Photos: Barack Obama inauguration - the first digital president
Source: Rex Features
Farewell George Dubya Bush
"I get the shuffle and then I shuffle the shuffle."
US President George W Bush to reporters in December 2005 when he showed off his iPod Shuffle that he got from U2 singer Bono.
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"
George W. Bush
In the 2004 election's second debate in St. Louis, Missouri, Bush used the word 'Internets' in response to an audience question about a potential military draft:
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Mr. President, since we continue to police the world, how do you intend to maintain our military presence without reinstituting a draft?
BUSH: Yes, that's a great question. Thanks. I hear there's rumours on the, uh, internets [pause] that we're going to have a draft.
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- 19/01/2009
Barack Obama's inauguration heralds a new type of president. A president that promises to keep in touch with technological advancements and uses them in his office. He's already shown his geeky side by embracing facebook and the fact he is rarely seen without his Blackberry. We look at some iconic images of the digital president as well as some of his quotes on technology.
