Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Question for USians

This purple lady who is talking before all the actual swearings-in happen is putting a lot of emphasis on how US democracy is apparently peaceful and non-violent.

Is that normal? It seems really random to me, but I've never watched a presidential inauguration before.

ETA: For that matter, is it normal to have your inauguration soundtracked by John Williams?

2 comments:

laura k said...

I think it's all pretty normal. I haven't watched a swearing-in since Clinton - a personal boycott of unelected presidents - but none of it was too surprising. The usual rhetoric, I think.

And not John Williams per se, but someone famous.

impudent strumpet said...

Interesting.

**anthropologist hat**