This inauguration was different from President Obama's first in many ways and not just the smaller crowds.
The second inaugural address of President Barack Obama was held Monday on Martin Luther King Day.
Our sister station out of Baltimore, WBFF, sat down with two Maryland lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and a professor of rhetoric at Towson University.
“I thought this was the anti-Kennedy inaugural,” stated Dr. Richard Yatz, Towson University Professor of Rhetoric. “This inaugural was all about what your country can do for you.”
“He talked about a little girl,” commented Maryland State Republican Pat McDonough. “Well that little girl will be paying for the debt that's creating by President Obama and other politicians for many years to come.”
“Am I disappointed about certain things, yeah,” admitted Curt Anderson.
Delegate Curt Anderson, an Obama supporter, admits the president didn't accomplish all that he had hoped in his first term. But he believes the president still has the best vision for the country.
“I'm completely satisfied, and pumped up to see President Obama in office, talking about what we need to do to bring all Americans up,” Anderson exclaimed.
“In this inaugural you know that he's not going to tackle the debt. He's not going to tackle foreign policy,” Yatz stated.
“He talked about hope and change, and people had belief in what he would do, but now we have a record. He talked the talk, but doesn't walk the walk,” countered McDonough.
Now the nation watches to see if the president who inspired so much hope four years ago can in fact, turn hope, into change in his second term.
The second inaugural address of President Barack Obama was held Monday on Martin Luther King Day.
Our sister station out of Baltimore, WBFF, sat down with two Maryland lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and a professor of rhetoric at Towson University.
“I thought this was the anti-Kennedy inaugural,” stated Dr. Richard Yatz, Towson University Professor of Rhetoric. “This inaugural was all about what your country can do for you.”
“He talked about a little girl,” commented Maryland State Republican Pat McDonough. “Well that little girl will be paying for the debt that's creating by President Obama and other politicians for many years to come.”
“Am I disappointed about certain things, yeah,” admitted Curt Anderson.
Delegate Curt Anderson, an Obama supporter, admits the president didn't accomplish all that he had hoped in his first term. But he believes the president still has the best vision for the country.
“I'm completely satisfied, and pumped up to see President Obama in office, talking about what we need to do to bring all Americans up,” Anderson exclaimed.
“In this inaugural you know that he's not going to tackle the debt. He's not going to tackle foreign policy,” Yatz stated.
“He talked about hope and change, and people had belief in what he would do, but now we have a record. He talked the talk, but doesn't walk the walk,” countered McDonough.
Now the nation watches to see if the president who inspired so much hope four years ago can in fact, turn hope, into change in his second term.