tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post5965380950934336102..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Inaugural memoriesRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-5348578677563937322009-01-20T20:10:00.000-05:002009-01-20T20:10:00.000-05:00My memories are these:1) The race-baiting by a Re...My memories are these:<BR/><BR/>1) The race-baiting by a Rev. during the inaugural benediction.<BR/><BR/>2) Listening to a graceless Obama take hypocritical potshots at his predecessor (who I don't even like) during his inaugural speech.<BR/><BR/>3) Watching the low-class Obama supporters singsong at Bush as he left like they were at a gd football game.<BR/><BR/>4) Being told that my belief in small government is a "stale political argument" which no longer applies. <BR/><BR/>Looks like Barry's "post-partisan, post-racial" era is getting off to a <I>terrific</I> start.<BR/><BR/>In short, what I will remember most is what a lowbrow affair it was.<BR/><BR/>"Money can't buy class."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-19766334630689408632009-01-20T13:35:00.000-05:002009-01-20T13:35:00.000-05:00The answer was obvious: "Because we have jobs!"Tha...<I>The answer was obvious: "Because we have jobs!"</I><BR/><BR/>That was exactly my reaction when the makers of <I>An American Carol</I> suggested we "call in conservative." It would have been more appropriate for them to ask conservatives to go into work even if they were sicker than dogs, and to work late.<BR/><BR/><I>No one should begrudge liberals this occasion, but rather feel sympathy for them. Whether they are celebrating a Democrat's inauguration or, as eight years ago, protesting the inauguration of a Republican, liberals seek in politics a transcendent meaning it can never really provide.<BR/><BR/>To quote my daughter, "How lame." </I><BR/><BR/>From the mouths of babes...<BR/><BR/>I don't recall the schools airing the Bush inaugurations like they are Obama's, at either of my childrens' schools.<BR/><BR/>I kept my youngest home today (he's a little under the weather and could have made it, but I happily obliged), and my eldest* decided to go in late so he wouldn't have to watch it, and that was fine with me too.<BR/><BR/>*He's a Paultard like his mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com