More Random Inaugural Errata

• Sigh... Exactly as written above and according to the Associated Press article on the subject. "Both Chief Justice John Roberts and President Barack Obama stumbled slightly over wording of the presidential oath of office on Tuesday, providing a brief, awkward moment in an otherwise smooth inauguration ceremony. Initially, Obama interrupted Roberts midway through the opening line, in which the president repeats his name and solemnly swears." Repeat... "Initiallyl, Obama interrupted Roberts..." It's going to be a long presidency if the press can't even criticize "That One" when he flubs something up.

• Clearly, Roberts botched it, not Obama -- I just played back the tape, where Roberts mangled the oath's words, thereby making the ever exacting new president hesitate in order not to repeat the chief justice's mistake. But of course, someone who's listening to the radio in his car and is obviously set to find something wrong with Obama, carefulness -- and checking his "facts" by replaying the passage -- is not part of his journalistic ethos.

• #4, #5, #6, #7 As was written above, both Roberts and Obama botched the oath. Try working on that whole reading comprehension thing in the future. In the meantime, as a journalist, my job is to point out the faults of politicians, not lick their boots. Note to White House press corp...

• Yoon has it right. This was a very, very stupid blog post written by someone who was just looking to snipe. Shame on you, Don.

• It wasn't Obama that messed up--it was the Bushie Roberts that did. Please don't start petty sniping at our president already--finally we have someone to represent US, the PEOPLE. He deserves our support and respect...possibly the first in living history to do so.

• Don, all I can say is that while it might have seemed Obama botched the oath, if you understand that it was actually Roberts who misspoke the words (which you obviously didn't when you wrote this) then you'd understand why Obama paused until Roberts tried again. I guess for the next eight years your just going to sound bitter and sulky if this is your first post of Obama's presidency.

• You do realize that it was Justice Roberts that screwed up the oath of office, right? He decided to do it without notes, and he got it wrong. Obama tripped up because he obviously had the thing memorized, and Roberts was saying something completely different. Do you know what the oath of office is supposed to be? Oh yeah, this is a "blog" and therefore research before writing isn't required.

• Alex, you're obviously a believer, so I ask you this: what God granted you the power to tell other people how to live their lives? What religion do you subscribe to that gives you the right to judge other people and call them "sick"? Who are you to judge? In his sermon today, Rick Warren called for more tolerance, and made it clear that his God-- even an evangelical God!-- loves all people. Obviously, you were paying more attention to the booers than to the sermon itself, or you wouldn't have posted such a hateful comment.

• I heard these immature babies booing... I happened to be the ones cheering when Mr. Warren gave the prayer. Sick people will never change the minds of normal functioning people... thank God Warren made it unharmed to deliver a gentle and moderate prayer for our new president, and that these sick homosexuals didn't steal the thunder from Obama's inaguration and America's historic moment!!!

• I was one of those booing Rick Warren. Sadly, there weren't enough of us to make much difference.

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