- Networks grudgingly schedule one hour of programming.
- Chooses to get sworn in using Ronald Reagan’s bible; astrology charts fall out during ceremony.
- Invites Rick Warren to give the invocation.
- Swears to uphold the Constitution by saying, “I do, my friends.”
- Hot ticket is to the Alaska Ball, but only real Americans are invited.
- Most expensive inaugural ever.
- African Americans weep en masse.
- Rod Blagojevich not welcome.
- Bud Light chosen as official beer of the inauguration because of its drinkability.
- Between Cardinals in the Super Bowl and McCain in the White House, Arizona proclaims, "This is our time."
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