huffingtonpost.com - 1/26/2009
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So, what on Earth happened to the now-legendary holders of Purple Inaugural Tickets? Answering this question may ultimately require the re-opening of the X-Files. However, unsatisfied with the accounts we've read thus far, we've taken it upon ourselves to ask those who endured the ordeal to ...
lynch.foreignpolicy.com - 1/20/2009
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lynch.foreignpolicy.com —
A reported two million people watched Barack Obama's
inauguration today. I, unfortunately, wasn't one of them. If...
you don't care why, and just want foreign policy blogging, skip the rest of this post and come back tomorrow. See, I went to the show ...
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The purple tunnel of doom
heraldnet.com - 1/21/2009
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heraldnet.com —
Stuck in a Tunnel Thanks for reporting this!
I, along with thousands of my closest friends, was...
stuck in the I-395 tunnel for hours and failed to get in, despite holding a purple ticket. I hope this story gets out, not to take away from Obama's big ...
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Purple tickets no help in getting into inauguration
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Remedying the Purple Ticket Debacle Through Organized Outrage
techPresident —
... The Huffington Post's Jason Linkins has done a bang-up job piecing together what happened on that fateful day from press reports and user submissions. There was not nearly enough crowd control in place, from signs to volunteers. There was no true "purple ticket holder" line, which meant that blue and silver ticket-holders where attempting to use the same bottlenecked access points. Some unlucky souls found themselves trapped in the Third Street Tunnel from the beginning to end of the inauguration celebration. Their outrage is understandable. ...
Worst. Inauguration. Ever. Part II: The Reckoning?
Firedoglake —
... —that no one could have expected the large turnout and that only a few thousand ticket-holders were inconvenienced—and so it came to a faulty set of conclusions. (Jason Linkins and the gang at HufPo did a better job of assessing the scene within two days of the inauguration.) By not acknowledging the realities of the day, and by not asking who was responsible for the bad planning and decision-making, DiFi and friends have done little more than hand the problem off to the next Congress. . . and the next 10-20,000 poor bastards who will end inauguration day 2013 holding on to ...
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Purple People Pissed
blogs.tnr.com 1/21/2009 — I cannot even imagine the logistical skill and dedication
required to pull off an event of today's magnitude. And, given the million-plus
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planning was clearly successful. ...
No Purple Heart for PTSD
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The Purple Returns
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In U.S., 60% Tuned In to Inauguration as It Happened
gallup.com 1/22/2009 — PRINCETON, NJ -- Six in 10 Americans tuned in live to the presidential inauguration ceremonies on Tuesday. Another 20% heard or read news reports of the event while 20% caught none of it. ol The live audience included 70% of nonworking Americans, but ...
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