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| so what screwed up during the oath? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 20 2009, 09:53 AM (564 Views) | |
| bachophile | Jan 20 2009, 09:53 AM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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there was sort of a mix up, no? anyway...all great fun. congratulations america. |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
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| bachophile | Jan 20 2009, 09:54 AM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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i checked the whitehouse website. one min after the oath....the new site went online. cool. |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 20 2009, 09:56 AM Post #3 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Very good. Janet said he stumbled a little during a long passage. No biggie. I had nodded off for a second after Biden and missed the opening of Obama's oath. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Improviso | Jan 20 2009, 09:57 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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There was supposed to be a Pearl River on stage, but somehow a Steinway wound up there. Think PianoMadame had anything to do with that? Sorry... couldn't resist. |
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Identifying narcissists isn't difficult. Just look for the person who is constantly fishing for compliments and admiration while breaking down over even the slightest bit of criticism. We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences. | |
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| Piano*Dad | Jan 20 2009, 10:01 AM Post #5 |
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Bull-Carp
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Yeah, Justice Roberts messed up his lines. Obama had the grace to stop and let him get it right. |
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| bachophile | Jan 20 2009, 10:03 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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i liked that "air and simple gifts". but man their hands must have been cold. |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
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| Optimistic | Jan 20 2009, 10:08 AM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I noticed a bit of wind blowing on them, but not the people around them. I'm guessing they must have had heaters there. Their fingers would have gone numb otherwise! |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| bachophile | Jan 20 2009, 11:37 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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there...the times picked up on the fvck up. everyone must have been so nervous.... January 20, 2009, 2:11 pm I Do Solemnly Swear…(Line, Please?) By Adam Liptak For a couple of smooth-talking constitutional experts, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and President-elect Barack Obama sure had a hard time getting through the constitutional oath of office. There was, first of all, a false start from Mr. Obama, who started to respond before the chief justice had completed the first phrase. Mr. Obama ended up saying the first four words – “I, Barack Hussein Obama” – twice. Then there was an awkward pause after Chief Justice Roberts prompted Mr. Obama with these words: “that I will execute the office of the president to the United States faithfully.” The chief justice seemed to say “to” rather than “of,” but that was not the main problem. The main problem was that the word “faithfully” had floated upstream in the constitutional text, which actually says this: “That I will faithfully execute the office of the president of the United States.” Mr. Obama seemed to realize this, pausing quizzically after saying “that I will execute –” The chief justice gave it another go, getting closer but still not quite right: “faithfully the office of president of the United States.” This time, he omitted the word “execute.” Mr. Obama now repeated the chief justice’s initial error of putting “faithfully” at the end of the phrase. Starting where he had abruptly paused, he said: “the office of the president of the United States faithfully.” It was smooth sailing from there. All of the words in the oath were uttered, along with “so help me God” at the end. People will argue about what the failure to utter the words in the precise order required by the Constitution means. But it will be an academic argument. It is not clear who would have standing to raise the argument that Mr. Obama had not become president as a consequence, and it is hard to believe that any court – or other body – would want to adjudicate the question. There is, in any event, no rule against a do-over. When questions were raised about whether Calvin Coolidge should have been sworn in by his father, a notary public, he took the oath again, this time from a Supreme Court justice. |
| "I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen | |
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| Larry | Jan 20 2009, 12:41 PM Post #9 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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What screwed up? They accidentally swore in the limo driver... (OK GEEZ..... IT WAS JUST A JOKE.....) |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| Dan | Jan 20 2009, 12:45 PM Post #10 |
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Senior Carp
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LOL |
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| Axtremus | Jan 20 2009, 12:47 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It's a right wing conspiracy to make Obama looks bad, I tell 'ya.
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| JBryan | Jan 20 2009, 12:52 PM Post #12 |
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I am the grey one
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Hope he makes a good president. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| OperaTenor | Jan 20 2009, 02:29 PM Post #13 |
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Pisa-Carp
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If that's the worst thing that happens in the next four or eight years, we'll be extremely fortunate. |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 20 2009, 02:39 PM Post #14 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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It's already gotten worse with the racist comments made at the Benediction afterward. |
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| OperaTenor | Jan 20 2009, 02:42 PM Post #15 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Of course, we all know there's nothing racist in referring to the man as "Obie"....... |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 20 2009, 02:52 PM Post #16 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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No there is isn't. It is in the same spirit as Quirt uses "Georgie boy" or "Bushiepoo". Consider it a term of affection. But certainly even you must be able to distinguish the difference between something written in an internet forum from something proclaimed on steps of the US Capitol as part of an inauguration ceremony and enshrined in the historical record of the day. Besides, you were talking about things getting worse. And it did. |
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| The 89th Key | Jan 20 2009, 05:30 PM Post #17 |
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No teleprompter and see what happens! ![]() Seriously though...Roberts screwed up and tripped up Obama. Oh well...I'd prob be too nervous to speak if I were up there, so no worries. And yes I thought the benediction was pretty racist as well, but us whities are used to getting the shaft (officially, of course). |
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| Larry | Jan 20 2009, 05:57 PM Post #18 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Calling him Obie is not racist. Not in the least. Saying that the White House doesn't smell like bush any more, but now smells like b.o. - not *that* is racist. And sexist. And vulgar. And crude. And funny as hell.... |
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Of the Pokatwat Tribe | |
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| kathyk | Jan 20 2009, 06:03 PM Post #19 |
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Pisa-Carp
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A DO-over? Well . . I guess as long as the feds don't start excusing comb-overs, we'll survive this. |
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| ivorythumper | Jan 20 2009, 10:20 PM Post #20 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I guess they already excuse Biden's hair plugs, what's the problem with a comb over? |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| George K | Jan 21 2009, 08:07 AM Post #21 |
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Finally
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Well, it seems the truthers are out. They claim that because Obama didn't take the oath as stipulated in the Constitution ("Shall" swear....), he's not really the president. Oh yeah, how does this sound? President Joseph Biden. Or...next in line, Madame President Nancy Pelosi.
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| RosemaryTwo | Jan 21 2009, 08:22 AM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Interesting quote from Peggy Noonan on the inaugural: Obama named in stark terms America's essential foe: "For those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror . . . we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you." This had the authentic sound of a man who's been getting daily raw intelligence briefings and is not amused. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Jan 21 2009, 08:24 AM Post #23 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Eh, maybe. But to me it sounds more resilient than it is aggressive. Like, "do your worst, it won't work" as opposed to "we're going to seek you out." |
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| Improviso | Jan 21 2009, 08:30 AM Post #24 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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is right...I'll cap my own self first. |
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Identifying narcissists isn't difficult. Just look for the person who is constantly fishing for compliments and admiration while breaking down over even the slightest bit of criticism. We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences. | |
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| brenda | Jan 21 2009, 08:36 AM Post #25 |
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Sounds familiar Hat tip to JBryan |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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