Great Moments in Inaugural History.

[elperromagico]

1841: William Henry Harrison delivers his inaugural address - the longest to date - in a driving, cold rain. He dies of pneumonia 30 days later.

1881: James Garfield is inaugurated as the 20th president. Moments later, he pushes his vice president Samuel Odie off of a table, and mails Chief Justice Nermal to Abu-Dhabi.

1909: Samuel Tilden shows up at the inauguration of William Howard Taft and insists upon being sworn in, despite the notable defect of being dead.

1925: A drunken Calvin Coolidge beats a man to death moments before taking the oath of office. With blood still dripping from his hands, he delivers the shortest address in history: "Fuck you."

1953: Dwight Eisenhower's first inaugural address is nothing more than a burped recitation of the alphabet.

1973: Richard Nixon, taking the oath of office for a second time, devotes much of his inaugural address to an ad for the Hair Club for Men.

1985: Ronald Reagan attends his own inauguration - announces in his address that "I was not inaugurated, nor do I recall ever being inaugurated."

2001: George W. Bush sworn in, immediately begins fucking up the country.

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1. Reports of my death have been greatly exagerated...

but to everyone that attended........

[JohnKleeb]

2. thats good

[BurtWorm]

3. Harrison's was apparently the longest inaugural address ever.

What an idiot. May he rest in piece. :eyes:

[peekaloo]

4. excellent list. So I'm watching Tony Danza this a.m. and he makes

a sincere statement that he truly hopes Bu$h delivers an inspiring speech that will once and for all unite this country.

Somehow that moment in TV non-history complements your post.

:dunce:

[elperromagico]

5. When Tony Danza is worried about the disunity in the country,

you know something's wrong.

[elperromagico]

6. Kick bounce kick.

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7. Kick v. 2.0

[Bunny]

8. That was great!

Especially the Calvin Coolidge one. Thanks for posting!