Actually, he became president on the stroke of 12:00, even without the oath (by law)
(He didn't take the oath until 12:05) >From the ap: .... But at one point, Obama paused abruptly after Roberts reversed several words in the oath. 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." Obama apparently realized that something was out of order. With Obama not reciting, Roberts then repeated the phrase correctly, the brief awkward moment ended and Obama was back on track. .... On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll start a rumor that Roberts did it on purpose in an attempt to > invalidate Obama's swearing in. He's not really President! He took the > wrong oath! > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> > wrote: > > NBC said that Roberts went in without any notes, and flubbed it.. > > > > Scott Stroz wrote: > >> I was dumbfounded that it seemed like Obama fumbled the oath. Then ABC > news > >> reported that Roberts did change something (though I did not hear what > they > >> said was changed). > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> > >>> So, did Roberts change the words of the oath on the spot, or was it > >>> planned? > >>> > >>> And if planned, why? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Scott Stewart < > [email protected] > >>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> amen brother > >>>> > >>>> Michael Dinowitz wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I didn't vote for him either but he's now our president and he > deserves > >>>>> > >>>> all > >>>> > >>>>> of our support. He, like Bush, has inherited problems and it is his > job > >>>>> > >>>> to > >>>> > >>>>> fix them. It's our job to support his fixing of them. He has yet to > >>>>> > >>> show > >>> > >>>> us > >>>> > >>>>> he doesn't deserve it so lets be optimistic. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> > >>>>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Don't feel sorry for me man. I didn't vote for him. I have no reason > >>>>>> > >>> to > >>> > >>>> be > >>>> > >>>>>> excited at all. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285676 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
