Onward !
Posted on 01/21/2009 7:20:00 PM PST by PilotDave
OBAMA RE-SWORN IN
At 735 pm, Roberts administred the oath of office again to obama in the map room. Robert gibbs said the wh counsel, greg craig, believes the oath was fine Tuesday, but one word was out of sequence so they did this out of a "an abundance of caution." "We decided it was so much fun..." Obama joked while sitting on a couch. Obama stood and walked over to make small talk with pool as roberts donned his black robe. "Are you ready to take the oath?" Roberts asked. "I am, and we're going to do it very slowly," obama replied. Oath took 25 seconds. After a flawless recitation, roberts smiled and said, "congratulations, again." Obama said, "thank you, sir." Smattering of applause. "All right." Obama said. "The bad news for the pool is there's 12 more balls."
Try BILLION.
I do some public speaking and think it’s also harder when someone close to you is in the audience. When it’s acquaintences, it makes it easier to look at someone you know, but if it’s someone close, I think a little more about every word I say.
Just saw the replay—Biden didn’t know why they were doing the oath again and Obama “reminded” him that it was for the Senior Staff (or something like that) and Biden said, “My memory isn’t as good as it used to be” or something equally awkward that could come back to haunt him.
I did see a clip of Biden swearing in cabinet members (I think?), and he actually made a joke about the Chief Justice’s mistake. Obama stood there with a p.o.’d look on his face.
IMHO this is a huge blow-up over something minor! I mean, it would be different if the misstatement was “I swear to boil little bunnies in the WH kitchen and run over little old ladies with their walkers if they’re in the crosswalk . . . “ I’m sure both Obama and Roberts are embarassed over the whole thing. Sheesh. Not like there’s a war going on or financial crisis to cover or anything “important” like that . . .
But then again he is supposedly going to sign/repeal abortion laws having to do with partial birth abortion and parental notification laws . . . THAT’S news, IMHO!
At a ceremony today where Biden was swearing in some White House staff, Biden asked for a copy of the oath and said "My memory's not as good as Justice Roberts'..." People in the audience laughed and said "oooh". Obama didn't smile, looked a little annoyed and put his hand on Biden's arm as if to say "move on."
Correcting my post - I think you’re right, the clip I saw was at swearing in of staff.
Onward !
I had read that last year, makes one think doesn’t it? Hmmmmmmmm
WH photog took a picture for history/files. Also, it would be his “uniform.”
WH photog took a picture for history/files. Also, it would be his “uniform.”
Ping to #36.
Don’t you know we’re going to be seeing that p.o.’d look often? The many is like a ticking time bomb.
Exactly! Who really cares? We knew Obama couldn’t speak when he’s not using a teleprompter anyway.
Did a chief justice do the oath on the plane with LBJ after the JFK assassination?
How about a do-over on that inauguration poem? I’m sure there were some words left out of that stinker, ‘cause it didn’t make any sense to me.
Of course. They are only concerned with the important stuff. /s
I think Fox News should reimburse the US Government for the added expense.
It gets better-
“Roberts put on his black robe.
“Are you ready to take the oath?” he said.
“Yes, I am,” Obama said. “And we’re going to do it very slowly.”
Roberts then led Obama through the oath without any missteps.
The president said he did not have his Bible with him, but that the oath was binding anyway.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_oath_do_over
10 bucks says it was a Quran.
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