Jan 21, 2009 11:38am

Good Morning, Mr. President

We’re told that at 8:35 am ET, the president arrived in the Oval Office and spent 10 minutes alone in the office.

He read the note left to him by President Bush on the Resolute Desk that was in an envelope marked to #44 from #43.

At 8:45 am, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel came in to discuss the schedule of today’s events; First Lady Michelle Obama came into the Oval Office at 9:10 am.

ABC News has also learned that President Obama this morning telephoned four leaders in the Middle East to start pushing peace in the region.

President for less than 24 hours, Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, His Majesty King Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

"Obama reiterated that he and his administration will work in full partnership with President Abbas to achieve peace in the region," Palestinian official Saeb Erekat told Reuters. The Jordanian Embassy issued this statement: "His Majesty King Abdullah II received a phone call today from U.S. President Barack Obama during which both leaders discussed regional developments as well as bilateral relations. King Abdullah first congratulated President Obama on his inauguration as the Forty-Fourth President of the United States noting that he looks forward to working with the President to address regional challenges and resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of a two-state solution, which His Majesty believes is the only way to ensure security and stability in the region.His Majesty also stressed the importance of early U.S. engagement in serious and effective peace negotiations to achieve a two-state solution as soon as possible."

– jpt Photo Credit: White House photo by Pete Sousa

User Comments

They released a picture of the envelope?
So he spent 10 minutes alone, read the letter, put it back in the envelope, positioned it back on the desk and called in a photographer and took the shot.
Then he got on the phone.
Or did he take the snaps himself from his blackberry?

Posted by: BertieW | January 21, 2009, 11:50 am 11:50 am

It seems a little humor still reigns in the White House. I find the envelope heading funny – (if indeed that’s what it read).

Posted by: Sheera | January 21, 2009, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm

They released a picture of the envelope?
So he spent 10 minutes alone, read the letter, put it back in the envelope, positioned it back on the desk and called in a photographer and took the shot.
Then he got on the phone.
Or did he take the snaps himself from his blackberry?
Posted by: BertieW | Jan 21, 2009 11:50:29 AM
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aaaahhhhhhh sounds great.
the neocon moan……

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

I am so pleased with the first calls. Not the easier calls to Europe but right to the heart of the matter.

Posted by: susan | January 21, 2009, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm

“the neocon moan……”
No way! we are on offense all the time now baby.
So Obama prancing over and going shouting out the door “squee! I got a note from Bush! Hold my calls to Olmy, I need some shots for my Ttmblr” is lol-worthy.

Posted by: BertieW | January 21, 2009, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm

“the neocon moan……”
No way! we are on offense all the time now baby.
So Obama prancing over and going shouting out the door “squee! I got a note from Bush! Hold my calls to Olmy, I need some shots for my Ttmblr” is lol-worthy.
Posted by: BertieW | Jan 21, 2009 12:12:44 PM
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I guess Sean Hannity didn’t get that memo….
He says that you are in exile.
I agree with him totally

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm

“I agree with him totally”
If only you did!
I for one look forward to Obama and his cults wacky high jinks.
You’d better get right! You’d better get
right!

Posted by: BertieW | January 21, 2009, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

Omentum, thank you for the repost of my comments.. ABC does not have a sense of humor… lmao
Has Obama sent the Gitmo detainees to NYC yet, and put them in public housing and paid them their SS benefits? Or is that next week?

Posted by: who says what | January 21, 2009, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm

“I agree with him totally”
If only you did!
I for one look forward to Obama and his cults wacky high jinks.
You’d better get right! You’d better get
right!
Posted by: BertieW | Jan 21, 2009 12:21:43 PM
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So you hope that Obama fails. You look forward to seeing America fall in a deeper ditch that is already is.
Wow. Who is the terrorist here?

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm

BTW, i forgot to pay my taxes for the past year…can i just say I’m sorry

Posted by: who says what | January 21, 2009, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

“So you hope that Obama fails. You look forward to seeing America fall in a deeper ditch that is already is.
Wow. Who is the terrorist here? ”
Why? Are you terrorized that someone doesnt agree with your Messiah? The State shall not establish an official religion.
Question Authority.

Posted by: BertieW | January 21, 2009, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm

“First Lady Michelle Obama came into the Oval Office at 9:10 am.”
Let’s hope she took off that DRESS. What kind of organization comes up with an inaugural uh costume in which it’s impossible to walk OR dance, and requires the wearer constantly jerk at the skirt to stay erect at all?

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm

“First Lady Michelle Obama came into the Oval Office at 9:10 am.”
Let’s hope she took off that DRESS. What kind of organization comes up with an inaugural uh costume in which it’s impossible to walk OR dance, and requires the wearer constantly jerk at the skirt to stay erect at all?
Posted by: Belle Starr | Jan 21, 2009 12:34:46 PM
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Would ya like cheese with that whine.

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm

“First Lady Michelle Obama came into the Oval Office at 9:10 am.”
Let’s hope she took off that DRESS. What kind of organization comes up with an inaugural uh costume in which it’s impossible to walk OR dance, and requires the wearer constantly jerk at the skirt to stay erect at all?
Posted by: Belle Starr | Jan 21, 2009 12:34:46 PM
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Don’t ya think it resembled an old bedspread…she needs to hire a fashion consultant with some common sense.

Posted by: samhiguchi | January 21, 2009, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm

“So you hope that Obama fails. You look forward to seeing America fall in a deeper ditch that is already is.
Wow. Who is the terrorist here? ”
Why? Are you terrorized that someone doesnt agree with your Messiah? The State shall not establish an official religion.
Question Authority.
Posted by: BertieW | Jan 21, 2009 12:34:14 PM
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Touche’ o ignorant one……
Said nothing of questioning authority. Beleive me I did it for eight years now.
I never once hoped or looked forward to America failing though. Are you an American?

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm

I think people were distracted by the unfortunate shoes. The dress itself looked good and was appropriate IMHO.

Posted by: BertieW | January 21, 2009, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm

“First Lady Michelle Obama came into the Oval Office at 9:10 am.”
Let’s hope she took off that DRESS. What kind of organization comes up with an inaugural uh costume in which it’s impossible to walk OR dance, and requires the wearer constantly jerk at the skirt to stay erect at all?
Posted by: Belle Starr | Jan 21, 2009 12:34:46 PM
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Don’t ya think it resembled an old bedspread…she needs to hire a fashion consultant with some common sense.
Posted by: samhiguchi | Jan 21, 2009 12:39:49 PM
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and I can refer you to a specialist in gastro-intestinal problems.
Maybe he could help your acute belly-aching syndrome

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm

I think people were distracted by the unfortunate shoes. The dress itself looked good and was appropriate IMHO.
Posted by: BertieW | Jan 21, 2009 12:41:57 PM
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Well at least they didn’t look like those shoes that went whizzing past Bush’s head.

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm

I questioned how they got a shot of a letter than Obama had already read back on the desk looking like it was just left there.
If the story is correct, Obama was alone for 10 minutes, read the letter then someone came in and restaged it.
You then freaked out, feeling threatened that I point that out.
See I feel ok questioning the pre-processed marketing messages coming out of the Crystal Pepsi marketing office.

Posted by: BertieW | January 21, 2009, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm

I did not vote for Pres. Obama. BUT I did not expect to be disenfrachised from my own country. For nearly 20 hours of non-stop video feed, I saw BLACK women crying, BLACK men, BLACK children, maybe some WHITE person in the background, Beyonce, Kanye “Weirdo” West all BLACK entertainers.. And Charles Gibson blaring in my ear “It’s a GREAT day for Black America”. Hello? I thought it was a vote of confidence for the WHOLE country, a President of BI-RACIAL mix, the non-traditional stereotype.

Posted by: DrCGee | January 21, 2009, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm

“Don’t ya think it resembled an old bedspread.”
It DID resemble a chenille bedspread — or, to be charitable, candlewicking — and the reported sequins didn’t shine, and the superfluous ruffles and all that would have made ANYbody over twelve look silly.
The yellow ensemble was bad enough — that stupid bow probably looked good on paper, but not for actually WALKING in — the poor woman spent the entire day tugging at her clothing.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm

jpt writes:
“He read the note left to him by President Bush on the Resolute Desk that was in an envelope marked to #44 from #43.”
It was Bush I, if memory serves, who started this pseudo-sports-jersey numbering business as a coy way to distinguish himself from his son in a cute WASP-y way.
Maybe it’s time to retire this, especially since “44″ is the one who boasted during the campaign of being “the guy who brings a gun to the knife fight”?

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

“I questioned how they got a shot of a letter than Obama had already read back on the desk looking like it was just left there.”
The Puppet’s been staging over substance all the way … but maybe He used His x-ray vision. Isn’t that one of the super-powers?
Or maybe the original note was written in crayon, and the photo was fudged.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 1:01 pm 1:01 pm

“I questioned how they got a shot of a letter than Obama had already read back on the desk looking like it was just left there.”
The Puppet’s been staging over substance all the way … but maybe He used His x-ray vision. Isn’t that one of the super-powers?
Or maybe the original note was written in crayon, and the photo was fudged.
Posted by: Belle Starr | Jan 21, 2009 1:01:32 PM
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There’s nothing more comical than a right-wing conspiracy.
you should have ended your post by saying
ooooogggyyyyy booooooogggy

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm

BertieW – you have the same trouble as most anti-President Obama people have, you look for reasons to doubt, question and create an atmosphere of questioning everything from sunrise to sunset. If you perhaps kept your mouth shut and your observations to your self until you had some idea of what was truth or an imagination of fantasy you would serve yourself, your neighbors and others well. FACT – the first picture of the letter left by Bush to Obama was aired on national television LAST NIGHT – you will also notice that the picture of the letter shows NO flower arrangement on the lamp table, but there is one in the picture of Obama. Your desire to create hypotheticals is what we used to call loose-lips.

Posted by: OnTheGloryRoad | January 21, 2009, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

“Or maybe the original note was written in crayon, and the photo was fudged” Since the note was written by Bush, I’d believe crayon!

Posted by: try the truth | January 21, 2009, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm

I cannot believe a picture of the envelope was released to the press. Was this necessary? It was not done by previous administrations.

Posted by: sanjose56 | January 21, 2009, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm

“I cannot believe a picture of the envelope was released to the press. Was this necessary? It was not done by previous administrations”—- Are you sure? Why don’t you research that and get back to us, maybe the petty will have worn off by then

Posted by: try the truth | January 21, 2009, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

“There’s nothing more comical than a right-wing conspiracy.”
Unless it’s being such a showboat that you demand the Lincoln Bible, then blow the oath of office. (Did Lincoln himself throw The Pup back, or was it just the beginning of that uh “hubris” thing?)
“Right-wing”? The wing’s the thing, they used to say (and that the chicken dies a thousand deaths) — but hasn’t the Puppet decreed an end to wings, and substituted Himself for ideology and all that?

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm

Our President & Chief Justice couldn’t say the oath, and you guys are worried about an envelope?

Posted by: DrCGee | January 21, 2009, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm

“the first picture of the letter left by Bush to Obama was aired on national television LAST NIGHT”
Cute: kind of like a letter to Santa, but in reverse.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

“There’s nothing more comical than a right-wing conspiracy.”
Didnt you pay attention to all the left wing ones?
- Bush was going to cancel the elections and declare martial law
- Bush had detention camps set up
- Jeff Gannon was really some kidnapped paperboy from the ’80 brainwashed at Bohemian Grove
- Bush and Cheney gave the detonation orders for WTC7.
Not to mention all the wacky Palin theories about how her daughter had two babies in the same year. The ‘progressives’ are now assuming that there is a missing third baby.

Posted by: BertieW | January 21, 2009, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm

note written by bush?
You know bush cannot read or write.
thank god he is gone.
now maybe, just maybe the usa can become a great leader nation again

Posted by: jgaw | January 21, 2009, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

“There’s nothing more comical than a right-wing conspiracy.”
Unless it’s being such a showboat that you demand the Lincoln Bible, then blow the oath of office. (Did Lincoln himself throw The Pup back, or was it just the beginning of that uh “hubris” thing?)
“Right-wing”? The wing’s the thing, they used to say (and that the chicken dies a thousand deaths) — but hasn’t the Puppet decreed an end to wings, and substituted Himself for ideology and all that?
Posted by: Belle Starr | Jan 21, 2009 1:18:46 PM
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…..and more idiotic than right-wing logic.

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 1:28 pm 1:28 pm

I will say that George W Bush was a very good President. He did every thing to protect this nation. And after all, he could only do what the House would agree upon…. And if the news reporters would report exactly what was said and done, instead of adding to…. you could see, that he was a good president.

Posted by: Jerrie | January 21, 2009, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

Just look at him in the Oval Office!!!!
YES WE DID!!!!
Imagine that!!!!
A BRAIN
A BRAIN
in the Oval office
talk about a warm and fuzzy

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 1:35 pm 1:35 pm

Too bad there’s nothing positive to day about the publics message so far.
Why don’t you give the man a chance to get us out of this misery. Certainly Mr. Bush didn’t have a plan, he’s been following Chaney for years now. The Obama’s seem to be a good family and desrve a chnace to prove some of the promises to the public before being taking them done.

Posted by: Valerie | January 21, 2009, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

“now maybe, just maybe the usa can become a great leader nation again”
Failed states seldom rise again. “Our” military oligarchy (plagued by millions of surplus un-rich citizens now seen as parasites to be eradicated) is BIG, but not great.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

Wow… actually dealing with peace in the middle east at the beginning of his term … not on the way out the door.
wow …. what a concept.

Posted by: Omentum | January 21, 2009, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

For all you hater’s out there Our president didn’t mess up the oath ,the chief justice got it wrong, watch the tape!! and so what ! They are humans – Bush messed up eight years and stole two elections.

Posted by: ALI | January 21, 2009, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm

“FACT – the first picture of the letter left by Bush to Obama was aired on national television LAST NIGHT – you will also notice that the picture of the letter shows NO flower arrangement on the lamp table, but there is one in the picture of Obama. Your desire to create hypotheticals is what we used to call loose-lips.”
FACT- after Obama read the letter they restaged it for the photo.
I dont know why you guys are so alarmed to find this kind of marketing has been going on when its been obvious to everyone else.
Why dont you, like the asians, ‘mellow’.

Posted by: BertieW | January 21, 2009, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm

i cannot stay on this, wish i could get into this right now, but cannot
jerrie,
george w bush was not a good president.
when the great great grand children who will be running this country in the future, look back and review geoge w bushs presidency, it will not be kind.
and they will equate “W” time in office as a revisit to the stone ages,
bush is LUCKY another attack did not happen on his watch. because he sure did not do much to prevent it. the borders are still unsecure. all of the places that were at risk in this country before 911 are still at risk for breach.
so to say bush did every thing he could to keep us safe if untrue.
true we have not had another attack on the cont. soil. (not because of bush though)
but because of what bush has done, with the invasion, the prisons, and torture,
terrorist is up 75% all over the world.
and with the waterboarding and such,
heaven help our soldiers if captured.
because of bush they will be tortured.
thank god, and glory, george bush and cheney are gone.
let us speak their names no more.

Posted by: jgaw | January 21, 2009, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm

“watch the tape!!”
Hahaha. If you can FIND the tape. The video on teevee was all cut and pasted by last night. Everybody saw it, though.
The Pup, presumably in haste to get “Hussein” out of the way, interrupted the Chief Justice. Then Roberts misplaced the word “faithfully”, and the Pup compounded THAT.
Approximately everybody in the electrified world WATCHED this happen, so there’s very little point in saying it didn’t happen.
People being a superstitious species, MANY will connect this unprecedented snafu with Obama’s demand to be sworn in on the Lincoln Bible. And even those who pretend to be above noticing signs and portents will REMEMBER it forEVER.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm

President Obama is off to a great start. The prayers of a nation are with him.

Posted by: Nashville_fan | January 21, 2009, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm

justice roberts messed up.
he started saying what he was supposed to say, (realized he had messed up) paused, which prompted president obama.
if roberts had not messed up, paused, their would not have been the mess up.
it was roberts fault.
president obama was gracious when asked about it, said of roberts “we helped each other”
so one should ask roberts if he felt he was the one who messed up.
but roberts messed up.
president obama (as i am sure we will say many times in the future of him)
president obama got it right.

Posted by: jgaw | January 21, 2009, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm

just as in the bible
with clinton we had good years
with bush bad years.
now with obama we will have lasting peace and prosperity
President Obama is the right man and this time for the job.

Posted by: jgaw | January 21, 2009, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm

“justice roberts messed up.”
After Obama interrupted his first line.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 2:04 pm 2:04 pm

Hmmmm! All these negative comments what they are saying.

Posted by: anonymous | January 21, 2009, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm

The “right” man or, the right “color” for the job? People saw a Black candidate as a beacon of hope, and we all agree it was time. But his resume does not scream “right man”. Can it get any worse? We’ll see.

Posted by: DrCGee | January 21, 2009, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

“his resume does not scream “right man”. Can it get any worse? We’ll see.”
Rahm Emanuel, Admiral Blair et al. scream “right”, anyway.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm

Wow, talk about hitting the ground running. I really admire Obama’s work ethic and intelligence.

Posted by: Lydia | January 21, 2009, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm

“president obama was gracious when asked about it, said of roberts ‘we helped each other’”
Yeah, it was a return to the glory days of Alphonse and Gaston (which see in Wikipedia or somewhere).
“Well begun is half done” … OR not.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 2:20 pm 2:20 pm

re Alphonse (the tall one) and Gaston:
“The premise of their strip was that they were both extremely polite, constantly bowing to each other and deferring to each other. Neither could ever do anything or go anywhere because each insisted on letting the other precede him.”

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm

“Rahm Emanuel, Admiral Blair et al. scream “right”, anyway.”
With all due respect, a Surgeon General who has his own TV Show and at 39 has VAST experience in public health matters and no MPH; a Scty of Labor who can barely spell her name with a mediocre academic record; and a CIA Director who has NEVER worked in Intelligence. Aside from Clinton – who single handedly, according to her, exchanged fire gun in hand, in a war, the CVs are suspect. But – hey anything can happen now?

Posted by: DrCGee | January 21, 2009, 2:31 pm 2:31 pm

“VAST experience in public health”
Yes, God help the un-rich: Tom Daschle where Dr. Dean should have been.
Amidst the blabla of the awful inaugural speech was “public health that works for everyone” — “public health” being a phrase not previously exactly gushing from The One’s over-all health hokum.
California — from whence The One is run — moved “public health” to a passel of impenetrable non-profits who churn MediCal and Medicare charges, deliver crappy care heavy on pain meds for intractable conditions which in normal medicine would require tests, hospital care, actual medical attention, etc.
The spectre of Gupta and Daschle killing off as many of the inconvenient un-rich — ladies first — as possible as fast as possible, while privatizing “public” health, is right there in the … wings.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm

America,
With our past behind us and allowing mistakes of yesterday be in yesterday.
With our futures ahead of us. Let us focus on being a GREAT nation as we all know it can be. Let’s put all this ENERGY we are feeling into something GREAT.
Go be part of your community. Go meet your neighbor. Go make our NATION filled with joy, laughter, peace, love for one another, and pride for the RED, WHITE and BLUE.
God Bless America!!!

Posted by: A fellow Mexican American Woman | January 21, 2009, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm

We’re screwed. People bought it all.

Posted by: DrCGee | January 21, 2009, 3:01 pm 3:01 pm

It was widely reported that Roberts, when discussing the oath of office, admitted “it was my fault.” He was heard to say this at the lunch following the inauguration.
So, no matter how cynical haters like Belle Starr want to spin it, Roberts is the guilty party.

Posted by: William J. LePetomane | January 21, 2009, 3:04 pm 3:04 pm

A fellow Mexican American Woman; great wishes. In Lala land. You of all people, should know the Brown efforts – as of yesterday will be ignored for 4 years. Wait and see. We had Hispanic “friendly” President in Bush, we don’t now. But let’s keep “hoping” for the next 20 years.

Posted by: DrCGee | January 21, 2009, 3:05 pm 3:05 pm

Reverence for the office, at least he wore a clean shirt.
Probably has a guy standing at the door selling commemorative plates.

Posted by: bill-tb | January 21, 2009, 3:09 pm 3:09 pm

lol

Posted by: DrCGee | January 21, 2009, 3:10 pm 3:10 pm

” … Roberts is the guilty party.”
Amazingly enough, it looks as though big media guns are going against what every person in the world saw in real time, laboring to replace public memory of the fact that the swearee’s interruption of Roberts’ first line is what threw off the oath. (See, for example, rawstory.)
If the curse of The One by the Lincoln Bible didn’t loom large — albeit officially unmentioned in pundit land — in this, the punditocracy wouldn’t now be urging that The Pup be given His now-customary DO-over.
Even for the oath of office. It’s freaking amazing.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm

“Roberts, when discussing the oath of office, admitted ‘it was my fault.’”
After YOU, my dear Alphonse!
The birthday suit factor assures that Obama is NEVER at fault … except when, as in the dustup over Burris, the other party is “black”, in which case Obama backs down.
If anybody set up ANYbody, Obama set up Roberts, by interrupting him. But I’d bet the botch came from the curse of the Lincoln Bible.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 3:25 pm 3:25 pm

Meanwhile, the adjectival creep on Geithner has gone from “innocent” mistake, to “big” mistake, to “careless mistakes”.
Is there a rush for passports? There WILL be.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm

“As a former Federal officer who administered the oath of office to a lot of newly hired Federal employees, I can assure you that Justice Roberts not only screwed up the cadence but the oath itself. There is always a break between “I (and your name)” and “do solemly swear (or affirm)”.
Plus Obama isn’t the President “to” the United States but President “of” the United States.”
And that doesn’t even mention, Robert’s getting the ‘faithfully’ out of order.

Posted by: pefros | January 21, 2009, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm

“And that doesn’t even mention, Robert’s getting the ‘faithfully’ out of order.”
It doesn’t mention the Lincoln Bible, either. If the ENTIRE media is drafted to blame Roberts, Obama’s hubris is STILL served.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm

“For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth.
And because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.”

Posted by: pefros | January 21, 2009, 3:46 pm 3:46 pm

“We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.”
… ruled by a handful of WASPs, and designated “minority” figure-heads.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 3:57 pm 3:57 pm

“”And that doesn’t even mention, Robert’s getting the ‘faithfully’ out of order.”"
Well at least we can all agree that the oath was invalid.
What unites us really is stronger than those other bits. Obama really is bring people together.

Posted by: BertieW | January 21, 2009, 4:43 pm 4:43 pm

Too bad about Roberts though, the dude had only one thing to do on Inauguration Day . . . get the oath right.
He blew the cadence, he stated it as ‘President TO the United States” instead of “President of the United States” and in the same very sentence he mangled and misplaced the ‘faithfully’.
And he did little better when Obama paused to allow him to correct himself.
How embarassing for Roberts.
Still, let’s get over it and move on . .. people make mistakes.

Posted by: pefros | January 21, 2009, 4:51 pm 4:51 pm

It was 80% Roberts and 20% Obama.
And we cant forget it! Constitutional Experts are claiming we have a crisis! Go google it!

Posted by: BertieW | January 21, 2009, 5:05 pm 5:05 pm

“Constitutional Experts are claiming we have a crisis!”
A most delicious outcome of the most ridiculous vignette so far in the “Obama” organization’s years of over-production.
Using the Lincoln Bible as a prop was the one silly millimeter too far, it seems.

Posted by: Belle Starr | January 21, 2009, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm

I admire the presidnt’s work ethics. After a full day of events he gets up early to get to work. He has my motto. Who needs to sleep much anyway. We’ll have plenty of that when we are 6 feet under. Good for you.

Posted by: zorra | January 21, 2009, 6:17 pm 6:17 pm

President Obama has great working ethics. A great servant leader…

Posted by: Victor | January 22, 2009, 7:33 am 7:33 am

m proud of u Mr Obama……….

Posted by: Phindile Buthelezi | January 22, 2009, 7:35 am 7:35 am

Humm…….scheduling tea parties or tee times? What a joke he is!!!!

Posted by: Mildred | January 22, 2009, 1:59 pm 1:59 pm

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