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Before George W. Bush takes the oath of office on Saturday, tens of thousands of Americans will descend on the capital to celebrate, protest or simply to gawk...
...Sharpton, his long, thick, wavy hair sprayed stiffly into place. To protest the swearing-in of President-elect George Bush, Sharpton says, he will hold a simultaneous "shadow inauguration" in downtown D.C., blocks away from the inaugural route, where he plans to give his own inaugural address and inaugural oath. At the rally, scheduled for 10:30 on Saturday morning, he will deputize hundreds of people to amend the electoral process...
...According to organizers and police alike, this year's counter-inaugural protests will be the largest since Richard Nixon took the oath of office in 1973, during the heyday of anti-Vietman war outrage. And protesters aren't limiting their activities to Saturday: Several groups, including the George Washington University Action Coalition, are sponsoring teach-ins and planning workshops - during which they hope to spark ongoing political interest among protesters...
Minutes earlier, another Democratic Senator had taken the oath, one who came by way of a far more profound tragedy. Three months before, Jean Carnahan was working on a speech in her office at the Missouri Governor's mansion when she looked up to find a state trooper at the door. He dropped on one knee, took her hand and told her that her eldest son Randy and her husband, Governor Mel Carnahan, had just been killed when their small plane crashed. "I knew instantly what he was going to say. My world stopped." A few days later...
Gore gamely administered all senatorial oaths twice, first in private, then in a room where cameras are allowed. Everyone had family around but him, everyone welcoming a new day but him. Each Senator then held a reception serving the same Swedish meatballs and cold cuts. The parties for Clinton and Carnahan were jammed. Carnahan expects to work well with Hillary, whom she knows, partly from staying twice in the Lincoln Bedroom ("And it didn't cost us a cent"). Carnahan celebrated with the family left to her: daughter Robin, 39, and son Tom, 31, who may move to Washington...