Because I didn't grow up with television, I've generally preferred radio coverage of momentous events.
However, after listening to a bit of chatter on NPR this morning, I headed straight for the TV, and sat there taking it all in. This was definitely an event for which the medium was made. (Thank you Philo Farnsworth.)
I hoped for a blare of boat horns after the oath of office (like the cacaphony that broke out Election Night) but the fog was too thick this morning for any boats to be out.
After watching today's ceremony, I finally appreciate the value of the long hiatus between election and installation. Or perhaps it is just that this particular transition was so deftly managed, in spite of personnel problems, another war in the middle east - and the economy.
My favorite guest at the ceremony was the Rev. Joseph Lowery, who gave the benediction. "More lyrical than the poet," was the comment of one political blogger.
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