The moment I will remember most profound will be the firing of the cannon after the oath...it was at that moment an old era passed and a new one began. An era where we don't win political victories by appealing to our baser natures, an era when it is possible to be of a racial minority and be democratically elected to the highest office in the land.
It was an exclamation point in time. One moment, George W. Bush was president. Boom. Now Barack Hussein Obama is president. We didn't get to that moment by magic, but it felt magical.
Yes, yes, I know Obama became president at noon, before the 21 gun salute even started, before he and the chief justice stumbled over the words of the presidential oath.
It's just that, in that moment, change arrived. And announced itself with unyielding certainty.
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Nice observations and descriptions. I t is very odd how often we forget to stop and take notice of the magical moments in life and even more so how often we forget all the effort and work it takes to get to those moments.
Thanks for sharing,
-C
That's the moment I keep going back to on the TiVo: the start of the ruffles and flourishes before "Hail to the Chief," and the start of the 21-gun salute. I know they were only blanks, but it feels like they're blasting the last bits of the Bush regime out of existence.
It was an exclamation point in time...
l love this phrase...
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