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11:20: President Obama’s Ceremonial Swearing-in
11:50: The President delivers remarks
1:05: Inaugural Luncheon at the National Statuary Hall, US Capitol
2:40: Inaugural Parade – Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues to the White House
3:45: Parade Review, White House
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wow, Chips!
Girl, you are on FIYAH!!!
Standing beside President Obama.
I agree, thanks so much for all that you do, Chipey.
OBAMA!
Oh yeh!
ZOOM!
OBAMA!!
Wow
Crying here. Love the chanting!!!
Happy happy joy joy!
Wooooooooooot!
It feels like this ceremony is going by really fast.
Chips, are you loading these pages from your iPhone from out there on The Mall???
Glad to be spending this morning with you fine folks.
Right back atcha.
{{LL}}
Yes, me, too. I am so gounded by TheObamaDiary bunch of folks. Never had anything
like this before, and I love it so much, love you all. xoxox
This is all going so smoothly. Quoting the Constitution.
“While freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on Earth.”
President Obama comin’ out swingin’ !!
PBO on FIYAH! YES! say it, Sir!
Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama!
A government of, by and for the people
The live feed on LATIMES.COM is ahead of MSNBC.
Modern technology FTW!!!
I got up just in time. Thank you Chips so I can go back and see what happened while I was sleeping.
me too!!!!!
Morning my lovely Tally!
Morning JoJo!!!!! (((HUG)))
Ya’ll the way this is starting tells me this is going to be one of those forever famous speeches.
YUP YUP YUP!
Great speech by the President…
Righteous anger…
“A great nation must care for the vulnerable … “
This is going to be a speech for the ages. He is laying it on the line. I love our President
He’s got a message to deliver. I hope everyone is listening, especially the repukes.
Collective action! OFA!
What a smart, passionate man!
Just thoroughly PHENOMENAL speech. Totally choked up at this man’s brilliance and humility.
You could hear a pin drop.
“A decade of war is now ending!”
He is talking to all those teapartiers and repubs!!! Speak it PBO
Mr. President is taking America to school today – Preach Mr. President! We The People
Look at that look on the President’s face. “We are made for this moment, and we will seize it, so long as we seize it together.”
Together!!!!
Together….that is what he’s telling everyone. I pray they’re listening.
Powerful, powerful, powerful…
“She is free and she is equal … “
woo-hoo! #GOGOPBO so proud!
good morning TOD family
I wouldn’t miss being here with you to celebrate this day for anything in the world
May God continue to guide,protect,bless our Potus,VP,Flotus,Second Lady,the children,grand children,the entire Obama/Biden Administration and our Country today
I am feeling okay.I’ll be back a little later in the day
I hope everyone is doing wonderfully.
Thanks Chips
HZ,hope you are great
what a day!
be back in a few hours
Fred
God bless you Fred. Take care. This is a day for all of us.
So glad to see you back here Fred! Weeping here after that speech, he knocked it out of the park!
Oh speak it Mr President. He is talking for all of us. This is the man who will lead us.
Mincing NO words! Thank you, Mr. President. He is doing an “in your face” to the Republicans! PREACH IT!
We The People. Not us, not them, not me, not you. We The People.
“We do not believe that freedom is reserved for the lucky … or happiness, for the few.”
This is a speech for the ages.
This!!
I SOOOOOO love this President!!
WE THE PEOPLE!
He is hitting it out of the park.
WE THE PEOPLE! PREACH IT….
Good morning TOD peeps! Our illustrious Prez is PREACHING this glorious morning. Happy Day! WE the People…
“We will respond to the threat of climate change…”
Powerful truth telling…
Oh is he telling it. I so love this man.
he’s addressing climate change and job growth through renewable energy w00t
CHIPS, YOU ROCK!!!
I hate to bring this up…..but I can hear the GOP whinning “he’s campaigning” – and they would be right – he must continue to bring his message over and over and over FORWARD!
Enduring security and peace, do not require perpetual was…
war…
PBO is channeling every President, including Teddy Roosevelt.
PBO gives us the definition of Peace on Earth: “Engagement can more durably lift suspicion and fear.”
TRUTH!!
ugh….I saw that goober, louie gommert, you can see the rat on the treadmill working his feable brain…..
Lol…
WE……the people. I love this theme. It’s so powerful.
DO NOT require perpetual war – that’s for you, neo-cons
Wow! Loving this speech
To all those who believe in serving our country, President Barack Obama is the standard you need to measure yourself against.
Lifting up the middle class and poor, climate change, ending wars. Great themes for we the people to try and accomplish…
I am hearing this yet finding it hard to take in. NEVER a more powerful speech.
We the people
I hope those sculptors who have the privilege of creating PBO out of rock on Mt. Rushmore will capture this fire and love which burns in his veins. God Bless Him forever.
Mt. Rushmore, third term, seems the least we can do for this great American, Pamela.
Indeed…
Thank you President Obama for mentioning Seneca Falls! You remember everything!
We the people!!!!!
“Every Soul on Earth”.
Ohoooooooo – he’s hitting it out of the park!!!!! Our journey is not complete…..
My heart is so full. I am shaking. This man is so amazing. He is covering all the bases.
Look at those faces, the concentration…….
PBO is ready for a fight with the Republican.
Oath to God and country…not to party…
He’s talking about the oath that he’s pledge to God & Country, not party. I hope GOP Congress-critters are listening.
Oh TOD family, this is what we all are fighting for. We are ready and this will happen because, We The People will make it happen.
Damn Chips you’re cranking ‘em out today.
What a MAN!
Solemn duty and awesome joy!
wow. weeping
Mute. Who needs David Brooks to interpret that?
“Let us answer the call of history!!” President Barack Hussein Obama. January 21. 2013.
KNOCKED IT OUT THE PARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mrs Obama is bursting with pride…
The republican’s heard from him today!!!
YES, they did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG this is our President. I couldn’t be more proud and more ready to go to work and get done when he has said.
Wow—-mighty powerful speech. He let it all hang out. Beautiful meaningful words, movingly delivered.
I am so proud!
A bit of an anti-climax, Kelly Clarkson…
How did she get picked for this…
I have no idea who she is, but I thought she did a wonderful job.
Thought she was great.
First American Idol winner and subsequent winner of many music awards, Kelly Clarkson.
he called out everyone..LOL
Kelly Clarkson was great…!!!!
Yes she did. She was so happy.
Looks like there’s some WordPress funkiness going on with tweets posted in the comments today. Sigh!
It’s probably gone into sensory overload.
Whooop! There it is. If he stepped on your toes, say ouch then move your feet.
Take that to the bank.
I love that president, love his face, his heart, his courageous soul, everything about him!
This x 44 thousand times!
My heart is so full, tears are flowing and I am shaking. This is so full.
I’m bursting with so much love and pride for our President Obama. How fortunate we are, how completely fortunate we are!!
Isn’t Kelly Clarkson the lucky one? Wonder if she dreamed a dream….
So powerful, hopefully pulling us all together as one nation. Shorter than I expected, but beautiful
in it’s content. A speech for the ages.
Strong resolute moving. What a man. What a President. This will be the most extraordinary second term ever.
That was our CALL TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY
http://my.barackobama.com/Organizing-for-Action
We the people…this is our democracy, our country. We have a phenomenal leader who expects greatness from us as much as we expect from him. He called us out… The question is now what……
I guess it’s time for some of us to get off of our sorry asses and get busy. Some times you’re the dog or sometime the fire hydrant. Which do you chose to be?
Wonderful speech, anchored in the Declaration of Independence and made real in our time. Totally wonderful is our president.
President Barack Obama is the first President to mention gay rights in an inaugural address.
Yes, I noted that strongly when it was said.
Had to tweet that!
Beautiful speech – couldn’t comment while he was speaking – I didn’t want to miss a word. We the People. Let’s help him make it happen.
Great, great speech…more tears…happy, happy today. Love my Prez &VP. Did I mention how much I LOVEEE my PBO?
Absolutely brilliant speech. Perfect for this great Day, and this incredible presidency.
Here is our poet. This will also be strong.
president Obama: “Americas possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it so long as we seize it together.”
gay rights, Stonewall, Appalachia, immigrants We Are One. Work for it and make it real.
We the People Love…
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What a great speech! It is the greatest feeling that Barack H. Obama is president of USA for four more years – his humanity gives hope in every corner of the world.
America is Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! with a True Leader President Barack Hussein Obama!!!
Viva Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(((((((TODS))))))))))
(more kleenex)
Pres. Obama’s speech will go down as one of the greatest in history. He touched on climate change, energy, education, tolerance, inequality, civil rights, jobs, healthcare, our future. Wow. Just wow.
AND gay rights!!
I am so emotional, this is what we have all been working for. This family here and the rest of the 60 million folks who worked and voted for these 2 men. We are going to change America. We are strong.
Blanco has a beautiful voice…
Candid moments from Obama’s 1st term in White House
http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-photos-candid-moments-from-obama-s-first-term-in-the-white-house/20130121.htm
Cantor looks puzzled by the poem…
I know! LOL
Beautiful poem…… powerful, evocative, “20 children who will be forever absent”….
It is indeed…
Thoughtful and thought provoking…
Hope there will be a copy of it soon, I would like to read it again.
Oh, sorry, I just had to flip off Cantor, the camera stayed on his wretchedness just a little too long for my sensibilities….
My finger automatically goes up for him…I have no control over that finger….
Richard Blanco, the Robert Frost of my son’s generation, turns out.
Had the same thought, Jacqueline. Will read that poem more than a few times in the years ahead.
Inaugural poet: My story is America’s
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/20/opinion/blanco-inaugural-poet/index.html
That was a beautiful poem; meaningful.
it was beautiful. I was moved
Yes, it was also perfect. And, this benediction—perfect too.
Perfect
Goodness. What a magnificent picture of America Richard Blanco just painted for us!
I can’t wait to read that poem it was powerful.
Not often I’m rendered speechless…the emotions and pride I am feeling right now is just beyond anything I’ve felt for any public figure, ever.
This is no ordinary man.
No, LunarSea…. he is not ordinary. Not at all. I have no words after that incredible speech.
This priest is great…
Very inclusive…
I am loving every single moment of this… that poem by Richard Blanco was profound… POTUS surpassed himself.. and we are the luckiest nation on earth.
We really do need to start praying for the GOP. Somehow, we must break this wall of negative and hateful division, setting all of us free of the vicious whirlpool of backward emotional and draining era.
Love the Benediction.
Such a beautiful speech…will anyone call me smallminded because I got a special set of goosebumps when PBO turned that whole “makers vs. takers” BS from Mittens campaign and turned it on its little head?? Ok, I’m smallminded. But I still loved it.
And I love Chips. That is all, for now.
Not small minded at all, AJ. That could not have been more eloquently and appropriately stated as it was by our President.
Beyonce and I’m loosing it!
😂😂😂😂😂
What’s that carol?
I like it….
Crying happiness. I have no words. I am so happy.
🐱
😍😍😍😍😍
Beautiful Beyonce’
Beautiful, Beyonce!!!!!
Beyonce!! WOW!! Never heard it sung better!
except for Whitney Houston—-I don’t think anyone will ever top her rendition.
Well, you have a point there, dotster3!
Joe Biden! I love him!
Beyonce sounds fantastic…
Beyonce did an excellent rendition!!! VP Biden loved it
The President talked to all of us today. I don’t know if I can make it thru today emotionally or not. Can only do it with all of you
ok, Beyonce did good!
😭😭😭😭😭
I’m not listening to these hammers tell me what just happened in the past hour. Duh. I think I have a very good idea, thank you very much! Off to make a tea! Love to you all! {{{{{Chipsticks}}}}} {{{{PBO}}}}}
WhR Qa rhw President looking at? Whatever it was made him smile….he’s taking in the crowd of WE THE PEOPLE.
Yes, yes, he was looking at We The People. He said, “Stand here with me. I wanna look at this one more time.”
amazing. A Beautiful Mind and a Beautiful Heart. whew . . . we are so fortunate
The ceremony is over.
Celebrations and governing commence.
Strap yourselves in Americans. We ain’t seen nothing yet.
he’s looking at the crowd…taking it in
What a great day. What a great achievement by saner voices. And what an awesome ride it has been.
I thank you all TOD’ers for your unwavering commitment to PBO / JB team and making it all happen (and for putting up with my lame jokes).
I thank our blog empress Chips for her tireless job of supporting, defending and promoting PBO and his ideals and doing it all with a fine sense of humor thereby raising our collective spirits and hopes. TOD is and will always be my most favorite blog and Chips, my most favorite blog hostess.
With my heartfelt best wishes for a great, historic and an awesome second Obama Presidency, I bid you all good bye with a pardonable proud sense of accomplishment.
Thank you too amk and all our friends near and far who gave us so much moral support, perspective, history, and lifted our spirits with alittle comdey relief every now and then.
No goodbyes from you! You can’t leave the family for 4 more years!! Chips…we need an intervention. STAT!
good-bye?? NOOOO. We need you here AMK.
Goodbye?? What’s with the goodbyes?? You can’t go anywhere, amk!
‘good bye’ – I hope that just means you’re off to get a bit of rest, amk. You are such a fine member of this community, it would be difficult to imagine your not being with us during the next four years.
Thank you friend!!!
Thank you amk for your contribution to this wonderful site. Your silence will be felt and you will be greatly missed.
Be well
What! What’s this about goodby? I hope you just mean it’s bedtime where you are.
you just mean gunnite……right?
I can’t help but feel a bit choked up. Although been mainly a lurker, always looked forward to your posts. Be good and may you have many more business deals. wish you well.
Amk? What’s happening? Are you leaving us? No, please!
Goodbye?? Oh Hell no. Oh no you don’t. Nope, Nope Nope. His presidency is a global one and you are part of that global community AMK. Didn’t you just hear the prez say we the people? That means you too bub!
You absolutely can’t leave amk…
We desperately need you…
Your voice has been one of the most powerful and effective ones out there…
You just get yourself right back here.. You got some ‘splaining to do young man.
We love you back, amk! Thank you for walking this Age of Obama with us, and spreading our energy and joy around your side of the Earth!
Amk, I will surely miss you. You gave me encouragement, heartful laughter, and words of wit and so much wisdom. Thank you so much.(
(((((((( ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((The very best to you to continue to spread with your beautiful spirit of goodness.))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))HZ
You Took the Fine Time to Leave this TODville Village?
I now finally get the hole story……This place will not be the same without you. However, many posts later I understand WHY…..Time and Family commitments. It has been such a RIDE, indeed.
TODville is a Family. One never really leaves a Family. So on that…….you will be severely missed…..but Never ever forgotten. You and the rest of the TODville Villagers have made this site FUN…..Chips built it and You guys have furnished and decorated this place and a HOME…..warm welcoming HOME was Built.
Why, thank you Nena. Chips has led admirably in building a wonderful family of PBO supporters here. And I am proud and happy to be a part of the family. Through all the never seen before obstructionism from the thugs who were disgustingly aided by the fifth columnist fourth estate, we did the unimaginable.
I will always be a part of the TOD family which has wonderful members like you.
Awwwwww he stopped to appreciate the love – looking at the crowds on the Mall.
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So glad it finished before I left work (I’m not getting paid for this pm though –
ps: I hope when they do sculpt him into the mountainside, they capture that head tilt: to me this is the pose he strikes when he is Listening to God!
bbl
oops, “What was the” president looking at?
I’m guessing the crowds on the Mall.
Oh look at the President he is taking the whole thing in. The feeling today is beyond 2009. We are strong
Am I right? The look on Mrs. Obama’s face at the end of the program was one of satisfaction and determination. We should keep that look in our minds, as we forge ahead.
Thank you, Chips and TODville!
This is what America’s supposed to look like!
He is so humble. Love how he wanted to take in the crowd one more time. Tears and goosebumps!
Gosh, what a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem! Concluding a remarkable inauguration that at age 65 was the most representative of the true America than any I have witnessed.
The President reaches the top of the platform stairs on the way out, turn to witness the scene on the mall again and says to that family around him: “Let’s take one last look. We’re not going to see this again.” Always in the moment. Always!
I love My President!
He might not see it again as “President elect/re-elect” but he will see it when he turns over the reigns in 2017 and future years if he so chooses to attend like Carter, Bill, etc.,
Judge Sotomayor has become a rock star
Thank you Chips for giving us this wonderful place to gather on such a special day
We love you !!
thanks CHIPS
Beautiful, moving, inspiring inauguration. So VERY proud of my president and country.!!!
And I’m sure we all got the perfectly timed “Thank you” from our President:
Jacqueline –
I just renewed my oath of office to serve as your president for four more years.
Thank you for making this possible. It’s an honor to be your president.
Now it’s time to finish what we started — let’s get going.
Barack
Just saw that asshole McCain one more time. Could have gone without that!
Macon Phillips …. YES! (and Macon, I DO go on wh.gov frequently, thank you). Chips thank you for embedding the WH.gov site to watch this; much enjoyable. I had Current TV on in the background in my living room but had it muted. I have coffee in my Cup of Joe mug; hubby who is tearing up repeatedly, one older blonde female cat; one young black male cat = diversity! It is a great day! Beyonce is getting mucho attention! She is gorgeous and the First Family loves her.
What a day! I’m bursting with pride. Thanks Chips; I think the thread count is a record for most in a day and thanks TODers.
Creepy Ryan walking behind Bey n JZ.
Friend –
I just renewed my oath of office to serve as your president for four more years.
Thank you for making this possible. It’s an honor to be your president.
Now it’s time to finish what we started — let’s get going.
Barack
I’m an emotional wreck!
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/01/21/inauguration-day-part-7/
Here they coe through the rotunda on the way to lunch, and YES, the Silver Fox is with him. I’ve got to listen to again, then read that speech. It was overwhelming; I need to absorb it.
Love cspan, no pundits. Just good pictures and the natural crowd noise.
Yes. I love hearing the peoples comments and especially the President. He is so happy and so are We The People. I can’t say that enough times. When they cut to talking, I will flip to HGTV or something.
I just got an email from the President sent from OFA. Thanking me and:
I just renewed my oath of office to serve as your president for four more years.
Thank you for making this possible. It’s an honor to be your president.
Now it’s time to finish what we started — let’s get going.
Barack
hahahhahhahhahahhaha!!!! Harry wanted to steal a pen so PBO gave him his!!!!
ஐக்கிய Staes, பராக் ஹுசைன் ஒபாமா மற்றும் அவரது குடும்பத்தின் ஜனாதிபதி ஆசீர்வதிப்பாராக. துணை ஜனாதிபதி ஜோ பிடென் மற்றும் அவரது குடும்பம் ஆசிர்வதிக்க.
Fired up and ready to go America.
Introducing arrivals at luncheon on NBC
Prematurely announced the Bidens. whoops.