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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:03 PM Original message |
Biden was President for like 5 or 6 minutes |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not really, he became president a noon whether sworn in or not. |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nah - Obama was officially president at 12 |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. The constitution says Obama was President at noon |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. So the folks at CBS had it wrong? |
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SunsetDreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. absolutely, check out the constitution |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. The CBS newspeople really said that? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. He didn't even have time to put his feet up on the desk. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. I believe Obama was legally president at noon EST |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. I bet he cherished those 5 minutes...not really |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Technically Biden would have been "acting president" as he was |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. No, Bush was President until the moment Obama was sworn in. |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. so that means Biden was Bush's VP for 5 mins O.O |
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alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yeah, this is true. The other thing is not |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. see below - the oath is ceremonial and doesn't legally denote who was President. |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Read the 20th Amendment. Obama was prez @ noon. n/t |
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