Were the words or the meaning of the oath changed?
No. The order of the words was changed.
Does "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America" have more meaning or any different meaning than "To the flag of the United States of America, I pledge allegiance"?
If you want to be ultra-picky about it, the phrase "so help me God" is NOT in the Constitution. Does that make all those oaths taken by all those Presidents that said "so help me God" as part of their oath "wrong"?
Obama did not publicly humiliate the conservative Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on a live, worldwide TV audience of hundreds of millions and, frankly, IMHO, that showed class.
If we are going to criticize Obama, it should be for serious issues. To the rest of the country outside of our FR echo chamber, criticizing Obama for switching the order of the words without, in any way, changing the meaning, scores points for Obama and makes us look petty.
No that shows that he's willing to compromise to get along. That means he's ready to sell out what was agreed upon and expected to look good. That means he's willing to violate the oath of office to not cause friction. Do you think that in a REAL pressure situation that he's going to all of a sudden change his spots?
And to top it all off you're willing to overlook his screwup and blame it on a conservative and make the case that he's being magnanimous?
If we are going to criticize Obama, it should be for serious issues. To the rest of the country outside of our FR echo chamber, criticizing Obama for switching the order of the words without, in any way, changing the meaning, scores points for Obama and makes us look petty.
Ah, no. That's what liberals say we look like. Big difference.