As Howie reports, no one can seem to figure out just who it was that thought it would be a good idea to omit Rev. Gene Robinson's invocation from th
January 19, 2009

As Howie reports, no one can seem to figure out just who it was that thought it would be a good idea to omit Rev. Gene Robinson's invocation from the HBO broadcast of yesterday's inauguration event. AfterElton reports HBO is blaming the Obama transition team, while the Obama folks are saying it just slipped through the cracks.

So for those interested, via Joe.My.God., here's a private recording of it from YouTube. The transcript is here.

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