>> ^residue:
Haha, Obama took the oath AGAIN yesterday just to be safe
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2009-01-21-oath-again_N.htm


i was about to post this - good to see they actually care bout the little things. i also thought it was obama that messed up, so its reassuring that he pays that much attention to what people say.

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>> ^quantumushroom:
They'll be a lot more swearing when Obama's Same Old New Deal doesn't solve anything right away and makes things worse.


No-one coming into a clusterfuck of a situation like America are faced with is going to be fulfilling promises straight away, and anyone who jumps on that as a case point would be a hell of a fool to bother. It's quite obvious that before he can really make any difference he's going to have to do a huge clean up after the Bush administration. Reasonably speaking, I wouldn't expect any big changes any time in the near future

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It's probably exactly why he waited. He knew it was wrong and called Roberts on it.

He's that awesome.

>> ^therealblankman:
>> ^anyprophet:
It's actually Roberts who screwed up.

You'd think that Obama might have, oh, you know... REHEARSED OR SOMETHING!!!

>> ^StukaFox:
>> ^NetRunner:
(...) Chris Wallace, the Fox News anchor, said: “I’m not sure that Barack Obama really is the President of the United States. Because the oath of office is set in the Constitution, and (...) I’m not sure he actually said what is in the Constitution.”


That's FOX NEWS, defending the Constitution since 1996.

>> ^anyprophet:
It's actually Roberts who screwed up.


You'd think that Obama might have, oh, you know... REHEARSED OR SOMETHING!!!

>> ^NetRunner:
I thought the same thing as pierrekrahn when I watched it live, but yeah, watching it again it's clear it's Roberts who flubbed, not Obama.
I expect the wingnut media to now claim that Bush is still President because of the flub.


This may explain why CNN gleefully pointed out that Obama was already prez at 12:00 noon per the rules - even though he hadn't been sworn in.

All that power, and no oath of office - booya. For like 5 minutes, until they caught up.

Pretty funny that they fell behind schedule like that. Couldn't they, like, I dunno, DO THE JOHN WILLIAMS THING AFTER?

Silly.

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>> ^NetRunner:
I thought the same thing as pierrekrahn when I watched it live, but yeah, watching it again it's clear it's Roberts who flubbed, not Obama.
I expect the wingnut media to now claim that Bush is still President because of the flub.


Fox News beat ya to it:

"Wild Oaths | 1:51 p.m. For those who remain really upset about Barack Obama’s election, here is a new argument contesting his legitimacy, courtesy of Fox News Channel. Noting that Chief Justice John Roberts flubbed his recitation of the oath of office during the swearing-in ceremony, Chris Wallace, the Fox News anchor, said: “I’m not sure that Barack Obama really is the President of the United States. Because the oath of office is set in the Constitution, and I wasn’t at all convinced that even after he tried to amend it that John Roberts ever got it out straight and that Barack Obama ever said the prescribed words. I suspect that everybody is going to forgive him and allow him to take over as president but I’m not sure he actually said what is in the Constitution.”

>> ^Fred_Chopin:

Question : What's the deal with the canons? That's a strange way of celebrating a happy moment...


Anything can be improved with more explosions, according to some Hollywood directors.

I was just getting ready to kill this and you beat me to it.

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