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Everyone has probably seen by now Barack Obama taking the oath of office and the confusion that happened. FoxNews.com spun it to say that Obama screwed it up, when in fact Justice Roberts screwed it up. It is explained in this video.

FoxNews.com's original story on what happened.
Chief Justice Roberts Officiates Over First Inauguration
Chief Justice John Roberts officiated over his first inauguration Tuesday by swearing in President-elect Barack Obama as president of the United States.


Tuesday, January 20, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice John Roberts swore in President-elect Barack Obama as president of the United States on Tuesday, helping him through a slight stumble in the first of what could be many important interactions between two men who rose to their positions of power quickly and who have some background similarities, but whose politics differ.

Separated by a Bible used by Abraham Lincoln at his first inaugural, Roberts asked Obama: "Are you prepared to take the oath senator?"

Obama indicated he was, and Roberts started reciting -- and Obama repeating -- the 35-word oath that is prescribed by the Constitution.

But at one point early on, Obama paused, as if grasping for the next words. Roberts helped him over the brief awkward moment, repeating a few words to get Obama back on track.

He was then the first to congratulate Obama on his new job.

The inaugural oath is the chief justice's sole responsibility on Jan. 20 -- although it is a traditional role, not one set forth in the Constitution. But the affable Roberts and his conservative-leaning Supreme Court could have much to say in the years to come about Obama's most important policy choices.

Former President George W. Bush left the court with two relatively young and reliably conservative voices, those of Roberts, 53, and Justice Samuel Alito, 58. Roberts took his seat in 2005 and Alito joined him the next year.

Roberts is the youngest chief justice in more than 200 years. He easily could still be in his role a quarter century from now, long after Obama has left office.

He and Obama are similar in many ways. Both are late baby boomers. Roberts is 53, Obama 47. And both got their law degrees from Harvard and made rapid ascents to power. But their politics diverge sharply.

Roberts was an official in Republican administrations before becoming an appeals court judge and then chief justice under Bush.

Obama was one of 22 Senate Democrats to vote against Roberts' confirmation to the Supreme Court in 2005 -- the first time a Supreme Court justice has sworn in a president who voted against him.

As president, Obama will try to use Supreme Court vacancies to counter Roberts' influence, either by replacing aging liberals with justices as young as or younger than Roberts or by changing the court's balance if a conservative justice retires unexpectedly.

Obama added the words "so help me God" to the end of the constitutional oath, following a practice established by George Washington and followed by most presidents.

The last time a chief justice swore in a president of a different party was in 1997, when Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, a Republican, swore in Democrat Bill Clinton for a second term.

Two years later, Rehnquist would preside over Clinton's impeachment trial in the Senate which resulted in an acquittal.

The Lincoln Bible used by Obama was on loan from the Library of Congress.


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[ineedabout250]

FUCK IT BRO YOU TALK SO LOUD AND PROUD ABOUT BEING IN THE WORLDS FINEST NAVY THEN HOLY SHIT SHOULDNT YOU RESPECT YOUR PRESIDENT AND NOT SAY HE ANNALLY RAPED OUR COUNTRY.Your mommy and daddy voted for Obama so i guess i see where you get your retardedness from you JACKASS!

[steilsp]

Newsflash dipshit, Bush isn't President anymore, and wasn't when I made this video.

[steilsp]

Also, I never forgot my oath to defend the Constitution against ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC! Dipshit.

[tbart4]

i would love to be around when you're, let's say, 35 or so, bills to pay, retirement to start saving for, etc., so we could see how your opinions have radically changed. Right now, you and your fucked- up generation are going to "change the world". You're just a pimple faced hairless spazz, living with Mommy and Daddy, no girlfriend, (or prospects}, masturbating often to Internet porn, "against the war". You need to go to Iraq and get a couple of limbs blown off and learn some responsibility

[steilsp]

One last thing tbart4. I'd like you to go to eastern Iowa talk to my parents. They're both in their mid-40s, very well-off, can retire in about 10 years time, no credit-card debt, and (gasp!) voted for Obama.

Fucking dumbass.

[jmaface4radio]

Wow...did you get to be that stupid naturally or did you have to work on it?

[bwolfypuppy]

Hey man, I had respect from you until I saw this video. You don't have to force F bombs to get your point across and sound cool either. You act as if you respect Obama as a president, good for you, try respecting the guy who got us through everything for the last eight years. Doesn't mean you have to like the guy but at least give him the respect he deserves (anally raped this country? c'mon, grow up and talk like a man if you want anyone worth listening to listen.

[randyseck]

haha..... This cracks me up, Both Parties are stupid...........Fox News constantly spins stories, but then has Oreilly and his "no spin zone" and bitches about how the news is so liberal haha but I thought Fox news was part of the most corrupt most conservative most Religion throat shoving down news network around? haha......And look at all the trolls out here! haha You Certainly dont make Conservatives or Fox news look dignified by Bitching to some random stranger on the internet HAHAHA!!!!!!!

[IndyKenn]

HOW CAN I MAKE THIS REALLY SIMPLE FOR YOU? FOX NEWS IS THE #1 NEWS NETWORK, USUALLY MORE POPULAR THAN THE #2/#3/#4 AND #5 ALL ADDED TOGETHER. THEY DO PRACTICE THE JOURNALISTIC CREED OF PRESENTING INFORMATION IN A FAIR AND BALANCED WAY, ALLOWING THE LEFT AND RIGHT TO PRESENT THEIR CASE, LETTING THE AUDIENCE DECIDE. IT'S NOT A LIBERAL INTERVIEWING 2 OTHER LIBERALS, COMMENTING ON HOW A CONSERVATIVE THINKS. GET IT? LIES, THEN, APPLY TO THE LEFTWING HACKS, NOT FOX.

[paulleason]

you sound as dumb as you look. fuck you

[corvettegeorge79]

Fox news reminds me of old Soviet- Chinese communist propaganda films I watched while serving in the Marine Corps in 1980s we would pick those apart but I never thought I would be watching this kind of shit on our networks.

[itwontbelongyayaya1]

lol suchhh heavy emotion! so concerned.

[applemike22]

what a non story--move out of mommy and daddys house dude--

[Sweep1001]

You're the moron. Nothing but pure emotion and no logic. I can't believe you are so excited about this. The fact that they pulled the article so soon tells me they had the common sense to know it was a ridiculous story. However, when I watched the swearing in it did seem that he stumbled with his words but it just wasn't that news worthy. Calm down dude.

[nastynate75]

Ah Ha! Then it is your parents that are the idiots and they are to blame.

[nastynate75]

You sir, are a dipshit!