Sunday, January 18, 2009

Yes We McCan!











Sorry. As I watch the inauguration concert on HBO, I can't help but wonder how this celebration would have gone down had McCain won. How many people would have convened at the Lincoln Memorial? Or would a McCain inauguration be held at a different location? What musicians and celebrities would turn out for McCain? Ted Nugent? Britney Spears? Who?

I also don't ever remember tuning into an inauguration event before in my life. Nothing comes to mind. I get that this is an historic event, but how much hoopla normally surrounds an inauguration? What happened with Dubya? With Clinton? Anyone know?

Regardless, it's inspiring. I got chills when Marisa Tomei addressed the crowd.

Gotta go. Queen Latifah is speaking.

4 comments:

tankboy2902 said...

This is what it's all about. If you don't get it you ain't got it. Personally I can think of only one other stop-the-clock event that was scheduled and not thrust upon us unawares: the Moon Landing. Sorry for those of you who weren't there to witness it, but for a moment an entire planet STOPPED.

See you on the other side. Love to everyone.

Butternut said...

Off the top of my head:

Reagan's attempted assassination.
John Lennon's assassination.
Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Gulf War bombing on CNN.
9/11/01.
Now this.

I remember a lot of people tuning in for Reagan's inauguration too.

Who plays for McCain? I was thinking the same thing when watching Little Stevie doing "Higher Ground". I think McCain would have more of a country/western turnout, or perhaps mariachi?

Seaners said...

When YouTubing music at the GOP convention just now, I found this video. Does anyone here know if it was played there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raEex1yAW7w

Laura Swisher said...

Just watched that. I know a lot of them. I spotted comics Matt Champagne, Scott Boxembaum, Adam Gropman and Garage Comedy producer Val Meyers, in case you have any desire to Google and/or MySpace them.