It’s been days since Bush’s inauguration, and yet the aftertaste persists. (Kind of a mix of sulfur and that waxy taste you get when someone’s been spraying pesticides nearby.)

For some, it was the grotesque spectacle of dropping $40 million on a lavish party in the midst of war and tragedy.

For others, it was the thought of that poor, sobbing speechwriter three hours before the swearing-in, pleading “Mr. Rove, I can’t fit another ‘freedom’ reference in. The speech will collapse in on itself like a black hole. The entire inaugural party will be crushed in its gravitational field! In God’s name, don’t make me do it!”

Whatever the cause, if you just can’t shake that I-just-swallowed-a-bucket-of-sewage effect, ifilm has the mouthwash you’re looking for: a three-minute clip from some of the TV coverage of the parade.

If you’re the kind of person who nods vigorously while reading ODTAA rather than putting your fist through the monitor, chances are you missed this the first time it ran. Because — are you sitting down? — the source is FOX TV.

The FOX host is none too pleased when guest Judy Bahrach goes off-script and instead of emitting feelgood Pablum, starts juxtaposing the spare-no-expense approach to the inauguration to the spare-no-soldier approach to (not) armouring Humvees in Iraq.

Have a look. It’s wildly uncomfortable television. No wonder it’s the number one clip at ifilm.

IFILM – Television: Fair and Balanced Inauguration