I left the White House. But I'm still here. We're not going anywhere. He was live on every network. Bush, meanwhile, was inside the Capitol, having lunch in Statuary Hall, giving the ex-President time to get out of town before the parade began.
People say, 'Well, gosh, the election was so close.
I'm here to tell the country that things will get done, that we're going to rise above expectations. At times it seemed as if there were more protesters than well-wishers along the route. An egg hit Bush's limo as it sloshed down Pennsylvania Avenue. Two cozy demonstrators in polar-bear costumes handed out literature on banning whale oil. Starbucks handed out free coffee.