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Chief Justice Slips Up
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
For an Inauguration so smoothly choreographed, the flubbing of the oath of office by Chief Justice John Roberts was particularly striking. Roberts slightly misspoke the oath, which then tripped up Obama. ABC News breaks down the slip up.
Awesome Job, Roberts
Eschaton —
Idiot.
It was Roberts' f'up
Daily Kos —
Reading from a script is hard. Chief Justice John Roberts is a man who has made very few public missteps in his life -- but he appears to have made one when swearing in Barack Obama. Roberts slightly flubbed the oath, which then tripped up Obama. The oath is contained in the Constitution: "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." But when Roberts swore in Obama, he ...
About that oath...
Political Animal —
... this, rearranged the words of the oath , saying, "that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully." That's wrong in two places -- the "to" and the placement of "faithfully." Obama stopped, realizing Roberts had misspoken, before saying "that I will execute ... the office of president of the United States faithfully." That's not what the oath says, but that's what Roberts told Obama to say. CNN's Wolf Blitzer ...
Would Everybody Just Give Justice Roberts a Break?
Firedoglake —
... Evidently, FOX news twerps are jumping all over the way Justice Roberts fouled up the administration of the oath of office to President Obama. I've been told they are even speculating about whether or not President Obama actually IS legally the president. ...
Screwing up the oath
The Reaction —
... It was Chief Justice Roberts, not President Obama, who messed up the oath . He put "faithfully" in the wrong place and said president "to," instead of "of," the United States. ...
>Oh, happy day
The Sideshow —
... had a similar thought - that the guys in power have decided that now that they've gutted the country, they don't care about it anymore so sure, let the chicks and funny-colored people run it - it doesn't mean much anymore.) Somewhere I heard another one - that now that the rich white folks had made a mess with their big party, they called in a black guy to clean up after them. (And the alternative was to have a woman clean up the mess the guys had made.) Chief Justice Roberts screwed-up administering the Presidential Oath, but at least the new president's address ...
The Conspiracy Unmask'd
Whiskey Fire —
... I'm really surprised that anyone was taken in for a moment by Obama and Roberts "flubbing" the oath of office. Obama knows perfectly well that he is not an American citizen and so cannot legally take the oath. This little charade he played out with Roberts was obviously designed to cover up the fraud. Now we know why the Supreme Court refused to hear the birth certificate case -- Roberts was in on it from the beginning. ...
Harlem.
INSTAPUTZ —
... nemesis. Lenox was hopping last night as your TS beat his liver into submission, with a good deal of help from his harsh mistress Jameson, as well as her more forgiving cousin (seen above) and some divine catfish stuffed with shrimp. It was a very kosher evening. The chatter round the bar was near-consensus jubilation, but there were a few grumbles about John Roberts' flub. Said the elderly man at the end of the bar: "Thurgood Marshall wouldn't have fucked up."
1/21: The Obama Era Begins
Blogometer —
... , they felt that its somber tone was appropriate to the times: Several liberal bloggers interpreted the speech as a surprisingly forceful rejection of the Bush Presidency: INAUGURAL ADDRESS II: Underwhelming Conservative bloggers were not impressed by Obama's inaugural address: ROBERTS: Wasn't He Supposed To Be Unflappable? Several liberal bloggers chastised Chief Justice John Roberts for making a mistake while administering the Inaugural Oath to Obama: ...
