Note To Fox's Chris Wallace: You're no Nostradamus (predicted "OathGate" would "go to the courts")

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 13:44 EST
Fox News: We're unpresidented!

On Fox News, Chris Wallace just speculated that President Obama might still legally be regular ol' Barack Obama, because his botched oath doesn't count.

Wallace was referring to the one slip in today's otherwise flawless ceremonies, which came at the most important moment: Chief Justice John Roberts said and President Obama repeated back to him: "I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will execute the office of President of the United States faithfully." The oath's actual line (which is in the Constitution) goes, "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States."

Over on Fox, Wallace predicted this will go to the courts. Though, presumably, if it makes it to the Supreme Court, John Roberts will rule that he administered a legitimate oath. (Besides, the mistake was Roberts' fault anyway, not that any of this is actually the least bit significant.)

Though I'd ordinarily guess that even this is too silly to take off on the paranoid far-right, these days, who can be sure? As a friend of mine joked, "Maybe the real reason he botched the oath is that he rehearsed it in Arabic."

― Gabriel Winant



http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/20/obama_oath/index.html

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Oh is that guy a worthless piece of shit!

[baldguy]

2. Nostradumbass

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. Oh, man, that one needs to go in the "New DUzys"...

:rofl:

:toast:

[Occam Bandage]

5. Results 1 - 10 of about 13,300 for Nostradumbass.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. I hear ya...

...but what can I say. Today's one of those days in which I'm easily impressed.

:rofl:

[TTUBatfan2008]

3. I'm sure Mike Wallace is embarrassed at his son's behavior...

Engaging in conspiracy theory nonsense. Read the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Chris. Obama became President at 12 PM, which was 5 minutes before the oath was ever attempted. You should know the history of this country if you're going to report to the people on Presidential politics.

[firedupdem]

6. What a fucking dumbass!

I hate that these assholes are allowed to speak on air. they are influencing a lot of unintelligent idiots who believe the crap they spew!

[eleny]

7. This guy sez different, Chris!

[Celebration]

9. well, that's why it was done again

Obama did the smart thing by taking it again in private.

[beac]

10. I'm sure it will "go to the courts" as the next eight years our judicial system will be clogged

with insane freepers filing frivolous suits about any- and everything Obama does (see "birth certificate"), but "going to the courts" and "having an ounce of merit" are two QUITE different things, Mr. Wallace-the-Lesser.

[Harry Monroe]

11. Douchebag!!

Grasping at straws now!! Really pathetic.

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. Apperently the President's lawyers were concerned to, hence the second oath

[Downtown Hound]

13. He probably gets his predictions from one of these:

A tried and true method if ever there was one.

[emulatorloo]

14. Fox News real slogan should be: "Tempest in a Tea Pot"

Outrage, dismay, and dire predictions about the most minor things.