learnedax ([personal profile] learnedax) wrote2009-01-20 01:04 pm
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President Barack Obama

There, I saw it happen. No mulligans, he's really the president.

O brave new world...
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[personal profile] hungrytiger 2009-01-20 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno, John Roberts' stumbling over his words while administering he Oath of Office seems ripe for the conspiracy theorists to use to say that he was never really sworn in and is therefore not really president. OTOH, Biden was sworn in correctly, so maybe he's now the prez. ;-)

http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/01/20/roberts-obama-jumble-presidential-oath-of-office/

[identity profile] shogunhb.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
beat me to it.

[identity profile] learnedax.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought Obama's moment of repeating the correct portion and then raising his eyebrows politely was priceless. If he'd actually sworn the wrong words, somebody would have tried to protest it, but I don't think he wanted any missteps.

[identity profile] buddhagrrl.livejournal.com 2009-01-21 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I thought that was pretty classy. :-)

[identity profile] umbran.livejournal.com 2009-01-20 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Said conspiracy theorists would need to read the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, that stipulates the beginning of the new term. It does not mention an oath, so one is not required.

Not that facts get in the way of conspiracy theorists.
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