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Is there a transcript available?

4 posted on 01/20/2009 10:30:35 AM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5(SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|TaglineSpaceForRent)

5 posted on 01/20/2009 10:34:03 AM PST by rockabyebaby (Say what you feel, those who matter don't mind, those who mind don't matter.)

Each president recites the following oath, in accordance with Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution:
" 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."

"Just after noon, Obama stepped forward on the West Front of the Capitol to lay his left hand on the same Bible that President Abraham Lincoln used at his first inauguration in 1861. The 35-word oath of office, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts, has been uttered by every president since George Washington. Obama was one of 22 Democratic senators to vote against Roberts' confirmation to the Supreme Court in 2005."

Was it Roberts who initiated the stumbling?

11 posted on 01/20/2009 10:41:24 AM PST by antonia (A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. - Edward R. Murrow)

UPI offers this transcript but as we can see when we watch a video of the oath, this transcript is sans the garble.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Barack Obama Tuesday recited the oath of office to become the 44th president of the United States, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts:
ROBERTS: Are you prepared to take the oath, Senator?
OBAMA: I am.
ROBERTS: I, Barack Hussein Obama...
OBAMA: I, Barack...
ROBERTS: ... do solemnly swear...
OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear...
ROBERTS: ... that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully...
OBAMA: ... that I will execute...
ROBERTS: ... faithfully the office of president of the United States...
OBAMA: ... the office of president of the United States faithfully...
ROBERTS: ... and will to the best of my ability...
OBAMA: ... and will to the best of my ability...
ROBERTS: ... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
OBAMA: ... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
ROBERTS: So help you God?
OBAMA: So help me God.
ROBERTS: Congratulations, Mr. President.

19 posted on 01/20/2009 10:46:57 AM PST by antonia (A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. - Edward R. Murrow)

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38 posted on 01/20/2009 11:29:54 AM PST by Larousse2 (Like June Carter Cash, "I'm just tryin' to matter.")

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