Chief Justice Roberts Flubs Oath

It was not a big deal he is human and that is what I want in a President.
HUMAN!!

Oh, c’mon now, it’s just a few words. He shouldn’t have gotten it wrong. He is a ‘genius’!

@Lantte Fidone: “Wonderful speech by Obama, however, he was incorrect in stating that 44 men have taken the oath of office, the correct number is, in fact, 43. Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, one man taking the presidential oath twice. That’s makes 43 men taking the oath, not 44. Surprised the historian didn’t catch that mistake.”
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It sounds to me like he was including himself saying something like “now 44 men have taken the oath of office”. Since he’s the 44th. I don’t know though.

Who cares whose fault it was, they are both only human.

yes we are all human. Just some thoughts — how come everyone makes fun of Bush’s speeches yet we can pass this for Obama? Hhmmm.
An oath is a commitment from the soul. A Speech is a series of statement to outline tactics to meet an objectives.

Correct Obama is the 43rd president. And we will soon have a 43rd Super Bowl, cool coincidence isn’t it!

Hey, I figured this out first, and am a conservative blogger.
Did you set the record straight on how Sarah Palin was right about the “Bush Doctrine,” and Charlie Gibson was soobmishly and arrogently wrong in claiming that it was preemptive war?

pt, except Palin correctly defined the “Bush Doctrine” as defined in the liberal “New York Times”, and Charlie Gibson was blaming Bush for the idea of pre-emptive war, which, as a doctrine, existed before Bush.

It’s like opening a window on a beautiful Spring day to let the stale air out after 8 years.

Roberts sabotaged this historic moment on purpose. Since the first sound recording of a U.S. presidential inauguration, has the CJ ever flubbed the oath before? Roberts is a dyed-in-the-wool partisan and it is no surprise that he would inject a mistake into the oath so that video and sound recordings of this great moment in American history would be marred. This is classic “rat-f*cking” in the grand tradition of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Atwater and Rove. Of course, video of the swearing in will now be unusable in the President’s re-election campaign in 2012. It is sad. Roberts displayed his own racism today. Honest Americans should remember this in the future when they vote for their Senators. We need the Senate to approve Justices to the Supreme Court who serve justice, not partisan dirty tricks.

Democrat Culture of Corruption – Your name suits you perfectly because it tells everyone who reads your comment what you are – a CORRUPT Democrat who is bitter and angry and probably a racist in the truest sense of the word. You can’t change; you won’t change and you seem to want everyone to feel as you do. Well, guess what? A vast number of Americans DON’T FEEL AS YOU DO. You can be miserable ALL BY YOURSELF. The REST OF US are rejoicing in AMERICA’S NEW PRESIDENT on this historic occasion. God bless you anyway.

It’s just like ABC News to paint over history with a bottle of white out.
Watch the video!
The first phrase was supposed to be:
“I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear…”
But Obama began repeating immediately after his name was said. He was TALKING OVER Roberts who was saying “do solemnly swear.”
Then, after that, Roberts forgot the word “faithfully” and haplessly added it to the end of the sentence. Did Obama’s error cause Roberts to screw up too? We will never know.
Compare Obama’s oath with Biden’s. The pause occurs AFTER “do solemnly swear.”
Fact, boys and girls, OBAMA FLUBBED HIS OATH.
So what? As an Army officer, I have read oaths of office to hundreds of officers and noncommissioned officers. I have screwed up. They have screwed up. It’s all part of the fun and games of the ceremony.
Conservative bloggers jump all over it. Welcome to the club. After years of you endlessly making fun of Bush’s gaffs, it’s sauce for the goose.
But already with Obama’s FIRST WORDS as president, we have the news media covering up his mistakes, leftists making excuses about his mistakes, recriminations, and conspiracy theories that Roberts “meant” to mess it up.
You are sad and pathetic people both for electing this mouthbreather to office and for denying reality right before your eyes!
I anxiously await the first liberal to read what I wrote, watch the videos, and come back here to accept cold, hard reality.

Mmmm…lay down and accept this cold, hard reality, baby.
Accept it in your mouth.
Okay, okay, I’m done.
But…REALLY??? All ready with Obama’s first words we have crackpots jumping on ABC’s newsblogs to call the president of these United States a mouthbreather.
Fact, lads and ladies, POWinCA has a cold, hard rod stuck up his ***.

who cares?

Who really cares.

This was just a little salt in the wound ($150 million taxpayer dollars spent on the inaguration – during a recession)! I’m not here to criticize the guy, he told us what we wanted to hear and we are dumb enough to believe it so all the power to him. Go Obama

This is a sad state we are in when we care more about a few lines from an oath (Even if you mess up your marriage vows it is still valid – and usually a fond moment later on) then anything else. I personally don’t care about the inaugeration. I am more worried about the state of our economy and healthcare.
I am a little upset we have spent millions of dollars on something that really doesn’t matter in the long term.

If it was Bush who stumbled over his words, it would be all over the late night talk shows. Hopefully, Obama will be treated the same.

Chief Justice John Roberts could not have made such a huge faux pas without doing it knowingly. Why? Come to your own conclusions.

“Give Roberts a break! This was probably the first time that he has ever looked at the United States Constitution.”
Love the sarcasm here — perfect.
Indeed, the man had one important job and couldn’t get it right. So makes you wonder about what’s going on at the Supreme Court — how many other screw ups? What other “flubs” does his pompous attitude cause?

So Chief Roberts flubbed the oath. He’s only human, right Republicans?

What do you expect from a bush crony?
You’re doing a heck of a job john boy!!!
Hey POWinCA,whose army were you in?

We ALL witnessed history yesterday. The history of our country is not perfect and it probably never will be perfect. We do what we can and we fail at times, but we endure. I honestly never thought that I would see this day come in my lifetime. I am happy to see that such a level of acceptance has happened so quickly. It says so much about our country. Let’s stop bickering, stop blaming and look to each other for help and support. Maybe then we can fullfill our “persuit of happiness”.

Clearly this is the chief justice’s fault not President Obama’s

OBAMA’S BEST INAUGURATION DAY POEMS
FELLOW AMERICANS
Will we battle terrorism as it should be fought
Or run away and let evil doers chase us to our door?
Will we protect our freedom and system of life
As our fathers and grandfathers sacrificed before?
Will we secure our borders against illegal entry
Or let our economy and security be destroyed?
Will we finally stop runaway wasteful spending
By leaders who are self-serving and void?
Will we continue to pledge our help to the less fortunate
Who suffer from war, hunger and disease?
Will we preserve our heritage and our future
From those who wish to bring liberty to its knees?
Never be afraid to be proud of America
And march with the thankful, honorable and just.
Never surrender our freedom of choice
Standing firm for what we believe and trust.
Sometimes it’s hard to protect what is right
Sometimes we’re scorned as for others we fight.
Some of us are willing regardless of loss
To commit our soul to save the cross.
Evil prospers on greed and human hate
Always eager to destroy and defecate.
God’s grace descends on the souls of man
Cleansing the impure wherever He can.
As long as man has struggled on earth
Life has had its troubles from birth.
God’s seed of goodness has delayed man’s demise
Thank Heaven for his heroes the strong and the wise.
The Lord adores his heroes of yesterday
Just how numerous, only He could say.
God loves his soldiers who line up to serve
By standing against evil His grace they deserve.
God Bless America
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S TWO WORLDS
There are two worlds, this one and the next
Man’s is deceptive, temporary and full of blame.
God’s is permanent, loving, truthful and complete
Free of hate, lust, war, greed and shame.
Our bodies belong to this world and die
Our souls come from God’s and return.
Virtue is knowledge of what is right or wrong
As the lessons of lifetime we learn.
Humans are disorderly, wasteful and corrupt
All are guilty of the ignorance of sin.
The worst crimes practiced on Earth today
Are the sadistic deeds committed by men.
History persist but nothing has changed
The world we live in is more dangerous than before.
Most people never know the true facts or answers
They just follow the leaders they fear or adore.
The falsehoods of politics shadow man’s soul
Testing our faith, temperament and resolve.
Real heroes defend, liberate and unite
Facing problems with a mandate to solve.
President Obama I pray for your wisdom
To deal with America’s troubles and enemies at hand.
Man’s world is God’s boot camp of divine worth
As the misdeeds of man crisscross the land.
SLAVERY
When you chain the neck of a slave
The other end fastens to you.
Your heart and soul become corrupt
And all which is evil you’ll do.
No government shall exist for ever
Who’s people are not really free.
Though around the world there are those
Who stay blind to how life should be.
Any who must enslave others
Will dwell in their own living hell
After death, they’ll join their master
In that place from heaven he fell.
But till then we’ll fight and resist
Making them put their chains away
And those of us who may die first
From heaven shall watch and pray.
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LINCOLN’S WAR & OBAMA’S
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
In 1860 life was good
Till its simpleness ceased one day.
The North wished to save the Union
While the South chose to break away.
America was torn apart
As six hundred thousand died.
Throughout four years of total war
Women without husbands cried.
The sad fact of the Civil War
Is what was left at its end.
Too many times, men’s evil acts
Destroyed both foe and friend.
The problem was, once it began
There was no peace or compromise.
Total victory must be proclaimed
Before rage would leave men’s eyes.
Destroy all that helps the enemy
Was the cry of either side.
Anything to obtain victory
As death on horseback did ride.
Black men dressed in old uniforms
Became the Union’s reserve.
They fought and died for their freedom
And their rights they earned and deserve.
Lifestyles would forever change
For all who survived the war.
It had ended as it began
With sadness, misery and more.
Both sides prayed to the same God
And spoke words from the Bible.
The prayers of both were not answered
For all involved were liable.
BLACK POWDER BRIDGE
A courier rider hands his papers to me
They are instructions from Robert E. Lee.
I am advised now is the time
To stop the troop movement on the Rock Island line.
I muster my men and they load up the boats
We powder our pistols and darken our coats.
Traveling the currents, the sun slips from sight
As brave men with a purpose have gathered to fight.
We capture a bridge before the moonrise
The Yankees who are here shall soon feed the flies.
The evil of war feeds on my brain
As I light the fuse to destroy a train.
Above us a trestle of timber and tar
As we pull our oars for a willowed sandbar.
From the banks of the river; we watch it approach
There’s shadows of soldiers, in the windows of a coach.
With a burst of bright yellow and a roar in my ear
I hear them scream as they ‘re falling in fear.
The river is boiling in steam, steel and stems
Back home their families shall soon sing funeral hymns.
The one lone survivor was a red stallion stud
I lassoed his neck, and freed him from the mud.
As I ride in his saddle beneath the stars that shine
I pray for forgiveness and some peace of mind.
War is a lesson we re eager to learn
When man has that fever to murder and burn.
Lord, please forgive me for what I have done
For all those I’ve silenced were some mother’s son.
THE FEVER OF FEAR
Cannons are bursting hot metal from the ground.
Soldiers are looting and burning our town.
The fever of fear rushes through my veins
As too many Bluecoats jump from troop trains.
Smoke from hot barrels is swirling around
As four thousand muskets volley their sound.
All of my comrades have stopped a lead ball
Most cry out, then stumble and fall.
Even the young lad who carried our flag
Now he lies dead as he clings to that rag.
Wagons with the wounded trail blood on the ground
Death and destruction are easily found.
The Generals are crying ’cause they can’t stand defeat
But it’s always the soldier who dies on his feet.
Horse hooves are pounding on a bridge made of boards
As the sunlight reflects from the blades of their swords.
Quickly I hide out in the roots of a tree
Where the dirt has eroded and there’s just room for me.
After dark I sneak out with the cover of fog
Then float down the river, as I cling to a log.
Songs of their victory, ring out through the night
While from the cold, muddy water, I see their firelight.
It makes me remember my old country church
Where the preacher spoke God’s word from his holy perch.
That the seed of all conflict began in a cave
When man, like the wild wolf had to prove he was brave.
THUNDER IN THE GROUND
Cannons are bellowing from a ridge far away
The battle lines are forming and there’s little time to pray.
Musket balls are pelting like hailstones from the sky
I’m so full of fear cause I don ‘t want to die.
From beyond yonder hill comes a terrifying sound
It’s the music of the buglers and there’s thunder in the ground.
The fast-riding troopers have all drawn out their swords.
They ‘re shouting and screaming as they charge up the gorge.
It’s hard to believe how many make it through
As they’re hacking and shooting at the boys dressed in blue.
Then come the soldier men who run upon their feet
Every time I drop one, my heart skips a beat.
There’s a storm on the ground made of death, dust and smoke
My throat is so dry, I can ‘t help but choke.
The fury of the battle is bound to settle down
When most of the fighters lie dead on the ground.
After dark, the stretcher-bearers are afraid to search around
The wild hogs eat the wounded and I can ‘t stand the sound.
Come dawn, we dig ditches for all the brave, lifeless men
Then quote words from our Bible praying heaven lets them in.
SLAVERY
When you chain the neck of a slave
The other end fastens to you.
Your heart and soul become corrupt
And all which is evil you’ll do.
No government shall exist for long
Who’s people are not really free.
Though around the world there are those
Who stay blind to how life should be.
Any who must enslave others
Will dwell in their own living hell
After death, they’ll join their master
In that place from heaven he fell.
But till then we’ll fight and resist
Making them put their chains away.
And those of us who may die first
From heaven shall watch and pray
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
In the course of becoming officers
The young men of West Point bonded like brothers.
Till roomers of Civil War transformed friend to foe
As many cadets chose to serve others.
Fifty-five of sixty major battles fought
Were lead by graduates of the long gray line.
Yankees and Rebels ravaged one another
For to kill and plunder were virtues of the time.
Over six hundred thousand soldiers were consumed
Not counting multitudes of population.
Cities, farms and the countryside were laid to waste
Before our Union was restored to a nation.
THE LITTLEST SOLDIER
Nine year old Johnny Clem who stood just four feet tall
Ran away from Ohio to answer his country’s call.
He joined up with the Union and became a drummer boy
Soon to prove the gun he wore was far more than a toy.
Armed with a sawed-off musket, cut down to just fit him
He shot a Rebel horseman who tried to do him in.
Awarded his sergeant’s stripes and the silver medal
His comrades offered him hot coffee from their kettle.
The newspapers of the North, gladly published his story
Telling of the nine year old who earned his country’s glory.
THE BATTLE
The moon is sky high
And perfectly round
As it highlights the beauty
Of disputed ground.
Life is a journey
Where the passage is free.
After, there’s judgment
By the living and Thee.
Tomorrow’s carnage
We’ll survive if we can.
Death and dismemberment
By the hand of man.
Some will stumble
With absence of breath.
While others charge
Into the face of death.
We’ll race toward the battle
And pray for the best
Hoping somehow
We pass God’s test.
BUGLES
Their red and blue, ragtag flag stood out
Against their dust covered uniforms of gray.
Savagely we fought to kill our enemy
As the battle raged on in the heat of the day
Volley after volley we put forth our blaze
With thousands of led balls snapping flesh and bone.
Blistering sweat rolled down every face
As the tunes of war by bugles were blown.
There was a clanking sound of ramrods in barrels
As each new minieball was loaded and fired.
Some shot aimlessly into the smoke
While others took aim at the worn and tired.
Bullets were popping like the fourth of July
Yet our enemy kept surging ahead.
All at once they broke and ran off in groups
Scattering as for the forest they fled.
From behind the protection of a stacked-stone wall
The victorious cheered or just sat starring
At all the bodies of friend and foe
While for the wounded the surgeons were caring.
Soon the war was over and I survived
Despite it’s brutality on trampled ground.
From boy to man I was transformed
Though, still in the night I hear its sound.
OBAMA’S WAR
SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF WORLD WAR III
Our sons and daughters serve in harms way
To defend our way of life.
Some are students, some grandparents
Many a husband or wife.
They face great odds without complaint
Gambling life and limb for little pay.
So far away from all they love
Fight our soldiers for whom we pray.
The plotters and planners of America’s doom
Pledge to murder and maim all they can.
From early childhood they are taught
To kill is to become a man.
They exploit their young as weapons of choice
Teaching in heaven, virgins will await.
Destroying lives along with their own
To learn of their falsehoods too late.
The fearful cry we must submit
And find a way to soothe them.
Where defenders worry if we stand down
The future for America is grim.
Now’s not the time to fight one another
Or kiss our enemy’s cheek.
All through history it remains the same
The strong enslave the weak.
May God continue to bless America
Refusing evil, the upper hand.
It’s up to us to stay resolute
Defending the liberty of Man.
FREEDOM
In their new uniforms
The young march off
Not knowing who shall return.
With a proud devotion
They brandish their flag
Leaving loved ones to wonder and yearn.
May we all be buried
By all of our children
Is an ancient tribal prayer.
They’re so easy to lose
But so hard to forget
Such a burden for a parent to bear.
Oh, the taste of victory
Shall soon be forgotten
But, never that which was lost.
For those rows of white headstones
In peaceful green fields
Make it easy to tally the cost.
America has survived all attempts to destroy
Knowing the cruelty of war
And, we who remain
Must help keep her free
For those who can march no more!
By Conservative Poet
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I don’t understand why people say that it was just a simple mistake. I don’t think it was. It’s not uncommon for the Chief Justice to read the oath (out of the book) so that he doesn’t flub the lines. He had that option but he thought he would be cute and memorize it. He started out with the smart comment, “Are you ready?” Someone should have asked Justice Roberts if he was ready cause he obviously wasn’t. I thought Justice Roberts was trying to be cute, to be smart, and it backfired on him. I don’t think it reflects well on him.