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helpunderdog says:

January 21
Outgoing President George W. Bush quietly boards his helicopter andleaves for Texas, commenting only: “Today is not about me. Today is a historical day for our nation and people.”

Eight years ago:
Outgoing President Bill Clinton schedules two separate radio addresses to the nation, and organizes a public farewell speech/ rally in downtown Washington D.C. scheduled to directly conflict with incoming President Bush’s inauguration ceremony.

January 21
President Bush leaves office without issuing a single Presidential pardon, only granting a commutation of sentence to two former border patrol agents convicted of shooting a convicted drug smuggler. He does not grant any type of clemency to Scooter Libby or any other former political aide, ally, or business partner.

Eight years ago:
President Clinton issues 140 pardons and several commutations of sentence on his final day in office.
Included in these are: billionaire financier, convicted tax evader, and leading Democratic campaign contributor Marc Rich; Whitewater scandal figure Susan McDougal; Congressional Post Office Scandal figure and former Democratic Congressman Dan Rostenkowski; convicted bank fraud, sexual assault and child porn perpetrator and former Democratic Congressman Melvin Reynolds; and convicted drug felon Roger Clinton, the President’s half-brother.

January 21:
The Bush daughters leave gift baskets in the White House bedrooms for the Obama daughters, containing flowers, candy, stuffed animals, DVD’s and CD’s, and heartfelt notes of encouragement and advice for the young girls on how to prepare for their new lives in the White House.

Eight years ago Yesterday:
Clinton and Gore staffers rip computer wires and electrical outlets from the White House walls, stuff piles of notebook papers into the White House toilets, systematically remove the letter “W” from every computer key-pad in the entire White House, and damage several thousand dollars worth of furniture in the White House master bedroom.

Headlines On Jan 21 4 Years Ago:
“Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops Die in unarmored Humvees”
“Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times”
“Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americansget the shaft”

Headlines Jan 21, 2009:
“Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $170 million”
“Obama Spends $170 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party”
“Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate”
“Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration”

Young American says:

During the olympics they did a story on the amount of food Michael Phelps consumed throughout the course of a day. I wondered how in the world anybody could eat that much food. Now it all makes sense ;)

CinderellaMan says:

Being a government worker myself, I can’t imagine how 67 computers can turn up missing, 13 in the last year.
I know all of our equipment must be tagged, and requisitioned out with an elaborate paper trail when it expires. We even have to tag cells and cameras.
And they are kidding themselves to think that key information has not been lost. Even deleted confidential stuff can be recovered by forensic experts, and rather easily at that.

Someone should lose their job over this, but, in a country where Sandy Berger can steal classified secret documents from the National Archives and never have to divulge what or why, I have no faith that this will happen.

AmericanRationale says:

I am SICK of this comparison of Obama to Lincoln! The revisionist left better be careful what they wish for. Lincoln’s presidency didn’t exactly end in a pleasant manner. Cuomo is as idiotic as he is ignorant. To say that Obama’s task is more difficult than Lincolns is beyond laughable. To say that Obama has “incredible intelligence” shows that like most liberals, Cuomo hasn’t listened to a damn thing that Obama has said. If he had he would know that Obama hasn’t a clue about much of anything. He’s a rambling fool. But he has eloquence and to the left eloquence is intelligence. Substance is irrelevant so long as when you speak it sounds good. Cuomo, you are a blithering idiot!