7 Negative Comments on Inauguration Day

Many of our commenters have noted that much of the media coverage of the inauguration has reflected the feelings of the 64% of the country who feel better about the future of the United States with Obama as president. This, of course, doesn't do justice to the 19% who feel worse (17% feel neither better nor worse or are not sure how they feel).

So for those of you who are just determined to be unhappy in the midst of a mostly joyful country, I have two things to say. First of all, if you think there has been no coverage of the opposition voices, you're wrong. Secondly, I hear you.

So here are the 7 most negative comments I could find about Barack Obama's Inauguration.

1. Rush Limbaugh - "I Don't Want Him To Succeed"
I don't think Rush actually means he wants America to fail with Obama in charge, I think he's just saying that he doesn't want Obama's stated policies to turn into a reality.

2. Power Line - "Ally of Hamas Speaks at Obama's Inauguration Prayer Service"
I guess this is an attempt to continue the narrative that President Obama pals around with terrorists? I don't know, but apparently Ingrid Mattson is a president of a group that may one day be proven to have some connection to Hamas.


3. Leon H. Wolf at Red State - " I hope that Barack Obama is a failure as a President."
Ok, unlike Rush, Wolf DOES want to see the country go south (yikes!). He's afraid that if we all are comfy with our beautiful houses and large automobiles, we'll forget that Obama is a morally bankrupt individual (assuming you buy the argument that he is).


4. Hillary Kitten at Free Republic - "...a national disaster."
Admittedly, I'm pretty sure I could have found something a little more bitter over at Free Republic had I looked hard enough, but I thought this joke was kind of nasty in a fun way.


5. ocsurf at The Motley Fool - "Barack Obama is not black"
I've seen this sentiment quite a bit today. I chose to link to this particular post because a) it is at the Motley Fool (huh?) and b) the second paragraph in the two paragraph post assumes that no one read the first paragraph. Which I find very funny.


6. Philip J. Berg - blah blah blah usurper hoax blah blah blah
How could I make a list and not include the latest from the birthers. I was particularly interested to learn of Berg's love of inappropriate quotation marks. I had not caught that before.


7. Michelle Malkin - "the benediction's eloquence was marred by glib racialism"
There are many strong feelings out there that Obama on the one hand promised to lead our nation into a post-racial society, while on the other he played, and continues to play, the race card. This quote from Malkin sums up a lot of those feelings.

"Lowery got big cheers when he weaved in a weird prayer rap expressing his hope for a future in which... the "white would embrace the right."... Who wrote that line? Jeremiah Wright? And what would Obama's grandparents and mother have to say?"

I know that this is by no means a complete list, but I hope it is a representative one. If you feel that I have missed some important points, please feel free to share them in the comments.