Photos Of The Day - Trump's Sad Inauguration Crowd

As demanded by neo- fascist shitgibbon Donald "Rump" Trump, the National Park Service has released comparative photos of the inaugural crowds from 2009 and this past January.  Well, he asked for it:

The National Park Service on Monday released hundreds of ground and aerial photographs that its staff shot of President Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. The agency also released photos of the swearing-ins of former president Barack Obama four and eight years ago. 

And it’s pretty clear that the crowd size at the 45th president’s inaugural was smaller than at the swearing-in of the 44th. 

The discrepancy is clear in the two photos displayed here, which show the Mall shortly before Obama and Trump were sworn-in around noon eight years apart. The 2009 and 2017 photos were taken one hour — and eight years — apart, with Obama’s crowds massing in the photo about one hour earlier than Trump’s audience.

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(Obama 2009, left;  Trump 2017, right)

Obama's is bigger than yours! As they say, tiny hands, tiny... crowds. Sad!

The Mounties Get Their Man

Royal Canadian Mounted Police salute as President Obama's motorcade rolls by the Canadian Embassy on Pennsylvania avenue after his swearing-in.

Random Thought

This would have been a great week to be an autograph collector in DC:

Bruce Springsteen, U2, Beyonce, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington, Mariah Carey, Dustin Hoffman, Muhammad Ali, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Affleck, Jessica Alba, Oprah, Puff Diddly Doodly Dee, Heather Graham, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, Robert DiNiro, Michael J. Fox, Ed Harris, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, John Cusack, J-Lo and Marc Anthony, Joan Baez, Queen Latifah, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Bill Murray, Mary J. Blige, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, Smokey Robinson, Sheryl Crow, John Mellencamp, Alicia Keys, Jonas Brothers (heh heh), Miley Cyrus (another heh heh), Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Jon Bon Jovi, Will Smith, Ann Hathaway, James Taylor, Sharon Stone and Fred Flintstone (just checking if you're paying attention), Steven Spielberg, Tiger Woods, Maroon 5, Yo Yo (Yo Ma Ma) Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and more than we have the energy or desire to list.

The Best Of The Inauguration

The best crowd. Just under 2 million people. No arrests, no fights.

The best moment: After flubbing the oath, Chief Justice Roberts saying, "Congratulations, Mr. President."

The best laugh: Rev. Joseph Lowrey with his rhyming, "when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead man. . ." Glad he didn't get around to Eskimos, Sri Lankans and Croats.

The best review: Little Sasha Obama giving her father a thumbs up after his speech.

The best inaugural ball: The Commander in Chief's ball, where Obama praised the men and women in uniform, and told them his proudest duty would be as their commander in chief. Then, Obama and Michelle danced with two enlisted attendees.

The best cringeworthy moment: The crowd singing "Hey Hey Hey Good Bye" as Bushie's helicopter flew overhead was naughty and awkward in the happy, mellow aura of the inauguration.

The best moment for wingnut heads to explode: "I, Barack Hussein Obama. . ."

The 44th President of the United States

We'll collect our thoughts and blog more tomorrow. We just want to savor the moment and enjoy the parade today. The crowd stretched down the mall from the Capitol to beyond the Washington Monument -- 16 blocks or more -- and was estimated at nearly 2 million very happy people.

In the meantime, enjoy the new White House web page.

The Time Has Come

Inauguration Day with the Chambers Brothers.

"Obama-stock"

Yesterday's free concert at the Lincoln Memorial drew roughly 500,000, who heard a range of major artists from U2, Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen, to Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi and Garth Brooks. Springsteen opened the concert with "The Rising." Several pundits referred to the celebration as "Obama-stock" in comparison to the Woodstock Music Festival. Speakers included Tom Hanks, Tiger Woods and Denzel Washington. President-elect Obama spoke later, saying,

"Yours are the voices I will take with me every day I walk into that Oval Office -- the voices of men and women who have different stories but hold common hopes."

In somber counterpoints to the celebrations, Obama earlier placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and this morning visited wounded troops at Walter Reed Medical Center. Everything that he needs to be doing, he is doing, and doing it with class and stature.