When he was welcomed to the podium at some five minutes past noon for the invocation, he let Mitchell the fast lady walk infront of him as he said "after you",loud enough that it was picked up by the microphones. And when he faltered when saying the words of the swearing-in.Coming from a  man who delivers speeches flawlessly and with great orator,those few sentences seemed to be such a great burden. Overall it showed just how Human we all are included Mr President Himself. Anyhow you can catch the video from youtube on this link.
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My Keen Observations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnygQ02aW4

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MSNBC has the whole thing split up into several segments for each of the different parts of the ceremony. (For some reason they seem to have Elizabeth Alexander's poem twice.)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/vp/28738394

I suppose my single favorite moment was a simple one, the end of the oath of office...

Chief Justice: ".... So help you God?"

Obama: "So help me God."

CJ: "Congratulations, Mr President."

*Enormous cheers*

There were plenty of other lovely moments too. I loved the poem by Elizabeth Alexande, though I think a lot of people were a little bemused by it.

And it's worth listening to the entire Obama speech, not just the clips you might see on the news.
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If your yellow, then your mellow, red like a head.
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My favorite moment was also the oath of office. I was only able to listen to it on the radio but when it was occurring I thought to myself "How can anyone remember this entire dialogue under such pressure?"

It reminded me a little of a Three Stooges episode "Disorder In the Court" . Check this out around 3:15 into the video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZI2gv6Rq0U
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My favorite part of his speech was when he made reference to (I can't remember word for word) dusting ourselves off as a nation and getting to work.  To me, that meant there are no more excuses - rather than sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves waiting for change, we need to get up off our butts to make these changes.  I talked to m kids about that after they got home from school and it prompted a very productive conversation about how we can't wait around for others to do things for us - we have to do things for ourselves.  It was a very positive message
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My favorite moment was during the motorcade after the inauguration. It was hard to see President Obama in that big, safe but tinted window limousine as it moved slowly along.  But then the limo stopped and President Obama and the First Lady  got out and walked in front of the limo for a block or so and they were smiling and waving, and the crowd was cheering and I started crying. It was beautiful.

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http://www.youtube.com/

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