Presidential Inaugurations

[NiftyNiblick]

The recent coronation of Charles III was a pleasantly entertaining spectacle for those of us who were interested.

There is no comparing a coronation to a presidential inauguration, of course, but we really could do a bit more, don't you think?

John F. Kennedy was the last US President to be inaugurated wearing a formal morning suit.
That was fucking January of 1961.
Young people may not know this, but there used to be at least a modicum of formality to the process.

From LBJ on, all presidents have been inaugurated wearing a regular suit as if it were just another day at the office.
Can we be too far away from the celebrants wearing sweats?

I am personally offended by the level of informality to which our culture has descended.
I don't see anybody else complaining about this, however.
Obviously, I've outlived my own time.

 

[BidenPresident]

Fuck the monarchy.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

I've got to remember to ban the classless BidenPresident from my threads.

I can't read what the pathetic fuckwit says because he's obviously on ignore,
but just seeing his username on my threads is annoying.

 

[BidenPresident]

I've got to remember to ban the classless BidenPresident from my threads.

I can't read what the pathetic fuckwit says because he's obviously on ignore,
but just seeing his username on my threads is annoying.

You should go to a social media forum. You clearly do not want discussion.

 

[Tinkerpeach]

We don’t make a spectacle of it on purpose.

The president is a servant of the people and the people are more important than any one man so there should be no pompous ceremony.

It’s not about him it’s about Americans making a choice on which way to take the nation.

The president is just a tool they use to do it

 

[BidenPresident]

We don’t make a spectacle of it on purpose.

The president is a servant of the people and the people are more important than any one man so there should be no pompous ceremony.

It’s not about him it’s about Americans making a choice on which way to take the nation.

The president is just a tool they use to do it

Agree. Nifty seems to want the US to be a monarchy.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

We don’t make a spectacle of it on purpose.

The president is a servant of the people and the people are more important than any one man so there should be no pompous ceremony.

It’s not about him it’s about Americans making a choice on which way to take the nation.

The president is just a tool they use to do it

Still, not dressing formally is disrespectful to the process in my view.
We've trashed what little class we ever had.
I guess that I'm just incapable of thinking like a populist.

Also, I don't think that any of the people who clean up afterward deserves to be regarded as a "tool," much less the president.

 

[Ross Dolan]

The recent coronation of Charles III was a pleasantly entertaining spectacle for those of us who were interested.

There is no comparing a coronation to a presidential inauguration, of course, but we really could do a bit more, don't you think?

John F. Kennedy was the last US President to be inaugurated wearing a formal morning suit.
That was fucking January of 1961.
Young people may not know this, but there used to be at least a modicum of formality to the process.

From LBJ on, all presidents have been inaugurated wearing a regular suit as if it were just another day at the office.
Can we be too far away from the celebrants wearing sweats?

I am personally offended by the level of informality to which our culture has descended.
I don't see anybody else complaining about this, however.
Obviously, I've outlived my own time.

Me, too, Nifty.

 

[Ross Dolan]

I've got to remember to ban the classless BidenPresident from my threads.

I can't read what the pathetic fuckwit says because he's obviously on ignore,
but just seeing his username on my threads is annoying.

Please do not ban him. He is too much fun to laugh at. And he never disappoints...a rock-bottom stupid comment every time.