Celebrating the Second Presidential Inauguration of Barack H. Obama
2013 Presidential Inauguration Afterthoughts…
Richard Blanco, is he single, straight? In a poem of American industry, unity, and love, the Cuban poet dreamed of being “One Today.”
“One sun rose over us today…one light waking up rooftops.”
Any man who can appreciate the sound of “yellow-pencil school buses” and a “plum blush dusk” can take me out for drinks…anytime! Preferably, during a “plum blush dusk”! What? Oh. Never mind. He’s gay.
Singer Kelly Clarkson never disappoints. “My country tis of thee, sweet land of liber-dee?…” (Although I do prefer the sound of a “t” in liberty.)
Beyonce, for the National Anthem or any song, has the pre-recorded voice of an angel…as long as she’s singing and not talking. And the Oscar goes to….
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow nearly wept during the President’s inaugural speech. MLK Day must have been a great day to be gay because y’all know dudes don’t be crying in public.
President Obama, taking an impromptu glance back over the throbbing crowd of inaugural onlookers—there just for him, creates the most poignant moment of the day.
“I just want to take another look,” President Barack Obama says. “I’ll never see this again.”
Michelle Obama, please give Sasha back her baby sweaters. You’re a big girl now. A really big girl!
You must know that Sasha, 11, is still a baby when you realize that she is not yet repulsed by Mom and Dad kissing.
Mafia Malia, 14, keeps it gangsta, doesn’t she? From her arsenal, she blows a real gangsta kiss and throws up a seriously gangsta peace sign.
Mafia Malia, keepin' it gangsta!
That Jill Biden may be a doctor, but she dresses like a first lady. Every doo-dah day!
Joe Biden’s code name should be “Mr. Meet & Greet.” If he should run (all over here and there) for President, scramblin’ Joe Biden will be a secret service nightmare. And we, the people, will love it!
No, it was not a Black Power march. It was the 2013 inaugural parade marching past the president's reviewing stand near the White House, y'all!
In borrowing a word from master-of-ceremonies New York Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), “Wow!” Martin Luther King, Jr. would be proud. We were truly one today.
