um... this do happen for which there is no film at eleven you know. The article says some reporters (presumably print) were present.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Joel Polsky <[email protected]> wrote: > The article mentions : *"No TV camera crews or news photographers were > allowed in. "* - then HOW do we know if it actually happened. > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> "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. >> >> "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. >> >> The president said he did not have his Bible with him, but that the >> oath was binding anyway. >> >> The original, bungled version on Tuesday caught observers by surprise >> and then got replayed on cable news shows. >> >> It happened when Obama interrupted Roberts midway through the opening >> line, in which the president repeats his name and solemnly swears. >> >> Next in the oath is the phrase " ... that I will faithfully execute >> the office of president of the United States." But Roberts rearranged >> the order of the words, not saying "faithfully" until after "president >> of the United States." >> >> That appeared to throw Obama off. He stopped abruptly at the word >> "execute." >> >> Recognizing something was off, Roberts then repeated the phrase, >> putting "faithfully" in the right place but without repeating >> "execute." >> >> But Obama then repeated Roberts' original, incorrect version: "... the >> office of president of the United States faithfully." >> >> Craig, the White House lawyer, said in a statement Wednesday evening: >> "We believe the oath of office was administered effectively and that >> the president was sworn in appropriately yesterday. Yet the oath >> appears in the Constitution itself. And out of the abundance of >> caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice >> John Roberts will administer the oath a second time." >> >> The Constitution is clear about the exact wording of the oath and as a >> result, some constitutional experts have said that a do-over probably >> wasn't necessary but also couldn't hurt. Two other previous presidents >> have repeated the oath because of similar issues, Calvin Coolidge and >> Chester A. Arthur. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:286089 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
