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Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Use just one word to describe how you felt during yesterday’s inaugural events.

       

150 Comments
  1. - OneMan - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:40 am:

    Hopeful


  2. - cardinals fan - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:42 am:

    Proud


  3. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:42 am:

    American


  4. - Anon - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:44 am:

    Inspired


  5. - Speaking At Will - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:45 am:

    Uneasy


  6. - wndycty - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:45 am:

    Proud


  7. - Interested Observer - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:46 am:

    Admiration


  8. - Missing Springfield - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:47 am:

    sobered


  9. - BandCamp - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:48 am:

    unillusioned


  10. - Concerned Observer - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:48 am:

    Fortunate.


  11. - Amuzing Myself - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:52 am:

    Bored.


  12. - Anonymous ZZZ - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:52 am:

    Patriotic


  13. - SpfldPolitico - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:54 am:

    Uninterested


  14. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:54 am:

    inspired


  15. - Plutocrat03 - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:57 am:

    bemused


  16. - Been There - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:57 am:

    Propitious


  17. - Wacker Drive - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:58 am:

    Nervous


  18. - FlatRockTommy - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:58 am:

    Nervous


  19. - Anonymous Coward - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:58 am:

    Reticent


  20. - Bill - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:58 am:

    Thrilled


  21. - rachel - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:00 am:

    Ecstatic!


  22. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:01 am:

    Surreal


  23. - Dan S, a Voter and Cubs Fan - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:03 am:

    content


  24. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:05 am:

    Bewildered!


  25. - cynic - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:06 am:

    meh


  26. - Anon from BB - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:08 am:

    Indifferent


  27. - Former State Employee 2 - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:10 am:

    Fascinated


  28. - Captain Flume - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:10 am:

    Confused


  29. - wheres the bathroom - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:11 am:

    Constipated


  30. - Cinho - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:11 am:

    Hopeful


  31. - Hopeful - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:11 am:

    Moved


  32. - Ken in Aurora - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:12 am:

    Suspicious


  33. - ILPundit - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:14 am:

    Relief


  34. - Anon is Me - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:16 am:

    skeptical


  35. - chicountryguy - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:16 am:

    Nervous


  36. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:16 am:

    Cold.


  37. - How Ironic - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:17 am:

    Excited


  38. - Gadfly - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:18 am:

    Conflicted


  39. - NL - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:21 am:

    Proud


  40. - Ahem - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:21 am:

    Obamalated.


  41. - Reddbyrd - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:22 am:

    Exhilaration


  42. - northernwatersports - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:23 am:

    Empowered


  43. - montrose - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:24 am:

    Weepy


  44. - Segatari - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:27 am:

    Uninspired.


  45. - IrishPirate - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:29 am:

    Hopeful


  46. - becky - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:29 am:

    verklempt


  47. - Edward Morgan Blake - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:32 am:

    cromulent


  48. - Jeff Wartman - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:34 am:

    Amused


  49. - anon - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:35 am:

    nauseated


  50. - Devin Miller - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:35 am:

    relieved


  51. - Ron - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:35 am:

    Hopeless


  52. - Heartless Libertarian - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:36 am:

    Republican


  53. - KeepSmiling - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:37 am:

    Optimistic


  54. - Phil Collins - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:38 am:

    Depressed


  55. - Jolly1 - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:44 am:

    Nonpartisan


  56. - Anonymouse - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:44 am:

    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious


  57. - Stayathomemom - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:51 am:

    Same


  58. - Suburban Republican - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:52 am:

    Un-bamboozled


  59. - Toni H. - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:52 am:

    Leary


  60. - Rufus - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:56 am:

    Happy


  61. - 4 percent - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:11 pm:

    hoodwinked


  62. - Anonish - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:13 pm:

    Ready,


  63. - Six Degrees of Separation - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:15 pm:

    Working.


  64. - Hmmm - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:24 pm:

    optimistic


  65. - TaxMeMore - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:26 pm:

    Sick


  66. - Joshua - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:27 pm:

    Brr.


  67. - Leroy - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:27 pm:

    fatigued


  68. - Jake from Elwood - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:32 pm:

    Non-denominational


  69. - Touchdown Rejus - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:33 pm:

    Oversold


  70. - wordslinger - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:33 pm:

    proud


  71. - scoot - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:35 pm:

    Overpriced


  72. - Ivory-billed Woodpecker - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:36 pm:

    Included.


  73. - carbon deforestation - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:37 pm:

    Excited!


  74. - lake county democrat - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:38 pm:

    anxious


  75. - 10th Indy - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:39 pm:

    Puddle


  76. - Mongo - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:39 pm:

    like Oswego Willy…American


  77. - Baltimoron - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:40 pm:

    United


  78. - been there - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:44 pm:

    worried.


  79. - Ghost - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:47 pm:

    Pivotal


  80. - Anonymous Conservative - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 12:53 pm:

    hopeless


  81. - My Kind of Town - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:02 pm:

    Obamatized


  82. - OK, Yes - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:04 pm:

    Delighted!


  83. - Ben S. - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:12 pm:

    Awed.


  84. - Homer J. Simpson - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:14 pm:

    Sagacious


  85. - Shelbyville - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:16 pm:

    alright


  86. - Anon - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:17 pm:

    Refined


  87. - John Ruberry - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:18 pm:

    Poem?


  88. - Just Sayin' - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:20 pm:

    Overwhelmed


  89. - GOP'er - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:21 pm:

    hypefatigued


  90. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:26 pm:

    Superbowled.


  91. - Fan of the Game - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:26 pm:

    Unimpressed


  92. - RightGirl - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:29 pm:

    Out-of-touch?


  93. - Collar Observer - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:32 pm:

    Empowered


  94. - Capitol View - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:36 pm:

    Relieved.


  95. - Levois - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:42 pm:

    over!


  96. - hopeful in IL - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:43 pm:

    Renewed


  97. - Vote Quimby! - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:44 pm:

    Relieved.


  98. - Larry Mullholland - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:45 pm:

    Proud


  99. - Lefty Lefty - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:47 pm:

    ambivalent


  100. - Loop Lady - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:47 pm:

    content


  101. - Conservative Republican - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:51 pm:

    Victimized


  102. - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:52 pm:

    Enochlophobia


  103. - Lefty - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:53 pm:

    Awestruck.


  104. - Alison - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:55 pm:

    disenfranchised


  105. - colt 45 - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 1:57 pm:

    wallet-less


  106. - Vote Quimby! - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:00 pm:

    (bleeping)!


  107. - Anon - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:02 pm:

    Ossaulted


  108. - Chanson - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:04 pm:

    anxious


  109. - fourtfour - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:05 pm:

    Dirty!


  110. - Kevin Fanning - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:07 pm:

    proud


  111. - Cheswick - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:32 pm:

    Giddy.


  112. - SpfldJimbo - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:33 pm:

    Reserved.


  113. - Belle - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:37 pm:

    Unimpressed


  114. - Tollway Joe - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:39 pm:

    Overrated


  115. - chimack - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:39 pm:

    Relieved


  116. - publius - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:40 pm:

    American


  117. - Seeker of Truth - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:40 pm:

    Amused


  118. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:44 pm:

    Underwhelmed.


  119. - shermans ghost - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 2:54 pm:

    Despair


  120. - DisenfranchisedConservative - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 3:01 pm:

    anti-supercalifragilisticexpialidocious


  121. - anon24 - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 3:16 pm:

    ashamed


  122. - KC - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 3:22 pm:

    White


  123. - curly - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 3:26 pm:

    bushwhacked


  124. - What's in a name? - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 3:31 pm:

    optimistic


  125. - Way Northsider - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 3:43 pm:

    moved


  126. - Southern Right - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 3:50 pm:

    puzzeled


  127. - IllinoisBelows - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 3:58 pm:

    Annoyed


  128. - Highland, IL - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 4:03 pm:

    Hopeful


  129. - downhereforyears - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 4:04 pm:

    peaceful


  130. - Pot calling kettle - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 4:16 pm:

    Optimistic


  131. - HearMeRoar - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 4:17 pm:

    Had to google that one, Rich!


  132. - jerry 101 - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 4:20 pm:

    Pride.


  133. - Louis G. Atsaves - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 4:21 pm:

    Suckered.


  134. - American Farmer - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 4:36 pm:

    Unblagojevich


  135. - first hand - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 4:47 pm:

    Euphoric


  136. - Loofty Dooo - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 5:13 pm:

    PC


  137. - DHee - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 5:34 pm:

    Nauseated


  138. - RRB - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 5:37 pm:

    Odd


  139. - Bruno Behrend - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 6:00 pm:

    Relieved


  140. - jwscott72 - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 6:37 pm:

    Indifferent


  141. - howie - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 6:49 pm:

    Betrayed


  142. - Ann - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 7:10 pm:

    Elevated.


  143. - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 7:24 pm:

    Blessed.


  144. - emyjo - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 8:19 pm:

    victorious


  145. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 8:53 pm:

    Pitched (i.e., set at a specified downward slant)


  146. - Chicago Cynic - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 9:41 pm:

    Pensive


  147. - Gregor - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:01 pm:

    motivated


  148. - WWDMD - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:05 pm:

    Legacy


  149. - inish - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 10:09 pm:

    Loraxed


  150. - Boone Logan Square - Wednesday, Jan 21, 09 @ 11:18 pm:

    Better.


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