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Quote: I don't care that he spent the money, but It is worth pointing out the hypocracy of people that complained when Bush spent less 4 years ago, and now say it is fine and good for Obama to spend more
I must have missed your post where you provide actual documentation to support this allegation that people complained four years ago and now say its fine. Could you reprint that actual evidence or link to it please?
And you know this because?????????
Quote: To put it even more simply, if McCain had won, it would have been much much less of a spectacle, even if he had wanted more.
Rebecca could be right - less enthusiasm for McCain would equal a smaller crowd - although if he had won, nobody can really say for sure. Which is why I find statements like the one above simply incredible.
The Obama crowd was the single largest crowd ever to turn out for an Inauguration event. The demands of protecting the President and the demand of pulic safety both had to be served. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as they say.