Come on, let this one go. It makes us look like idiots. Roberts flubbed it. It looks to me like he skipped the word faithfully, realized he had done so, then added the word back in at the end of the sentence. Obama hesitated—with reason—do I recite the Chief Justice’s rewording or do I stick with what I memorized, the formal wording. Roberts realized why Obama was hesitating and jumped in with the correct wording.
Roberts made the mistake. If anything, Obama was overprepared and knew what the proper wording was.
Jumping on Obama for this makes us look like fools. Choose your battles prudently.
What do you expect? there probably wasn’t a telepromter right in front of him.....obama IS Ron Burgundy..a no talent script reader.
You’re kidding right? Roberts definitely said faithfully the first time around.
Calling us fools and telling us when or when not to criticize Hussien makes you look like a DUer, noob.
Look, it is now a matter of fact that the Oath of the Presidential Office was flubbed. Obama's 'ascendancy' was not as graceful, as the amazing enlightened being that Obama's followers would have us believe, that it would have been.
Unlike in President Ford's day where one trip, while exiting an airplane, was used to demolish his whole presidency, we can all rest easy that the mass media will never refer to this again. So let us, the good members of freerepublic, muse and call it for what it is, and record it for future retrieval as may be needed.
Humiliating political opponents, is the left's rule conduct. If there is nothing but respect to be had for the 'not left candidate', then the left and the mass media makes something up. Did you see what SNL did to Sarah Palin just this last Saturday? As if she is even on the national scene anymore, or they so fear the wisdom of her words that they have to stab her not just once, but many hundreds of times. She lost and they won. Where is the grace and good sportsmanship in the winners doing that to her?
This thread does not stoop to the low standards which the Democrats have practiced since Nixon's day. Democrats have so cluttered the playing field with false statements and outright lies, that a fair game is not even possible. Yet we keep true to our standards, and valiantly continue our search for the truth with consistency. We debate on the validity and the truth of what our congressional reps and president are doing and saying. Unlike the left which seems to only respond to name calling, chanting one word over and over again, and lying about what their opposition is trying to say.
The only ones who were crying racism during the election were those who were practicing it themselves. The rest of us were trying to define the issues and suggest solutions and hope that the candidates might pick up on them. Obama got elected by not committing to any ideals, but that his election would solve the racism problem. He has been elected and yet we are all still being berated an lectured with "how racist Americans are" because we wish for government to operate with in the terms of the constitution, to follow the rule of law. Somehow this is twisted by the democrats into a racist belief.
America's oath of office is the actual contracts between an office of our government and the people of the United States of America. It must be sacred. It must be clearly realized and agreed to by the President of the United States of America. He must elevate America above all else that he holds dear. All else must take second place to his responsibilities to America, her people, her livelihood, and her well being.
If he is unwilling to fulfill this sacred oath, to the best of his ability and belief in what is best for America, then he is unworthy of the office.
Without this oath, pledged in good standing, with the American people, we can have no trust in our government.
I for one, believe that the stumble was an honest mistake. But the subject is important enough that it should be discussed.
Conservatives believe in the 'rule of law'. Our lives are conditioned on the rule of law in this country. Why should our politicians be exempt? They are our servants, we are not theirs.