Goodbye Dubya, here come the Barack and Michelle show...

[mrsbaldwin]

... and straight to the important stuff - she is wearing a dress by a Cuban American designer.

Switch on the telly right now and have a look at it all if you can

yes i saw that but thought i was seeing things haha

For inauguration junkies who aren't satisfied yet, Sky News has signing ceremony, which Beeb isn't covering.

Are MNetters shocked that they were running late????

I am

I mean in UK trins and buses run late but state occaisions for royal family are always exactly on time correct to the minute

i also loved the extending hand unclenching fist bit..
but also wondered what was with the dodgy god save the queen song (although not as dodgy as the original)...

Oh no, they were only a little late. Fashionably almost. Like a bride at a wedding

I too thought the Lord's Prayer lady was just chewing and not praying!

LOLed at the lady wiping her hand on her skirt - I thought it was my imagination but obv not!!!!

Adorable how Obama's daughter was taking pictures with her own little digital...

Teddy Kennedy had a seizure at his table during lunch.

oh Teddy nooo

too much for him the day perhaps

Another one has been taken ill at the lunch!! How strange!

Robert Byrd, but he is really old though i suppose.

in poor tatse i know but what are they feeding these people!

Lowery was fab

Obama's speech was very meh IMO - said absolutely nothing of substance and stated lots of the bleeding obvious.

Aretha's song was crap (and I love Aretha usually)

Soooooo much God wasn't there? At least BO mentioned us 'non-believers' once - woohoo!! That irritating conservative Christian who gave the opening prayer thing - yuck. And what happened to Gene Robinson - thought he was supposed to be doing something?

Oh and by GOD wasn't the BBC coverage annoying. Matt Frei wittering all over that nice John Williams piece. I turned over to CNN. The BBC have covered this whole thing really badly (and to top it off they are inflicting Justin Webb - who called the entire election wrong - on the Today programme).

I'm not particularly whelmed, overall... hopefully a so-so inauguration will lead to something more interesting.

Did Ted really have a seizure?
It's about time he checked out.
Remember he left Mary Jo Kopechne to drown in Chappaquiddick

Aretha is fucking huge,bless her.
She's next in line for a seizure if she don't lay off the Twinkies.

Oh heres the proper thread. I've been looking for one!!!

I agree that the BBC talking over everything was bloody annoying.

That was so hilariously symbolic of a sick administartion, Cheney in a wheelchair.
Didn't he accidentally shoot someone a while back?
Fucking idiot.

can't believe sky has been better than bbc v annoyed with them

The BBC used to be brilliant at shutting the fuck up at moments of importance (whether it be a tight point at Wimbledon or a moving bit of music). Now it seems to have become utterly verbally incontinent.

I couldn't get Sky for some reason. Mind you I've just remembered that I boycott Sky so probably just as well.

Does anyone know, did he read his speech or did he memorise it? because he did not seem to be reading.

I didn't notice tbh.