You knew there would a sports analogy, didn't you?
Well, here we go.
Bill Shoemaker was, by most measures, the most famous jockey during the tail end of American thoroughbred horse racing's golden age. He won numerous races, jockey of the year honors, etc. (Though, never a Triple Crown.) One of Shoemaker's most famous races, however, was the 1957 Kentucky Derby, where he misjudged the finish line, and stood up in the stirrups before the end of the race, causing his horse to slow and get beat by a nose.
Inauguration day is not even remotely the finish line. Don't stand up in the stirrups yet.
Getting here was the easy part.
Bill Shoemaker was, by most measures, the most famous jockey during the tail end of American thoroughbred horse racing's golden age. He won numerous races, jockey of the year honors, etc. (Though, never a Triple Crown.) One of Shoemaker's most famous races, however, was the 1957 Kentucky Derby, where he misjudged the finish line, and stood up in the stirrups before the end of the race, causing his horse to slow and get beat by a nose.
Inauguration day is not even remotely the finish line. Don't stand up in the stirrups yet.
Getting here was the easy part.