Close enough, but no cigar with regards to President Obama taking the Oath of Office as the 44th President.
The Constitution requires: “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.” The Constitution requires that he is a natural born citizen as well, but the jury is still out on that one .
With less than five minutes into Obama’s Presidency, the first flub of the Constitution began with Chief Justice John Roberts saying the oath incorrectly. Obama caught it and gave Roberts a moment to recover but still did not do it right.
The oath includes the phrase “That I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States” but Roberts didn’t say “faithfully” until after saying “president of the United States.” http://www.nypost.com/seven/01202009/news/politics/roberts_flubs_swearing_in_oath_151047.htm
They are simple words and yet on this most historic of days, already our Constitution is thrown side for a statement that is close enough. I thought close enough only counted in the game of horse-shoes.
“I, Barack Hussein Obama,” totally jumped the gun and cut off Chief Justice Roberts before he had completed the line. It didn’t help when he called Obama as “Senator”. When the noon is passed, the President-elect automatically becomes President without taking oath. Calling him Senator was only the first mistake.
See the video of the swearing in of Obama at- http://blog.coincidencetheories.com/?p=962 . The text can be found at http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/01/the-inuagural-o.html
In post news analysis, Fox News noted that Obama may have not completed the oath as required by the Constitution but more than likely, Justice Roberts would throw out any case against him. I can’t wait to hear what Rush Limbaugh has to say since last weeks commentary, “”I’ve been listening to Barack Obama for a year-and-a-half. I know what his politics are. I know what his plans are, as he has stated them. I don’t want them to succeed,” he said. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hxpMXOB6U__wIxx8Cub3uWAR6kPg
Obama and Roberts are, after all, becoming close associates, only last week Obama got a tour of the Supreme Court in a closed session. Lingering court cases regarding Obama’s citizenship have been shuffling around the Supreme Court for months. All have been denied or denied without judgment, so far. https://ahrcanum.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/obama-meets-with-supreme-court-justices/ I find it an insult to justice and pretty stinking crappy that a judge would meet behind closed door with a defendant in a lawsuit- even if that man would be Obama.
Wasting no time, http://www.whitehouse.gov/ the White House’s main web page is all Obama. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewbush/ President George Bush has been relegated to the list of previous presidents. From the site, “The Bush family also includes two dogs, Barney and Miss Beazley, and a cat, Willie.” Surely it must have pissed of President William Clinton, aka Slick Willie, to have had a cat named after him living in the White House.
The amusing footnote in history is noted, let’s move on.
Since the Main Street Media is so stuck on the fact that a black man has been elected and sworn in at President, I thought I’d take a moment to remind readers that President Barack Hussein Obama, is half white. Whatever his skin color, I pray he leads us toward safety and prosperity, preferably without our having to pay more taxes and redistributing what little bit of wealth we have left.
God Bless America
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