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"As always, there is an excellent selection of images from the Inauguration over at The Big Picture." link via [livejournal.com profile] mshades


Spectators in Times Square watch President Barack Obama take the oath of office during his inauguration


Residents of Kibera, one of the poorest quarters in Nairobi gather to watch the inauguration ceremony


President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center


Guests at the "Biden Home States Ball" record the moment as President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance

poem

Date: 2009-01-23 01:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silveredmane.livejournal.com
I actually thought that the poem, itself, was quite good and that the problem was with its delivery. The woman is simply not an orator. At all. She's fairly representative of someone who stands and professes endlessly, droning on and on, putting students to sleep. The occasion required someone who could speak to all the newly opened hearts, and she didn't have the pizazz. Some people should stick to publishing. But then they'd have had the problem that surfaced in the Beijing Olympics, where someone was deemed insufficiently cute to appear in person. Unfortunate, all round.

I agree completely

Date: 2009-01-23 05:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porphyre.livejournal.com
Someone told me she was chosen because she went to school with Obama. Given her "performance" it seems all too likely.

Re: also not to be confused with..

Date: 2009-01-23 11:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silveredmane.livejournal.com
No. No confusion between Elizabeth Alexander and the Love Doctor. Here is an interesting, related discussion on the separation of poetry and state.

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