Obama had to retake the oath

Me&Mr.T · January 2009

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.oath/index.html

Because John Roberts flubbed the oath as he was giving it to him. They wanted to make sure no one could challenge whether or not he was legally the president. I was wondering if it was going to come back. Interesting.

Emmy323 · January 2009

Oh my goodness. Well I'm glad they redid it. I'm sure someone would have challenged it. Thanks for posting this.

jjenkins · January 2009

A client told me about this at work today. They said its happened a bunch in the past too so it's not a huge issue.

TheLinkBride · January 2009

I heard this tonight too. I'm not sure it was really necessary since most constitutional scholars say that the president automatically assumes the presidency at noon. Even when Obama took the oath late on Tuesday, he technically became president at noon.

Did you see the footage of Biden and Obama today when Biden told a joke about the oath, Obama looked very unhappy.

Me&Mr.T · January 2009

No I missed that Stacey. That is interesting.

beth&anth · January 2009

I saw that Stacey- Obama did not look happy. I think he is going to have to keep tight reigns on Biden!

mahantango · January 2009

Save the drama for your mama, not Obama. Obama did not have to re-do the oath. He did it to ensure that nobody can raise any questions later down the road. The mentality of the campaign was to be beyond reproach, and that is carrying over into the administration. I think on Chief Justice Robert's part, it was subconscious passive aggressiveness because Obama opposed his appointment to the Supreme Court.

Me&Mr.T · January 2009

mahantango:
Save the drama for your mama, not Obama. Obama did not have to re-do the oath. He did it to ensure that nobody can raise any questions later down the road. The mentality of the campaign was to be beyond reproach, and that is carrying over into the administration. I think on Chief Justice Robert's part, it was subconscious passive aggressiveness because Obama opposed his appointment to the Supreme Court.

I wasn't trying to be dramatic about it. I was just saying what every news outlet was saying, that he had to retake it beacuse of a mistake on John Robert's part.

But that subconcious idea is a pretty good theory, haha.

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