Posted on 12/10/2008 9:16:23 AM PST by BGHater
President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration will be a four-day affair, replete with the traditional balls but also featuring service projects to honor Martin Luther King's holiday, aides said Wednesday.
The events are expected to draw millions of visitors to Washington to witness the swearing-in of the country's first black president. The preliminary schedule also includes a national prayer service the day after Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden take office on Jan. 20.
"At this moment of great challenge and great change, renewing the promise of America begins with renewing the idea that in America, we rise or fall as one nation and one people," Obama said in a statement released by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. "That sense of unity and shared purpose is what this inauguration will reflect."
The event's theme — "Renewing America's Promise" — is the same one used for the Democratic National Convention in Denver and for the party's national platform. It's a nod to the optimism that Obama tapped into during a marathon campaign.
The schedule plans an event on Sunday, Jan. 18, to welcome visitors to the nation's capital. During George W. Bush's first inaugural celebration in 2001, a welcoming event took place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and featured popular musicians such as Ricky Martin, who prodded the then-Texas governor to join him for a dance.
The schedule plans for Obama and Biden to perform a service project the next day, the national King holiday. Aides are not detailing what they will do, but said Obama and Biden would urge others across the country to follow their lead to honor the civil rights leader and activist.
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Will they also be holding an auction for his senate seat?
Day 2: Fingerprinting and Mug Shots
Day 3: Lawyer Up Day
Day 4: Arraignment Day
How about a day to come clean and provide the American people with a listing of all his campaign donors including Hamas, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the rest?? Another list could include all the “dead” that voted for him, patients in dementia units, and those that voted more than once.
LOL...’Arraignment Day’ - saving the best for last.
Which day will include the festivities of Obama in handcuffs... I wanna watch that day.
This isn’t appropriate given the economic downturn.
Wait a minute - I thought the event's theme was, "Drop Your Pants - This Won't Hurt A Bit"...
“How about a day to come clean and provide the American people with a listing of all his campaign donors including Hamas, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the rest?? Another list could include all the “dead” that voted for him, patients in dementia units, and those that voted more than once.”
Couldn’t do THAT!!!! The environmentalist wackos would complain. It would take too many trees to make the paper for those lists!!!
Let’s hope his little buddie Jaglowski winds up getting the Obamanation in trouble.
Which day will be reserved for praying to Mecca?
Four days of celebration, “replete with the traditional balls.”
Republicans won’t be in on it. They don’t have balls.
Four days of celebration, “replete with the traditional balls.”
Republicans won’t be in on it. They don’t have balls.
The schedule plans for Obama and Biden to perform a service project photo op the next day.
Fixed.
Keeping the bars open till 5a.m. ought to be a great public service.
Yikes, run for your life if you live in the district.
Time for “The President’s Own” to change “Hail to the Chief” to Carly Simon’s, “You’re So Vain”.
Break out the lyrics.
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