Rick Warren's invocation: terrific
Aretha: great but a little noisy, too much fluff
John Williams arrangement: horrible, awful. Simple Gift a simple mess
Alexander Poem: what?
Obama: good, A- with many hints of A+... these things are tough to pull off. But of any recent presidents, it was probably the best. Certainly said and addressed what he had to.
Joseph Lowery benediction: terrific, starting with the God of weary years, god of silent tears and ending with the little Redd Foxx-type rhyme: when black will not be asked to give back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead man, and white will embrace what's right."
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