[Wolfstar]

PHOTO OF THE DAY: President Bush and Mrs. Bush view the U.S. Constitution with National Archivist John Carlin, left, and Senior Curator Stacy Bredhoff, while touring the National Archives in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005, the day before his 2nd Inaugural.

Although all other oaths of office for elected officials in the U.S., only the presidential Oath of Office is mandated by the Constitution:

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I 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."

Whatever else can be said of GWB, this man most assuredly executes the Office of President of the United States faithfully.

[Wolfstar]

A sea of onlookers witness the second swearing-in ceremony of President George W. Bush at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 20, 2005.

"From all of you, I have asked patience in the hard task of securing America, which you have granted in good measure," President Bush said in his 2nd Inaugural Address. "Our country has accepted obligations that are difficult to fulfill, and would be dishonorable to abandon. Yet because we have acted in the great liberating tradition of this nation, tens of millions have achieved their freedom."

[luvie]

A TOAST FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

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Happy new year

[El Gato]

Although all other oaths of office for elected officials in the U.S., only the presidential Oath of Office is mandated by the Constitution:

Very true. However the Constitution does mandate those other oaths be taken, and specifies the basic content. The Presidential oath is in Art. II section 1.

Art. VI, last sentence states:

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

Too bad so many of the above mentioned legislators, executive and judicial officers don't understand, or at least follow, the oath to "support and defend the Constitution".

The enlisted military oath is slightly different, and is not mandated by the Constitution.