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The president's second inaugural address smashes the wall between the idealists and the realists. WHAT WAS SO GREAT about President Bush's inaugural address? First, it was eloquent, noting that freedom lights "a fire in the minds of men" and represents both "the hunger in dark places [and] the longing of the soul." More important, the speech laid out an extraordinarily sweeping and ambitious foreign policy for the nation. In doing so, Bush broke down the barrier between the foreign policy idealists, of which he and President Reagan are the most notable, and the realists, who include his father and his...

Evangelist Billy Graham will lead the opening prayer at a service Friday honoring the second inauguration of President Bush. "I have known the Bush family for many years, and have seen how their faith in God has sustained them through some very trying times," Graham said in a statement. "I pray for them daily, and it is a great honor to pray publicly for our president, his family, and our nation as he begins his second term." The service is scheduled for Friday morning at the National Cathedral. Bush credits Graham with inspiring him to reaffirm his faith at age...

Dear Kevin, Today, the day of George W. Bush's second inauguration, Republicans are hoping that we'll just fade into the background. They're hoping that for the next two years we sit on the sidelines, and let them ram their agenda through. But we Democrats will never step aside. While Bush tries to build his legacy on a series of attacks against working families, the middle class, and seniors, Democrats will be there to stand up. We will fight President Bush and his Republican cronies as they try to: Shift the tax burden away from the wealthiest to working families and...

Ok we met up at kalorama park an headed off to a rally where the socialists were meeting up at around 11am. I was handling video today. Naturally, these guys were expecting us and began the usual confrontations. It got pretty ugly when one of the anarchist started to shove our guys to the ground and began kicking him. They tried to grab our signs which read things like "say no to war unless a democrat is in office" and "bush won get over it". They were also chanting things like "nazi sympathizers!" as well(how original). In their black ninja...

Protests will be held in Washington DC and across the country on January 20th to counter Inaugural festivities. The media is already characterizing the protesters as “anti-war activists” and their organization as “peace groups.” Nothing could be further from the truth. They are communists. They are not in favor of peace; indeed, they are hell bent on inciting a communist revolution here in the United States. Because there aren’t enough of them to occupy an entire city block, they snatch the well meaning into their grasping clutches by misrepresenting their true agenda and hoodwinking college students, grandparents, and soccer Moms...

When George W. Bush took the oath of office four years ago, it was as a moderate Republican anxious to get beyond the unpleasantness of Florida and reclaim his reputation for easygoing bipartisanship. His agenda was hardly revolutionary: cutting taxes and improving public education at home, steering clear of nation-building abroad. He came across as easygoing, incurious, not given to hard thought or hard work -- and like his father, unencumbered by "the vision thing." What Bush did seem to care about was the tenor of public discourse. During the presidential campaign he repeatedly promised to "change the tone in...

Bush vows to fight world tyranny George W Bush has been sworn in for a second term as US president, and has vowed to support those who work to overthrow tyranny around the world. "The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands," Mr Bush said. He promised to "strive in good faith" to heal divisions inside America. The BBC's Matt Frei says many Americans will be sceptical about the cost and success of Mr Bush's liberty agenda, including some of his own supporters. [snip] An estimated 500,000 people braved the snow...

Casey Owens, a wounded marine, salutes as his mother Janna Owens cries during the inaugural speech by U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 20, 2005. President Bush (news - web sites) was sworn in for a second term on Thursday and pledged to work to heal a country divided by the Iraq (news - web sites) war. Bush, who begins his second term with the lowest approval rating of any returning president except Richard Nixon, said in his inaugural address, 'We have known divisions, which must be healed to move forward...

Republican Websites Hacked in Protest of Inaugurations; DU shouting its approval Six Republican websites recently fell victim to left-wing cyber extremists, intent on shutting off what they do not want freedom-loving, free-speech backers to hear. Democratic Underground posters are praising the effort. The following is an excerpt of what is currently being posted on the DU site: NOT MY PRESIDENT, NOT MY WAR! THIS WHOLE SYSTEM IS ROTTEN TO THE CORE! In solidarity with the billions around the world who are being oppressed under the Bush agenda, The Internet Liberation Front has hacked and defaced six Republican websites who push...

I like ceremony, especially ceremony of national stature. That's one reason why I got so much out of Ronald Reagan's memorial services this past June. And today's Inauguration and speech by the President did not disappoint. I'm a proud American who's glad we have someone in office who will combat global terrorism.But what about the flip side of our nation? How did the far left, tinfoil hat loonies react to today's events? As a snapshot, here's a roughly chronological montage of threads from DU: chimpsrsmarter (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-20-05 11:34 AM Original message I feel like throwing up and crying-the...

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Dear XXXX, Today, the day of George W. Bush's second inauguration, Republicans are hoping that we'll just fade into the background. They're hoping that for the next two years we sit on the sidelines, and let them ram their agenda through. But we Democrats will never step aside. While Bush tries to build his legacy on a series of attacks against working families, the middle class, and seniors, Democrats will be there to stand up. We will fight President Bush and his Republican cronies as they try to: Shift the tax burden away from the wealthiest to working families and...

Campaigning tirelessly, Laura Bush helped to reinstall her husband in the White House -- "She's the reason I won," the president said. But do not expect any public pronouncements from the first lady about spending her political capital.

In cold, snowy Washington, about a hundred protesters gathered outside the "Black Tie and Boots" inaugural ball on Wednesday night, comparing President George W. Bush to Adolph Hitler because Bush is "exterminating the Muslim race." "It is no different in that Hitler killed so many Jews, and George Bush, you know, is exterminating the Muslim race and others," said a man who identified himself only as Don from Florida. Don held up a sign with the words "Vote Republican" written over a Nazi swastika. "It's just a form of fascism -- the Patriot Act and everything -- they stole the...

WASHINGTON - Anti-war protesters, including some who carried coffin-like cardboard boxes to signify the death of U.S. troops in Iraq, descended on the capital Thursday. About 500 people rallied in a park several miles from the Capitol, where George W. Bush was taking the oath of office for a second term. "Worst President Ever" and "Four more years: God HELP America" were on some of the signs. Protesters covered hundreds of cardboard boxes with black cloth and American flags to symbolize U.S. troops and others killed in Iraq. "It's important to show that when Bush's second inauguration goes into the...

Reprinted from NewsMax.com Protesters Accuse Bush of 'Exterminating the Muslim Race' Marc Morano, CNSNews.com Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005 Washington -- In cold, snowy Washington, about a hundred protesters gathered outside the "Black Tie and Boots" inaugural ball on Wednesday night, comparing President George W. Bush to Adolph Hitler because Bush is "exterminating the Muslim race." "It is no different in that Hitler killed so many Jews, and George Bush, you know, is exterminating the Muslim race and others," said a man who identified himself only as Don from Florida. Don held up a sign with the words "Vote Republican" written...

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On the eve of President George W. Bush's second inauguration, the CBS Evening News brought up Richard Nixon in stressing Bush's comparatively low approval rating of 49 percent in a new CBS News/New York Times poll. John Roberts asked and answered: "What did Presidents Clinton, Reagan, Eisenhower, even Nixon, all have in common? A higher approval rating on the eve of their second inauguration than President George W. Bush." As Roberts spoke, viewers saw a screen with pictures of all five Presidents with their approval rating at the start of their second term listed below their photo. Referring to Condoleezza...

You'd think I'd have known better. For a few moments at the beginning of this morning's Today Show, I actually imagined that the doctrinatire liberals in charge there would take a one-day holiday from their interminable Bush-bashing to come together to celebrate the spectacle of democracy that is the inauguration of a president. But n-o-o-o-o-o-o. After a few minutes of obligatory reports on the details of the day, it was back to the old routine of attacking W and everything he stands for on all fronts, foreign and domestic. First on was White House Chief of Staff Andy Card. Knowing...