Obama Stumbles On Oath Again, POTUS Flubs A Line
Today’s second inauguration went off nearly without a hitch for President Obama, save the part where he stumbles on the word “states” during a bit of the actual oath-taking part.
President Obama stumbled a bit, famously, during his first swearing-in as leader of the free world, and who wouldn’t be a bit nervous at such a big moment? While the President officially takes the Oath of Office on the Sunday prior to the official inauguration to-do, presidents tend to repeat the oath publicly on the following day, Monday, to the fanfare and celebration to which we are accustomed.
Obama stumbles on the oath in the following clip, when he is taking the oath in the big moment. The StarTribune explains:
“In front of hundreds of thousands gathered to watch, Obama stammered briefly over ‘states’ as he repeated back the words ‘the office of president of the United States.’ … Obama had already been officially sworn in for a second term on Sunday, in accordance with the Constitution, which requires presidential terms to begin on Jan. 20.”
Obama’s stumbling over the words was not his first run-in with an Oath of Office blunder, and back in 2009 when he was sworn in the first time, Justice John Roberts made a mistake in the oath. The following day, the President and the Justice re-confirmed the oath in order to ensure no constitutional issues would arise from the slipup.
In the clip below, you can watch as President Obama stumbles on his oath in the second go-round, before he officially takes office for the second time.
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Posted: January 21, 2013
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Jan 21, 2013
people almost always stumble when they aren't telling the truth…
Jan 21, 2013
He forgot to say "all 57 States".
Jan 21, 2013
he's got such a hard-on for a UN takeover of america that he probably had President of the United Nations on his mind
Jan 21, 2013
Darn that pesky wabbit!
Jan 21, 2013
He probably needed his teleprompter
Jan 21, 2013
what creeps me out is he kind of twitched like a robot. some what of hitting an error. I don't know about anyone else, but kind of creeepy…Im still hesitant about the gov.
Jan 21, 2013
teleprompters are needed.
Jan 21, 2013
We l are all human but when you forgive others you will be GOD….Take it easy.
Jan 21, 2013
He was sweating and short-circuiting without his beloved teleprompter…not to mention choking on our tax dollars.He also despises the thought of our states being united…
Jan 21, 2013
Dumber than a bag o' hammers…probably no place to plug in teleprompter.
Jan 21, 2013
He probably didn't like being told what to say…………
Jan 21, 2013
Wasn't the Presidential Oath supposed to contain the same phraseology as the Vice Presidential Oath. I do not recall President Obama swearing to defend the constitution "against all enemies, domestic and foreign" as VP Biden had.
Jan 21, 2013
What's new about that? He can't complete a sentence without a teleprompter.
Jan 21, 2013
No they don't! Ob… Ob…. Obama i…is a Goo goo gooood ma ma man
Jan 21, 2013
So dumb he is serving a second term. What are your accomplishments…probably nothing since the country has never heard of you!
Jan 22, 2013
yahoo says he stumble or was it choke.
Jan 22, 2013
rose741 unemployment first term 7.8% unemployment second term 7.8% he has accomplished nothing but bringing in 1000's of mexicans
Jan 22, 2013
So dumb are the sheeple that voted for this impostor..we are so screwed..if you dont see that , you are not looking.
Jan 22, 2013
All 57 of them…
Jan 22, 2013
what did you expect. No teleprompter there.
Jan 22, 2013
Do the people of this once great country not understand how important this oath is? When I was sworn into the U.S.A.F. we had NCOS wat hing us to make sure we said the oath completely and faultless as this would not be considered a truthful oath. I am sure by his inability to such gives him an out and excuses any liabilty legally. Remember this warning as it will be his excuse to legally not be prosecuted, it also will null and void any and all of his actions.
Jan 22, 2013
oh yes. He is not human. He should be thrashed with chains of metal..
Jan 22, 2013
No just do it until you get it right. So does that mean you let your bar back slide? I hope not. Why should we expect less crom the highest office in the United States. If so we are in alot of trouble
Jan 22, 2013
There was no tele-prompter.
Jan 22, 2013
You tellem Rose. If Ed & Joan can do better, step up. Or shutup.
Jan 22, 2013
Guys the stumble just shows he is human after all just like the rest of us…..its funny but I bet we would all stumble if we had 2 stand be4 thousands…and guess what the Vice president stumbled 2 so leave him alone,
Jan 22, 2013
They have diff oaths.
Jan 22, 2013
Joan, it's sad that people don't see how great and fortunate of a country that we have. People are putting down the President before his policies have it's intended effect. If we are screwed now then we were exponentially screwed when Bush was in office and people did not have this discussion on a large scale. Curious.
Jan 22, 2013
He has to be at the point where it is very hard to remember all the
Lies he has told, and to continue with the proper verbiage to maintain what he thinks is the truth.