Mark Spahn writes: > "Barrack Hussein Obama ... got nervous and flubbed some of his lines." > -- Alan S. > > No, it was not Obama who flubbed his lines, but Chief Justice > John Roberts
Yes, you are quite right. When I heard it live, I realized that someone had flubbed the lines and I somewhat rashly assumed it was Obama. Later on, the play-by-play color commentator on the radio replayed the offending lines and correctly pointed out that Roberts was actually responsible for most of the flubbing. But on even more careful analysis, it seems that Obama may have "stepped on" one of Roberts' lines, throwing off the timing and causing the entire thing to go down in flames. I note that the whole inauguration and Oath of Office ceremony ran a bit late, so perhaps Obama and Roberts were feeling a bit of time pressure. This delay prompted some wags to note the possibility of a momentary vacuum of leadership if Bush's term would have run out promptly at 12:00 noon but Obama would not yet have been formally inaugurated, technically leaving the US without a President for a few minutes. But evidently someone ran off to consult the Constitution or some other dusty tome and found that even if the new president has not yet taken the Oath of Office, they are still the President immediately after the previous one's term runs out. Whew! That was a close one. Regards, Alan Siegrist Orinda, CA, USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
