An Oath for Obama

Townhall.com ^ | July 22, 2014 | Tom Purcell

[Kaslin]

"I say it's high time we update the wording of the presidential oath of office, which is specified in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution."

"Update it?"

"That's right. Our current president isn't following it much anyhow, so why don't you recite it from the top so we can get to work?"

"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."

"'I,' you say? Since some want our country to be more collectivist, I think we should go with 'we.' Continue."

"We do -"

"'Do?' Only a determined president would do what he says he will do. Change that one to 'may.'"

"We may solemnly -"

"Stop! 'Solemnly? As in 'solemn resolve'? That sounds so serious. Our president is the opposite of serious about many of our country's challenges. Change that to 'frivolously.'"

"We may frivolously swear -"

"'Swear?' As in 'affirm'? As in 'assert strongly and publicly'? I don't think so. The only time our president talks with such resolve is when he is criticizing Republicans. Better change that to 'consider.'"

"We may frivolously consider that I -"

"'I?' You realize a president requires several bureaucrats to impose a European-style democracy on a half-asleep populace. Change that to 'we.'"

"We may frivolously consider that we will -"

"'Will' is way too strong a word. It evokes certainty and determination. Better change that to 'may.'"

"We may frivolously consider that we may faithfully -"

"Stop! 'Faithfully' has religious overtones. That might offend some. Take that out altogether."

"We may frivolously consider that we may execute -"

"'Execute' is so weighty and confining. Change that to 'attempt to carry out.'"

"We may frivolously consider that we may attempt to carry out the office of the President of the United States -"

"Whoa! That is not correct. The goal of our president appears to be to give promises and government largesse to people who will vote for him and his party. His duty appears to be to those people. Change that to 'the will of the people who vote for me.'"

"We may frivolously consider that we may attempt to carry out the will of the people who vote for me and will -"

"Change that second 'will' to 'may,' please.'"

"We may frivolously consider that we may attempt to carry out the will of the people who vote for me and may to the best of my ability -"

"Change 'my' to 'our.'"

"We may frivolously consider that we may attempt to carry out the will of the people who vote for me and may to the best of our ability preserve -"

"Stop! Our president doesn't want to preserve things like American exceptionalism. He believes in more 'progressive' ideas. Change that to 'progress.'"

"We may frivolously consider that we may attempt to carry out the will of the people who vote for me and may to the best of our ability progress, protect -"

"'Protecting' requires leadership and hard work. It is easier to just give things to people. Change to 'provide.'"

"We may frivolously consider that we may attempt to carry out the will of the people who vote for me and may to the best of our ability progress, provide and defend -"

"'Defend?' As in 'defend the Constitution'? That's a good one. We need a term that aligns better with our president's thinking. Change that to 'amend.'"

"We may frivolously consider that we may attempt to carry out the will of the people who vote for me and may to the best of our ability progress, provide and amend the Constitution of the United States."

"Now that's an oath of office our president might be willing to keep!"

[Slyfox]

"I swear that I will execute the Office of President of the United States ... "

[upchuck]

New tag.

[Slyfox]

I did some study of the Oath of Office while I was in college and wrote an upper level paper on it. George Washington is the one who developed and finalized the Oath. He was acutely aware of how spiritually dangerous it was to take the Oath without the proper intention.

The Oath of Office is a solemn oath designed to include God in a very intimate way. The person taking the Oath promises to God and the people that he will do what he promises as proscribed in the wording.

The Oath of Office was designed to benefit the nation through the blessings of God. George Washington added the hand on the Bible which he copied from the Old Testament stance for the taking of a solemn oath where the left hand is vertically raised facing God and the right hand is horizontally placed with the fingertips facing God. This stance, the wording and the proper intention is the formula used to incur God's favor and blessings.

Now, what if a person reads the words of the Oath and uses the same stance but does not bring the required intention of fulfilling the Oath?

He is then immediately is cursed.

George Washington had this sentiment in mind when he gave his Farewell Address when he asked God to forgive him of anything that he may have unintentionally omitted in his role as president.

If the person taking that Oath decides to not fulfill it, he then brings down curses upon his head.

It would be safe to say that Obama is a cursed president.

[omega4412]

But Obama is strictly following the provision in the Constitution — “he shall take care that the laws be flakily executed”

[Kaslin]

Great tagline, however something seems to be missing at the end. Probably because of the space

[upchuck]

Something was screwed up in the tag line. Don’t know what. Try this.

[upchuck]

It would be safe to say that Obama is a cursed president.

Oh, I hope it's much, much worse than that.

[elpadre]

copied from an email received

Wedding ring repairs

Since when does a plain wedding band need repairs, along with your watch, for a whole month?

In a press conference last week Obama was not wearing his wedding ring, nor was he wearing his watch. When noticed, his staff said his ring was out for repairs. No reason was given for the missing watch.

So it’s just a coincidence that Muslims are forbidden from wearing jewelry during the month of Ramadan ; Can’t possibly be that, because although he hasn’t gone to a Christian church service since entering the White House, we know he’s a committed Christian “cause he said so during his campaign” This is the same president that spent the Christmas holidays in Hawaii to avoid religious obligations as president at the White House. His children do not receive Christmas presents.

Let’s just face the facts and quit trying to distort the truth, we have a Muslim for president in the White House, and he has no knowledge of American history.

[Kaslin]

How stupid do they think we are?