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Barack Hussein Obama Takes The Oath Of Office (video)
youtube.com - 1/20/2009
Barack Hussein Obama Takes The Oath Of Office (video)
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January 20, 2009
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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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/20/2009
About that oath flub
— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Pete Williams The recitation of the presidential oath came in fits and starts. The Constitution... prescribes the text: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to best of ... (more) About that oath flub

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Obama takes presidential oath again (AP)
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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Talking Points Memo:  The Swearing-In

The Latest on Air America:  Barack Obama Takes The Oath Of Office

Political Animal:  About that oath...

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The Swearing-In
Talking Points Memo — Some bobbles here, mainly from the Chief Justice, it appeared:

Barack Obama Takes The Oath Of Office
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Dump That Meme ...
Talking Points Memo — Drudge is saying it. And weirdly the AP is even falling for it too, saying Obama flubbed the oath. But that's clearly not what happened if you actually watch the video. It was Roberts who flubbed it. Roberts started the oath. Obama went a little more quickly than he'd anticipated. And then in the second stage of the oath Roberts got the words wrong. Instead of "I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States" he said "I will execute the office of President of the United States faithfully ..." Obama then starts to repeat but realizes that Roberts garbled the words and then he let's Roberts say it again. After ...

About that oath...
Political Animal — ABOUT THAT OATH.... The presidential oath of office is quite straightforward, and only 35 words long: "I do solemnly swear 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." Somehow, Chief Justice John Roberts, with the whole world watching, managed to flub it. As you can see in the video, Roberts initially made the first sentence too long. It should have been "I, Barack Hussein Obama," and then wait for the response. In fact, Obama started to respond at the right time, but Roberts kept going, adding, "do solemnly swear." Obama recovered ...

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