Obama takes Presidential oath...again
 

WASHINGTON – 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."

This time, the scene was the White House Map Room in front of a small group of reporters, not the Capitol platform before the whole watching world.
"We decided that because it was so much fun ...," Obama joked to reporters who followed press secretary Robert Gibbs into the room. No TV camera crews or news photographers were allowed in. A few of Obama's closest aides were there, along with a White House photographer.

Roberts put on his black robe.

"Are you ready to take the oath?" he said.

"Yes, I am," Obama said. "And we're going to do it very slowly."

Roberts then led Obama through the oath without any missteps.

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


That will keep some of the looney toons on the far extreme right from saying "He's not the President".

First I've heard of it and I listen to a lot of talk radio

I suggest that you don't let that be your only outlet.

ETA: And in case you missed it, Hillary was confirmed today.

I heard plenty about that.

Good.

Chris Wallace on FOX News said after the oath was botched that b/c it had been Obama was not president. I'm not sure what other news outlets shared his POV but better safe than sorry.

CNN definitely did not share that POV because they announced at exactly 12pm that Barack Obama was officially president even though he hadn't been sworn in yet (they hadn't even made the first attempt at that time).

I was watching MSNBC and other than laughing at the botched oath they didn't really talk about it. I read on Daily Kos about Chris Wallace.

I was watching MSNBC's coverage the morning of and right at 12 Noon ET, and the announcer (can't remember if it was Olbermann or Brokaw) said that Barack Obama officially takes office - per the 20th Amendment. President Obama didn't take the Oath until 4 minutes later.

They were probably extra excited because they're FOXNews. lol.

I heard the same thing and I was flipping channels between MSNBC & CNN...

I saw a clip of what Chris Wallace said on the Countdown Olbermann show where he became one of the Worsts Persons...

The sly Fox, cyclops
We locked in an idiot box
The video slots broadcast
The Waco Dividian plots
They own YouTube, MySpace
When this ignorant shit going to stop?
They monopolizing news
Your views
And the channel you choose
Propaganda, visual cancer
The eye in the sky, number 5 on the dial
Secret agenda, frequency antenna
Dr. Mindbender
Remote control soul
Controller
Your brain holder
Slave culture, game's over
What's a fox characteristic?
Slick shit, sensin', misinformation
Pimp the station, over-stimulation
Reception, deception
Comcast digital Satan
The Fox has a bushy tail
And Bush tells lies and foxtrots
So, I don't know what's real (what's real)


Sly Fox - Nas

...let's see who picks this up...

I wonder what percentage of my news info comes from GC. Seriously! I was explaining this story to my roommate today, and most of what I knew about it came directly from GC. Love it!

Dear Lord, it's 3 AM!

The main reason they probably even bothered to do it again is because you know some crazy idiot would file an emergency injunction saying that G.W. is still pres...

At least it will sound better now for news clips and commemorative DVDs.