{"id":196,"date":"2009-01-21T20:52:25","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T20:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/01\/i-barack-hussein-obama-do-sole-1.html"},"modified":"2009-01-21T20:52:25","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T20:52:25","slug":"i-barack-hussein-obama-do-sole-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/01\/i-barack-hussein-obama-do-sole-1.html","title":{"rendered":"I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear again…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blame this on Chief Justice Roberts – Obama had a do-over<\/a> today:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON – After the flub heard around theworld, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again.Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesdaynight at the White House — a rare do-over.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Thesurprise moment came in response to Tuesday’s much-noticed stumble,when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which promptedObama to do so, too. <\/p>\n

<\/span>Don’t worry, the White House says: Obama has still been president since noon on Inauguration Day. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course the White House says that. But we know the truth. President Joe Biden was our 43.5th President, for a day \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

Here’s video of the flub:<\/p>\n

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(I assume that Obama used his middle name<\/a> again the second time as he did the first…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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