thank you Mr. Chief Justice.

[acroyear]

No really.  Sincerely.  Thank you VERY MUCH for screwing up the pause points and then flubbing the oath in order to make the new President look like an idiot so that the Right Wing media machine has something more to talk about in order to avoid any actual items of substance or significance.

Seriously, I was really wondering if the radio stations would just go quiet today after it was all over, but now, you have given them a whole wealth of material to help them keep their ratings up in this dark economic time.

Thank you again,
Joe

p.s., is a public speaking class too much to ask?

Update: ok, a funny comment from Greg Laden's blog:

Regarding screwing up the oath . . .

Maybe the two of them should try it again . . . maybe in about 4 years or so.

Comments

[museclio]

Well - Obama said what Roberts said - and Roberts never did say it right. The Oath is faithfully execute...

No comment on the pause points but seriously *I* know that oath.

[uncle-possum.livejournal.com]

Obama clearly had the oath memorized (not too difficult, it isn't very long). Roberts could have read it. The pattern has been for the chief justice to say it, and the president repeat--since Roberts screwed it up, Obama was put into a bind (say what Roberts said, or what Obama expected him to say). It's not a public speaking issue, it's a reading issue.

If we had a left wing talk radio industry, the chatter would be claims that Roberts deliberately messed up on purpose (with some dark conspiracy in the offing).

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

It was a public speaking issue on Roberts's part. Whether read or memorized, there are, in an oath like that, very common and specific pause points. Obama was first thrown off by the first pause not being where it belonged, and THEN the "faithfully" flub happened.

Now, yes, it is possible that Roberts was thrown off by Obama first being thrown off.

and yes, even *I* had the thought in my head of "would Roberts have messed it up if McCain was standing there...".

[thewhitedragon.livejournal.com]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/20/1751351.aspx

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

I saw it and several others (I wanted to confirm that what I saw happen was accurate), and saw the right-wingers' commentary on that page. then i hit google and saw the right-wing pages just going nutso on it (even the Drudge Report called it an Obama flub and then wiped it off of their front page when it was pointed out what happened in detail - someone saved it from a screen shot).

It just proves they're both human

[celtink.livejournal.com]

Even the best stage actor that has performed the same role for years can suddenly have a "what's my line moment".
The Army man that sang the anthem at the inaugural concert started the ending a beat ahead of the band. It happens. He still did a hell of a job, as did our new president today.

Re: It just proves they're both human

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

I would love it if the Right Wing would actually call a liberal a "human". really.

but that's not what is happening already. what is happening is that they are using it to call Obama an idiot and "he's not what you thought he was, is he?" and totally ignoring the speech and the issues behind it. they are using it to continue their permanent campaign to divide this country in spite of itself.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Right... I'd forgotten about that. Noticed during the swearing in.

[rsteachout.livejournal.com]

The oath was readministered in the White House yesterday as a "just in case". Apparently no flubs this time.

BTW, this is not the first time that oath was readministered.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

oh i know (both facts), along with the discussion on "does the 20th amendment make the oath redundant?" (since it names a transition time without the oath even being mentioned).

I was more being sarcastic on how the right wing media machine actually *almost* had to talk about something of substance, but thanks to the flub, they got 48 hours of good ratings ranting on this absolutely pointless triviality.

[rsteachout.livejournal.com]

Actually, I heard more about Rev. Lowry's last line in the benediction than about the oath.