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Topic: Obama stumbles on
"states" during swearing in |
Obama stumbles on
"states" during swearing in
Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By:NorthernDog, 1/21/2013 3:50:37 PM
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| WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts got it right this time—but President Barack Obama appeared to stumble over the word ‘‘states’’ during his ceremonial swearing in. 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.
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Comments:
Because his TelePrompTer said the following: ´´All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.´´
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam, 1/21/2013 4:18:17 PM (No. 9130720)
Afraid he was going to be asked to name all 57 of them, I guess.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
lana720, 1/21/2013 4:26:02 PM (No. 9130735)
He had it in his mind to say, "caliphate."
Happily, I missed this and am watching every good cable movie while fitting in a bit of housework - depressing, cloudy 16 degree day - fitting!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
GreatPlains, 1/21/2013 4:32:37 PM (No. 9130747)
I saw the clip from Beck´s site.
Obama did not stammer over " states " -he choked and then left it out completely.
As someone noted,
how hard is for the smartest man in the world to repeat simple phrases that are spoken to him ?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
KanCreeper, 1/21/2013 4:35:30 PM (No. 9130750)
Could it have been a Freudian slip?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
FL_Absentee_Voter, 1/21/2013 4:51:40 PM (No. 9130794)
Part of a factual statement, of which he´s never had command. No problem lying, though, when it came to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Charactercounts, 1/21/2013 5:56:56 PM (No. 9130918)
Thirty-seven words, and His Eloquence couldn´t get it right.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
nonsense, 1/21/2013 7:52:10 PM (No. 9131097)
Most likely he wanted to say United Socialist States.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
JoElla Bee, 1/21/2013 8:08:04 PM (No. 9131110)
What was all of the emphasis on using middle initials about today? Yet, Roberts began the oath of office with "I, Barack Hussein Obama ...", then the introduction by Schumer with POTUS, Barack H. Obama.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 1/22/2013 11:01:12 AM (No. 9132195)
I watched about five minutes of the coverage yesterday and it just happened to be the swearing in. The irony of him stumbling on the word ´states´ wasn´t lost on this racist,either.
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