{"id":143,"date":"2008-12-11T13:31:37","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T13:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2008\/12\/i-barack-hussein-obama-do-sole.html"},"modified":"2008-12-11T13:31:37","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T13:31:37","slug":"i-barack-hussein-obama-do-sole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2008\/12\/i-barack-hussein-obama-do-sole.html","title":{"rendered":"“I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Inauguration Day, President Obama will take the oath of office using his full name<\/a>. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Q: Do you anticipate being sworn in as Barack Obama or Barack Hussein Obama?<\/p>\n

Obama: I think the tradition is that they use all three names, and I will follow the tradition, not trying to make a statement one way or the other. I’ll do what everybody else does.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That means according to Article II, Section 1<\/a> of the US Constitution, he will say the following words:<\/p>\n

“I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute theoffice ofPresident of the United States, and will to the best of my ability,preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Watch for the Islamophobe tinfoil crowd to start claiming he will take the oath with his hand on the Qur’an instead of the Bible.<\/p>\n

UPDATE (Jan 20th, 2009) – video of Obama taking the oath:<\/p>\n

<\/object><\/p>\n

The stammer was because Chief Justice Roberts flubbed<\/a> the oath \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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