Obama Takes Oath of Office. Again.

POSTED BY: Kwicko
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KWICKO

Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:58 AM

From Yahoo News:

Quote:
Obama takes presidential oath again after stumble

WASHINGTON – After the flub heard around the world, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night at the White House — a rare do-over. The surprise moment came in response to Tuesday's much-noticed stumble, when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which prompted Obama to do so, too.
Don't worry, the White House says: Obama has still been president since noon on Inauguration Day.
Nevertheless, Obama and Roberts went through the drill again out of what White House counsel Greg Craig called "an abundance of caution."
This time, the scene was the White House Map Room in front of a small group of reporters, not the Capitol platform before the whole watching world.
"We decided that because it was so much fun ...," Obama joked to reporters who followed press secretary Robert Gibbs into the room. No TV camera crews or news photographers were allowed in. A few of Obama's closest aides were there, along with a White House photographer.
Roberts put on his black robe.
"Are you ready to take the oath?" he said.
"Yes, I am," Obama said. "And we're going to do it very slowly."
Roberts then led Obama through the oath without any missteps.
The president said he did not have his Bible with him, but that the oath was binding anyway.
The original, bungled version on Tuesday caught observers by surprise and then got replayed on cable news shows.
It happened when Obama interrupted Roberts midway through the opening line, in which the president repeats his name and solemnly swears.
Next in the oath is the phrase " ... that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States." But Roberts rearranged the order of the words, not saying "faithfully" until after "president of the United States."
That appeared to throw Obama off. He stopped abruptly at the word "execute."
Recognizing something was off, Roberts then repeated the phrase, putting "faithfully" in the right place but without repeating "execute."
But Obama then repeated Roberts' original, incorrect version: "... the office of president of the United States faithfully."
Craig, the White House lawyer, said in a statement Wednesday evening: "We believe the oath of office was administered effectively and that the president was sworn in appropriately yesterday. Yet the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of the abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the oath a second time."
The Constitution is clear about the exact wording of the oath and as a result, some constitutional experts have said that a do-over probably wasn't necessary but also couldn't hurt. Two other previous presidents have repeated the oath because of similar issues, Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur.

Dang. I was waiting for the conspiracy theorists to insist that he isn't really the President because the oath wasn't correctly administered.

Mike

"It is complete now; the hands of time are neatly tied."

PIRATENEWS

Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:20 AM

NoBama is still an illegal alien.

A waitress at Wendys gets a more through background check than NoBoma got to be president.

NoBama's chief of staff Rahmbo is an Israeli soldier who has NO security clearance, yet he's been allowed to pass secrets to Mossad for 20 years.

USA DOA RIP.

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:47 AM

Sorry, started another thread about this same topic. Didn't see this one, I don't know exactly why.
Another fine, highly competent, performance by another Bush appointee.

KWICKO

Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:39 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by piratenews:
NoBama is still an illegal alien.

Actually, that's a new one. I know you think he's a Jew-British-knight-of-Kenya-and-Indonesia-because-Hawaii-isn't-a-state-anyway, but I did not realize he doesn't have a green card.

Quote:
A waitress at Wendys gets a more through background check than NoBoma got to be president.

I guess Wendy's must be considered "fine dining" in your (red) neck of the woods, eh? I've never seen a "Wendy's waitress".

Quote:
NoBama's chief of staff Rahmbo is an Israeli soldier who has NO security clearance, yet he's been allowed to pass secrets to Mossad for 20 years.

I'd bet you're wrong on that one. I'm fairly sure that he DOES have a security clearance, or he couldn't be Chief of Staff.

]Mike

"It is complete now; the hands of time are neatly tied."

DREAMTROVE

Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:01 PM

As a professor of constitutional law, Obama is automatically more qualified to protect the constitution, even if he was born on Mars.

Meanwhile, though Islam forbids it, he could be a secret muslim. Or, this could just be a cover for some sort of east africa shamanistic sorcery cult, not voodoo though, don't get your east africans and west africans mixed up, if you do, you'll have a very large war that is still going on and still not getting reported.

Most people think that Obama is in a minority as an African American, but as a Luo-American, he's in a rather extreme minority. So, bring on the crazy, let's not stop short here.

We will now live in thatched huts, speak a nilo-saharan language, and it will become a clothing optional country...

WULFENSTAR

Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:08 PM

Im just concerned that he is forgetting two inalienable rights of the people.

1. To be armed.

2. To be free from unlawfull/unethical/immoral spying/monitoring.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Friday, January 23, 2009 5:35 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
From Yahoo News:

Quote:
Obama takes presidential oath again after stumble

WASHINGTON – After the flub heard around the world, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night at the White House — a rare do-over. The surprise moment came in response to Tuesday's much-noticed stumble, when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which prompted Obama to do so, too.
Don't worry, the White House says: Obama has still been president since noon on Inauguration Day.
Nevertheless, Obama and Roberts went through the drill again out of what White House counsel Greg Craig called "an abundance of caution."
This time, the scene was the White House Map Room in front of a small group of reporters, not the Capitol platform before the whole watching world.
"We decided that because it was so much fun ...," Obama joked to reporters who followed press secretary Robert Gibbs into the room. No TV camera crews or news photographers were allowed in. A few of Obama's closest aides were there, along with a White House photographer.
Roberts put on his black robe.
"Are you ready to take the oath?" he said.
"Yes, I am," Obama said. "And we're going to do it very slowly."
Roberts then led Obama through the oath without any missteps.
The president said he did not have his Bible with him, but that the oath was binding anyway.
The original, bungled version on Tuesday caught observers by surprise and then got replayed on cable news shows.
It happened when Obama interrupted Roberts midway through the opening line, in which the president repeats his name and solemnly swears.
Next in the oath is the phrase " ... that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States." But Roberts rearranged the order of the words, not saying "faithfully" until after "president of the United States."
That appeared to throw Obama off. He stopped abruptly at the word "execute."
Recognizing something was off, Roberts then repeated the phrase, putting "faithfully" in the right place but without repeating "execute."
But Obama then repeated Roberts' original, incorrect version: "... the office of president of the United States faithfully."
Craig, the White House lawyer, said in a statement Wednesday evening: "We believe the oath of office was administered effectively and that the president was sworn in appropriately yesterday. Yet the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of the abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the oath a second time."
The Constitution is clear about the exact wording of the oath and as a result, some constitutional experts have said that a do-over probably wasn't necessary but also couldn't hurt. Two other previous presidents have repeated the oath because of similar issues, Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur.

Dang. I was waiting for the conspiracy theorists to insist that he isn't really the President because the oath wasn't correctly administered.

Mike

"It is complete now; the hands of time are neatly tied."

did you get it wrong yet again? The "redo" did not have a Bible present, nor Koran, so no "oath" was "sworn" - maybe he had his fingers crossed too, just to be safe from any responsibility.

THOLO

Friday, January 23, 2009 6:02 AM

I am so ready to see the liberal media blame Obama for ever little thing that goes wrong like they did Bush, cause they are so fair and balanced. heheeh

It wont happen! But I will. Everything now is Obama's fault!!

I hope it works out , heheheeh and as for the rich , get ready to give it up!!!

ps - no bible at the second oath, lol

Keep Flying!!

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PHOENIXROSE

Friday, January 23, 2009 7:37 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by dreamtrove:
it will become a clothing optional country...

...Awesome.

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KWICKO

Friday, January 23, 2009 12:47 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
From Yahoo News:

Quote:
Obama takes presidential oath again after stumble

WASHINGTON – After the flub heard around the world, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night at the White House — a rare do-over. The surprise moment came in response to Tuesday's much-noticed stumble, when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which prompted Obama to do so, too.
Don't worry, the White House says: Obama has still been president since noon on Inauguration Day.
Nevertheless, Obama and Roberts went through the drill again out of what White House counsel Greg Craig called "an abundance of caution."
This time, the scene was the White House Map Room in front of a small group of reporters, not the Capitol platform before the whole watching world.
"We decided that because it was so much fun ...," Obama joked to reporters who followed press secretary Robert Gibbs into the room. No TV camera crews or news photographers were allowed in. A few of Obama's closest aides were there, along with a White House photographer.
Roberts put on his black robe.
"Are you ready to take the oath?" he said.
"Yes, I am," Obama said. "And we're going to do it very slowly."
Roberts then led Obama through the oath without any missteps.
The president said he did not have his Bible with him, but that the oath was binding anyway.
The original, bungled version on Tuesday caught observers by surprise and then got replayed on cable news shows.
It happened when Obama interrupted Roberts midway through the opening line, in which the president repeats his name and solemnly swears.
Next in the oath is the phrase " ... that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States." But Roberts rearranged the order of the words, not saying "faithfully" until after "president of the United States."
That appeared to throw Obama off. He stopped abruptly at the word "execute."
Recognizing something was off, Roberts then repeated the phrase, putting "faithfully" in the right place but without repeating "execute."
But Obama then repeated Roberts' original, incorrect version: "... the office of president of the United States faithfully."
Craig, the White House lawyer, said in a statement Wednesday evening: "We believe the oath of office was administered effectively and that the president was sworn in appropriately yesterday. Yet the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of the abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the oath a second time."
The Constitution is clear about the exact wording of the oath and as a result, some constitutional experts have said that a do-over probably wasn't necessary but also couldn't hurt. Two other previous presidents have repeated the oath because of similar issues, Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur.

Dang. I was waiting for the conspiracy theorists to insist that he isn't really the President because the oath wasn't correctly administered.

Mike

"It is complete now; the hands of time are neatly tied."

did you get it wrong yet again? The "redo" did not have a Bible present, nor Koran, so no "oath" was "sworn" - maybe he had his fingers crossed too, just to be safe from any responsibility.

And you've got it wrong, yet again! Show me the part in the U.S. Constitution where it says the oath needs to be sworn on a bible. Go ahead, show me. I'll wait.

Mike

"It is complete now; the hands of time are neatly tied."

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