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In a strange way, it's sort of nice to see him flub his lines a tiny bit to remind us that he's just like the rest of us!

It's actually Roberts who screwed up.

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So yeah, I hear that it was Roberts who flubbed them by putting "faithfully" at the end when it should have been next to execute.

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.

For those who want to compare: http://www.videosift.com/video/President-Kennedy-1961-Inaugural-Address

Oath Fail.

If I were that judge I'd be too ashamed to show up for work tomorrow. I mean damn, didn't he have it on paper or something?

For kicks lets make them do-over

Uh oh! The terrorists have apparently won!

Ok now. Be quiet everyone. You must support the president without question or second guessing. It is unpatriotic to do otherwise. This is a time of war after all.

Right Qshroom?

The terrorists haven't won, but the socialists definitely are holding all the cards.

Upvote for the "WTF, that's not how it goes..." look on the Obama's face.

Congrats to all Americans! He can only do better, but let's hope he's simply great.


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

>> ^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.

Roberts started reciting - and Obama repeating - the 35-word oath that is prescribed by the Constitution. But then Obama paused after Roberts reversed several words in the oath.

The oath includes the phrase "that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States" but Roberts did not say "faithfully" until after saying "president of the United States."

Obama seemed to realize that something was out of order. With Obama not reciting, Roberts then repeated the phrase correctly, the brief awkward moment ended and Obama was back on track. Roberts was then the first to congratulate Obama on his new job.

Welcome to humanity...

>> ^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.”

You know who voted against Roberts appointment?

Obama.

I'm inclined to believe somebody tried to throw a curve ball today.

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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.


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.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=15966#comments

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

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history, the most forgotten tome of learning.

80 years ago. we were on the verge of a minor repression. we responded, for the first time in economic history, with a large government stimulus package. we languished in a depression lasting over three decades. an economic fork in the road which has brought us in no uncertain terms to the edge of the cliff we now peer over.

80 years older. we have cured polio. we have landed a man on the moon. we can build 4 billion structures on a piece of glass the size of a human fingertip. we have fiber-optically connected a third of the planet. we can analyze the composition of stars millions of light years away. we can predict the motion of an electron moving across a quantum barrier at fractions of the speed of light. we can manufacture tolerances to within 1/100th of a human hair.

we are about to respond to a minor repression with a large government stimulus package.

I love at :57 when Obama is like, "I rool."

Best of luck to President Obama. I hope and pray that he makes it happen.

imstellar28 and qm,

If the free market is such a great dynamo of the economy over fiscal expenditure and government explain to me why we had a Wall street bailout?

What are you going to say now? The banking industry is not deregulated enough? The fed wasn't lax enough? The SEC shouldn't exist so more money could be rolled and rolled over in toxic packages? socialism? credit controls were not lax enough? What about regressive credit card debt? diminishing middle class? housing market bubble? run away government spending? defense spending? loss of capital infrastructure? lack of progressive tax structures? loosening of tax codes to corporate entities? run away trade deficit? increased federal debt? billions per month in Iraq that don't go to troops? spending on the drug war? spending on abstinence programs that don't work?

Don't blame the previous 8 years of economic fumbling on a incoming president. At least he is trying to formulate a plan to avert disaster, unfortunately the free market doesn't care about the welfare of the economy as a whole, there is no invisible hand to pick up the American economy, notice the large manufacturing sector that has moved almost all production overseas.

They don't care about the American economy, they care about their own profits that is free market economics, fiscal spending and government stimulus is needed now to create a net injection into the economy.

The market plunged because Obama didn't promise any kind of net government bailout and you are here crying about socialism and new deals.

What do you think that says.

>> ^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.

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!!!

Why is there a mention of god in a state matter?

>> ^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

Congratulations Mr. President. Congratulations America.

QM and imstellar... Hahahahahahaha.

ps. imstellar, the better question you should be asking is why are you in a regression in the first place and why is your brand of capitalism so piss poor that there has to be a bailout in the first place. Ironic that you look 80 years back but have ignored the last 8... =)

You Fail At Swearing In Presidents...

Oh, hey there Imstellar28, jeez, I thought you packed up and left...

Oh, well, can't win 'em all.

We didn't really expect Fox news to let something like this go did we? Any chance to stir the pot and cast doubt on the democrats, and they are in there.

Roberts needs to read the constitution.

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

>> ^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.

I FEEL LIKE YELLING HERE, APOLOGIES TO ALL WITH SENSITIVE EARDRUMS.

If the free market is such a great dynamo of the economy over fiscal expenditure and government explain to me why we had a Wall street bailout?

BECAUSE GOVERNMENT FORCED BANKS TO GIVE HOUSES TO POOR PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T AFFORD THEM IN THE NAME OF "FAIRNESS". TAXOCRATS BUY THE ALLEGIANCE OF "THE POOR" WITH TAX DOLLARS. BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A VICTIM?

ME AGAINST ALL BAILOUTS. STILL AM. FAILED CONSERVATIVE LIKE BUSH STILL NOT EQUAL SOCIALIST IDEOLOGUE WHO NOW SEEK TRILLION DOLLARS ON A TARGET GIFT CARD. IT'S SCUM POLITICIANS' WET DREAM, ALL MONEY/NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

What are you going to say now? The banking industry is not deregulated enough? The fed wasn't lax enough? The SEC shouldn't exist so more money could be rolled and rolled over in toxic packages? socialism? credit controls were not lax enough? What about regressive credit card debt? diminishing middle class? housing market bubble? run away government spending? defense spending? loss of capital infrastructure? lack of progressive tax structures? loosening of tax codes to corporate entities? run away trade deficit? increased federal debt? billions per month in Iraq that don't go to troops? spending on the drug war? spending on abstinence programs that don't work?

IT CALLED SPENDING MORE THAN YOU MAKE. YOU/ME DO IT AND GO BROKE OR TO JAIL. GOVERNMENT DO IT AND GET AWAY WITH IT...THAT WHY BIG GOVERNMENT SUCKS.

ME AGAINST 90% OF FEDERAL GOVT. TOO BIG, TOO POWERFUL. ALL UNCONSTITUTIONAL NONSENSE MUST GO.

Don't blame the previous 8 years of economic fumbling on a incoming president. At least he is trying to formulate a plan to avert disaster, unfortunately the free market doesn't care about the welfare of the economy as a whole, there is no invisible hand to pick up the American economy, notice the large manufacturing sector that has moved almost all production overseas.

FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY OF TAXOCRATS GOES ALL WAY BACK TO CARTER; BEFORE HIM, FAILED WELFARE SOCIETIES OF FDR AND LBJ. KENNEDY LAST LIBERAL TO DEMAND LOW TAXES FOR PROSPERITY.

They don't care about the American economy, they care about their own profits that is free market economics, fiscal spending and government stimulus is needed now to create a net injection into the economy.

HYPERINFLATION IS WHAT OBAMA WILL BRING.

The market plunged because Obama didn't promise any kind of net government bailout and you are here crying about socialism and new deals.

What do you think that says.

IT SAYS THERE NOTHING SO BAD ON OWN GOVERNMENT CAN'T MAKE WORSE. IF OBAMA WANT QUICK RECOVERY, HE SLASH TAXES FURTHER AND PROMISE NOT INTERFERE. HE INTEND GROW THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT VIA GAMMA RADIATION.

POLITICIANS = INSECURE CLOWNS WITH TERRIBLE EGOS. THEY WANT BE HEROES BY PRETENDING TO STOP CRISES THEY CREATED IN 1ST PLACE! THEY 'TAKE ACTION' EVEN WHEN ACTION MAKE WORSE.

HULK SMASH.

The claim that poor people or the government forced the banks to loan to people is a conservative myth. Listen to the Fannie/Freddie CEOs testify on C-SPAN:



Richard Syron, former Freddie CEO: “I would think that it wasn’t mostly trying to do things for poor people.”

Daniel Mudd, former Fannie CEO: “[W]hen the market goes down, it’s the folks who are the closest to the margin who — who get hurt first and longest every time.”

Leland Brendsel, former Freddie CEO: “I cannot recall ever being forced to make — or to purchase a mortgage loan that I didn’t feel, as a matter of policy at Freddie Mac, was a good mortgage loan, a sound mortgage loan, and an attractive mortgage loan for the homebuyer or the owner of an apartment building.”

Franklin Raines, former Fannie CEO: “I do not believe that poor people are the cause of the current financial crisis. … Most of the losses, as I read the record, have come on mortgages that were made to middle-class and upper-middle-class people, not to poor people.”

Hyperinflation necessitates the existence of at least 50% inflation rate per cycle current average inflation from 2000 to 2008 hovered at 2% to 3%. Last inflation rates for 2008 for Nov and Dec stand at 1.07% and 0.09% respectively. Don't be stupid.

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