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The '''Obama presidential inauguration''' signaled the conclusion of the Bush administration with the swearing-in ceremony of president-elect [[Barack Hussein Obama]], and [[Joe Biden|Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.]] as Vice President, on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. EST. 1.8 million people came to [[Washington D.C.]] to watch the ceremony, the largest crowd ever assembled for a presidential inauguration since Lyndon B. Johnson's inauguration speech in 1965.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012103884.html/13/2009-01-13_obamas_inauguration_is_most_expensive_ev.html D.C.'s Inauguration Head Count: 1.8 Million] NY Daily News, January 14th 2009</ref>
The '''Obama presidential inauguration''' signaled the conclusion of the Bush administration with the swearing-in ceremony of president-elect [[Barack Hussein Obama]], and [[Joe Biden|Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.]] as Vice President, on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. EST. 1.8 million people came to [[Washington D.C.]] to watch the ceremony, the largest crowd ever assembled for a presidential inauguration since Lyndon B. Johnson's inauguration speech in 1965.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012103884.html/13/2009-01-13_obamas_inauguration_is_most_expensive_ev.html D.C.'s Inauguration Head Count: 1.8 Million] NY Daily News, January 14th 2009</ref>
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==MSM Comments==
==Cost of the Inauguration==
Obama's inauguration may have exceeded $160 million dollars; in comparison, the cost for George W. Bush's 2005 inauguration was only $44 million.<ref>Lakeland Times, ''The American people need a leader'', by Gregg Walker (Publisher), 1/30/2009[http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=9029]</ref>
Walker notes the comments from the liberal mainstream media regarding Bush's 2005 inauguration; <ref>[http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=10&SubSectionID=10&ArticleID=9029 The American people need a leader] LakelandTimes.com</ref>
*"Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops Die in unarmored Humvees"
*"Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times"
*"Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times"
*"Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, ordinary Americans get the shaft."
*"Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft."
and the comments from the liberal mainstream media regarding Obama's 2009 inauguration;
*"Obama Spends $120 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party"
*"Obama Spends $120 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party"
*"Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate"
*"Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate"
*"Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $120 million"
*"Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $120 million"
However, in a column for MediaMatters.org<ref>mediamatters.org, ''The media myth about the cost of Obama's inauguration'', by Eric Boehlert, Jan 17, 2009[http://mediamatters.org/columns/200901170003]</ref>, Eric Boehlert notes that the $44 million figure cited for the Bush inauguration did not include the federal government's spending on security for the event. The New York Times notes that, "In 2005, Mr. Bush raised $42.3 million from about 15,000 donors for festivities; the federal government and the District of Columbia spent a combined $115.5 million, most of it for security, the swearing-in ceremony, cleanup and for a holiday for federal workers."<ref>New York Times, ''Obama’s Inauguration Fund-Raising Tops $24 Million'', by KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, published January 5, 2009 [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/us/politics/06donors.html]</ref> According to Boehlert, the combined total of Bush's 2005 inauguration was $157 million, a cost similar to that projected for Obama's inauguration.
==Controversy==
==Controversy==