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so what screwed up during the oath?
Topic Started: Jan 20 2009, 09:53 AM (562 Views)
bachophile
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there was sort of a mix up, no?

anyway...all great fun.

congratulations america.
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bachophile
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i checked the whitehouse website.

one min after the oath....the new site went online.

cool.
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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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bachophile
Jan 20 2009, 09:53 AM
there was sort of a mix up, no?
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? :D

Sorry... couldn't resist.

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bachophile
Jan 20 2009, 09:53 AM
there was sort of a mix up, no?

Yeah, Justice Roberts messed up his lines.

Obama had the grace to stop and let him get it right.
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i liked that "air and simple gifts".

but man their hands must have been cold.
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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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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.
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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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It's a right wing conspiracy to make Obama looks bad, I tell 'ya. :mad2:
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Larry
Jan 20 2009, 12:41 PM
What screwed up?

They accidentally swore in the limo driver...


(OK GEEZ..... IT WAS JUST A JOKE.....)
Hope he makes a good president.
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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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OperaTenor
Jan 20 2009, 02:29 PM
If that's the worst thing that happens in the next four or eight years, we'll be extremely fortunate.

It's already gotten worse with the racist comments made at the Benediction afterward.
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Of course, we all know there's nothing racist in referring to the man as "Obie".......




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Jan 20 2009, 02:42 PM
Of course, we all know there's nothing racist in referring to the man as "Obie".......


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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No teleprompter and see what happens! :lol:

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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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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Jan 20 2009, 11:37 AM


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.
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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Jan 20 2009, 06:03 PM
bachophile
Jan 20 2009, 11:37 AM


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.
A DO-over? Well . . I guess as long as the feds don't start excusing comb-overs, we'll survive this.
I guess they already excuse Biden's hair plugs, what's the problem with a comb over?
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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. :hair:

Or...next in line,

Madame President Nancy Pelosi. :hair: :hair: :hair: :hair:
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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.

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RosemaryTwo
Jan 21 2009, 08:22 AM
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.

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."
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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Jan 21 2009, 08:07 AM
Madame President Nancy Pelosi. :hair: :hair: :hair: :hair:
:hair: is right...

I'll cap my own self first.
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RosemaryTwo
Jan 21 2009, 08:22 AM
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.

Sounds familiar

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