YES We did!

SacTown Chronic · 01-21-2009, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I'm waiting for the lawsuits about how he's not really president.

Heh.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/...a_oath_do_over

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After the flub heard around the world, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesday night at the White House — a rare do-over. The surprise moment came in response to Tuesday's much-noticed stumble, when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which prompted Obama to do so, too.

Don't worry, the White House says: Obama has still been president since noon on Inauguration Day.

Nevertheless, Obama and Roberts went through the drill again out of what White House counsel Greg Craig called "an abundance of caution."

And this little nugget:

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The president said he did not have his Bible with him, but that the oath was binding anyway.

Awesome that a president was sworn in without using the bible. Scary that there's a need to assure that a bible-free oath can be binding.

BarTopDancer · 01-21-2009, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic

Heh.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/...a_oath_do_over And this little nugget:
Awesome that a president was sworn in without using the bible. Scary that there's a need to assure that a bible-free oath can be binding.

Considering the era the Constitution was written, it doesn't surprise me that they needed to verify this.