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Enjoy the History, Ignore the Politics Why conservatives should be looking forward to the Obama inauguration. By Rachael Larimore Posted Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at 6:59 AM ET See all of Slate's inauguration coverage . Spectators at the "We Are One" concert at the Lincoln Memorial As a conservative, I think I may actually enjoy Barack Obama's inauguration more than my many Obama-supporting friends. I'm not planning a special trip to Washington, D.C., or stocking up on commemorative coins or coffee cups. Throughout the campaign, I considered Obama to be an impressive orator, a compelling candidate, and, as we got closer to November, the likely victor. But, at the end of the day, he was still—in my eyes—just a politician, and, perhaps more distressing to his legions of fans, a human being . My hopes and expectations for Obama, therefore, are much more reasonable, and I will be able to take in the history and the pomp without the accompanying anxiety that Inauguration ...
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