Obama Takes the Oath of Office

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Obama Takes the Oath of Office

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In case you missed Chief Justice Roberts bumbling the oath of office or you just want to relive the historic moment when Barack Obama became the nation’s 44th president, the first of African descent, here is his swearing in and speech in its entirety.

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By Hulk2008, January 21, 2009 at 6:50 am Link to this comment

Re: Jason’s comment “All humans are of African descent.”

That makes all of us citizens truly “African Americans” - and we can share in the joy and anticipation without regard to ANY pre-defined criteria.

(By the way…. Has anybody seen my 401k? It was laying around here before W took over. Maybe I left it in my old jacket ....)

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By Victoria, January 21, 2009 at 6:30 am Link to this comment
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I watch yesterday at tv when president had to do the ceremony , I think was most emotional moment for me at least , hole world waiting from him to change the world in better ways ..

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