If you can’t make the trip to Washington, D.C., for Tuesday’s presidential inauguration, Hulu has just the ticket. We’ll be offering a live stream of the inaugural events, courtesy of Fox, that you can watch from hulu.com or directly from your personal website or blog using our embed code.
The coverage starts on Tuesday, January 20 at 9 a.m. EST and runs through 1:30 p.m. EST; the ceremony will also be available on demand on Hulu following the events. To get you in the spirit of the inauguration, our partners at iCue have compiled 23 inaugural speeches from past presidents, ranging from William McKinley — the oldest video on Hulu — to George W. Bush. In addition, to provide news related to the incoming administration, we’ve put together a spotlight page about the Obama Presidency, where you can find the latest commentary, weekly addresses, speeches and political humor related to the transition. It’s updated daily with relevant content from MSNBC, Fox News, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report, among others. You may even consider it your go-to source for the latest videos on President-elect Obama.
Before the euphoria of Election Day wears off — I don’t know about you, but I was glued to my TV set until after 1 a.m., watching my state’s results come in — we wanted to let you know that Hulu’s Election ‘08 Spotlight page is still around. We’ve added all of the election night commentary clips provided by our partners at MSNBC, as well as the full episode of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “The Final Endgame Go Time Alpha Action Lift-off Decide-icidal Hungry Man’s Extreme Raw Power Ultimate Voteslam Smackdown ‘08 No Mercy: Judgement Day ‘08″ or, more succinctly (thank you, Jon Stewart), Indecision ‘08: America’s Choice.
And while Stewart and Colbert provided an hour of funny coverage last night, two of the best moments all night came from the candidates. Senator John McCain’s concession speech has been called graceful and classy, a dignified way for the war hero step out of the spotlight. As he said, “And I call on all Americans … to believe, always, in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history.”
Shortly thereafter, President-elect Barack Obama appeared before a crowd of 125,000 in Chicago’s Grant Park, delivering a hopeful acceptance speech amid chants of “Yes we can!” and “Obama,” reminding us that “this is our time… to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one.”
This election cycle has been full of great moments, from profound speeches like these to funnier moments courtesy of our friends at Saturday Night Live. It’s been a long, sometimes bumpy, ride, but it’s been this season’s most riveting drama.
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Saturday Night Live continued its long history of political cameos this week, with Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin making two appearances on the show. She follows the likes of Gerald Ford, Janet Reno and, most recently, Hillary Clinton, who have all dropped in to prove that they can handle some good-natured lampooning.
So how’d Gov. Palin do? Hulu has clips from both of her appearances this week, so you can be the judge. She appears first in the opener and again with Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler on Weekend Update. And though Palin didn’t rap along with Poehler behind the news desk, she did raise the roof a little. Her opening sketch proves she’s a good sport about all the jibes — and even capable of delivering a good zinger.
As the election continues to dominate the national consciousness — it’s just over three weeks away now — the presidential debates conclude with the third and final debate tomorrow night. Just as we did last week, Hulu is offering a live stream of the complete presidential debate (courtesy of our friends at Fox) starting at 9 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. PDT Wednesday. Working late hours? Tune in from your office PC. Putting in some time at the local coffee shop? Watch it live from your laptop. Too tied up to catch McCain and Obama live? We’ll post the event in its entirety, along with clips and pre- and post-debate commentary, as soon as they become available following the live feed. You can find it all — along with election-related standup and sketches — on our Election ‘08 Spotlight page.
You can also embed the live stream on your blog or website and share it with your visitors. Just copy the embed code found at hulu.com/debate.html before the debates begin and paste it to your site. The countdown will appear until the action begins.
If Americans cant see what is going by now then this country is dome. mcCain is going run this counrty into the ground he is evil and we cant trust him, look at his choice for running mate a person who has no idea of what is going on with America and problems face and she dont even have a clue how to fix them. Obama proved once more for the third and final time that he knows what to do to fix the problems that we are in and make a beter future for us. Please vote for Obama on nov. 4th for you and yours childrens future.
If Americans cant see what is going by now then this country is dome. mcCain is going run this counrty into the ground he is evil and we cant trust him, look at his choice for running mate a person who has no idea of what is going on with America and problems face and she dont even have a clue how to fix them. Obama proved once more for the third and final time that he knows what to do to fix the problems that we are in and make a beter future for us. Please vote for Obama on nov. 4th for you and yours childrens future.
Khalid Ghafir is fooled in thinking that it could never happen.What ming Li says is so close to the truth of what happens when we let our guard down as a people and a country.Neither candidate speaks for me, but I do know that as a middle class stay at home mom on a limited income I don’t need Obama to take care of me by handing over to me someone else’s hard earned money and then call it being fair.
Give me a break!! This MING LI is what passes for Republican intelligence and propoganda. The only Americans dumb enough to believe that Ming Li crap are the dumb-ass ones already voting republican….so give it up stupid! John Mcain is FULL OF CRAP!!!! He and that excuse for a government official Sarah Palin are bold face liars & biggots. They and any so called Americans who votefor them should be ashamed. Ashamed for being dumb and ignorant. You people make me sick. You have no idea what a beautiful country you are screwing up!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ming Li, about 1949 China, it’s IMPOSSIBLE that anything like that could CONCEIVABLY happen in the U.S. at this time. There are still things like Congress and, in general, Democracy that has not existed in China. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE, even if they wanted to, that any U.S. President could implement anything like what you are talking about.
And, yes, socialist policies exist in both candidates’ proposed policies. After all, in the U.S., GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SOCIALIST SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED, in that people pay for programs used by other people. Hence, the government itself. The idea that Republicans want less government, or that Democrats are like 1949 China, is not rational or logical in any way.
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McCain is the real communist here and even worse a dictator…Now you can be sure of his motives and what a selfish bourgeoisie a this guy really is…He has no regard for intellectual property such a copyrights…so if he can rip musical artists off because he thinks he’s a VIP with 7 home and 13 cars, what do you think he’ll do the the common man or common merchant.
Obama’s policy of wealth redistribution is absolutely a socialist policy.
When Chinese communist army took over China in 1949 the first things they
did were confiscated the lands, factories, business and companies from the
private owners in the name of wealth redistribution. Therefore, everyone
is equal with nothing. Russians and Chinese people lived in worst society
in human history. Now, they are learning capitalist from United States
and West. Their county is no longer socialist society but capitalist.
Communist Russia and China used force to take wealth from wealth people and
Obama is trying to use a “peaceful” way—Tax to reach this goal. His goal
is not to lead all Americans to get wealth by hard working but tax wealth
people to poor, and make everyone is equal poor. It is the society he wants
Americans to live in. How foolish are those Americans who believe his policy.
Obama is digging grave for United States!
When we aren’t obsessing over video quality at Hulu, we’re often talking about the ins and outs of the upcoming election, discussing debates, campaign strategies, and generating more than a few debates ourselves.
We love an election, and it’s been very important to us that we fulfill our civic duty during this very important time for our country. We want to help as much as we can in providing the information you need, when you want it, where you want it.
That’s why we’re proud to announce the launch of our Election ‘08 Spotlight page. With content from our news partners, NBC News, MSNBC and Fox News, we’ll be adding all the content we can surrounding the election, for the first time in one place on Hulu, so you can have a bookmark that can provide you with the news you need to make your decision come November 4th.
When you’re as nuts about quality as we are, it can lead to some long hours, and getting home in time to catch some of the really important events can be tough. In that vein, I’m even more excited to announce that for the first time in Hulu history, we’ll be live streaming the second and third presidential debates, so you’ll be able to catch one of the more important events of this election cycle. Check them out on our Election ‘08 Spotlight page. Hope to see you there!
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A monumental and historical global event. The United States of America finally realizes the dream.