INAUGURATION BLOOPERS

INAUGURATION BLOOPERS

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- George W. Bush better hope his inauguration goes more smoothly than those of his predecessors. According to inauguration expert Jim Bendat, 15th president James Buchanan had to have a doctor at his side during his swearing-in ceremonies because he was suffering from a severe case of diarrhea. -- At Abraham Lincoln's inauguration in 1865, vice- president Andrew Johnson showed up drunk and gave a rambling, incoherent speech. -- And, finally, it was so cold at Ulysses S. Grant's inauguration that the food froze and 100 live canaries brought in for the occasion died. Bendat is the author of the book "Democracy's Big Day" (IUniverse.com).