Obama has RETAKEN THE OATH

[badgonegood]

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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.

__ Associated Press writer Phil Elliott contributed to this report.



:( Gosh I knew this crap was gonna happen. It's already started. Sadly Obama wont be able to do ANYTHING without everyone over his shoulder.

If he's caught eating anything over 100 calories he'll be promoting "bad dieting and healthcare" for America :rolleyes2:

[slimeisacharacter]

Stupidity in its finest moments...

His errors in the oath made him more appealing to me, more... real. Standing in front of that many people, not to mention those watching on tv or the net, I would be nervious and likely miss a beat here or there as well. I'll take nervious gitters over a repeat of the last 8 mentally challenged years...

[Grendel]

Considering there is apparently historical precedent, I'm not sure if this is a sign of anything "already starting."

Every chief executive should have people over his/her shoulder, and with as much build up as there's been even more scrutiny was unavoidable.

[Dr. Awesome]

Even Chief Justice John Roberts got the words wrong. Everyone was nervous and anxious. It was a special moment in history I don't blame either one. It happens.

As far as the do over I'm sure they just wanted it to go without questions that things were done right and officially. They had a couple people from the press and they took a picture of the meeting. They did everything short of having a cameraman tape the meeting.

Peeps are getting too antzy in the pantzy over this.

[lunatic]

That's what you worry about?

That's how much you love the guy who still can finish as Marxist-dictator with a cult of personality mass media, masses and you already started to build for him? Don't tell me the University professors do not dream to change the world according to their wonderful nightmares. Or that dictatorship is not possible.

Enough with "special" crap already. You guys bring race to this so frequently that Robert Reich's "NO construction jobs go to white males" seems as a child's game.

[Darkgod]

:readporn:

[Dr. Phibes]

Hmm. No Bible this time. I wonder why he took the initial oath on the Lincoln Bible. Interesting choice considering Lincoln's words:


My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. - "Letter to Horace Greeley" August 22, 1862.

Or his September 18, 1858 speech in Charleston, Illinois: "I'll say then that I am not now, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about, in any way, the social and political equality of the White and Black races ... nor of making voters or jurors of them or qualifying them to hold office, nor to have them intermarry with White people ... I will say, in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the White and Black races which I believe will forever forbid the two from living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior and I as much as any White man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the White race."

I'd like to know if this was a conscious act on Obama's part, to try to lay to rest the convoluted past of race conflict in this country, or just a lack of education on his part. What's Obama's message here, if any? Using his words above, it's apparent that at best Lincoln was indifferent to slavery.

[Grendel]

I'd like to know if this was a conscious act on Obama's part, to try to lay to rest the convoluted past of race conflict in this country, or just a lack of education on his part. What's Obama's message here, if any? Using his words above, it's apparent that at best Lincoln was indifferent to slavery.A couple ways you could go, really.

The racial angle is certainly one. Despite Lincoln's actual feelings, to the vast majority of Americans he is symbolic of the end of slavery. Correct or not, that's still a touchstone that would resonate with people.

The second option would be invoking Lincoln as a uniter in the wake of an exceptionally divisive presidency.

[Aurone]

The Daily Show covered Fox News pretty much not giving Obama any slack at all, from not having his hand on the bible to him letting Terroists leave Guitmo. He even showed Rush Limbaugh being talked too on there and him saying flat out "I want Obama to fail". To be fair, Rush Limbaugh from what I hear is an asshole.

[Dr. Phibes]

The Daily Show covered Fox News pretty much not giving Obama any slack at all, from not having his hand on the bible to him letting Terroists leave Guitmo. He even showed Rush Limbaugh being talked too on there and him saying flat out "I want Obama to fail". To be fair, Rush Limbaugh from what I hear is an asshole.

To be fair, everyone is entitled to an opinion.


A couple ways you could go, really.

The racial angle is certainly one. Despite Lincoln's actual feelings, to the vast majority of Americans he is symbolic of the end of slavery. Correct or not, that's still a touchstone that would resonate with people.

The second option would be invoking Lincoln as a uniter in the wake of an exceptionally divisive presidency.

I think you're quite right. Lincoln as a uniter of Americans by ending slavery is iconic in our collective historic consciousness. And rightfully so: Lincoln freed the slaves and won the war. As a uniter "in the wake of a devisive presidency" is a bit of a stretch for most Americans - only for a lack of education on their part. Really, my more direct question is this: Is Obama aware of Lincoln's, for lack of a better phrase, "outspoken dispassion" in his opinions on blacks, and is he simply using the symbol of Lincoln for it's popularity?

Obama: "I do solemnly swear..."

Teeming masses of blacks (If they got it): "Yay, Lincoln!"

Phibes: "Wake up!"

It seems to me that if Obama is informed on the subject (and I have no reason to believe that he is not - he's an educated man, after all), that to invoke the imagery of Lincoln is a bit disingenuous (though politically astute) considering Lincoln's opinions on the disposition of blacks in America.