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Inauguration Video – Live on MSNBC


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4 Responses to “Inauguration Video – Live on MSNBC”

  1. mkjones Says:
    January 20th, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    Poor bloke fluffed his lines :) so much for Mr Cool ;)

  2. Vorlon32 Says:
    January 20th, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    Looks like Chief Roberts goofed up and threw Obama off.

    http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/20/1751351.aspx

    About that oath flub
    Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:22 PM by Domenico Montanaro
    Filed Under: Obama WH Transition

    From NBC’s Pete Williams
    The recitation of the presidential oath came in fits and starts.

    The Constitution prescribes the text: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

    But Chief Justice John Roberts, using no notes, flubbed his lines, and Obama knew it.

    First, Obama jumped in before the “do solemnly swear” phrase, which seemed to throw the chief justice off his stride. Roberts rendered the next phrase as “that I will execute the office of President to the United States faithfully.”

    “That I will execute,” Obama repeated, then paused like a school teacher prompting his student with a slight nod. Roberts took another shot at it: “The off … faithfully the pres … the office of President of the United States.”

    The oath then got more or less back on track after that. Close enough for government work.

  3. Mayor Daley Says:
    January 20th, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    In addition, the US Constitution does not require “so help me God” at the conclusion of the oath, but it was inserted by these blokes. A nice touch.

  4. Andrea Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    yup, exactly. it was like two actors who have learned their lines – and then one messes theirs up, so the other actor doesn’t quite know whether to proceed as he should do, or work around the new lines his opposite actor has just spoken. :-) I loved the way he said ‘So help you god?’ at the end, posing it as a question.