I think it is ridiculous to inaugurate a sitting president. But I don't recall all this kerfluffle when Clintoon had his second.
For one thing, all the hoopla isn't really for the President - it's for US - the US in the U.S.
Bush would probably be happy to be home on the ranch clearing brush...
This is a tradition - a celebration of our way of life and our freedom -
The nay sayers are the ones who - like Thoreau would say, would find fault with the morning red - if they ever got up early enough....
That is because there wasn't a war going on with young soldiers loosing their lives..over 100,000 people killed in Iraq...all because of WMD??? wake up and smell the coffee..Clinton didn't spend 40 million on his 'parties'..and don't forget there was a thing called 'SURPLUS' remember that word? You never had it so well..when us 'lefties' were running the joint!