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Press in a Frenzy Over Obama Inauguration

By Paul Bedard

December 7, 2008 RSS Feed Print

By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers.

It isn't just the public that's in a frenzy for tickets to attend Barack Obama's inauguration. So are the media. Whispers hears that applications to cover the January 20 event are 10 times higher than for past inaugurations. So far, 2,400 to 3,000 news organizations, reporters, and photographers are begging for seats. It's still unclear how many seats will be available on the West Front of the Capitol, but it's in the hundreds, not thousands, say insiders.

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Inauguration,
Barack Obama

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All these little losers and whiners. They deserve to be run over and left in the dust. In either case they wouldn't have a clue who to vote for no matter got the presidency. This last administration not only had two terms to really show us how to advance and bloom. Instead we are involved in two losing wars. We are burrying our sons and daughters. Our economy is in the dumps. We are facing a depression. He sold all our technical jobs, factories and plants to foreign competitors and in return graciously let us compete for the McDonalds and Walmart jobs. He made sure though that his banking and political buddies got some nice bonusses.

Peter J. Faatz of OK 4:47PM December 08, 2008

Why shouldn't the press get all hot and bothered over Obama's inauguration.They had more to do with getting him elected than anyone else.If they hadn't flogged the idea of a recession so hard for the last 18 mos.,we wouldn't have had one and McCain might be President come January 20th.The press and their near orgasmic glee at just the idea of Barack Hussein as president is the biggest reason,along with 3/4's of a BILLION $$$$$$'s.raised through donors legal and illegal is what we have to thank for all this 'change';like Hillary Clinton,Bill Richardson,Joe Biden,etc.,etc.,etc.Yeah,change we can believe in my a$$!

Tim Schubert of IL 3:18PM December 08, 2008

I think all this negativity is very sad. Some people need to get a glue and realize things change, whether you like it or not. If they didn't we'd still be riding horses, farming and buying goods from a general store. Get with it.

all4change of MA 1:33PM December 08, 2008

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