward at January 8, 2009 10:33 AM

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Sabina E says ...

Kim, I had assumed that there'll be Obama watching parties at Sundance, since a lot of Hollywood insiders are pro-Obama and voted for him on Nov.

Jeffrey, I hope you'll tell us all about Obama-watching parties at Sundance. It would be interesting to read about.

Posted by Sabina E at January 8, 2009 10:35 AM

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Sabina E says ...

Nemo said it right:

It's going to be tough for anybody to succeed who has to clean up the staggering set of messes left behind by George "Manchurian Candidate" Bush.

a lot of people are already hailing Obama as a savior-like President Elect and it's getting annoying. We don't even know what the future will hold for us. Anyway, Obama said that the economy is going to get way worse when he takes office, so nobody should get their hopes up high.

Obama is just a human being, after all.

Posted by Sabina E at January 8, 2009 10:37 AM

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Josh Massey says ...

Obama can't fail. It's impossible. Any lack of movement or success, for the entirety of a possible eight years, will be blamed on Bush by his supporters. Nothing will ever fall at Obama's feet.

Posted by Josh Massey at January 8, 2009 10:41 AM

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Sabina E says ...

True, Josh, but Obama has a lot of right-wing haters, too.

For all the supporters who will blame Bush for Obama's mistakes, there will be opponents who will take glee in Obama's mistakes and dwell in their fake memories about how life was much better during the Bush fascist regime.

Posted by Sabina E at January 8, 2009 10:43 AM

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swordandpen says ...

tommysunshine, how can you foresee the Obama tragedy when you can't even acknowledge the Bush disaster? Guys like you have been wrong about everything so far, so excuse me for not confusing you for Nostradamus.

Josh Massey Author Profile Page says ...

"Obama can't fail. It's impossible. Any lack of movement or success, for the entirety of a possible eight years, will be blamed on Bush by his supporters. Nothing will ever fall at Obama's feet."

And Bush's supporters blamed the Clinton administration constantly. Still do. The cycle of blame goes round and round until someone takes responsibility. Doesn't matter which party it is.

That said, the damage done by the Bush administration is fairly extreme in the history of failed presidencies.

Posted by swordandpen at January 8, 2009 11:02 AM

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lipranzer says ...

I'm going to be working that day. Usually, we watch DVDs in the store, for obvious reasons, but if we can get the antenna reception to work, maybe we'll get to watch the inauguration.

Posted by lipranzer at January 8, 2009 11:14 AM

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storymark says ...

People are surprised that the dipshit who told us just a few days ago how history will be kind to the brilliance of Dubya has already decided Obama's Presidency is a disaster?

I pretty much assumed tommyboy would write that post.

Posted by storymark at January 8, 2009 11:20 AM

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dukedog says ...

Tommyboy: Why are you posting on this site anyway? Are you lost? Here, take my hand and let's go find your Mommy....

Posted by dukedog at January 8, 2009 11:25 AM

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SaveFarris says ...

Helping to find new ways to screw over taxpayers: Hope and Change!!!

Posted by SaveFarris at January 8, 2009 11:25 AM

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The Bandsaw Vigilante says ...

"Don't get me wrong, I want Pres-elect to succeed but I can forecast this with relative confidence- he's not going to. Anyone who thinks he will be successful falls prey to delusion. But this is the consolation: those of us who forsee the Obama Tragedy have reality on our side. Those who don't are victims and victims always have the better view."

Son, I don't know what you're using for brains, although Smurf Dandruff comes to mind as a strong possibility, but if you genuinely think Dubya was as "honest" and "noble" and "purposeful" as you claim, you probably need to find someone else -- someWHERE else -- who thinks likewise and explain your extremely peculiar view of reality to him.

By the way, tommy, you may want to work on your extremely banal phraseology, as I'm starting to get Highway Hypnosis from reading your drumbling posts.

Posted by The Bandsaw Vigilante at January 8, 2009 1:09 PM

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nemo says ...

"And Bush's supporters blamed the Clinton administration constantly."

Hell man, I'm old enough to remember as an adult the Reagan and Bush Senior administrations. Their supporters constantly blamed Jimmy Carter for anything that went badly. Hell, they even blamed the early 90s recession that brought down Bush Senior on Carter, even though Carter had been out of office for 11 years at that point.

The Democrats may do a little of this, but the Republicans are the real masters. I've heard of Bush Junior Kool-Aid drinkers who are actually forward loading the blame for bad news this past year onto the INCOMING Obama administration. Even before Obama was elected, Larry Kudlow and some others were blaming the credit crisis and the stock market crash on ANTICIPATION that Obama would be elected. The Democrats have never matched that kind of Kool-Aid drinking!

Posted by nemo at January 8, 2009 2:03 PM

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D.Z. says ...

tommy: Even if Obama fails, he'll still be a bigger success than Bush. And he'll at least be remembered for doing something in the face of a crisis besides taking long vacations and reading "My Pet Goat". Speaking of which, looks like they're using the same "No one saw it coming" excuse for the economy. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_interview_5

Farris: "Helping to find new ways to screw over taxpayers: Hope and Change!!!"

But when the Pentagon pays the media to lie about the war, then that's fine and dandy.

Posted by D.Z. at January 8, 2009 6:51 PM

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Nate West says ...

"Judging by his cronyistic, shortsighted appointments- CNN hack as Health supremo, guy with zero intelligence experience heading the CIA."

1. Obama, Gupta and Panetta are not card-playing cronies in the manner of Bush, Harriet Miers, and Alberto "Fredo" Gonazles.

2. The Surgeon General position does not loom as "Health supremo." [See HHS Secretary Tom Daschle.]

3. Panetta has "intelligence experience" by way of his past roles as OMB director and White House chief of staff. Of course, most importantly, he's loyal, honest to a fault, and has no "torture" blood on his hands. The CIA has become a rudderless moral cesspool, and somebody must go in and clean it up.

Posted by Nate West at January 8, 2009 11:55 PM

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