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AAO

(3,300 posts)
3. Sasha must have been worried it would be flubbed again
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 02:49 PM
Jan 2013

President Obama leaned over to her and said "I did it".

And Sasha replied "you didn't mess up".

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
6. Was there a particular reason why we couldn't celebrate today?
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 06:32 PM
Jan 2013

Last edited Sun Jan 20, 2013, 07:35 PM - Edit history (1)

The football games didn't start until 3PM.


rocktivity

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
8. As in Obama would be competing with Jesus
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 06:47 PM
Jan 2013

But Ray Wiliams and Colin Kaepernick would not?


rocktivity

 

AAO

(3,300 posts)
9. Answer: They are not non-white U.S. Presidents.
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 06:53 PM
Jan 2013

And they are entertainers. Court Jesters for the elite's entertainment.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
10. Tradition, mostly.
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 07:26 PM
Jan 2013

President Monroe was the first, I believe, to deliver his address on the Monday after the inauguration fell on a Sunday. Other presidents have since followed - including Zachary Taylor, Rutherford B. Hays, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and now Barack Obama.

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