Tweeting the Inauguration

In chronological order:

maestrowork: Goodbye Bush and hello Obama

DanWMartin: When Obama swears in this morning, I am going to cry tears of joy... which might be weird for the other people in the meeting with no TV.

curiousmartha: I already have chills.

djaffe: up early, watching inauguration footage on CNN. Thank GOD the last 8 years are over. Looking very much forward to the Barack generation! :)

pseudosu: @jaekaebee It's cool to think of you all the way over there experiencing the same thing with me. :)

harperteen: So excited today! Been a long time since I felt this inspired by my country

jsmithready: Wow! Ted Kennedy looks fantastic!

SmartBitches: Michelle Obama and Laura Bush: best limo ride conversation ever.

SmartBitches: The shots of the massive crowd are making me weepy. So amazing to see millions of happy people.

jaekaebee: Is anyone clapping that Bush is there? Srsly?

jenwriter: Obama looks like he's having a hard time not grinning like a fool.

MichaelBourret: Wow. I still can't believe it. The whole office here is watching together.

jaekaebee: OBAMA!!! OBAMA!! THERE HE IS!!!! OMG he is so cool. SO COOL.

Zerbinetta: Why couldn't the military band play "Rock You Like a Hurricane" when Obama came out?

SmartBitches: I love the tiny flashes from cameras deeeep in the crowd. I see you, person!

Colleen_Lindsay: Barack Obama's wearing a POWER TIE! Awesome!

maddow: Holy mackerel!

Colleen_Lindsay: Dianne Feinstein has announced two very different historic moments for me: The death of Harvey Milk, The inauguration of Barack Obama. Wow.

cassieclare: excellent hat on aretha

jenwriter: I love violins.

Zerbinetta: Love that John Williams has also managed to do the soundtrack for the Inauguration. I can hear mouses clicking to iTunes. (I ♥ Yo-yo)

MaudNewton: RT @mtobey is Joe Biden Bush's VP until Obama is sworn in?

jaekaebee: AW He's so NERVOUS

SmartBitches: my face hurts from grinning.

MaudNewton: (Apparently not. The oath is a formality.)

Sunnarose: *happy sigh* Yes we did.

Zerbinetta: Ooooh, he just tastefully bitch-slapped Bush. "Childish things." Love it.

heatherbrewer: I love listening to that man speak.

stephenfry: "We will raise science to its rightful place". Yes. Yes. Yes!!!

Zerbinetta: "Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity."

danfaust: "We will harness the Sun, and the wind, and the soil..."

stephenfry: "and non-believers" yay!

jenwriter: "...no longer can we consume the world's resources without regard to its effect."

Zerbinetta: "It is the kindness to take in the neighbor when the levy breaks..." Ok, now I'm tearing up.

heatherbrewer: If this man had been president eight years ago, my husband would still be in the Air Force. He's just amazing. Someone worth following.

stephenfry: "Curiosity" - that's an inspired point. So damned right. A human quality so often overlooked, but so crucial

danfaust: "Bitter swill"? Wow...just, wow.

Colleen_Lindsay: Barack Obama's Inaugural Address: The Full Transcript http://tinyurl.com/9l7xyz via @ShareThis

JackieKessler: FABULOUS. Here's to 44!!!

rachanee333: Most watched poetry reading ever

Sunnarose: huddled over portable TV in coworker's office for speech. damn, I love that man. what cadence.

pseudosu: I've never been truly emotionally moved (in a positive way) by any political event before. I am proud and hopeful.

MaudNewton: "in today's sharp sparkle... anything can be made, any sentence begun" -- Elizabeth Alexander

heatherbrewer: *rises for the anthem*

jaekaebee: AND GOODBYE FOREVER GEORGE!!!!!!

maddow: maybe john roberts will get a mulligan in four years

Bookgirl96: Here's to a new era

Janet_Reid: Seeing former President Bush get on that helicopter and leave, all I can think is "thank god he's gone"

jsmithready: Bush just took off. We have achieved liberation.

Zerbinetta: Keith Olbermann on Bush's exit: "And to all a good night." Amen.

Zerbinetta: While the crowd sang "Na na na na, hey, hey, hey. Good-bye."