Archive for January 20th, 2009
Starting today…
by Nevok on Jan.20, 2009, under Next Exit: US of A
(…)we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
Bold words. But I expected nothing else.
I have to admit that I kinda had to smile when he stumbled over the words of his oath. He was nervous, heck, I guess so was the rest of the world. I especially liked his wife, the then not-yet-FLOTUS. She smiled, encouragingly, yeah, but also rather amused. I guess she had to fight down the urge to put a reassuring hand on his arm, but the ‘come on, you can do it’ thoughts were rather obvious.
His speech, as always, gave me goosebumps. And, again, the wish for him to just once read Shakespeare to me. Henry V.
