Obama retakes oath of office

[Jon]

Barack Obama's first mistake as President: he didn't even get sworn in right. Even Bush lasted longer than that.

President Obama retakes oath of office

 

[Missourian]

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Political Punch: Obama Took Oath of Office Again Tonight

 

[Lycurgus]

Well is this going to be the standard for the next 4 years ......Hmmm........?

 

[DavidS]

Well is this going to be the standard for the next 4 years ......Hmmm........?

Fixing Bush's mistakes? Seems like it, yeah.

Roberts was the one who made the mistake. Bush nominated him.

 

[Jon]

Oh look, blameshifting again. You liberals sure are getting good at that.

 

[roomy]

Good, it's one less boring thing to talk about.

 

[DavidS]

POLITICO 44: The Obama Presidency. Minute by Minute


Is every document Obama signed before retaking the oath of office null and void? In other words: Is Hillary Clinton really secretary of State? Do we Americans truly have a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation? Can Obama staffers making over $100,000 a year still get a raise and lobbyists work in the new administration if the president doesn’t re-do these pre-second oath decisions?

These are just some of the questions that will light up the conspiracy theorist faction of the Web, and even made their way into the mainstream convo this morning on MSNBC when reporters Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd raised them.

-- Carrie Budoff Brown

 

[jillian]

Oh look, blameshifting again. You liberals sure are getting good at that.

you mean Roberts DIDN'T make the mistake?

'cept he did...

and who cares anyway... cept the wingnuts of course.

somehow I don't suspect you really give a hoot about this.

 

[bigdaddygtr]

Oh look, blameshifting again. You liberals sure are getting good at that.

Hey dumbass, even Roberts admitted it was his fault. All Obama was supposed to do was repeat him and Obama stumbled one time because he knew that Roberts had just screwed up but he had to repeat him.

God, you hate him so much that you don't even realize when he had nothing to do with it and he's been in office for 2 whole days.

Listening to you makes me even happier that the Gators kick the shit out of the Razorbacks every time we play them

 

[Lycurgus]

Actually Obama stumbled twice, but, the big one was Roberts mistake.

Come on, it's funny. Relax and have some fun with it.

 

[auditor0007]

If this is the most important thing we can find to discuss, we're all in trouble.

 

[xsited1]

Barack Obama's first mistake as President: he didn't even get sworn in right. Even Bush lasted longer than that.

President Obama retakes oath of office

All of this could have been avoided if he had had his teleprompter the first time.

 

[Luissa]

POLITICO 44: The Obama Presidency. Minute by Minute


Is every document Obama signed before retaking the oath of office null and void? In other words: Is Hillary Clinton really secretary of State? Do we Americans truly have a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation? Can Obama staffers making over $100,000 a year still get a raise and lobbyists work in the new administration if the president doesn’t re-do these pre-second oath decisions?

These are just some of the questions that will light up the conspiracy theorist faction of the Web, and even made their way into the mainstream convo this morning on MSNBC when reporters Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd raised them.
-- Carrie Budoff Brown

Well they should just read the constitution especially the part that states that no matter if he takes the oath or not he is President at noon on jan. 20!

And who really cares who made the mistake! I am sure all of you got your wedding vows perfect!

 

[Chris]

Fixing Bush's mistakes? Seems like it, yeah.

Roberts was the one who made the mistake. Bush nominated him.

Good one.

 

[Harry Dresden]

well i guess we just found out that the new Prez.and the chief justice are human after all......

 

[Paulie]

Well they should just read the constitution especially the part that states that no matter if he takes the oath or not he is President at noon on jan. 20!

There's a part that says that?

You must have read a different constitution than I did.

The one I read specifically states this in Article II, Section I:

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

And that's probably why they re-did the oath, because it needs to be clearly on record that it was recited exactly the way its required.

 

[MalibuMan]

I have no problem with it at all. But poor Bush would have torn apart for doing the same thing.

 

[Luissa]

There's a part that says that?

You must have read a different constitution than I did.

The one I read specifically states this in Article II, Section I:



And that's probably why they re-did the oath, because it needs to be clearly on record that it was recited exactly the way its required.

I get that they have to take the oath but as stated in amendment 20 section 2 his term begins at noon on jan 20 th therefore taking care of any issues that might arise like bad wording and people thinking anything signed is void!

 

[Paulie]

I get that they have to take the oath but as stated in amendment 20 section 2 his term begins at noon on jan 20 th therefore taking care of any issues that might arise like bad wording and people thinking anything signed is void!

I think it's pretty safe to assume that the term starting on 1/20 at noon, and the oath being required, are dually necessary to the legal process.

The oath being recited was an original part of the constitution. The amendment stating the day and time was added much later. The former was ALWAYS the requirement, and always will be.

Therefore, it stands to reason that official record ought to have the oath as being properly recited, hence the re-do.

 

[Ravi]

According to NPR, there are a few presidents that never took the oath at all.