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See Inauguration In Person?

Can a person drive to DC and see Obama's inauguration?


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**Edit: yes it is possible. See JCCIC ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL PROGRAM

I want to drive to DC and see Obama sworn into office.

Is this even realistic? I hear all this crap about tickets given to lucky lottery winners and stuff. When the hell did people start needing tickets?

If I drive there, will I be able to see him sworn in? Or is that an unrealistic goal for some random person from Florida with no tickets/connections.
 
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They are only 8500 for 4 in this recession..... :lol:

Obama tickets

Screw that. I'm just going to show up and climb a goddam tree or something. People shouldn't have to pay to see the damn thing. What the hell is that?

I'm going to see my president sworn into office. The secret service can arrest me for that if they want. I'm not paying for it.
 
GETTING TO THE SWEARING-IN

Getting to the swearing-in ceremonies that morning will be very difficult because of the large crowds. In addition to the 240,000 ticketed guests, a million or more people are expected to view the inauguration from the National Mall between 4th Street and the Lincoln Memorial, along with hundreds of thousands of others who plan on watching the Inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.


JCCIC ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL PROGRAM

Rocked.

I'll be in that crowd of 1 million.
 
Screw that. I'm just going to show up and climb a goddam tree or something. People shouldn't have to pay to see the damn thing. What the hell is that?

I'm going to see my president sworn into office. The secret service can arrest me for that if they want. I'm not paying for it.

You would probably see more on TV. But, if you want to be in on it, see if there are people in your area going by bus. If everyone who wanted to see it drove you might find yourself unable to find a parking spot. Take a portable TV. Seeing all you guys dangling from trees is only going to give the wrong impression. ;)
 
You would probably see more on TV. But, if you want to be in on it, see if there are people in your area going by bus. If everyone who wanted to see it drove you might find yourself unable to find a parking spot. Take a portable TV. Seeing all you guys dangling from trees is only going to give the wrong impression. ;)

I'm going to drive myself to within 5 miles of that 2 mile security perimeter they setup. Parking should be easy to find at that distance (I'll just park at McDonalds or something).

I've got an iPhone with GPS. I'm going to use that and my old aggro skates ("rollerblades") to get to the area. Once the crowd gets thick I'll put the skates in my bag and walk through the crowd to get to a spot where I can see.

Since I'm going alone, I'll be able to move much more easily than families or people with children. Since I'm young, I can climb up to a spot with a decent line of site.

He's my president, and I'm going to see him get sworn in GOD DAMMIT. This is like mission impossible or something.
 
**Edit: yes it is possible. See JCCIC ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL PROGRAM

I want to drive to DC and see Obama sworn into office.

Is this even realistic? I hear all this crap about tickets given to lucky lottery winners and stuff. When the hell did people start needing tickets?

If I drive there, will I be able to see him sworn in? Or is that an unrealistic goal for some random person from Florida with no tickets/connections.

Yes, you can drive there and yes, you can see it for free.

The tickets are generally for the good seats that are close up. However I'm pretty sure that there is free attendance to the inaguation and the hooplah around it.

As far as driving...um, that depends. Most hotels are booked up in DC and the surrounding areas. Almost every major road leading into DC is going to be closed on the day of the inaguation if you arrived that day you'd be parking somewhere like arlington and walking into DC.

For me, I'm staying at my home near Dulles, just outside of Metro range and out of the idiotic jungle that DC is about to become.
 
Yes, you can drive there and yes, you can see it for free.

The tickets are generally for the good seats that are close up. However I'm pretty sure that there is free attendance to the inaguation and the hooplah around it.

As far as driving...um, that depends. Most hotels are booked up in DC and the surrounding areas. Almost every major road leading into DC is going to be closed on the day of the inaguation if you arrived that day you'd be parking somewhere like arlington and walking into DC.

For me, I'm staying at my home near Dulles, just outside of Metro range and out of the idiotic jungle that DC is about to become.

How many miles from arlington to the capitol bld?
 
I've got an iPhone with GPS. I'm going to use that and my old aggro skates ("rollerblades") to get to the area. Once the crowd gets thick I'll put the skates in my bag and walk through the crowd to get to a spot where I can see.

Since I'm going alone, I'll be able to move much more easily than families or people with children. Since I'm young, I can climb up to a spot with a decent line of site.

I'd be careful about doing that ;)
 
**Edit: yes it is possible. See JCCIC ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL PROGRAM

I want to drive to DC and see Obama sworn into office.

Is this even realistic? I hear all this crap about tickets given to lucky lottery winners and stuff. When the hell did people start needing tickets?

If I drive there, will I be able to see him sworn in? Or is that an unrealistic goal for some random person from Florida with no tickets/connections.

One can drive to DC (but parking will be a nightmare). Tickets will be required but only for one to stand on the lawn of the Capitol's West Side. One does not need tickets to stand off the Capitol's lawn. The Mall will probably be packed. One also does not need tickets to view the Inaugural parade.
 
(I'll just park at McDonalds or something).

Find something bigger than a fast food place, where it could be left overnight, as it might get towed; you might want to sneak into a hoopla thingy after. What the hell, you are young.

Have fun, and drive carefully.
 
Why any man would want to spend so much time and money just to see another man is beyond me..
Sheeple are strange..
And I do not think it can be successfully done, unless a man has more dollars than cents.:rofl
If one must, why not watch it one TV ?
I'd much rather watch real people competing on TV.. or watch PCN at the farm show...
 
Why any man would want to spend so much time and money just to see another man is beyond me..
Sheeple are strange..
And I do not think it can be successfully done, unless a man has more dollars than cents.:rofl
If one must, why not watch it one TV ?
I'd much rather watch real people competing on TV.. or watch PCN at the farm show...

We drove hundreds of miles to see a Saturn V rocket take off. I brought home a turtle for my sandbox. Now I still go outside to see rockets take off, but I do not touch the turtles. From their perspective this is much bigger than a rocket taking off bound for the moon.

This is like jumping in a time machine to go see George Washington, except this time we do not know how it will turn out. If Obama turns out to be ok, it is like missing the Sermon on the Mount because there were some gladiatorial games that day. If Obama turns out worse than Bush, they will blame Republicans or Bush, but feel cheated unless they got laid at the party. If he goes down like JFK, they will blame it on the Republicans and Bush and find financial ties to the mint who made the JFK Obamanation coins; think Jeffrey Hunter and playing the messiah curse.

If I watched this on TV I would puke at all the FDR, JFK Camealot, Jimmy Cotter puke second coming references before the boy has shot his wad in the White House. If we do not want this country going to hell we better hope he is a good president, or as good as FDR, a better finisher than JFK, and 100 percent better than Jimmy Cotter puke or Bush.

You know, it is history, if Obama fails to get us out of this mess, his former minister will only remember him as being half white.

Obama historically sits as a first, possibly a George Washington in scale, definitely with a job harder than any president has ever has faced in American History.

Washington, Lincoln, and FDR had it easy compared to what Obama faces on day one, with regard to who has his back. As a Chicken Hawk Obama will be a smirking chimp on his first order to our military not to stand down, just ask any “liberal.“ And anyone who says otherwise is a traitor.
 
You did not Just compare Obama to washington and claim Washington had it easier than Obama now did you? :shock:


:lol:
 
I wouldn't pay to go see it because the location may change. I think I've heard him say he was all about change a couple times.
 
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