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January 14, 2006

Viewing the Inauguration via TV in a Warm Room

While our man, Aaron, reports live Inaugural events in the rain, many of us view it televised while sitting in a warm room drinking hot tea, or the eqivalent. Though it's a shame that it rained on Tim's Parade, that is supposed to bring good luck. The beautiful pictures of Colonial Williamsburg and the cannons transport us to another time until we see the TV people gathering.

At high noon, the dignataries having filled the Inaugural platform, the ceremony begins and Governor Mark Warner enters to a standing ovation, an unprecedented event for an outgoing governor. One of the announcers says, "With Mark Warner's approval rating of 75 percent, Tim Kaine will have big shoes to fill, but he'll bring his own sense of self as governor."

Still Governor for a few more minutes, Warner beams with his effervescent smile. Virginians are indeed proud and thankful to him for his leadership as governor and look forward to supporting him in another governing office.

After the Attorney General and Lt. Governor are sworn in, Timothy Kaine, with his wife, Anne, at his side, is sworn in as the 70th Governor of Virginia. Tim thanks Mark Warner for the excellent job he has done then states his goals as governor. Speaking in fluent Spanish, Gov. Kaine shows some of his ever present abilities that he learned from his work as a missionary in Honduras, 20-some years ago.

As I watch, I wish this good man much luck. He has the qualifications, experience, and is, indeed, comfortable in his own shoes.

Posted by marlana at January 14, 2006 01:44 PM

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