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As a proud English major, I'm mortified by the fact that only one person has chosen to bring up the notion of split infinitives. This nation has been doing it wrong for over 200 years, maybe we should inform all the dead presidents that seeing as how their oath of office was grammatically incorrect, therefore so was their presidency.

If that's the case, then I proudly congratulate Barack Obama on being the first President of the United States of America. how's *that* for progress?!

Barack Obama is President of the United States, not because of the exact wording of the oath of office, but because he won the Nov. 4 election by a clearly decisive popular vote and an electoral landslide.

Why is this even news?

Like many have said, the cost of this event was nearly the same as Presidents Bush's was in 2005, what many don't realize though is that only about 30 million is paid from the government which goes to build the platform at the capital and the reviewing stand at the White House. The other part of the money is taken from Donations of private citizens like the campaign was. The money that is raised through donations is mostly spent on the balls, and other things to celebrate the new President. So saying the cost of this event is truly not fair when most of it comes from donations.

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WAS I THE ONLY ONE WATCHING THIS YEARS INAUGURATION??!!??

APPARENTLY SO BECAUSE THE PRESS AND THE MEDIA ARE HAVING A FIELD DAY ACCUSING CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS OF BLOTCHING THE PRESIDENTIAL OATH.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WHEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS BEING SWORN IN, THEY STAND BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND REPEAT WHAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAS TO SAY.

OBAMA WAS THE EXCEPTION!!!

AS YOU WATCH OBAMA BEING SWORN IN, HE STARTS TO SAY HIS NAME BEFORE CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS WAS FINISHED TALKING.

I DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE COULD BLAME CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS FOR THE SCREW UP WHEN IT IS OBVIOUS OBAMA WAS TO BLAME.

So why isn't anyone pointing out that President Obama stepped over Chief Justice Roberts and didn't wait for him to get to the "break point" before he started repeating the oath. Listen to VP Biden take his oath and then listen to President Obama. You should be able to catch the difference and I think that is what threw CJ Roberts off his game. Enough blame to go around although it really doesn't matter. However, the media IS in the tank for the President and they can't possibly bring themselves to admit he could do any wrong..

Dang! There goes numerous spin theories on Fox Noise; and there goes all those idiotic lawsuits being lined up by the Coultergeist, Rushies, and other extreme right paranoids.

This may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. President Obama and Chief Justice Roberts seemed to have bonded over this snafu. I wonder if he plays basketball.

In any event, they had a do-over today just to make it kosher...

To "Bush nominated Roberts. It figures."

I was actually waiting for someone to claim that this was a Republican ploy to somehow tarnish the new administration. You took it a step further and made it about race though so you get and extra helping of ice cream at dinner tonight!

You are actually the reason that the races in this country will never feel as if they are equals. Every misstep on the part of white people is seen as a slight against whichever minority can claim it, but white people are the only ones capable of being racists (if a black man discriminates against a white man it's REVERSE racism).

But you are absolutely right. The black President is obviously being held down by "the man".

To add on to previous comment. Cnn with this type of "childish" reporting; Your not going to make it with the Obama administration; his powerful persona will diminish you.

The good news is the "abundance of caution" from former Williams & Connolly partner Greg Craig, who will hopefully temper some of the legally more ambitious ideas of the Obama Administration. The bad news is the President's humorlessness and agitation with Biden's little quip. Lighten up, Dude. (P.S.: the language was not a "perfect jibe" because the "so help me God" was constitutional surplusage tossed in to make the deistic majority feel better about their faiths.)

Somehow, they'll put the blame on W.

big D. Cheney

This just means that President Obama is twice the president and even more he can be...top that bitter baby Dan

Posh...all this whining for an oath, given out of nervousness. Anyone here who is in the military knows that we say the same oath except we swear to follow the orders of the President and or Governor (depending if you're National Guard). My point is, I fumbled over mine as a 17 year old kid who signed up a week after the Iraq war started in 03. I was nervous, and finally my point: If there is any chatter that Obama is not legally the president because of a fumbled oath then I guess I'm not a legal member of the armed services. Thanks for helping me out nick-pickers...now I guess I'll go call my commander and tell him I'm not coming in because 6 years ago I fumbled over the oath so I'm not legally bound to the Air Force...seriously. (I wish you could see me rolling my eyes.)

As expected CNN does not like criticism........'no posting' of anything critical of the nonsense reporting.......this will not be posted either

When the flub originally happened, some of my coworkers laughed and commented on how they were glad it happened, it just showed that Obama was really human and nervous, just one of every day people. When they later found out Roberts had messed it up, they ripped Roberts apart as deliberately trying to sabotage Obama's big day and make him look stupid in front of the whole world. I pointed out their double standard. I'm sure they won't be hypocritical again, at least not when I'm around.

First, let's stay on the subject of the article.
I think the flub-up was hilarious. It brought a sense of light-heartedness to a very somber occasion.
I find it very cool that Mr. Obama felt it necessary to have it repeated, for whatever reason.

To Dan-
Get over it. In my opinion, whatever the final cost is, the historical significance this inauguration had makes the coverage, and cost worth every penny.

It has been reported that two other presidents redid their inaugural oaths – including Chester A. Arthur. Does anyone know why these other presidents redid their oaths? Was it due to wording problems? I was also interested in the fact that there was not a bible present in the photo of the redo. I looked in the Constitution and could not see anything written about the requirement of a bible or religious text being used for the swearing in, so i guess this is not a huge deal. Also, was the redo necessary? The constitution has several spelling errors (or old alternative versions of correct modern grammar) so the slight rewording may not have been a huge deal either.

Oh my what will the FOX news network have to cry about Thursday morning? I'm sure Justice Roberts feels very bad for his mistake but it has been corrected. We should have a sense of humor like the President who just made good humor out of the error.

I smell something arat!

This could be a bush clone!

I don't like that President Obama opted not to use a Bible for the retaking of the oath. It wouldn't have been that difficult to get ahold of Lincoln's Bible one more time.

To make the effort to 'redo' something means you should DO IT RIGHT the second time. Saying a Bible is a tradition, and not a requirement, is fine... but then they wouldn't have used a Bible the first time. President Obama wanted to use a Bible the first time, so use it for the retake.

Just need to give a "hear, hear" to db's post. Wanted to write something myself, but after reading that, I think he (she?) says it all.

JOhn Roberts didn't flub you biased boobs, he was on time...OBama messed it up by not staying in tempo....Are you CNN libs going to cover up everything right down to something that trivial? PAthetic journalism.

Nothing wrong with splitting an infinitive in English. Even Fowler agrees there are fine times to do it.

Why did Roberts use a questioning tone for "so help you God"
I thought the oath was repeated word for word; I know the vice president's was not a question.

Hopefully this will shut up Hannity and his ilk.

Dude: there's no such word as "Nobama".

I guess you're not quite ready to put away childish things.

The only omen is a Bush appointee screwed up again, but with patience and at the instigation of our new President the problem got fixed. Neo-cons, have a ball down in Crawford.

Dan January 21st, 2009 8:42 pm ET

And this couldn't have been done earlier to save over $140 million in our taxes!? This inauguration was over four times higher in cost than past ones. The inauguration should have been conducted privately to save money given the state of our economy and people losing jobs. I guess the parties at AIG, costing only $330,000, looks cheap compared to this one! Another leadership flaw for the Democrats
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Based on your past president record he should be force to repay the entire amount of his inauguration out of his own pocket. yesterdays event was watched around the world by BILLION. Stop being a Idiot.

Republicans please calm down, John Roberts had to go home and practice repeating 35 words in the mirror all night. From what I understand the second time was a charm. It'sonly 35 words for the highest office in the world good lord one would think he could get it right.

Who's Dan?

Michael,

The fact that you say "wasting" in Iraq speaks to how heartless, ignorant and out of touch you really are with reality. How shameful and disrespectful not only to the troops (friends of mine) that are fighting there, but for Iraqis who finally have rights, can go to school and vote in elections. Your stupidity is blinding.

it is disappointing that CJ Roberts, having such a small yet ultimately significant part of the event could not have had the foresight to bring a simple 3 x 5 card with the oath along with him. I agree with the woman who wrote the letter to the editor. A more cynical citizen then i might even consider the posible alterior motives (Bush loyalties/ the fact the Snr Obama voted against him). i wont go there. But obviously if some chose to say as Dan does that the whole thing should have b een skipped......

The oath is merely a formality/symbolic practice and irrelevant to the legality or validity of the inaugural ceremony as the Constitution provides that the President -elect officially becomes President at noon on Jan 20, with or without oath. This however is no excuse for the CJ to have screwed up the thing like that! He should be impeached for that! Not to have done his homework properly before coming is a sign of nonchalance on the part of the CJ to the historic nature of this inauguration. No wonder President Obama did not smile or laugh when Vice President Biden tried to make a joke out of it later Wednesday. The fact that they further saw the need to re administer the oath in the WH points to its significance and importance, despite the constitutional provision. the CJ should better learn to take his job seriously next time.

Beats me also why the President's middle name was abbreviated when he was announced in, whereas, everyone else before him had their middle names called out in full. Taking that Oath incident and this together, I will not be surprise if it turns out that these were deliberate right wing attempts to undermine certain aspects of the inauguration.

Oh and "Dan", The inaugurations are ALWAYS covered by private donations. Best to get your facts straight or else you risk looking stupid. The police and secret service are needed because there are crazies out there who want to harm this man, the parties are funded by private donations just like W had for his. Only difference is that W didn't have as many donations becasue no one liked him from the start.

What I think is funny about this whole thing is that Chris Wallace actaully said "We're wondering here whether or not Barack Obama in fact is the president of the United States. They had a kind of garbled oath. It's just conceivable that this will end up going to the courts." Talk about silly liberals, I think the right has it got the "silly" covered here. Nice try guys, go back and look for more fake birth certificates. At least with that you looked only a little silly.

GUYinVA,

You're correct. The "media" is garbage. Few people actually take any of these "reporters" seriously. I come here to get GENERAL facts about news of the day and to read the ticker opinions here. I don't think there are actually stupid people who rely on CNN, Foxnews, NYTIMES, MSNBC, ABC, Washington Post, etc. for all their news. If so, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell them.

Lets just do it daily so faux news and cris wallace are sure hes still President.

The oath is merely a formality/symbolic practice and irrelevant to the legality or validity of the inaugural ceremony as the Constitution provides that the President -elect officially becomes President at noon on Jan 20, with or without oath. This however is no excuse for the CJ to have screwed up the thing like that! He should be impeached for that! Not to have done his homework properly before coming is a sign of nonchalance on the part of the CJ to the historic nature of this inauguration. No wonder President Obama did not smile or laugh when Vice President Biden tried to make a joke out of it later Wednesday!

@ Dan and Others
The Obama campaign has pumped an equal amount if not more money back into the economy through small businesses that have made a profit off his campaign and inauguration.

To whoever asked "Would the same people that questioned the Obama Oath of office questioned the same Flub from Roberts …if the President that was taken the Oath yesterday was white or a Republican".
No. It would be a completely different set of idiots questioning it in that case.

Dan is right... you other 'goobs' are simply blind (or should I say colorblind)... Ahhh... but good for the media don't you think...

I'd retake the oath too. Roberts is a Bush appointee and as such should not be trusted unless held to the letter of the law. We know the oath is a formality but just in case don't leave anything to chance that is administered by a Bush leftover.

For more reasons that could be put in a comment on CNN, Obama did the right thing.... let us now, as a united nations or an attempt for it, support a democratically elected President and hope that he could get us out of the mess we are in today.

Let's just hope that President Obama could get our economy back on track so the thousands that have lost their jobs and the thousands that could lose their jobs be saved.

Optimism has benefits. Lets just believe that for the sake of our children and our future generations. Trust me, it does miracles.

@db:
you made my night with that one.

Please stop complaining about not having video. He just got there into office. And more likely it was a last moment decision about redoing it. And they have it recorded. Let him get on with his business on correcting all of the mistakes that is going on here in the US and Abroad. He will be the BEST PRESIDENT IN A VERY LONG TIME THANK YOU SO MUCH

As for the flub with the oath, isn't it correct the constitutiion states at 12 noon the president – elect will be President of the USA.?

The executive orders issued after the initial oath, irreardless of the corrected flub, should be in effect.

Thank Goodness. One less thing we've got to hear about, for the next four years, from the people who brought us the birth certificate drama.

Better cautious than have to answer to Alan Keyes and his groupies, or those at Fox, who are already attempting to make it an issue. Happiness reigns. Naysayers begone!

I believe Obama became confused while stating his oath because he possibly been given an original copy he was supposed to memorize before the inaugoration. Yet the oath might have been changed last minute before inaugoration which allowed President Obama to be confused. Although, I did not make a difference because he was officially the President of the United States before he made his oath. Also, Barack Obama was more worried about his historical speech that impacted this nation providing an everlasting motivation to defeat the catatrophies and prosper as the future unfolds.

It isn't the difference in cost that bothers me. It's the media's portrayal of the event and its cost. In 2004, we were treated to headlines from such papers as the L.A. Times and others like "Lifestyles of the Rich and Heartless." Stories spoke of the elaborate galas and overall expense as money spent at the expense of those struggling to get by in that economy. We were told that the Republicans attending the events were out of touch with working people. I actually heard one commentator say that this economy (far worse than 2004) was a GOOD reason to spend all of that money on the inauguration. It's apparently going to make struggling people feel better about the nation's new direction. Give me a break! Typical leftist hypocrisy. This isn't intended to be a knock on the President. He's entitled to the inauguration he wants. It's the media hypocrisy that irks me. President Obama just embarked on an 8 year honeymoon.

Justice Roberts did the right thing to calm any future doubts about the oath of office for President Obama. Beside, he is not the first president who took the oath twice. Let's move on.

Geez give the guy a break, besides he's probably more eloquent than any of you could ever be in front of millions. Anyways the inauguration is not important only what happens afterwards.

Media is throwing a tandrum because the cameras were not rolling. Something about the promise of transparency. Get over it..a picture was released and further more "big deal". There are other issues to report. GRIEF!

The thing is CJ Roberts said it right the first time, but Mr Obama got lost, and when Roberts went back to repeat it he flipped the words around. Maybe they should have put it on a teleprompter so Mr Obama wouldnt get lost.

I am glad he took the oath again. I don't want any slip-ups. The last thing we need is a repeat of 2000 and 2004. We have been through hanging chads and botched elections. The last thing I need is a Supreme Court Justice saying, "Oops America guess what? Slight technically. He isn't the president because the oath was administered incorrectly. " That will send this country clear over the edge. )

This is just silly. I suppose all the inanity around the birth certificat caused this. It'd be pathetic if anyone actually tried to create an issue out of all this. Really, really pathetic.

Thank you President Obama!

Those Jive Time Turkey's would have knocked on your door in 3 months requesting you vacate the office with an executive order due to Roberts error. Good move!

This ERROR only goes to show the republicans are scums.

Dan, the inauguration also generated a lot of revenue for businesses - restaurants, cab companies, entrepreneurs selling inauguration memorabilia, etc. So, it actually helped people to keep jobs... By the way, the actual tab picked by the American taxpayer is $45 million, NOT $140 million. Oh, and one more thing, that $45 million is only about $3 million more than Bush's inauguration. Research it.

to db @9:45- ann coulter? what does he have to do with any of this?!

Maybe they should have given Obama a teleprompter.

Dan... you are totally uninformed. That is the danger of people who dont read..make themselves out to be an authority. The Inauguration was paid for with private funds. Why would you want to deny him the privilege of an inauguration when others have had one. Hopefully not because he is "different."

Cole, you are absolutely wrong. The military members in DC to support the inaguration were deployed there; away from their families (from all over the country), and paid extra per diem that totaled about $200 a day....for nearly three months to prep for the program.

Dan, Bush's second inauguration cost about the same as Obama's as it has been mentioned before about the security costs not be included in Bush's "budget" and it was included in Obama's. And Obama had every right to have the same inauguration as all the Presidents before him. In other words, give it a rest.

ITS GOOD THAT OBAMA RETOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE OTHERWISE ONE OF THOSE RABID REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT CLAIMING HIS TENURE IS ILLLEGAL OR SOME OTHER RABID REPUBLICAN IDEA.

I HAVE READ SOME VERY NASTY COMMENTS ABOUT

CHIEF ROBERTS. MAN MADE A MISTAKE. COULD HAPPEN TO

ANYONE. MY GUESS IS THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE PERFECT

PEOPLE THAN I EVER IMAGINED.I,HOWEVER, AM NOT ONE OF THEM.

It may be written as "will faithfully execute" in the Constitution, but it is incorrect English. One is not supposed to split a verb. The way Roberts said it was correct English. It is grammatically correct to say either "I faithfully will execute" or "I will execute faithfully," which Roberts said. Maybe he had a very strict English teacher in high school and could not bring himself to say it incorrectly?

An unnecessary step as per the Constitution which states that the next President takes office as of 12 noon no matter what. If it was that important to do it over, because of Craig being afraid of law, then it should have been televised otherwise it was an event that needed not take place unless he doesn't know his Constitution....and wasn't that one of Obama's specialities that he taught? He should have known it was not necessary as well.

Why can't Chief Justice Roberts get it right? Even after two tries? Where in the Constitution does the Presidential oath contain the words "So help me God"? Does he have to do it a third time? Can't he just READ it from the Constitution?

Hey Dude...

Omen..? Omen..?

If you remember during both bush inaugurations it was CLOUDY, COLD and RAINING...

Well need I say more about 8 Years of Bush?

Thus far, I will have to believe we have a better head start

I felt cheated out of the moment, as I'm sure others did. The President graciously rose above it, so I will try to forget it. As for Roberts, he was a life sized metaphor of seemingly unendless right wing fumbles due to poor planning and arrogance.

Dan- thanks so much for writing!
Now you can go ahead and get back to pleasuring yourself to the cover of your Ann Colter book..

We are all human so we are not PERFECT
Mistake is human
Obama more than ready he khow the oath , don't forget he is a lawyer.
The mistake come from Roberts, but like i said we are not perfect.

Dan:

The figure of $140 million dollars is only four times higher if you leave out the cost of security in past totals, but add the cost of security to President Obama's.

Given that the cost of the Bush 2005 inauguaration was $42 million without security costs figured in, and the cost of the Obama inauguration was about $48 million without security costs.

It's called comparing oranges with oranges and apples with apples; not apples with oranges.

Dan, it was paid for almost entirely w/ private money. As for the police officers, and military, they are getting paid that day anyway, so that is what we call a sunk cost. Additionally, all the people flying into DC, getting hotels rooms, eating out at restaurants, etc. etc pumped millions of dollars into the economy. I know people that were staying in Richmond, VA b/c that was the closest hotel, then jumped on the amtrack, went to the inaguration, and on Wednesday went shopping at Tyson's Corner.

Oy, Dan, give it a rest and try thinking for a change. The inauguration cost about $45 million, and most of that was from donations, not taxes. The $140 million figure you so thoughtlessly throw out is just a tired rightwing talking point. That figure includes all the security costs from every level of government involved. Bush's inaugural cost $42 million, excluding security, and $157 million including it. So Obama spent less, even factoring in inflation. Not that it matters a whit. Here's your brain cell back. Feel better now?

I wonder if this question would surface eventually. Would the same people that questioned the Obama Oath of office questioned the same Flub from Roberts ...if the President that was taken the Oath yesterday was white or a Republican?

Nobama, what an omen to start your presidency.

I think this is a great sign. You see how all the other presidental oath were perfect. Look how that went. This wasn't...I think it is a beginning of a promising era.

Check your facts Dan. You're wrong.

If I were Roberts, I think I might bring along a copy of the text next time.

This goes to show all you liberals that this government is controlled by utter and dramatic incompetence. It is very bad when the oath of office has to be repeated because the first time was spoken in error. What kind of fools are controlling this government????

Justice Roberts was nervous; this was his first time administering the Oath of Office; he tried to do it from memory; I guess nervousness gets to the best of us, and it was pretty cold out there.

Was it filmed?

All we need to do now is check his birth certificate...

Dan's a moron. The festivities are funded by donors.

This wasn't Justice Roberts fault, it was Obama who didn't let him finish speaking the first time and butted in, confusing them both.

Actually there because of the amount of people it actually helped the economy think about the travel business , trains , plains , cabs , buses and coaches, add the amount of text and phone calls made , then the Hats and warm Food Stalls all these would have to imagine how that actually would add to the economy and infrastructure , instead of a private location ... 2 Million People X 1 Hat x 5 Hot Chocs X 1 Train Ride x 1 Plane Ride X 100 Private Messages = 1 Priceless Inauguration

Dan – It could be argued that the money spent, or at least a portion of it, went to providing jobs (setup, security, cleanup to name a few) and injecting some of our tax money back into the economy. Did you consider that before your partisan rant?

Why shouldn't Obama have the same inauguration as all the presidents before him? Are you kidding me? Dan is obviously a Rush (Pig) Limbaugh fan. It cost four times more because prices have quadrupled on the republicans watch not to mention the fact that there was also at least four times more people on D.C. that day. Give it up people. I realize it's hard to face the facts and admit that he is THE MAN but time to put the big boy undies on!!!! OBAMA ROCKS!!!!!

@ Dan,

The inauguration also brought TONS of money INTO the economy. Hotel rooms, restaurants, airline tickets, train tickets, gas stations, retail stores and many other places.

Look on the bright side of things. You'll be a happier person.

for all the discussion, the Constitution states the president elect officially takes office on Jan 20 at noon. CNN made several announcements to this effect since the ceremony ran behind a bit.

As for Roberts, and as Pres Obama has stated, reach across the aisle. Wasn't it the first time for both of em?

For Justice Roberts being so smart he sure did make himself look truly foolish yesterday when he MESSED UP giving the Presidential oath in front of millions of people. This coming from a man who everyone claims is the smartest and brightest of the Supreme Court bench.

Wow... that's impressive. NOT.

Dan .... get real! The event brought in several times the 150 million spent! This is a good 'stimulus' to the economy to usher in the new era of prosperity!

Chief Justice Roberts is supposed to know the Constitution and probably should have had the oath written down, just in case of nerves in front of millions. President Obama is a student of the Constitution and taught Constitutional Law for many years in Chicago. It was obvious that the President knew it was wrong as Roberts spoke it, but he shrugged it off, rather than correct him in front of the world. Oh well, perhaps Roberts wrote it down this time. BTW, Dan, the inauguration was paid for by private donors, for the most part.

This time he used the Quran

This article was very poorly written, almost as if intentionally (to parody the oath situation). I had to re-read several sentences several times to make sense of them.

Dan,

Your idiot president bush was waisting 17 million dollars every hour in Iraq.

Have anything to say about that????

I know this will not be posted. For some reason CNN will not post my comments but here I go again. I am so tired of all of the hate. People can you just be postie about something. Our President is trying to bring people together and make this Country great. Lets just work on it.

It wouldn't hurt to repeat the oath on a weekly basis just to stay grounded, otherwise, actions speak louder than words. Let's get on with the plan of the day.

So, what do you think??? Did Roberts do this on purpose to make Obama look incompetent?? Afterall, Obama did NOT vote to put Roberts on the Supreme Court. HMMMMMM. . .

OMG Dan, So you have to forego a piece of penny candy, grow up.

Good for you Mr. President that will keep Chris Wallace and the hate mongers at Fox news to stop the insanity. Keep in mind you are living under a microscope and everything you do or not do will cause some folks to criticize your every move or misstep. God Bless...............

Because Chris Wallace of Fox news claimed that Obama is not the President for John Robert's mess at the recitation of the oath of office. Isn't that stupid.

Good move. Now does this mean that all the work and orders he has done and issued has to be redone?

He didn't have to but good. Unfortunately it still won't shut up the racist wing nuts who STILL can't believe he's President.

EAT IT LOSERS!!!

Whatever Dan..just like if we would have had our troops home and not spending BILLIONS A MONTH in Iraq, we'd be better off financially as a nation..another "leadership"(term used very lightly) FLAW OF George W. Bush...

Get over it....

Dan...wow.

I am glad that this country gives you the right to express such an acidic opinion.

Hmmm...Dan because so many people complained about the price of this party that's why celebrities such as Halle Berry decided to foot the bill. Some of the same people complaining did not say a word when President Bush had his inauguration dinner where over 2,000 shrimp plates were left over ($1500 a plate). The economy was already in the toilet by that time.

Yeah, Dan. Keep telling yourself that. Your just jealous that Bush didn't get this kind of attention, well maybe for leaving like the failure he is.

I, for one am pleased that Obama retook the oath, otherwise we will be bracing from an onslaugther of crap from the Rush Limbaugh , Chris Wallace and the like.

Now, that the oath is over, let's move on.
HAIL TO THE CHIEF!!!! PRESIDENT OBAMA

I found it interesting that the person administering the oath of office to the new president was the object of a "no" vote when he was being confirmed by the full Senate. The person casting a "no" vote for now Chief Justice John Roberts was none other than our new President –Barack Obama.

I guess, both men have now evened the score. Justice Roberts flubbed the oath, necessitating a re-do. It appears that both men stepped on each other's lines. However, it probably would have been a REALLY GOOD IDEA for Justice Roberts to actually have a copy of the oath to refer to. I'll bet in four years when he administers the oath to President Obama again, he's going to have a copy handy!

Everybody makes mistakes in life, unfortunately this was very noticeable.
Give Roberts a break, it was not intentional and both of them tried to make the best of it. It is refreshing to observe how two people came together and helped each other.

lol @ presidential mulligans. Way to go Justice Roberts. Oh well, merely a formality to squelch any possible technicalities that d-bags would bring up later

Probably good that they re-did the oath; the last thing anybody needs is some conspiracy theory idiot waiting a few years and starting a lawsuit, claiming Obama was never actually the president.

So Justice Roberts flubbed the oath. Life will go on. At least the new President's speech was eloquent and inspiring. That's what really counted yesterday.

This whole episode is hilarious and makes me even more proud of our new President. What's more....a good sign that this administration will produce some decent Obama fodder for late night comedians. I can't wait to see what SNL does with this.

Was not needed, but I understand the purpose behind it. Just trying to make sure that the far out crazies may try to say something stupid about it not being an authentic swearing in process yesterday but the intelligent will know "it's all good".

How can anyone say that Roberts threw the President off when it states plainly that --

On Tuesday, Roberts, apparently working without a copy of the oath handy, started out by reciting a six-word phrase, but Obama broke in halfway through and repeated the first three.

That seemed to throw the chief justice off stride, and he proceeded to mix up the order of the words in the next phrase.

Even the reporters can't report it straight.

And this couldn't have been done earlier to save over $140 million in our taxes!? This inauguration was over four times higher in cost than past ones. The inauguration should have been conducted privately to save money given the state of our economy and people losing jobs. I guess the parties at AIG, costing only $330,000, looks cheap compared to this one! Another leadership flaw for the Democrats....

Roberts was a Bush appointee.
Just one more sad lame attempt by the Bushies to subvert , ridicule and destroy theAmerican way.
Bush spent eight years spitting on the Constitution and teaching his lackeys todo the same.
This should come as no surprise.

Repeat after me...

Good job. That's transparent.

Whatever... the symbolism was there...
this is just going to fill the minds of conspiracy theorists... as if we need anymore of them.

Proactive, wise, and smart! This coming from a conservative!

As I walked away from the National Mall yesterday, I mentioned to cowalkers that Obama was not yet able to execute chief executive duties. I got strange looks. I piously explained Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution and odd looks turned to concern. I'm kind of giddy that not everything went perfectly and I got to do some showing off. It gives me something else to talk about when I tell my grandkids about the day I witnessed history. It's pretty cool that Roberts and Obama did it again. I hope somebody YouTubed it. Does Obama have to go back and re-sign those executive orders? Was this a clever, grand plot to keep Gitmo open? Let me be the first to raise a conspiracy theory in the new administration.

Really unnecessary but done, no doubt, to keep all the crazy Repugs and Obama-Haters at bay since even Faux News reporters were heard questioning his legitimacy as President because of Robert's screw-up. Pathetic. Really, this country is in a world of trouble and we just don't need all these childish nay-sayers and haters dragging us down when the President has the political capital and public sentiment at the moment to effect real change for the good in all our lives.

The first of many do-overs we'll see with this White House, no doubt.

Hey that is ironic isn't it? Bush was only really elected once but he got to take the oath of office twice too.

ha! ha! ha! "we're going to do it very slowly".

Good. I can see his opposers scratching their heads trying to figure out what they can try next.

Smart move because I wouldn't put it past some Rovian-like IDIOT to try to make something out of this and disrupt the presidency.

Unlikely you say? Do you remember the election of 2000 and all the underhanded tricks that the GOP pulled? I don't put anything past these slugs.

Let's just count how many non supportive, trouble making malcontents comment on this blog.

We will take it any which way publicly or privately...

Regardless of what the foe thinks, He (President Obama) is still our president

Welcome Mr. President, we are glad to have you…

President Barack Hussein Obama

You are a first and will forever be the first regardless of what the Republican Conservative think or do.

Personally I do not believe this was a mistake on the part of the Chief Justice.

We all need to remember this is the justice who leads our supreme court and presides over serious arguments and sometimes draft summaries for the entire supreme court decision…

But somehow we are to believe that HE, the Chief Justice, is not capable of reciting or read for that matter a 37 word statement that he had 2 months lead time of preparation…

"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."

I need someone to persuade me of my opinion

Anything short is incompetent.

Go figure, You Go Figure…

TAKE THAT !! RightWing-nut wackos! Now you can't profligate this ridiculous b.s. story anymore! HA ! AND since you all care so much about the REST of the constitution's words you can support Obama's restoration of American constitutional rights!

Oh, I hope someone taped it!!! If not, I can just hear the wingnut conspiracy theorists claim it never happened.

I suppose to extend that "abundance of caution", Obama should re-sign all the orders he's signed since noon Tuesday. Or, at least, sign some order that retroactively re-affirms everything he already signed.

Not that I agree with the guy on anything, but I feel bad for the Chief Justice, who probably has been feeling horrible since yesterday. I'll bet that it was his idea to re-do the oath.

Poor Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, he is going to be remained of this for quite awhile. That said, you try and keep your cool and get every word exactly right with hundreds of millions of people watching your every breath...

But, getting it right is important too, Don't want zealots questioning President Obama's right to lead because the Consititution wasn't followed to the letter.

It dosen't matter if he says it a thousand times, He is still a lier. I hope they impeach the big stiking islamic pig.

Bush clones like Roberts who wanna politicise the supreme court should follow the Bushes!!

Yes, the oath is written into the Constitution. It does not end with the phrase "so help me God". It is fine if the President wishes to add that phrase after taking the oath, but it was inappropriate for the Chief Justice to make it part of the oath.

Obama was right to vote against chief justice Roberts because as he just showed he is unable to even administer the oath of office as written in the Constitution.

Looks like Biden's jabbing got to him!

The first time it looked like neither men knew what they were doing.

Does it really matter. He isn't even a citizen of this country, and he was allowed to run for president anyway.

I always thought Obama's rise was a goof. So it is keeping with this goofy Presidency that the oath is goofed. Another omen. The "Reflection Pond" was frozen over yesterday, but the sun was shining. I remember when Bush got sworn in, it rained on his parade. That was an omen for all the grief he has brought into lives around the world. If Obama doesn't shake off his narcissim, his Presidency will be frozen in self-reflection.

I'm not a fan or Justice Roberts BUT i do feel everyone has gone too far with the simple error.

Without the correct order of words in the oath, I am sure the naysayers would 'faithfully' say Obama is not the president.

Who is to blame for the mixup??

Good move. Now does this mean that all the work and orders he has done and issued has to be redone?

While I find it appalling that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America could not remember this fairly simplistic oath, that clearly Obama had down, I do believe at the same time that too much attention has been placed on this trivial matter. It can just be something that helps us remember the occasion better. Makes us smile a little bit.

I think that Justice Roberts done that on purpose. Only God knows. To me, it was a little suspicious. However ,Obama is still the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Now that he's taken off his jacket and rolled up his sleeves. I guess he's ready to do it a second time.

Thank goodness. Now we won't have to listen to those idiots from PUMA-pac foaming at the mouth, complaining that he "isn't really the president."

Anyway, who cares? Laws are only useful if enough of the public cares. In this case, I'm pretty sure that since Mr. Obama won with 365 electoral votes (and a majority of the popular vote) most of us only care about this issue because of the precedent that it sets - not because we don't respect that he is our President.

Sammy
Boston, MA

Well, I am glad they took the precaution. There will be enough to disagree on without the media beating this dead horse in the ground for a month.

If Obama was okay with this so I am. People make mistakes...even Supreme Court Justices. Moving on...

I believe the original oath was valid fully in it's intent, but I agree that it was better to redo it EXACTLY as said in the constitution to avoid even a hint of a question!

I appreciate the care taken on this issue.

Just to make sure yes. Roberts should follow Bush!

did he (Roberts) read it this time?
moron

So what about the "So help me God" at the end? That's not in the Constitution, but that's not been grounds for retaking the oath before. In fact, it seems to be a religious precondition of office... hmm.

Oh! wahahahaa...sure. It does not matter. The celebration was for the pathetic millions who blindly voted for a President who did not do his homework that of which he is professionally trained. Having fun America? Good more to come from this inexperience wannabe President. Shame on you all.

Its really needed to avoid any unneccessary distractions caused by media & people for no reason. Its not gonna hurt to retake, this way people with no-business wasting others time - will shut their mouth for good - except Rush moron Limbaugh

Unfortunately for us and our beloved Barry O, terrorists don't allow any re-dos.

The oath is ceremonial, Obama became the President at noon, during a solo by Yo-Yo Ma.

Its Bush's fault!

It's understandable. I could only imagine the nervousness of both President Obama and the Chief Justice. At least they tried to get it write the first time! At least I'd say it was a funny moment in the ceremony. Laughter is good for the health of a nation.

Please, lets move on. There was a small flub, it was fixed and allowed a moment to see two great men as regular people who were probably a little nervous. The real focus needs to be on the next four years.

Wow, someone is a little paranoid. *cough* Obama *caugh*

Who cares what the republitards think?

I agree, it should be uttered with distinct clarity and conviction...the
live performance was a bit hackneyed, and this will set the oath
more firmly in our collective conscience

good.

i didn't vote for Obama, but people trying to prevent him from being president, especially on technicalities, are really annoying. Quite honestly, its pathetic.

He took the oath again, its legit, now lets get on with the business of the people.

lol...Good move!

I am glad that they did the oath again. Not because it matters, because it does not. It is also not because conspiracy nuts would probably try to get him thrown out of office. That would be dumb because he could just retake it again at any time.

I am glad because if Obama signed important legislation without retaking the oath, conspiracy nuts would try to argue that it wasn't legal. They would never let it go.

"But the oath appears in the Constitution itself. And out of an abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice Roberts administered the oath a second time."
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Shame on you, Roberts... shame on you! Chicanery is not politically correct for you Republicans... you are pressing your luck! We, the People, are pretty sick of your machinations!

the one word "faithfully" was said out of sequence...so what? its not a crime, is it?

Greg Craig, your the man. It's called CROSSING THE T'S–DOTTING THE I'S!

Maybe next time, Mr. Roberts could study the Constitution in advance? Isn't he a strict constructionist?

what word was it?