No Bible was used for the second, supposedly correct and official, swearing in.

Personal experience proves this. I was once placed under arrest and the ‘Miranda Rights’ were not administered properly – the officer fumbled the words and left out one clause. My lawyer, filed for a dismissal under the fact that I was not read my rights and the charges were dropped and I went free.

It will go unnoticed, but Obama will take the oath again at some point and get it right

Man, you were so right. Great point. Boy, you must be really smart or, as they say in Boston, “wicked smaaat” Now, go home, its time to leave work and stop checking Hotair.com every 20 minutes…

So the line of succession is
Biden
Nancy
Byrd
Hillary

Nice job America -yeesh!

jjshaka on January 21, 2009 at 11:35 AM

Hillary will find it easy to make Byrd look like an unfortunate incident – heck he had to be carried out after Kennedy’s seizure. The other three will take a little doing but I’m sure she’s up to it.

The question really comes down to the order, doesn’t it?

I’d bet on Joe being first – if she’s tapped to replace him that saves her two steps.

All I know is that if I’m getting on a plane and I see Biden, Pelosi, and/or Byrd getting on them I’m getting off!

or Biden
the absolute friggin moron whos only claim to fame is
he DIDNT blow the oath like obama did..

How he enunciates a sentence does not alter any magical properties (unlike the Army of Darkness reference ;)

Quibbling over this kind of minutia is what really doesn’t matter….and makes people look damned stupid.

LimeyGeek on January 21, 2009 at 12:06 PM

Army of Darkness reference doesn’t involve enunciation, but the actual replacement of the proper word used, which is what we are talking about here.
I agree it’s a trifling matter, but sometimes trifling matters give way to matters not so trifling.
It’s another instance of how distractions muddy the waters.
Who knows what to pick on & defend when there is so much ‘noise’ out there?
Easy to get in under the radar, I’m afraid, with this type of atmosphere.
It happens all the time with things like the interpretation of the Clean Air & Water Acts, EPA mandates, etc…..

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

“I Barack Hussein Obama”; “I Barack”; “do solemnly swear”; “I Barack Hussein Obama do solemnly swear”; “That I will execute the office of President to the United States faithfully”; “That I will execute (pause, pause)”; “The off, faithfully, the Pres, the office of President of the United States”; “The office of President to the United States faithfully”; “And will to the best of my ability”, “And will to b…est of my ability”; “Preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”; “Preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”; “So help you God”; “So help me God”; “Congratulations Mr. President”

Video: Chris Wallace wonders who’s President
I’m going to give Fox News’ Chris Wallace the benefit of the doubt here
and assume he wanted to fill a little time during the interminable Hope
and Change coverage yesterday. After……

It IS a clear constitutional requirement that he say those words, in that order…

And in an OATH which states: “and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Manages to not follow the Constitution… in what is his very FIRST act as President…

Its like a bad movie… but sometimes reality is much more bizarre than anything Hollyweird can come up with…

Besides, I’m not comforted by the words President Joe Biden. And since the alternative to that is President Nancy Pelosi, I’m more than satisfied with the oath taken yesterday, bobbles and all.

*shudders*

President Biden? President Pelosi?

Perish the thought.

Simple, retake the oath…. 30 second fix… been done before…

You mean he gets a do-over? Rats. Roberts should have thought of that before he pulled this dirty trick.

Ed, instead of taking the news organizations on faith (BTW, they disagreed– Katie Couric said Biden was POTUS then), please consult a constitutional expert.

I was lucky to be surrounded by three nationally-known experts at the time, and all three vehemently protested Wolf Blitzer’s proclamation that Obama became POTUS at noon, oath or not.

That’s simply not how it works, Ed.

Glenn Beck is the only reason I’ll watch them now – because he’s above this left vs. right business.

Eh, we are already portrayed as clinging, warmongering, bucktoothed hicks who are barely able to tie our own shoes and who think gruel and road kill are high cuisine; might as well add “moronic” to the list.

We could be sweet as pie to Obarfa and the left would still find a reason to hate us.

Bishop on January 21, 2009 at 11:26 AM

No need to add evidence for that claim on a daily basis.

Hopefully he was dancing while he took the oath. That’s what this country really wants to see.

And if I’m not mistaken (which sometimes happens), Obama became de facto president at noon, even though they were about fifteen minutes late with the oath. Or at least Bush’s term ended at noon — in which case, for about ten or fifteen minutes, Nancy Pelosi was acting president.

Be afraid….