I don't think I have ever enjoyed and anticipated an inauguration as much. My only disappointment was when I heard Garth Brooks was going to perform I was hoping he would play "The Dance" in honor of all those we have lost to COVID 19 and for all Joe Biden has had to endure to get to this historic moment where he is elected president. At a time when his country needs him the most.
I don’t know much about her but I will soon. Always looking for strong female role models for my daughter.
She's quadrupled her twitter followers or something in the last hour - giving her about 300,000 more than @ Real Donald Trump.
I don't care about those official accounts (e.g., @PresElectJoeBiden). I was talking about this account, that you posted
A lot of work to be done, but I feel such relief. Biden’s words resonated with me. This has been missing in this country for so long. Truly hope we can come together as a nation. It’s time to toss the rhetoric from all angles aside.
She had something similar to Biden. She used to have a speech impediment. Amazing. 22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman will read at Biden inaugural | OurQuadCities Gorman says she was contacted late last month by the Biden inaugural committee. She has known numerous public figures, including former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former first lady Michelle Obama, but says she will be meeting the Bidens for the first time. The Bidens, apparently, have been aware of her: Gorman says the inaugural officials told her she had been recommended by the incoming first lady, Jill Biden. She is calling her inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb” while otherwise declining to preview any lines. Gorman says she was not given specific instructions on what to write, but was encouraged to emphasize unity and hope over “denigrating anyone” or declaring “ding, dong, the witch is dead” over the departure of President Donald Trump. The siege last week of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters seeking to overturn the election was a challenge for keeping a positive tone, but also an inspiration. Gorman says that she has been given 5 minutes to read, and before what she described during an interview as “the Confederate insurrection” of Jan. 6 she had only written about 3 1-2 minutes worth. The final length runs to about 6 minutes. “That day gave me a second wave of energy to finish the poem,” says Gorman, adding that she will not refer directly to Jan. 6, but will “touch” upon it. She said last week’s events did not upend the poem she had been working on because they didn’t surprise her.
And the cynical part of me is believing this has nothing to do with being a decent human and everything to do with saving face for a career after being vice president to Trump.
12:01 and the "1776 Commission Report" is mysteriously unavailable. I wonder what else goes missing today.
