barack obama inauguration

From The Room: Hail to the Chief!

January 20, 2009 - ...

From The Room: Fox News Doesn't Care About Black People

January 21, 2009 - At Fox News, inauguration day looked like the first afternoon a Negro used the local country club tennis courts following a legal settlement. While there were many forced smiles and obligatory discussions of this "historic" day, there was just as much complaining about the size of the event, the ex...

From The Room: Liveblogging the Inauguration

January 20, 2009 - 11:11 Dan Quayle is back!! 11:11 And he brought Al Gore!!! 11:14 I am so sick of hearing about George H. W. going sky diving 11:15 Bill doesn't look happy 11:15 Haha one Senator objected to Hillary's nomination 11:17 How is he...

Yes, you can skip your 12 PM spin class today

January 19, 2009 - Last night, Rachel Maddow called Tuesday's inauguration a "where were you when" moment. Personally, we call it a "where are you pretending you were when you were actually sitting on your ass watching MSNBC" moment. But maybe you're different. So tell us...

From The Room: The 2009 Inaugur-o-tron Speech Maker

January 7, 2009 - My fellow Americans. At this proud moment, on this auspicious occasion dawning of a new era quadrennial federal holiday, in this biting cold freezing rain impenetrable fog...

From The Room: January 20, 2009 (Listen)

December 27, 2008 - ...

Obama to be sworn in with Abraham Lincoln's Koran

December 23, 2008 - The Barack Obama hero worship is all well and good, but at a certain point things go a little too far. The president-elect has announced he will take the oath of office on the same bible used by Abraham Lincoln for his own inauguration. Obama will be the first...

Obama's DC concert is completely sold out

November 18, 2008 - Want tickets to Barack Obama's inauguration? Get in line, you entitled snot. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies has distributed just 240,000 tickets for the event, which are available...