RSVP: For those watching the Inauguration

[Mercy]

Originally Posted by Innocuous

Obama is OUR President and he's the first black President in our history. We don't have to agree with his policies to celebrate these American triumphs, 1) A peaceful transfer of power, and 2) celebrating the historical impact of electing a black man to the White House within 40 years of the birth of the Civil Rights movement. This is an American event, not a partisan political event or a celebration of a political agenda. It is reprehensible for partisans to turn their nose up at collective history, not to mention that it's bad politics.

I was there. And proud to be.