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Updated with Video:Obama and Roberts Blow The Swearing In a Second Time
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyUpdated: With video.To quote Jim Backus, "Oh Magoo you've done it again!"Even though the White House counsel said it wasn't necessary (full press release, Chief Justice John Roberts and President-elect Barack Obama took a second crack at the swearing in this evening. Knowing how things went the first time you would think there'd be no way they'd mess it up a second time. Here's how it went (from pool report): At 735 pm, Roberts administred the oath of office again to obama in the map room. Robert gibbs said the wh counsel, greg craig, believes the oath was fine Tuesday, but one word was out of ...
Obama Oath Flub Wasn't Chief Justice John Roberts' Fault
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyDon't take my word for it. President Obama said it himself. He also said Chief Justice John Roberts actually helped him through the 35-word oath of office.From The Hill today:"We're up there, we've got a lot of stuff on our mind, and he actually helped me out on a couple of stanzas there," Obama told ABC News backstage at the "Neighborhood Ball." "So overall, I think it went relatively smoothly and I'm very grateful to him." But are people seriously complaining that the mixing up of some words means he's not really the president? My fellow blogger, David Knowles, says some (including FOX News) ...
Is Obama Really President After Oath Flub?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIf you were wondering how long it would take foes of President Barack Obama to come up with a new conspiracy theory as to why he is not legitimately our new president, you needed only go four minutes into his term to have your answer. It was at 12:05 that an understandably nervous Chief Justice John Roberts (and then Obama after him) flubbed the oath of office, and on the basis that the actual words that symbolically bestow the title of commander-in-chief upon that man or woman who says them, some are claiming that Obama might not technically be our president. Who, you ask, would be so unclear ...
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