I wonder how many tacky Trump tweets will be happening during the parade. The Orange Man with the attention span of a gnat will be bored if the attention isn’t on him.
I vividly recall W’s first inauguration. This was pre-9/11 so security wasn’t insane and protestors were along the route jeering and turning their backs. The limo pretty much raced down the street and W and wife never left the car. Who wants to bet that rump is never seen outside of the bubble?
While a peaceful transition of power is something to be proud of, the fact remains (despite apparent Russian influence) that a significantly large number of Americans marched to the polls with clear intent to affirm a demonstrably crass, immoral and unfit human being as our national leader.
I for one will be peacefully sitting-in on Jan20, in silent, mournful protest. And then rise the next day with resolve to do everything I can to help reclaim our country’s commitment to the better angels of our nature.
They should parade a herd of elephants… ( GOP ) … down the street —
What’s left behind could be used as a harbinger —
If you go, you’re a collaborator.
The worst is yet to come, and history will record if you were there at the beginning.
Bill and Hillary are rich enough not to be harmed by Trump, no so most of us.
i, for one, shall not attend.
If one believes Trump is trying to normalize racism, is not legitimate and called on a foreign power to attack his opponent, don’t attend.
I don’t get it. Either you support sexual assault, financial fraud, and bigotry, or you don’t.
That is all.
It’s a tough one. Democrats and liberals above all believe in the process of liberal democracy wherein everyone has their say and if someone else wins one time then your chance will come again so respect the process.
That said some German Social Democrat party members undertook arduous and even dangerous routes to attend the Reichstag session to vote on the Enabling Act which passed overwhelmingly. They casting the only nay votes. A futile gesture if there ever was one. The entire story a testament to traditional liberalism’s powerlessness in the face of radicalism. We aren’t there yet, however it can be seen in the minds eye without much effort.
At this point the Clinton’s or Carter’s or other Democratic figures attendance is simply answering the call of the process and their roles in it. Is it a futile or even Quixotic errand I don’t know.
seems like an easy decision to me…either you have integrity or you don’t.
I’d go if I could bring crime-scene tape.
really?
since the pretender boasts that he will shake up the status quo and shows no reverence to institutions…why should anyone honor him by being faithful to the “process?”
Pretty simple: don’t attend. It is not the honorable thing to do.
I’m not watching either, but it will be interesting to see what Mother Nature has in store for that day?
Easy! No decent person should be acknowledging this sexual predator, racist, pathological liar, swindler, con artist, cry-baby, etc disgusting specimen of a human being. Nobody !
So, everybody has to abide by a certain decorum, and pay homage to the president-elect.
Meanwhile, Trump can ignore and violate any long-standing precedent or law.
That’s how he succeeds — you play by these rules, he’ll take advantage of your preoccupation.
"On Wednesday, he tweeted that album sales for classical teenage singer Jackie Evancho, who has also performed at events with President Barack Obama, had “skykrocketed” after her Dec. 14 announcement that she’ll sing the national anthem at the swearing-in. "
Her album peaked at 93 on the charts—and fell by more than 40 spots before the holiday.
Only masochists or sadists would go.
Pretty petty stuff. Why does this garbage matter to you?