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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Inauguration Nation
I can appreciate a well-planned, well-orchestrated presidential inauguration as much as the next person, but things are getting out of hand and over the top. A link rundown:
—- Coming to a theater near you: Obama inauguration to air in theaters – courtesy of MSNDC and Screenvision (surprise!). In a way, though, it will kind of be fitting. After all, isn’t it every actor’s dream to appear on the big screen?
—– The theme of the day will be Lincoln – as in Abe Lincoln. Apparently Obama sees himself as some sort of clone of Honest Abe. Via the NY Post:
In what will be a Lincoln-themed inauguration from top to bottom, Obama won’t only follow in the footsteps of the former president – he’ll also eat like him, it was announced yesterday.
Obama’s jampacked Abe-apalooza moved into high gear with an announcement from the Congressional Inaugural Committee that it will hold a luncheon next Tuesday following the swearing-in ceremony that’s modeled after foods Lincoln enjoyed.
The lunch menu is only the latest in a slew of references and tributes to Lincoln that will be folded into Obama’s big day.
Part of the meal will even be served on replicas of the china picked out by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln at the beginning of her husband’s first term in office in 1861.
The appetizer will feature a seafood stew in puff pastry – including scallops, shrimp and lobster – in honor of Lincoln’s love of seafood.
The main course of a “Brace of American Birds (pheasant and duck)” with sour-cherry chutney will be served with molasses sweet potatoes – a nod to the root vegetables and wild game that Honest Abe ate as a child in Indiana.
The Lincoln-fest luncheon at Statuary Hall, a chamber of the Capitol building, will serve some 200 guests, including members of the Supreme Court, the incoming Cabinet and congressional leaders.
“It’s always good to model yourself after a great president,” said Eric Foner, a professor of American history at Columbia University. “The proof will be in the pudding.”
The guests will enjoy an apple cinnamon sponge cake for dessert, which recalls Lincoln’s love of apples.
The ABE-BAMA Photoshop the Post created is priceless:
He will take the oath of office on the same Bible used to swear in Lincoln. Rumor has it that his transportation that morning will be in a – you guessed it – Lincoln.
—– The head of the Alabama NAACP is whining over the fact that Mobile’s Azalea Trail Maids, who will take part in the inaugural parade, “remind him” of plantation days. WSFA reports:
Montgomery, Ala. (WSFA) — They’re part of a long standing tradition that will soon become a part of Presidential history.
The head of the Alabama NAACP, however, wants Mobile’s Azalea Trail Maids to stay home on Inauguration Day, claiming the group reminds him of slavery.
“These are not just regular costumes. These are the costumes that remind someone of the plantation in Gone with the Wind,” Edward Vaughn said in a phone interview.
Vaughn went on to say the group would be the laughing stock of the Inauguration. County leaders say nothing could be further from the truth.
The joke’s on Vaughn, but unfortunately it’s not a very funny one. I guess some people will just look for any excuse to play the race card.
—– No inauguration day for a liberal president would be complete without a star-studded cast of Hollyweirdos putting on a concert in that president’s honor. The theme? “We Are One.” The place? The Lincoln Memorial.
I think I’m gonna be sick.
—– Gay liberals, last seen as “outraged” over Obama’s choice of “anti-gay” Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation on inauguration day, are feeling much better about things thanks, in part, to the selection of openly gay Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson, who will deliver a pre-inaugural prayer Sunday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial … prior to the “We Are the One” concert.
Robinson even provided us a sneak peek at what kind of prayer he’ll give: “I will be careful not to be especially Christian in my prayer.’”
Now that’s a shocker.
Oh, and he may address the prayer to the “the God of our many understandings.” That’s great. Finally, we’ll get to learn more about the God he believes in.
(Update – 11:11 PM) I missed this quote from the NYT piece the first time around:
Bishop Robinson said he had been reading inaugural prayers through history and was “horrified” at how “specifically and aggressively Christian they were.”
Wow. Just freakin’ wow.
—– Then there’s the $20 inaugural poster.
—– Last but not least, make sure to check out Jules Crittenden’s must-read inauguration commentary and link round-up from yesterday here. I’ve highlighted a few stories related to PEBO’s big day next week, but Jules has a more comprehensive list.
—– PS: One more link I meant to add: Jim Lynch has obtained an advance copy of Obama’s inauguration speech (chuckle).
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Does anybody think “I Forgot” will cut it ?
Next Treasury Secretary nominee .. please.
This is why the Republican Party will lose big again in 2010.
Key quote:
Ring any bells, Senator John McCain?
Obama doesn’t have a political following, he has a cult worship group. I can’t do better than NRO’s Mark Levin so I’ll just quote what he said last October 25:
Ominous indeed. The thing about an infatuation is what happens if the object of worship disappoints. We saw it with some of the communists in the 1930s who left the cause. They were once far left, and in their disillusion shifted to the far right.
I’m not saying that will happen here, as I doubt they’ll shift that far. But if Obama lets them down, and I think he will, they could turn on him with a vengance.
It might be time for someone to update “The God that Failed”
That’s just the tip of the iceberg, folks. How about an Obama with NO TERM LIMITS?
Hope and Change: Move to repeal presidential term limits started
Can you imagine what would be happening if this were a Republican about to take office and someone tried to pass this resolution??? They’d be burning the White House to the ground.
So, NOW can we start calling him King Obama???
This has really crossed the border from mildly amusing to downright frightening.
It would serve them right if after abolishing term limits, we were hit with a massive terrorist attack, and George Bush was voted back into office because he had kept us safe for 8 yrs. Man, the exploding heads would create a shock wave that’d level the major metropolitan areas of the NE and California.
MD, doesn’t the Holy Bible say something about how you know you are on the right track when the whole world speaks ill of you?? These Republicans should mark it a badge of honor that the dunces in the media speak ill of them. Everytime a Dem says or does a dumb thing, a Rep should be standing infront of a camera condemning it.
For sometime I thought that the Reps should clean house, now I am realizing that too many of these guys are in cahoots with each other and for the most part they are all doing things that are not right. This is the only reason the Reps are screaming from the roof top, about all the donations that the Dems have taken from the FMs, to point out one very large ethical problem.
I am believing that good strong conservatives are going to come up thru the ranks and start to beat back these linguini spined lame Reps, and maybe we can get some semblance of the 2 party system back in Washington. I was not going to vote in this presidential election because, outside of age, there was just too little difference between Barack and John. I did end up voting only because I wanted to cast a vote for Sarah. I am seriously tired of my voice not being heard, and if I have to, I will join a 3rd party and hopefully the idiots who are destroying the Rep party will follow their buddy Jumpin’ Jim Jeffords. – Lorica
Keeping with a theme here. Jesus said that if you turn your back on Him, He will turn His back on you. The the Anglican/Episcopal church wonders why people don’t go to their churches anymore. Good Luck people, because it is pretty apparent that you are going to need it. – Lorica
Ohhh and as far as Obama’s fascination with the 1st Republican President….. I think that is just odd. You are no Abe Lincoln, Barack, stop trying to fool the world into thinking that you are. – Lorica
Too bad nobody can use the:
Lorica –
As an Episcopalian, I can speak to the matter of BP Robinson: for many of us, the issue is not that he is gay. The issue with Robinson is that he was involved in a heterosexual marriage for several years before he decided he was gay, left his wife and kids, and moved in with his boyfriend without being divorced or even separated first. Even exclusive of his homosexuality, a priest or other other ordained minister within the Church that did the same thing would have been censured severely (with the possibility of being defrocked) for his or her behavior. It is a mystery to most of us parishioners how Robinson managed to become ordained as a bishop — let alone able to remain ordained as even a priest — under this kind of cloud.
To claim our biggest beef within the Church is only about ordination of homosexuals is oversimplifying quite a bit. That’s not to say it isn’t an issue; but it is only one of many under the great umbrella of strict application of Scripture to modern life. Already several Episcopal parishes have split into their own groups; and it is interesting to note that at the latest GAFCON (Global Anglican Future Conference) this last year, the Episcopal Church USA and the Canadian Anglican Church have officially been excommunicated from communion with the Anglican Church worldwide. Read the full story here.
My husband, who is Roman Catholic, finds this entire schism highly amusing. “You Protestants can’t do math,” he says. “You keep trying to multiply by dividing….” ;p
– Be well,
–kd
Dancer,
At no point do I bring up Bishop Robinson’s sexual preference. I figured that the Anglican church was it’s own ruin when their highest office was filled by a man who went thru a druidic rite to become a “bard” the year before he was installed as Arch Bishop. Why would this man have anything to do with Wiccan rituals?? As long as Rowan Williams is the Arch Bishop, it is all going to have implications to me.
As far as Bishop Robinson goes, I knew that he left his wife and was practicing his new sexuality while still married. The idea of him being a bishop, a representation of one of the apostles of Christ, while he is in an adultrous relationship, is idiotic. It really should be an eye opening moment for most of the mainstream denominations, but it hasn’t been. – Lorica
How do you get to be an Episcopal bishop? Does it pay well? I gather that one does not have to actually be Episcopalian, or at least is not expected to accept whatever religious tenets of faith that, um, association might still cling to (I don’t want to offend Episcoplians by suggesting that they belong to a “religion”).
Doesn’t the Anglican church have a female priest who is also an Imam? And nobody sees any contradiction there?
Anyway, I should look into that a few years hence – being a bishop might be a fun way to fritter away my retirement. The drawback previously has been that to be one, you had to be part of some religion.
And of course, I am not religous. I am, however, very, uh, “spiritual.” Yeah, that’s it. Or was the term “spiritous?”
Lorica and Steve, I’m right there with ya! I am also of the opinion that the church’s…………ummmm, deviation?……to the Far Lepht will bring about Change (yes, with a capital “C”) within the Protestant communion, and some of it has been long overdue.
Personally, I haven’t exactly darkened the doors of my local parish in quite some time either. The liturgy seems to have been taken over the last few years to its most illogical extreme, making it almost compulsory in some parishes to flagellate oneself for being born upright and on two legs.
Horse puckeys.
Without fighting, biting or bloodletting (at least for today),
– kd