barack obama, president.

[devaretha]

i am astounded and overcome. by god, look what we have done.

selah.

p.s.: also loved rev. lowery's benediction. he's a funny guy. i had the pleasure of coordinating media for him when he delivered the U of C MLK week kick-off last thursday.

he delivered a sermon here that makes me miss church. and that takes a hell of a lot.

rev. lowery: "let

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[raving_liberal]

I thought his benediction was great. There's another woman on my friend's list who is pissed off about it. I want to laugh at her.

[fried_pearl]

How could anyone not love it?

[raving_liberal]

I'm sure it was too familiar at the end. Some Episcopalians just can't handle humor.

[raving_liberal]

Oh dear, apparently he criticized white people too much!

From Wikipedia:

His poem drew sharp and immediate criticism from many political conservatives for the phrase included in the poem "...when white will do what is right."

[fried_pearl]

I love Lowery's prayer. I thought Warren's was pompous and overstuffed, sort of like he is. I loved Aretha's hat. That was a magnificent hat.
I knew Roberts had changed the lines. I bet that sob did it on purpose. First conspiracy of the new presidency.
I cried. I am filled with hope. What an incredible inaugural speech.
Amen!

[devaretha]

I thought Warren was pretty bad too and I was kind-of rooting for him given all the crap Obama engendered by picking him. But he can only be who he is, I guess.

[fried_pearl]

Aretha's hat:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/aretha-franklins-hat
You can google anything, D, even aretha franklin's hat

[devaretha]

Oh my god, I had no idea! It really is an old-school church hat! And she is so rocking it. Perhaps this is what caused Peggy Noonan to say, during her commentary on MSNBC, that "hats are back." ROFL.