A Whirlwind Tour of Inauguration Day
Dancing on Bill's grave, the Black Tie & Boots gala, war heroes honored and forgotten, empty venues -- and Meatloaf?
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Republicans kicked up their heels over the weekend in a frenzy of partying to celebrate George W. Bush's inauguration as the 43rd President of the United States. Here are a few glimpses of the event that you didn't see on TV.
"Yes, Virginia, the vast Right Wing Conspiracy did exist all along," roared conservative activist Brent Bozell, some 40 hours and 30 minutes before the end of the Clinton Administration. "And [there are] two more days to revel in the politics of personal destruction.... We still have a couple of days left before Compassionate Conservatism kicks in."