What a day…!

Did not trade today, as I was too wrapped up in the inauguration day coverage.  First I have to say, no matter what party you belong to, it is a magnificent sight to see the peaceful transfer of of power in the greatest country in the world.  Secondly, I have to say that it really looks as if Obama and Bush like each other.  The exchanged laughs, handshakes, and back slaps that went beyond the traditional “graces” between ingoing and outgoing presidents (Truman and Eisenhower did not even talk to each other during Ike’s Inauguration).  Next I have to say that Keith Oberman is so low class, it is hard to believe.  He could not keep from sniping at President Bush all through the coverage.  He will never get past his bitterness about Bush, and it will always haunt him that Bush made it for two terms.  I am sure the former President thinks about Oberman about zero times a day.  Lastly, there was an interesting contrast.  President Bush was in front of 2 million people who really hated him, yet he looked cool and relaxed, and later in the day at his Waco barbecue looked downright happy.  Yet when they showed Clinton today, he really look bitter, even though most would say his presidency was a “success”.  Perhaps it is because Bush has his own values and integrity, and does not depend on the approval of the masses to make him feel good about himself.  He is very centered, and a happy person inside.  However, Bill was always looking for approval from others, and now the he has been marginalized, and more importantly, his presidency has been marginalized forever by the real first black President, he has no light to bask in.  My prediction is that the Bush presidency will be remembered much more kindly in the future, noting the world changing times it occurred in, and the Clinton presidency will be forgotten as one that occurred during smooth sailing, when no hard decisions had to be make, and the president just had to make sure not to “upset the apple cart.”

In the end, I wish the best for president Obama.  I have high hopes that he will govern from the middle, and not give in to the secular left wing his party.  He is starting off on a good foot.