Showing posts with label the singing fat lady. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the singing fat lady. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The fat lady finally sang!

AT 12:06 today, as Barack Obama was sworn in as our 44th  president,  the long tragicomic opera of George Bush & Co. ended.   Credit Gerald Ford's memorable words as he took the oath of office on Aug. 9,  1974 to succeed the disgraced Richard Nixon:
                                 "Our long national nightmare is over."