‘I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear…’

Our 44th President takes the oath of office. There was a trivial, momentary slip when Chief Justice John Roberts asked Obama to recite the first line of the oath in the incorrect order. Roberts said “execute the office of President of the United States faithfully,” rather than “faithfully executive.” The oath reads: “I do solemnly swear 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.” Obama paused and allowed Roberts to correct himself.

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  1. sharina reblogged this from marco
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  3. animinimalism reblogged this from eldoggrag and added:
    that’s how i interpreted it, except that for a second i considered whether roberts intentionally messed up. then i...
  4. eldoggrag reblogged this from marco
  5. asprettyasasong reblogged this from peterwknox
  6. jwock reblogged this from marco and added:
    I wondered about this when I was watching. Nice to have it confirmed that Obama was waiting for Roberts to correct...
  7. davidohalloran reblogged this from sarahlane
  8. sarahlane reblogged this from marco and added:
    As usual, B’s on it.
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  14. isgabi reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    So that’s what happened!
  15. msg reblogged this from marco and added:
    Obama has class fit for a president.
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  19. joshleo reblogged this from marco and added:
    worldnetdaily.com is trying to claim this as an Obama “flub” really it is just silly Judge Roberts!
  20. ljs reblogged this from chadsugg
  21. hilarysiegel reblogged this from joshmohrer and added:
    this changes everything!
  22. joshmohrer reblogged this from marco
  23. marco reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    just assumed Obama had forgotten...was pausing, as if...say,...