How the hell could the Chief Justice of the USA fuck up the most important oath in the world?

[mtnsnake]

There is simply no excuse for any professional, let alone the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to botch that up unless they are either out of their fucking mind or did it on purpose to make Obama look bad. :mad:

[niyad]

1. I wondered the same thing/

[silverlil]

75. I will never forgive him

this sob did it on purpose. The defining moment... he took that away from President Obama, and I will not see it any other way.

Sadly, we are going to have to live with this chief justice for a long time.

[akbacchus_BC]

77. You still here?

[EraOfResponsibility]

89. I know how you feel, honey I know!

I was so fucking livid with that jerk. But I feel a little better about it now. Especially now since I know he apologized to Obama.

[chieftain]

2. Evil intent

[Occam Bandage]

3. It was an absolute embarrassment.

[havocmom]

4. and how long before rush & the ditto heads scream that Obama didn't take the right oath?

:grr: Roberts is a dweeb

[musette_sf]

9. that's exactly why Roberts did it

scum

[The Backlash Cometh]

25. I thought it was Robert's error.

The way that Obama looked at him, it was as if he was waiting for Roberts to get it right.

[musette_sf]

28. yes, i believe it was Roberts' error

i think possibly intentional, to have more Grist For The Puke Mill to whine about why BHO's NOT really the POTUS...

[havocmom]

68. yep, Obama knew it was the wrong order of words and gave him the look

Like: Got your number Roberts; I see your game.

I do wonder if Roberts' mistake then compounding it by repeating and insisting Obama do it that way, was planned or a real gaff. Either way it was disrespectful and really tipped Robert's hand. He's an elitist form of cracker. Busted!

LOL, Roberts may rue the day when it comes time to face new appointees to that court ;)

[Ken Burch]

101. I'm thinking we should try "court packing" again

n/t.

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. Let them scream and moan. The whining up to today was awful.

That's all they've done since Nov. 4th.

[Midlodemocrat]

27. It doesn't matter. Obama became President at noon today, regardless.

[TankLV]

91. The repukes at work were right on it when I arrived...insisted obama had screwed up, too...

totally clueless as usual...

on an upbeat note, I took the morning off to watch it at home, unknown to me that our principals had canceled work for the morning and gathered everyone into their three offices to watch it all live on TV until the end of the speech...

and the few repukes held a "wake" or something...

[Hieronymus]

95. One more thing to cast doubt on Obama.

[Lucian]

5. It doesn't matter if Obama/Roberts whoever messed it up.

At 12:00 pm Eastern, Obama was President.

[Uzybone]

21. Errr, stop that...Roberts fouled it up

there is no Obama/Roberts as if we don't know who made the mistake.

I agree it doesn't matter, but we know who fucked up.

[flyingfysh]

6. maybe so someone could claim Obama is not President

because he didn't take the oath as prescribed by the Constitution?

That's pretty far-fetched, of course.

[musette_sf]

7. MIHOP

to try and add the "question"... now is he REALLY President?? if the Oath is not as prescribed by the Constitution? MIHOP to try and add more fodder to the idiot "birth certificate" crowd?

kudos to the POTUS for not taking the bait.

[beac]

52. MIHOP = Mutilated Inaugural Hopefest On Purpose

but more likely...

LIHOP = Loser Incompetent Hack Overhauled Phrases


Bush's appointee couldn't be bothered to practice his one-sentence line and so flubbed the order. Pathetic.

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Recommended. Intentional or not, such a mistake is inexcusable.

:thumbsdown:

[gorfle]

82. For sure.

If there was one person in the whole world today who should have had their lines memorized, this dude was it. At least Obama had them memorized.

[napi21]

10. Several million people there & TV world wide 'll do that to ya!

It actually could be a good thing. Maybe it will take some of the arrogance our of his ego.

[Sebastian Doyle]

11. Well, considering the moron never even saw a courtroom until 2002

and was ridiculously unqualified to be on the Supreme Court, let alone Chief Justice.... It's really not that surprising.

Opie Roberts knows the Constitution about as well as the coward who appointed him.

[EraOfResponsibility]

12. I'm saying, man! DAMN!

He did that shit on purpose, damn him :mad:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. 2 words: bush apointee. nt

[FatDave]

47. It's Pit-Pat!

(sorry, we now return to our scheduled programming)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

48. First person that has recognized it. Or at least replied about it. nt

[FatDave]

50. I recognize him from my Bag Hutch (tm)

I'm a Bob & David fan from way back. Wish Bob was getting as many gigs as David is these days.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

51. "There has to be a better way."

Yeah I agree Bob is fucking hilarious. I think he's more of a "behind the scenes" guy now.

[illuminaughty]

70. It's the first time I've seen it.

I own every scrap of Mr. Show I could possibly get my hands on. Globo chem sketch is where Kathy Griffin stole her New Year's Eve line, "I don't come to your job and knock the dicks out of your mouth"!

Gotta love the Devestator, Senator Tankerbell, Blow Up the Moon...I could go on and on.

[salguine]

79. The magical, pan-sexual, non-threatening spokesthing!

[GimmeDANEger]

57. Grandma Betsy's Biscuit Powder?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

58. Haha. That's the best product slogan I've ever seen. nt

[Historic NY]

14. he didn't have a TelePrompter or forgot his glasses...

cripes he only has to read it from a card. I think its been the whole thing of the * administration not taking oaths & refusing to be sworn in. They just can't mouth the words.

[MadHound]

15. Because Bush appointed an idiot as Chief Justice. n/t

[eirteacher]

90. Just what I was going to say.

Remember Bushit appointed this asshole.

[paparush]

16. Transcipt

ROBERTS: Are you prepared to take the oath, Senator?

OBAMA: I am.

ROBERTS: I, Barack Hussein Obama...

OBAMA: I, Barack...

ROBERTS: ... do solemnly swear...

OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear...

ROBERTS: ... that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully...

OBAMA: ... that I will execute...

ROBERTS: ... faithfully the office of president of the United States...

OBAMA: ... the office of president of the United States faithfully...

ROBERTS: ... and will to the best of my ability...

OBAMA: ... and will to the best of my ability...

ROBERTS: ... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

OBAMA: ... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

ROBERTS: So help you God?

OBAMA: So help me God.

ROBERTS: Congratulations, Mr. President.

[bdamomma]

116. Roberts must have got his instructions from Scalia.

what a stupid jerk to mess up on such an important oath. I hope the other Justices slap him down.

[paparush]

118. No doubt. Another Heckuva Job by yet another Bush appointee.

[AspenRose]

17. Heckuva job, Roberts!

Sic Rahmbo on his ass. He'll get it right in time for Obama's second inaugural.

[warrior1]

18. he's a dick

[debbierlus]

20. It doesn't matter - Obama is President

[shintao]

22. I image we will live through it

I am sure if anyone is embarrassed, it would be the speaker. Beautiful day here in California, as if the Messiah had planned it that way. Open up the front door and shout, Thank God I am free at last!!

[Clio the Leo]

23. They should have practiced it last week....

... let Obama say he swears to eat Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches or something so it doesn't "Count" but practice the rest of it so they could get their cadence down.

[Historic NY]

29. Too bad the practice CJ stand in didn't administer it, he'd get it right.

[tblue37]

24. I missed the inauguration--I was grading papers and forget to mark the time!

What happened?

Never mind--I read it in another thread. Thanks anyway.

[Annces]

26. I think some people do that kind of thing

when they absolutely cannot give respect to someone. He was really a jerk.

[kenny blankenship]

30. How could anyone have foreseen that somebody would elected Nov. 4, 2008 and be sworn in

on January 20th of the following year? When has that ever happened in our history?

Clearly, Chief Justice Roberts was overtaken by unforeseeable events and did not have time to prepare.

[treestar]

56. Nobody could have predicted this might happen

:rofl:

[WinkyDink]

60. Now watch this drive.

[mnhtnbb]

31. This is what happens when people of dubious competence are appointed to jobs beyond their abilities

[TankLV]

92. Exactly. Another "heckofajob" brownie...

One last glaring example of bush* regime's CRMINIAL INCOMPETANCE...

[Geek_Girl]

32. All I can say is "What a Maroon"

nt

[beac]

49. He's a hugh jass, for sure. n/t

[glitch]

33. Crony appointments flub up everything, that's what they do. Minimal competence not required. nt

[Phx_Dem]

34. Get over it. The man is human and was nervous.

How many threads do we have to have about this. And, it didn't make Obama look bad. It made Roberts look nervous.

BFD

[Think82]

38. Thank you. Agree 100%

[mtnsnake]

41. Hey, maybe you could start a John Roberts fan club

since you feel the need to make such feeble excuses for him.

[Phx_Dem]

43. It's not about being a fan of Roberts. I'm not. It's about NOT being an asshole.

[TankLV]

94. well, we know WHAT YOU are at least...

too bad you don't take your own advice...

[mtnsnake]

110. Wiser words were never spoken

Thank you, Tank :)

[TankLV]

93. took the word out of my mouth - Good One!...

[tbyg52]

64. Yes, Obama came out just fine. Very gracious.

I'd fault Roberts for not having it written down, just in case. But I guess he though "it's so short; who could mess it up?"

[nichomachus]

35. The words just stuck in his throat when

he had to administer the oath to someone who wasn't a fascist.

Kind of like The Fonz when he couldn't say that he was wrong.

[DRoseDARs]

36. He's a Bush appointee. What do you expect?

You're doin' a heckuva job, Robbie.

[TheKentuckian]

37. I was pretty bitter on Roberts for that

and still am.

Poutraged for sure, possibly beyond. It seems a dumb thing for a Chief Justice to flub but that's what happens when you appoint Republicans.

[book_worm]

39. Roberts is a moran, it didn't make Obama look bad, it made Roberts look stupid.

[tranche]

40. Tool. Through and Through.

[jobycom]

42. Bush fucked up the most important job in the world for eight years...

So it's not difficult to imagine one of his appointees can screw up something he's never done before. I once watched Van Halen's drummer miss his cue on "And the cradle will rock," and that was one of their biggest songs.

[Motown_Johnny]

44. How did you think we could go one full minute without a Bushie fucking up?

as we can see, that just doesn't happen

[FatDave]

45. I'm going to go with...

...because he's a partisan hack, woefully incapable of carrying out the most basic duties of the office he was given. I try to not attribute to malice things which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

[ddeclue]

46. I supposed he could f'up because of stage fright...

I've spoken to crowds before but never much larger than a few hundred people. It can be nerve wracking. Can't imagine what it is like to be under that kind of a microscope with 2 million people live in front of you and hundreds of millions round the world watching.

Doug D.

[Bucky]

53. Don't worry; he'll get to practice that oath for generations to come

Some time around his 8th or 9th presidential inauguration, he'll have it down.

Just something to look foreward to.

[CitizenPatriot]

54. THe haters are quick on their feet

Faux already asked if Obama were really President since the oath wasn't said properly.

We can always count on Fox to stay kkklasy.

"Chris Wallace of FOX News wondered if, due to the fumbled oath, Obama really was president."

[ddeclue]

55. Obama DID NOT fumble the oath - the Chief Justice did. n/t

[CitizenPatriot]

61. I know

I was repeating what Faux news said, which was why I said "the haters..."

But thanks for clarifying that.

[akbacchus_BC]

76. The haters are always quick on their feet, but we have news for them..

Barack Obama is our President and both look gorgeous tonight. The naysayers are really annoying me!

Looking forward to a new and rejuvenated White House!

[CitizenPatriot]

80. Oh, man...this is a GREAT day!!

The naysayers are trying their best to contribute their usual grim misery, but we will prevail!

We got our guy.

My grandfather turned 90 yesterday and he said that watching the Obama inauguration festivities made this birthday the best day of his entire life.

Take that, haters!

Joy to the world!

[mtnsnake]

114. OMG, what an asshole Chris Wallace is

If that's the kind of conclusion he comes up with, he should never wonder out loud again.

[mitchum]

59. Maybe because Roberts is...unqualified?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

62. Many of us who were there KNOW very well that Roberts did that shit ON PURPOSE!!

We all said in unison when it happened that Roberts deliberately botched the oath...ON PURPOSE!! :puke::puke:

[mwb970]

63. He's a Republican.

Roberts was sure that he could do it without any notes. That's arrogance.

He screwed it up. That's incompetence.

Isn't that what we've been getting from Republicans for the last eight years? Arrogance combined with incompetence. It's like a birthmark or something. They can't seem to help doing it.

[itsrobert]

65. People make mistakes

Maybe you rather have a computer do it?

[Name removed]

96. Deleted message

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[mtnsnake]

109. Why are you making excuses for a neo-con asshole like Roberts instead of sticking up for Obama?

[bluedawg12]

66. 3 by 5 card

that's all SCOTUS JR needed.

It doesn't matter he IS the President.

[treestar]

67. Just noticed another thing - he said President "to" the United States

[Hosnon]

69. Our guy won; win with grace. nt.

[leftofthedial]

71. legacy admissions

[RFKJrNews]

72. I was flabberghasted

...when the CHIEF JUSTICE couldn't manage to get the g-d oath right.

It ain't rocket science. This can be memorized in 5 minutes or less.

Flubbed on purpose? Or proof positive of the dumbing down of America?

You be the judge!

[davidpdx]

73. I agree it was pretty bad

(by the way I posted this same thing in another thread just now)

Jeff Toobin said on CNN that Obama actually chuckled when Roberts screwed up because he knew the oath better then Roberts did.

I'm going to watch the video again to see it.

It makes you wonder whether or not Roberts should be on the Supreme Court.

[akbacchus_BC]

74. mtn, that might have been a real mistake! When last did Justice Roberts sworn in a new President?

To err is Human!

[akbacchus_BC]

78. mtn, why are you making this such a big deal? Obama knew the

words, the Chief Justice fucked up!

This nit picking is so unhealthy!

We have our guy and amen to that!

[mtnsnake]

81. Heat of the moment and because it was a big deal.

The guy is the Chief Justice for crying out loud. A ten year old kid could've done it better. A professional at any level wouldn't screw up something as easy as that. Also, because I care about how things sometime get mistakenly misperceived. I didn't want anyone thinking Obama screwed up, when it was Roberts who did.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

83. He should be fired

[RagAss]

84. Heck of a job, Johnny !

[sohndrsmith]

85. How? Because he might just be human, and it's no more sinister than that?

I passionately disagree with the ideology and constraint he represents (from what I can tell, anyway, not personally knowing or studying the guy in depth), but that doesn't mean he's incapable of just flubbing something...

He's not perfect and if he were, that would be really scary.

From what I can tell, they both flubbed the speech - and I like Obama, so he gets a pass and Roberts gets vilified?
That doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever.

The whole uproar is really confusing - I don't understand it at all. To me, it serves no purpose but to belittle those who are fueling it and condemning the guy for tripping up on his words, that anyone, including our President could easily do - and he proved it then and there....

I don't see anything positive as a result of all this... is there one? What is the goal here? What does one hope to achieve from blaming this guy of deliberate hostility? Does that actually make sense? His every view may be the opposite of mine, but he's a SCJ, not a 2nd grade bully... Now Bush on the other hand... but sadly, he's been the standard-bearer for his like-minded group, but I would hope that he's close to the most infantile of the lot...

I just don't get the whole hoop-la or what it's supposed to produce that builds us up and brings something helpful or better.

I don't think the attack on him is fair or productive, personally. And that has nothing to do with whether I like or agree with the guy or not. (I don't). I still think it's misplaced and undeserved.

[TankLV]

97. obama did NOT fuck it up - obama had it RIGHT, until the fucking INCOMPETANT REPUKE fucked it up

REPEATEDLY so much that obama had to STOP and CORRECTED him...

I can't believe the fucking CLUELESS apologists here today...

[mtnsnake]

113. My favorite post on this thread. Thank you!

Especially the "I can't believe the fucking CLUELESS apologists here today..." part.

[mtnsnake]

111. How nice that you would approve of a monumental blunder by a fuck-up like Roberts

Way to stick up for the WRONG guy.

[WinkyDink]

86. Reliance on memory can be a big mistake.

[FrenchieCat]

87. Cause he came from Bush!

Remember that they also lost an entire American City underwater, as well as started a trillion dollar war under false pretenses.....so this was easy for them.

[EraOfResponsibility]

88. Oh well, thank God for editing

Because I've seen several recaps where the awkward moment was taken out, and the oath looked flawless. Whatcha gonna do? :shrug:

[Norrin Radd]

98. Roberts should resign.

[eridani]

99. Or are showing early signs of dementia or other brain damage n/t

[Puzzler]

100. Because Roberts is in over his fucking head.

.

[Ken Burch]

102. Roberts and Dubbikins were up all night doing Cuervo shooters.

(At least, that's what I'd prefer to think).

[Eryemil]

103. Most important oath in the world? Hardly.

[mtnsnake]

112. So what oath is more important to you? The Cub Scout oath?

:shrug:

[joeglow3]

115. The oath I made to my wife, for one

Just saying, some people HAVE to find something to whine about. Not a big deal.

[datan]

104. out of the mouths of babes

out of the mouths of babes...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/20/MNAF15E20I.DTL


Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law professor at George Washington University, was hosting an inauguration party at his home in McLean, Va., Tuesday and did a mock swearing-in of 35 children. When Roberts erred, one child shouted: "That's not right!"

"He should probably go ahead and take the oath again," Turley said. "If he doesn't, there are going to be people who for the next four years are going to argue that he didn't meet the constitutional standard. I don't think it's necessary, and it's not a constitutional crisis. This is the chief justice's version of a wardrobe malfunction."

[pam4water]

105. Hell I think I can do it from memory.

[sfpcjock]

106. Cause he's an a-HOLE

Barack was joking when he came up to the Peppermint Patty (Roberts) dais and Patty just wanted to F him up a bit. He then proceeded to make about 5 errors in pronouncing Barack's oath. Big fool. Maybe worse than Thomas, Fat Tony Scalia and Elite-o. Hey I have an idea, have Bushit make him CHIEF justice, OK? :rofl:

[Sherman A1]

107. Perhaps,

It is because, like so many of us assumed, he isn't really good with this "Constitution" thing.

[Ganja Ninja]

108. Simple - John Roberts (R)

It's all about the (R). They can't get even the simplest thing right.

[CANDO]

117. FUCK UP, it's what conservatives do!

eom

[onetiredmom]

119. From the Huffington Post....Obama stepped on Roberts' opening....

The encounter was briefly awkward after Obama stepped on Roberts' opening lines from the 35-word constitutionally prescribed oath of office. The chief justice then wandered into a verbal detour of his own.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/20/justice-roberts-flubs-oba_n_159429.html

I don't think it was on purpose.

[Top Cat]

120. Fuck the chief Justice.... The world rejoiced yesterday in the election of our new president.