So perhaps putting this blog out makes me a liar, but hey, it's my blog, so I make the rules. Yes, I know that I said that it would be a week before my next blog. And yes, I know it was supposed to be about sports. But somehow I neglected the fact that we had a presidential inauguration in our midst.
And when a moment like this happens, imagery steeped in history and humility, both at the same time, it begs to be brought to the public's attention.
I would go on to explain this photo and the moment that it represents, but really, Rachel Maddow, in the below clip, does it better justice. So for the sake of keeping this particular post nice and short, I'll refer you to there.
And yes, I realize that bringing you to a TV news clip (and an NBC one at that) after my last blog is a bit hypocritical of me. I don't do this because I believe that Rachel Maddow is immune to the ills of broadcasting. In fact, she's probably more afflicted by those ills than most. But here, she doesn't miss.
For me, moments like these are what separate Obama the politician, Obama the leader, Obama the icon, from Obama the man. Moments like these are why we have, all politics aside, a folk hero in our midst. A living legend. "I'm not going to see this again." Boy, does that ring true.
@Post_It_2013
PS--I would be remiss not to put up some of the funnier moments from the inauguration. These gifs and pics of Chuck Schumer, Bill Clinton, and Michelle Obama have led to internet gold
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