text: The speech and ceremony generally moved my needle much closer to the Resister end of the spectrum. (I thought before that maybe the man could be tamed, at least partially, by the awesome responsibilities of his office and didn't want to resist based on a very nasty campaige.) I liked the performance of the national anthem and did not find Cardinal Dolan to be objectionable. Certainly, the dignified presence of former presidents and their wives and Supreme Court justices was impressive. However, the total effect, and particularly the borderline offensive address, was to cause me to be near despair.