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uppityperson

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Mon Jan 23, 2017, 11:00 PM Jan 2017

Obama vs FDT's inaugural day declarations to compare

First FDTs. Wtf rah rah amerika! Amerika!

A new national pride stirs the American soul and inspires the American heart. We are one people, united by a common destiny and a shared purpose.

Freedom is the birthright of all Americans, and to preserve that freedom we must maintain faith in our sacred values and heritage.

Our Constitution is written on parchment, but it lives in the hearts of the American people. There is no freedom where the people do not believe in it; no law where the people do not follow it; and no peace where the people do not pray for it.

There are no greater people than the American citizenry, and as long as we believe in ourselves, and our country, there is nothing we cannot accomplish.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2017, as National Day of Patriotic Devotion, in order to strengthen our bonds to each other and to our country -- and to renew the duties of Government to the people.


Obama's National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation

As I take the sacred oath of the highest office in the land, I am humbled by the responsibility placed upon my shoulders, renewed by the courage and decency of the American people, and fortified by my faith in an awesome God ... On this Inauguration Day, we are reminded that we are heirs to over two centuries of American democracy, and that this legacy is not simply a birthright — it is a glorious burden. Now it falls to us to come together as a people to carry it forward once more.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2009, a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation, and call upon all of our citizens to serve one another and the common purpose of remaking this Nation for our new century.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
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Obama vs FDT's inaugural day declarations to compare (Original Post) uppityperson Jan 2017 OP
Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, etc. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2017 #1
Very much so. uppityperson Jan 2017 #2

greatauntoftriplets

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1. Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, etc.
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 11:03 PM
Jan 2017

The first one, not President Obama's, of course.

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