Joel Osteen Swearing in Perry?
By Wells Dunbar, 10:24AM, Tue. Jan. 16, 2007
Yes, Joel Osteen is delivering the invocation for Rick Perry's swearing in. Kinda surprising; from his Wikipedia page, he doesn't sound nearly as Christian Taliban as Rick "Yer all going to hell" Perry would like. Oh well, different strokes.
You can watch the swearing-in ceremony online here.
[Ed. Note from Lee Nichols: It's also showing on KVUE, News 8 Austin, and KXAN, but Fox-7 - despite saying "Inauguration" in the program guide - is instead showing Tyra Banks. And really, I'd much rather look at Tyra Banks than Rick Perry any day, no matter how perfect his hair might be. K-EYE is making no pretense to interest in Texas civic affairs and is showing The Price Is Right with no apologies. (Come to think of it, maybe we should just call the inauguration "The Price Is Right.")]
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