Events, Politics| Published on January 20, 2009 8:30 am

Live: Presidential Inauguration – Watch & Discuss

By: Walker


Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States on Tues, Jan 20th. Join your fellow Columbus Undergrounders for live viewing & discussion, starting at 9:00am.

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Author: Walker Walker is the founder of ColumbusUnderground.com and co-founder of TheMetropreneur.com along with his wife and business partner Anne Evans. Walker has turned local media from a hobby into a full time career over the past decade and serves on multiple boards and committees throughout the community.

26 Comments

  • Walker January 20, 2009 8:37 am

    From Columbus Business First:

    Philanthropist Abigail Wexner is one of just two Ohio donors who have sprung for the maximum $50,000 contribution to the inaugural committee for President-elect Barack Obama, according to figures compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

    The nonpartisan organization’s data show donors from California, New York state and Illinois gave the most money to the President’s Inaugural Committee, which raised more than $25 million for parades, inaugural balls and celebrations under way in the nation’s capital.

    Presidential inaugurations have long been funded by private donations. Obama is handling things differently this time around by accepting no gifts from corporations and capping individual donations at $50,000.

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  • Walker January 20, 2009 8:41 am

    The first sentence in this NBC4 article made me giggle. Does it mean that both of them will be called “President” today? ;)

    As President-Elect Barack Obama will have the “elect” dropped from his title, the current President will have the word “current” dropped from his on Tuesday.

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  • Walker January 20, 2009 9:02 am

    Oof. Thanks for the autoplay, Hulu. Looking for a way to disable that. :P

  • honavery January 20, 2009 9:02 am

    Hulu is great.

  • Walker January 20, 2009 9:10 am

    Yeah, I love Hulu and all, but I really would have preferred anyone or anything else being the sponsor for this other than Paul Blart Mall Cop.

    I guess I can’t complain too much though… Hulu is providing the live streaming for free.

  • Anne January 20, 2009 9:15 am

    So how many people does that mean for them to close it?!!

  • Walker January 20, 2009 9:27 am

    From the AP:

    Crowds of 1 million or more to test DC
    By NAFEESA SYEED – 52 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Crowds streamed into the nation’s capital Tuesday, jamming subway cars and packing the National Mall from the Capitol to the Washington Monument hours before President-elect Barack Obama was to be sworn in.

    By 7 a.m., some 207,000 people had entered Washington’s Metro transit system, transit officials said. Huge lines formed outside subway stations; many parking lots filled up and had to be closed.

    Meanwhile, thousands of people gathered near the parade route on Pennsylvania Avenue, occasionally erupting in spontaneous cheers and chants of “open the gates!” The large crowds made it difficult for many to figure out where checkpoints into the secure area were.

    Police have projected crowds ranging between 1 and 2 million for the inauguration. It’s possible that attendance could top the 1.2 million people who were at Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 inauguration, which is the largest crowd the National Park Service has on record.

    In 1981, President Ronald Reagan’s inauguration drew about 500,000 people, and President Bill Clinton’s 1993 inauguration drew about 800,000 people, according to park service estimates.

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  • honavery January 20, 2009 10:31 am

    “This historic moment is brought to you by Paul Blart: Mall Cop.”

  • pixlfarmer January 20, 2009 10:41 am

    Mall Cop? For real? Somebody needs to go back to marketing school.

  • Bear January 20, 2009 11:06 am

    Yes.

    That’s unkind. If the stream is frozen, they should freeze the ads too….

  • vestanpance January 20, 2009 11:39 am

    FPS are lacking… grrr

  • honavery January 20, 2009 11:43 am

    The internet is pretty much dying at my work. Oh well.

  • Walker January 20, 2009 11:53 am

    I switched to MSNBC.com awhile back. Just as choppy. :(

  • Walker January 20, 2009 12:09 pm

    The video on npr.org actually seems to be working the best right now.

  • columbusdreamer January 20, 2009 12:30 pm

    that was an amazing speech

  • Anne January 20, 2009 12:33 pm

    I’m so happy to be an American today. Wonderful speech.

  • chaptal January 20, 2009 12:43 pm

    “Your people will judge you on what you can build not what you destroy.”

    Oh yes!

  • Walker January 20, 2009 12:43 pm

    Agreed. Great speech!

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