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sfgate.com - 1/21/2009

Experts say Obama should retake the oath

— sfgate.com — The 35-word oath is explicitly prescribed in the Constitution, Article II, Section 1, which begins by saying... the president "shall" take the oath "before he enter on the execution of his office." The oath reads: "I do solemnly swear that I will ... (more) Experts say Obama should retake the oath

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languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu - 1/21/2009

Adverbial placement in the oath flub

— languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu — Chief Justice John Roberts' administration of the presidential oath to Barack Obama was far from smooth. Early... reports differ in saying who stumbled: NBC and ABC say the flub was Roberts', while the AP says it was Obama's. I think both men were a bit ... (more) Adverbial placement in the oath flub

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news.yahoo.com - 1/22/2009

Obama takes presidential oath again (AP)

— news.yahoo.com — AP - Chief Justice John Roberts has administered the presidential oath of office to Barack Obama for... a second time just to be on the safe side. (more) Obama takes presidential oath again (AP)

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Weekly Standard Blog — ... Update: I wasn't sure, but I thought this might have been the case. Roberts flubbed his lines, too, after Obama jumped in early on the first line of the oath. ...

Video: Roberts flubs the oath
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Rare bumbling from two guys not known for it. The One stepped on the first line but it was the Chief who completely botched the next. Good thing Obama paused and nudged him to try again; god only knows how many lawsuits we would have seen from birth-certificate Truthers claiming he’s not really president because he never said the magic words. Embedded video from ...

These people are morons…
Comments from Left Field — ... In their determination to turn a minor and inconsequential hiccup on the part of Chief Justice Roberts during Obama’s Oath of Office ceremony, you’d think that “The Glorious Opposition” would at least give us a chance to collect a betting pool on who the first moron would be to try to claim Obama’s swearing is ...

Justice Roberts and President Obama Flub the Oath
PoliGazette — ... So, what actually happened? First, did Obama flub the oath, if so, did Roberts flub it as well? Lets have a look at the transcript: ...

What Drives Republicans Insane About the Media
Balloon Juice — ... Transcript via First Read: ROBERTS: I, Barack Hussein Obama… OBAMA: I, Barack… ROBERTS: ... do solemnly swear… OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear… ROBERTS: ... that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully… OBAMA: ... that I will execute… ROBERTS ...

Miss Thistlebottom Strikes Again: Fear of the Bogus Rule Against “Split Verbs” Mars Oath of Office.
The Volokh Conspiracy — ... been the standard practice in English for centuries: "With a compound verb--that is, one made with an auxiliary and a main verb--the adverb comes between auxiliary and main verb . . . . ” Because of the bogus rule against split verbs, many modern writers move the adverb from its idiomatic place in the midst of a multiple word verb to earlier or later in the sentence. That is what Chief Justice Roberts unconsciously did when he moved the word FAITHFULLY to later in President Obama’s oath of office . OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear... ROBERTS: ... that I will ...

This Wouldn't Be Happening If We Had A President
JustOneMinute — ... of France would second that emotion. Well - if Obama is hazy on his status, we have to blame Supreme Court Supremo John Roberts. Posted by Tom Maguire on September 29, 2009 | ...