Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., apparently working without notes, started prompting Obama with the words, but Obama jumped in a shade too early which then knocked Roberts off stride.
They started over, but then Roberts mixed up a few words. Obama started to respond, but he paused as if waiting for Roberts to say the words correctly or at least say them again. Then it got more or less back on track. Here is the text of the oath as it is supposed to read: "I (name) 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 words "so help me God" are added if the president wants them and Obama did.) As chief justice (since 2005), Roberts has been known to flub his lines on occasion mispronouncing names of lawyers and cases once in awhile. On Dec. 2, during arguments in Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, he pronounced the respondent town as if it were two words: "Barn Stay-bul." He later corrected himself, calling it "BARN-sta-bul," as it should have been. http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202427587735 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:285710 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
