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To: DouglasKC
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.

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?

"Violate the oath of office"?

You are really out there in tin-foil hat territory.

I find it very interesting that you completely ignored this part of my last post:

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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"?

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Do you not realize that claiming that an oath is "violated" because an adverb was put after, instead of before, a verb makes you sound extremely petty and anal-retentive?

If switching the position of an adverb from the exact text of the Constitution classifies as a "violation of the oath" then what does inserting the entire phrase "so help me God" that is not even in the Constitution classify as?

High treason?

I repeat, going ballistic over such a triviality does nothing to hurt Obama and makes our side look like tin-foil hatters that can't find a single other thing to criticize Obama about.

135 posted on 01/20/2009 10:51:23 PM PST by Polybius
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To: Polybius
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"?

See Obama Flub Merits Do-Over, Says Scholars

I repeat, going ballistic over such a triviality does nothing to hurt Obama and makes our side look like tin-foil hatters that can't find a single other thing to criticize Obama about.

That's what's liberals would say. But conservatives would say that Obama doesn't mind violating the constitution in his very first act as President. That's the reality I see. It's true. It's obvious. And maybe it does require wearing tin foil if that's what protects us from the influence of the liberal media.

136 posted on 01/20/2009 11:00:15 PM PST by DouglasKC
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