Unfortunately it was Chief Justice Roberts that botched the oaf. Hussein was just thrown off by the goof.
If true just think how Putin,Hassan,Akmandinajad,Chavez and other advesaries will have their way with him. Roberts may have been nervous too. But he isn’t the leader of then semi-free world. Ya think they would have practiced this once or twice.
Actually it was both. First Roberts misplaced "faithfully", then when Obama hesitated, Robertes restated correctly. Obama then said it the way Roberts said it the first time.
Unfortunately I think the "formal" oath is just that, the formal oath, and the oath may have been sworn earlier, perhaps just on paper. If not, we have a problem, and had another. First, we had no President, not even a poser, for some period, as the taking of the oath occurred somewhat after noon, when President Bush's term ended. Fortunately nothing happened to require the President's action during that period. Secondly the oath is the only thing in the Constitution in quotes, it must be sworn as written. It wasn't. So, technically, and Constitutionally, if the oath was not sworn before the formal ceremony, even a written oath would be OK, we still don't have a President or a poser, since swearing of the oath, as written, is commanded by the Constitution (Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he *shall* take the following oath".) (members of the military both swear an oral oath and sign a written oath, (for officers these are: AF Form 133, DA Form 71, NAVCRUIT 1000/20) but I don't know if the President does or not.)