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Joined by rich Rubino who is managing editor -- geek.
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Check it out if you haven't already.
And rich he's also author of the political Bible.
A little known facts in American politics and we got a whole bunch of them.
On inauguration stuff great to see you rich thanks for being here.
On my pleasure on the first of all I was I was interested in this one this was.
-- -- the -- -- the first.
In the first inauguration ceremony to be broadcast live on the Internet.
Yeah that was actually 1997.
1996 that presidential campaign was -- -- the first one.
Where the Internet really became a factor -- the election.
And 1997 Bill Clinton second occupation was the first to be broadcast live over the Internet -- -- Did you know I ever met -- -- back campaign that was when Bob Dole was the the Republican nominee and I remember him in one of the debates saying check out my website WWW.
As if he had no idea what it.
-- -- -- -- Okay great man but he did not he was not overly aware of what the Internet -- -- there is -- look at that.
Video of Bill Clinton's the swearing in ceremony -- and -- George W.
Bush said.
What what's that say that again it is to accept -- -- -- Right exactly -- and -- president Ronald Reagan has.
Met -- claim to fame in terms of innovations as well.
Both of them actually the first one in 1981.
Was actually that warm as it was 56 degrees.
And since the attic in contrast they get the -- city forward that to the coldest presidential inauguration it was -- -- -- about seven degrees.
And that's get to go inside -- -- that's the only time went Super Bowl Sunday and the presidential inauguration as acting on on the same day.
-- -- interesting and this why I don't two I know that genie is going to be very interested in this one.
Given -- are up passionate complaints -- backed.
President Obama -- lack of gender equality.
In top positions that president Woodrow Wilson in 1917 what was the important part of that for women.
Females were actually allowed in the inauguration parade they got him anyway thinking back yeah that's excited and yeah that's exciting yeah.
It was one of my favorites that you happy -- rich is up president John Quincy Adams 1825.
President to Wear trousers.
Thank you don't don't you would get a get -- almost every morning in the Potomac River he -- detriment.
Think that could happen today but.
It was quite an individual wow yeah can you imagine that President Obama running down the Potomac skinny dipping no I don't think that would.
-- -- that if I guess -- final one that we have is James Madison.
That was the first one when -- actually began charging the inaugural ball and it was about four dollars to four dollars and 88 to quell 1809.
I don't know what I don't know how you measure that -- -- placements today but that was the right sport always do it actually is.
I'm an 1817.
Games -- -- but not great in the first -- -- to be held outdoors.
Rachel -- -- what's your favorite little known fact with regard to all of this.
I would have to -- HPV eighteen point nine inauguration was really unprecedented.
Dissipated -- -- he was that you the first president didn't come from Patricia had a great.
Didn't have an Ivy -- -- but didn't have a formal education.
And they actually and he actually -- but they -- a lot of the kind of regular -- peers people coming.
And about played -- 30000 of them and they basically ran -- the White House about the way the opposite that the people how to read contribute to the people.
And get the people are the White House -- you have to take our into rum punch and -- scream and -- it it.
Applauds and all the average speed all the comedy is kind of -- outside NATO -- that -- that didn't go to a hotel where it don't they do.
That is absolutely marvelous that -- thank you rich repeat nobody is managing editor of to litigate dot com and author of the political Bible.
A little known facts in American politics there -- you can pick it up -- the iTunes bookstore Amazon.com even -- old fashioned.
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