Posted on 01/19/2017 7:17:14 AM PST by markomalley
When Donald Trump is sworn in as the country’s 45th president, outgoing President Barack Obama will be in attendance to witness the peaceful transition of power.
The last time power was transferred, the 2009 inauguration of Obama, the tone turned ugly when then outgoing President, George W. Bush, was introduced to the crowd and was met with loud, sustained booing.
Even liberal MSNBC found the booing of Bush to be distasteful. Commentator Chris Matthews implored attendees, “Don’t do it,” as the chorus of boos started. “Bad form here,” he continued.
Fellow MSNBC host Rachel Maddow added, “That is not what I expected.”
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Is this headline messed up?
Yes, when even slimy, detestable Chris Matthews gets it, it is in poor taste. Take a knee, maybe?
The answer is no because we have manners
The left just being themselves.
Precisely
I propose simple silence.
We have too much class for that.
The Left are the ones currently humiliating themselves with over-the-top hysteria.
Not so sure. I hope you are right, because its not the right time and place to boo, however richly deserved it is in this particilar case.
How about
Na na na na hey hey hey goodbye
He was already booed, loud and clear last November 8th.
Yes, I remember thinking that if Obama was a statesman, he would have quelled that immediately.
I don’t want the bigot booed; I want to see that fake forgotten. I want him less known than the least famous of Martin Van Buren, William Harrison, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, and Benjamin Harrison, where elementary school students memorize a list of presidents plus the usurper who occupied our White House during these terrible years, and the only accomplishment anyone can name will be “First Black”.
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