Did Obama Really take the Oath? (suspect, money, document, radio)
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i'm not a conspiracy nut, but did anyone else catch it? He stumbled during his repeating and taking of the oath. He said the main part backwards too. Even after the officer repeated it back to him a second time, he still said it back wrong. I'm surprised they did not require him to state it correctly. After all, it is more then just a ceremony, it is a declaration of the official presidential duties. Years ago when i was sworn in as a le officer, every single specific word had to be stated correctly.
I'm not a conspiracy nut, but did anyone else catch it? He stumbled during his repeating and taking of the oath. He said the main part backwards too. Even after the officer repeated it back to him a second time, he still said it back wrong. I'm surprised they did not require him to state it correctly. After all, it is more then just a ceremony, it is a declaration of the official Presidential duties. Years ago when I was sworn in as a LE officer, every single specific word had to be stated correctly.
someone probably already said this, but NBC reported that the oath was given to him incorrectly. He probably had it memorized and the chief justice screwed it up.
Well Obama did correct him self and it was funny to watch...he was very excited and clumsy, but who wouldn't be nervous....for all the Bush haters I will add something to hate Bush even more for...Bush did a better job being sworn in!
I wish the president good luck and great that he got what he wished for!
Well, gee, certainly taking to oath is the most important thing a president can do...
If you read the transcript, it is clear they BOTH got it wrong. First, Roberts said it wrong. Obama then paused, Roberts read it correctly, then Obama repeated it wrong. Case closed. We have a new President.
It doesn't matter at all in the grander scheme of things, but if the point is to be debated, here is the annotated transcript...
ROBERTS: ... that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully...
No, that's wrong. The correct wording is ... that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States. Roberts has misplaced the word "faithfully" and switched an "of" to a "to".
OBAMA: ... that I will execute...
Obama begins the recitation as Roberts had administered it, pausing over the error as Roberts tries to correct...
ROBERTS: ... faithfully the office of president of the United States...
Still wrong...it's faithfully execute, but Obama has already said execute...
OBAMA: ... the office of president of the United States faithfully...
Obama completes Roberts' original version, correcting the "to" to "of".
The two of them proceed through the remainder of the oath.
But the ability to speak in complete sentences often is nearly always an indicator of higher intelligence. Roberts does so, consistently. He listens, he thinks, and he replies logically and gracefully. It is a pleasure -- and a refreshing change, given the classlessness of most contemporary public figures -- to listen to him speak.
I'm sure Mr. Obama enjoyed what Justice Roberts had to say today -- gaffes and all!
Isn't this along the lines of how many Obama critics also said he would be sworn in using a Koran? I saw a Bible under his hand
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