Posted on 12/07/2012 3:17:23 PM PST by thouworm
The White House Correspondents Association is strongly urging the Obama administration to allow press access to the presidents official swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20, following indications from inauguration committee officials that the event could potentially be closed to the press.
Mindful of the historic nature of this occasion, we expect the White House will continue the long tradition of opening the Presidents official swearing-in to full press access, and we as an organization are looking forward to working with the administration to make that happen, Ed Henry, the Fox News correspondent and president of the White House Correspondents Association, said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
He will suddenly have a coughing fit during parts of the swearing in, so he will be sworn in without being legally sworn in.
Maybe he is standing on it - what with the sole of one's shoes be quite the insult and show of disrespect.
HA!
He did 'repeat after me' the first time. Chief Justice Roberts bungled the Constitutional wording of the swearing in twice.
The oath (in pertinent part) is:
"that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States."
Roberts rearranged the order of the words, saying:
"that I will execute the office of president of the United States faithfully."
Obama began to repeat but stopped at the word"execute."
Roberts then said:
"that I will faithfully the office of president of the United States,"
leaving out "execute."
Obama then repeated:
"that I will execute the office of president of the United States faithfully."
That repeated Roberts' original mistake as to the placement of the word "faithfully."
Both Obama and Roberts had their minds elsewhere (Reggie Love and "what's a tax?", respectfully).
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