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Bush Moron, Obama Brilliant?

Let there be do doubt. I am thrilled that George W. Bush is now consigned to history. He was a swaggering buffoon as a President and hurt this country. Comedians and pundits spent the Bush years, rightfully so, making fun of Bush’s verbal gaffes.

So, if Bush is a verbal moron, how do we explain that he did the oath of office twice–once in 2001 and once in 2005–error free. Meanwhile, Barack Obama, the most brilliant man to EVAH take the oath of office bungled it with the clownish help of Chief Justice John Roberts. And, Barack the Brilliant, took the oath again today, Wednesday, 21 January 2009. So he did it twice in two days and Bush was able to get it right with only one try.

Could it be that President Obama, while a smart guy, may not be the most brilliant ever?

  • TeakwoodKite

    LJ he did not have a TelePrompter. He would have been well to correct the Chief Justice, except that he will have several cases in front of SCOTUS and well… wouldn’t want to start on a sour note.

    I wonder what the letter Bush left in the desk said.

  • Chicago Joe

    That’s what we like to see here, Larry. Fair and balanced. Not an auspicious beginning for such a smooth operator. LMAO!

  • cathnealon

    Makes you wonder even more about his grades at Columbia and Harvard, oh well the truth always comes out eventually.

  • Texas Playwright

    Coming off teleprompter dependence is hard work. Gotta think and speak for yourself. Puppets aren’t so great at it.

  • sowsear
  • Obama: Dubya II Electric Boogaloo

    Obama should have taken the oath with his hand on his teleprompter. Seems kind of fitting really.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    How would anyone know how smart he is? No one has read any of his work, seen his grades, etc. His IQ is supposedly 138 which isn’t exactly stellar. The problem is none of us know anything about a guy who has hidden records, reads other people’s words from a teleprompter, and disguises or hides all of his personal stuff.

  • Johnny Smithfield

    In a weird sort of way, it made both Barack and Chief Roberts seem more human. Imaging…the most watched event in TV history since the moon landing; two billion watching worldwide…and you totally F it up!

    Hilarious!

  • Dawnelle

    maybe it was staged that way so Roberts could get Bambi alone in a private room to demand a BC??

  • Obama: Dubya II Electric Boogaloo

    Yeah, a moron and the pick of a moron…this country is screwed if this is supposed to represent the best of America.

  • I’m a Linda too

    Well, no duh!

    And, as he worked hard training to give speeches, a la Rev Wright and idolized and studied President Clinton, the only thing we know is he rehearses well, no doubt another reason Hollywood flocked to him, and that he READS TELEPROMPTERS WELL.

    Obama suffers from Teleprompteritus. He cut of the Judge twice, because he’s used to reading a teleprompter where it catches up with him. Real life don’t work that way.

  • Chicago Joe

    The truth will come out. It may take a while, but it is going to come out.

  • Dawnelle

    i know, i know, keep dreaming, right? lol

  • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

    I have a different take on it. I agree with NPR, which did a very amusing report on the entire matter. One reason they re-did the oath was because several constitutional law scholars across the country thought it was the prudent thing to do. Other such scholars didn’t. But i think it was wise to do so.

    For one thing, Roberts — unlike Rehnquist — did not have the oath on a card with him, and did it from memory. Roberts screwed up the placement of the word “faithfully” — putting it at the end of the sentence. I think that, possibly, Obama knew that, and that that is why he hesitated in replying. Why didn’t Roberts bring a card with him with the oath on it? Why rely solely on his memory? Doesn’t make sense to me. Here’s a very brief summary of the NPR report, and a link to the audio:

    All Things Considered, January 21, 2009 · President Barack Obama has retaken the oath office after his swearing-in ceremony Tuesday didn’t go as smoothly as planned. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath to the president in front of reporters. On Tuesday, Roberts flubbed his lines while leading Obama in the 35-word oath.

    The A.P. has a long story on yesterday first flub and today’s corrected oath:

    [...]

    It happened when Obama interrupted Roberts midway through the opening line, in which the president repeats his name and solemnly swears.

    Next in the oath is the phrase ” … that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States.” But Roberts rearranged the order of the words, not saying “faithfully” until after “president of the United States.”

    That appeared to throw Obama off. He stopped abruptly at the word “execute.”

    Recognizing something was off, Roberts then repeated the phrase, putting “faithfully” in the right place but without repeating “execute.”
    But Obama then repeated Roberts’ original, incorrect version: “… the office of president of the United States faithfully.”

    See, I think that Obama KNEW that Roberts got the words out of order, and that’s why he hesitated. Then he got thrown off and, perhaps, he got a case of nervousness about the whole thing, and just decided to get it over with? I don’t know. Just guessing. But I’m just as sure that everyone here will disagree with me. Heh.

    However, if my version is the correct one, that means that Obama DID study the oath before the ceremony and knew that Roberts got it wrong.

    Whatever.

    Roberts should have done like Rehnquist, and brought a laminated card so he could check it.

    And I’ve never used the phrase “should have done like Rehnquist” before in my life, I am quite sure! :) :)

  • http://sonicninjakitty.wordpress.com Sonic Ninja Kitty

    Don’t worry–I hear he’s going to write all his notes on the inside of his hand from now on.

  • Dawnelle

    again I say

    perhaps he got it wrong “intentionally”

    so he’d have to get alone with him once more to perhaps go over the 30 plus lawsuits against him or maybe ask for some legal documents of some sort?

  • Johnny Smithfield

    What records has he hidden?

    Are you referring to his Columbia and Harvard transcripts? True he has not released them but both institutions confirmed he graduated. Don’t believe me? Call the Office of the Registar at both schools in the morning. Graduation records ARE public information…ask any employer. May cost you $10 bucks for processing fee.

    Also you need a law degree to take the IL bar (and his law license is public information).

    C’mon RIP…plenty of legit stuff on which to hit Obama. This is pretty thin gruel.

  • John

    Come on, guys. Roberts flubbed it, and Obama just politely went along. What else was he supposed to do?

    I was a big Hillary supporter and I’m still not a fan of Obama, but please. This is stupid and ought to be saved for Hannity, Coulter and the other wingnuts.

    Oh, and one more thing- Obama became President at noon on January 20, Oath or No Oath.

    The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

    20th Amendment to the Constitution, word for word.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    If Obama took the oath and the birth certificate problem/litigation stands then BarryBarack perpetrated a fraud against the citizenry of the United States of America. Perhaps the second go around was to close any defense loopholes in the suit(s) that are before the SCOTUS.

    Hmmmmmm…..

  • Dawnelle

    tyvm

  • http://sonicninjakitty.wordpress.com Sonic Ninja Kitty

    I agree, the oath thing is a bit silly. It would’ve been nice to see it done smoothly as just a matter of ceremony, though.

    Why is this talked about so much and the birth certificate thing is swept under the carpet? Seems that one should be front and center.

  • TeakwoodKite

    What, like Hotwheels Cheney and Scalia?

  • http://none maq

    1. Occidental College records – - Not released
    2. Columbia College records – - Not released
    3. Columbia Thesis paper – - “not available”
    4. Harvard College records – - Not released
    5. Selective Service Registration – - Not released
    6. Medical records—Not released
    7. Illinois State Senate schedule – - “not available”
    8. Law practice client list – - Not released
    9. Certified Copy of original Birth certificate – - Not released
    10. Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth – - Not released
    11. Harvard Law Review articles published – - None
    12. University of Chicago scholarly articles – - None
    13. Your Record of baptism – - Not released or “not available”
    14. Your Illinois State Senate records – -“not available”
    15. Kenyan fathers marriage certificate
    16. Kenyan fathers divborce certificate.

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    18
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  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Really, where’s the BC, the Medical Records, The Harvard Law Review papers, etc.? My GOD, if John McCain or any GOP candidate tried this nonsense they would be hung in the town square. Are you going to be Botish and tell me you have seen all of these records? By the way, Harvard, Columbia and Occidental have been subpoenaed for these documents (not just a yay or nay about attendance) and refuse to release them….Hmmm….Try to defend that.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Thank you maq…it’s ridiculous that this man pretends to be President and refuses to show the most minimum documentation we ALL have to show for jobs, drivers licenses, etc.

  • sowsear

    BO met with all of the SCOTUS in private last week. They had plenty of time to hash things out to BO’s satisfaction.

  • J

    Larry,

    It was Chief Justice Robert’s fault, the Chief Justice admitted that he was the one who screwed up, and he apologized to Obama for it. End of story.

  • D. D.

    How do we know He actually passed the IL bar himself? Does anyone know why Michelle lost her law license in IL?

  • sheprez

    I wonder if he used Abe’s bible for the retaking of the oath today.

  • I’m a Linda too

    Here is what happened.

    Roberts: I Barack Hussein Obama (cut off by Obama) solemnly swear

    Obama: I Barack Hussein Obama

    Obama: I Barack Hussein Obama solemnly swear

    Roberts: that I will execute the office of president to the united states faithfully

    Obama: that I will execute (then nods to Justice Roberts to repeat)

    Roberts: the off…faithfully, the pres office to the president of (Obama cuts off again)the united states

    Obama: the office of president to the united states faithfully

    Roberts: and will to the best of my ability

    Obama: and will to best of my ability (skipped “the”)

    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.

  • TeakwoodKite

    Funny things can happen when attempting to speak in 20 degree weather.

    It was nothing more than the first of many for the O drama real. :)

  • yttik

    Obama had to have a do over on the presidential oath. That’s pretty funny.

  • Seattle Moss

    The real Moron’s are those that think Obama is really going to close Gitmo and end the war in Iraq.
    The real Moron’s are those that think there will be transparency in Government when Obama has obfuscated on every issue and has denied the people a proper accounting of his past.
    The real Moron’s are those that believe that trickle up economics actually work to create jobs.

    After Obama’s flat speech and flub on the oath I have gone back to my original doubts.

  • Texas Playwright

    Repeating the oath in private today should satisfy consitutional scholars, Roberts and bho.

  • Texas Playwright

    Oops, constitutional, I mean. May I have a do over?

  • T-R

    Obama interrupted Roberts – Obama is the One who initially flubbed the lines. Maybe they should have had a teleprompter behind Roberts. How odd that the fraud bungles his presidential oath – perhaps his unconscious seeping through?

    But I shouldn’t read too much into it — Obama is famous for needing do-overs.

  • Seattle Moss

    I think they may have used a Gideon bible this time.

  • The Real HC

    Obama SHOULD have known the correct words and SHOULD have stated them, no matter what Justice Roberts said.

    The rest is just irrelevant to me.

    He is the president, this wont be the last big scary stressful event for him.

    So far I am not impressed with his grace under pressure.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    By some educational models there are at least twelve areas of intelligence. These include”

    Physical

    Musical

    Mathematical

    Language

    and the list goes on. Nowhere does this model indicate the teleprompter reading is an intellligence or a measure of intelligence.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    It also closes a defense loophole should the lawsuits against Obama and his lack of a vault copy birth certificate gain legal ground.

    Obama implied he was a citizen of the US by taking the oath. If it turns out otherwise, he may have committed fraud against the citizenry of the United States.

    Interesting.

    Canada Free Press writer has already labeled it the Oaf of Office.

    LOL!!!

  • WildChild

    It’s Ok. BOBO plans to re shoot the oath for his reelection bid propaganda using Larry Mather’s as The Beaver Chief Justice

  • Mo from Texas

    The real Moron’s are those that think Obama is really going to close Gitmo and end the war in Iraq.
    ————

    The Associated Press has learned that President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order Thursday to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center within a year and halt military trials of terror suspects held there.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    In any normal, decent “democracy” that meeting would have been a “conflict of interest” because there are so many lawsuits in SCOTUS against him. But we are living in the Old West with no law, no Constitution, soon to be wide open borders with welfare, health benefits and education for freeloaders, wanton spending, rewards for criminal activity, etc. It’s really going to be fun to see this place crumble.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Isn’t that a “Mulligan?” :mrgreen:

  • TeakwoodKite

    …”Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation:- I do solemly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

    - Article II; last paragraph.

    It says he must do this… no more and no less. Period.

    (What I find “arcane” is the use of the word “he”…as if a woman would ever be president… )

  • Winston

    What records has he hidden?

    Have you been confined to a sensory deprivation tank or been living a subterranean existence for the last two years? You might need to catch up on some current events; like, say, the fact that no one knows very much of anything about Obama because so much of his past has been either erased or restricted from public view.

    This is common knowledge.

  • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

    If Roberts had brought a card with him, just like Rehnquist did, this shouldn’t have been a problem.

  • WildChild

    I remember when BOBO planned to oppose telecom immunity. LOL he even kept it on his website that he opposed it after he voted for it.

  • Andrew P

    LMAO.

    Do they have Gideon Qur’ans?

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    I’m just shocked that Roberts of all people knows the truth and had a straight face with that oath. I don’t care that they flubbed it. By the way, I heard the second time there was no Bible. Figures.

  • Winston

    Obama: I Barack Hussein Obama solemnly swear and occasionally I flip people off with my middle finger while pretending to scratch my face…

  • http://noquarterusa.net/ SusanUnPC

    I think that that is why some constitutional scholars said he should re-do the oath. It was a good decision to do that. Embarrassing as it might have been.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    There was NO Bible this time apparently. Obama said he “didn’t have one” from what I heard.

  • Ani

    And wouldn’t it have been nice if Jon had noticed this in time to stop pooping all over Hillary.

    Guess that would have been too much to ask… gee, I wonder why.

    Let me ask you. Do you think he really just noticed or did he just have to get her out, too.

    Nice.

  • Patrick Henry

    The TV Media showed pictures of President Obama rehearsing the OATH..Hand on Bible and All..before the inaugeration..so no Excuses…The Media also says the Blogger criticims of how he said the Oath Forced the retake today..

    Blogs like this one Can Make a Difference..thas the REAL Way to get CHANGE…

  • RebelCarol

    Here is an interesting fact: Obama did not take the oath of office until about 12:04 (they were running late): I believe Biden took the oath of his office around 12:01. The Constitution states that the office of the President and Vice President ends at 12:00 noon on the 20th of January. Therefore we were without a President of the United States for a period of approximately four minutes.

    Question then becomes who is acting as President during this brief period of lack of leadership? Not the Speaker of the House nor the President Pro Tempore of the Senate because they would have had to resign their respective seats prior to become acting President. Section 19(d)(1) of the Presidential Succession Act provides **** Secretary of State. Her/his term doesn’t end at high noon.

    Therefore, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was momentarily the Acting President of the United States, our first African-American President.
    http://www.redstate.com/mark_i/2009/01/21/americas-first-african-american-acting-president/

  • DressVote

    Heaven forbid that there is anything that is Obama’s fault. That was one issue that really pulled me way way away from Obama. He never never apologized to anyone.

  • Seattle Moss

    Yeah you are a moron…It will take up to 4 years to actually close Gitmo.
    Of course if we are attacked again….

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    I think that was the most painful thing of this whole disaster…literally watching the most fraudulent man in our history, with his smug little face, pretending that he will “uphold our Constitution.” The document he says is so “flawed” and the document he himself is giving the finger with the BC. That was WAY painful if you love America.

  • Seattle Moss

    Since it’s pay to play I’m sure every hotel room within the white house will have one.

  • HARP

    Our first bogus Potus.

  • WildChild

    It sure kept his left hand from bursting into flames.

  • Ani

    Yes, Susan’s take on it above is absolutely correct. Roberts flubbed the order of the words, Obama knew it and didn’t know what to do, or what protocol to follow in such an odd situation — correct him, start over or just follow his lead.

    Awkward moment. Nerves. In front of a HUGE audience. Nothing more.

  • x

    Blame everything on your predecessor. Now prepare a letter..

  • TeakwoodKite

    They leave the lights on?

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    ROFL it’s a wonder his NOSE isn’t ten feet long.

  • Winston

    She lost her license because instead of passing the bar she went inside and had a couple of drinks and then did a few doughnuts in the parking lot.

  • http://sonicninjakitty.wordpress.com Sonic Ninja Kitty

    Nobody in government takes their job seriously anymore!

  • Ani

    That is hilarious — you should offer that up to the front pages of HuffPo and DailyKos and Politico and see the reaction you get!! That oughta take the wind out of some sails.

  • WildChild

    I would have stated the correct oath and allowed Roberts to look like a retard. It would have been a nice parting gift to shrubby.

  • KintheNorthwest

    Obama is probably sealling all the records that he couldnt as we speak. Bush did the same when he became Pres.
    Any man that would spend over 1/2 million dollars not to have to show his Long Form BC must have something to hide…. Why else spend that type of money.

  • Johnny Smithfield

    1. Occidental College- Call the Registrar
    2. Columbia College – Call the Registrar
    3. Columbia Thesis paper- Probably written on a type-writer so yeah it’s plausible it could have been misplaced
    4. Harvard College records – Call the Registrar
    5. Selective Service Registration = Are you F-ing kidding me? Do you have your SS registration? When I was 17 I got a 5 x 8 card in the mail one day, filled it out and never thought about it again. Nobody keeps those “records”.
    6. Medical records—summary was released by his physician in July 2008.
    7. Illinois State Senate schedule – all of his votes are available and were scrutinized during the campaign
    8. Law practice client list – right, because all law practives make it a habit to release confidential client lists.
    9. Certified Copy of original Birth certificate – THIS WAS…
    10. Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth – …LAUGHED OUT OF COURT!!!!!!
    11. Harvard Law Review articles published – Right. He was the Editor! He didn’t have a mast head
    12. University of Chicago scholarly articles – - he was a lecturer/teacher, not a research professor.
    13. Your Record of baptism – He was not baptized as a child
    14. Your Illinois State Senate records – huh? If you mean his votes, see above.
    15. Kenyan fathers marriage certificate. Whether his parents were married or not makes no difference. He is eligible to be president since he was born in Hawaii in 1961 AND his mother was a citizen.
    16. Kenyan fathers divorce certificate. I always wondered why Obama didn’t ask his mother for this lovely family heirloom before she passed. LMAO!

  • DinoSilver

    I think everyone here is spending way too much time on this issue of the oath. I am no fan of Obama, but imagine if the whole world is watching you and you try to say those words correctly. I did notice that since they were running a bit late, everything was rushed. In the end, he is our President, like it or not.

  • x

    Nothing is ever Obama’s fault.

  • I’m a Linda too

    auh yes. The memories. A reason so many cemented their loyalty, he was actin’ like them. He’s Gangsta and that must good for a president. ??????

  • I’m a Linda too

    Too bad Obama and you can’t just admit something and moveon.

    NOOOOO….blame others, avoid…and the story continues. Like EV ERY THING….Rezko, Wright, Blagojevich….now his misspeak of his swearing in.

    REALITY.

    Roberts: I Barack Hussein Obama (cut off by Obama) solemnly swear

    Obama: I Barack Hussein Obama

    Obama: I Barack Hussein Obama solemnly swear

    Roberts: that I will execute the office of president to the united states faithfully

    Obama: that I will execute (then nods to Justice Roberts to repeat)

    Roberts: the off…faithfully, the pres office to the president of (Obama cuts off again)the united states

    Obama: the office of president to the united states faithfully

    Roberts: and will to the best of my ability

    Obama: and will to best of my ability (skipped “the”)

    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.

    Now, if you think that didn’t happen, you weren’t paying attention.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    This from another blog…Yeah, our media has integrity.

    Col. Benjamin C. Miles
    TV NEWS CREW BLURTS OUT OBAMAS “IMMIGRANT PAST”

    * Posted by Col. Benjamin C. Miles on January 20, 2009 at 1:54am

    Monday January 19, 2009 at 10:20 pm I was eating dinner and watching the KCAL Channel 9 Los Angeles California, News Report and they were talking about Barack Obama’s Inauguration tomorrow. There was a photo of Obama and one female reporter said the words ”his immigrant background” suddenly the camera cut from the photo of Obama and the other female reporter said” we won’t go there”! They then went on reporting as though nothing was out of the ordinary.

    This confirms to me that there is a vast Democratic conspiracy to overthrow the Constitutional form of government established and replace it with a yet to be determined form of government and a person not qualified to sit as a U.S. President who is a foreign national!

    What does it take for those in power to stand up and do the right thing? Are the Republicans also in on this conspiracy to overthrow our government and constitution?

  • WildChild

    Wasn’t your original question what records has BOBO hidden? A call to the registrar isn’t going to get me the records he has hidden. (LMAO) They’ll just inform me that the records will remain hidden.

  • Winston

    The order of the words does not matter. Even the launch codes don’t have to be exact, just close enough for government work is all that is required to nuke another country. There is no point in being overly picky concerning matters of such importance.

    At least he got 200 points for getting his name right.

  • Donna Brazile

    Jimee:

    Call the Registrar and say what exactly. They can’t release those records.

    Stop the lovefest.

  • HARP

    Yours…..not mine.

  • I’m a Linda too

    No, he didn’t. He said it correct first, until Obama cut him off a 2nd time…then jumbled all the words until he started repeating correctly again, when Obama cut him off and started repeating it correctly this time.

    I posted the transcript of all that was said under Susan’s remarks.

  • athy

    Dawnelle-
    I have asked this on previous posts-

    concerning the

    PRIVATE

    re-swearing in of Pres. Obama today…

    does anyone know if there is a public record of this second swearing in process which took place today?

    Is there any way to verify what name the president was sworn in under?

    Barack Hussein Obama,
    Barry Soetero,
    something else?

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Johnny…there’s no way to address that nonsense. You’re so far out there and wrong what can we say? Good luck with that.

    PS. Just as an example…Obama’s doctor sent ONE PAGE that said he was in good overall health. McCain sent 1,000 pages of every inch of his body’s diagnostic. This is a joke, and sorry, you kinda are being one too.

  • KintheNorthwest

    ck out what Mel Martinez United States Senator wrote to someone about the BC (its about 3/4 of the way down the page.)
    http://obamacrimesblog.com/blog/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33:open-comments&catid=1:open-comments&Itemid=3&cpage=6700

    Here is a small portion.
    “The District Court dismissed Mr. Berg’s suit and held that the question of Obama’s citizenship is not a matter for a court to decide.
    The court further noted that voters, not courts, should decide whether a particular presidential candidate is qualified to hold office.
    Presidential candidates are vetted by voters at least twice – first in the primary elections and again in the general election.
    President-Elect Obama won the Democratic Party’s nomination after one of the most fiercely contested presidential primaries in American history. And, he has now been duly elected by the majority of voters
    in the United States. Throughout both the primary and general election, concerns about Mr. Obama’s birthplace were raised. The voters have made clear their view that Mr. Obama meets the qualifications to hold the office of President.

  • WildChild

    There is no record as BOBO asked if it could be done completely in the nude.

  • Mo from Texas

    I was quoting the AP, via the WAPO — call them morons.

    Ahem.

    And I agree, WC, let’s see how it plays out, though I hope he follows through, cleanly.

  • Winston

    AND THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT

  • athy

    SusanUnPC,
    Can anyone corroberate the NPR statement that reporters were present during the second PRIVATE swearing in ceremony? How does the NPR reporter know this?

    Which reporters were present?

    What name was Pres Obama sworn in under-
    Barrack Hussein Obama, Barry Soetero, something else?

    Can the name he was sworn in under be corroberated by anyone?

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    He’s not legally anyone’s President. But if you argue that, then he’s yours, not mine.

  • Mo from Texas

    Well, I share your concern, I really do.

    And then I look more closely, and I think, well, our Congress, both D and R, is pretty f’ing stupid.

    And I know stupid poeple can do a lot of damage with nukes, and the military, Cheney showed us that, but, you know, in the end, they’re still stupid, and stupid can’t survive.

    Cheney showed us that, too.

    And who wants to live a life driven by fear and paranoia, and the chaos it entails?

  • Johnny Smithfield

    No, the schools won’t release them. But they will tell you if the person attended, dates of attendance, whether they graduated and some schools will indicate what their concentration/major was. I worked in Human Resources for 10 years and requested many of these type of records. All it takes is a filling out a simple form and sending it and a check written to the school. Go for it!

    What else could one glean from those records? If he was a terrible student it is unlikely he would be admitted to Harvard Law nor become head of the Law Review.

    Barack doesn’t release these records for the same reason other politicans do not either…they are used to score cheap political points by the opposition.

    Hillary was portrayed as some kind of Marxist crazy-eyed radical by right-wingers based on her senior thesis which was found in a Wellsley library. Remember?

  • athy

    PS

    I ask this because I still remember how Hillary Clinton was crucified during the election because of her vote to support GWB plan to go after WMDs supposidly in Iraq.

    GWB held CLOSED DOOR MEETING which included many legislators. These legislators were told facts and sworn to secrecy or they could lose their positions if they disclosed what was discussed during this closed door meeting with GWB.

    How can we hold anyone accountable for anything if information is exchanged in private meetings and the public has no record of it?

    This is why I ask if there is a record of some sort of what went during today’s 2nd swearing in ceremony- a record that the public has access to?

  • elise

    Johnny, do you have a link on his IL Licence to practice before the Bar? Do you know if he has ever had a licence in another state?

  • Peggy Sue

    I agree, Susan. Flubbed oath or not, Roberts’ or Obama’s mistake, Bush’s ability to do it right– once, twice–is not the point. At least, not the important point.

    Not for me.

    So, Bush said the words perfectly. He was still a one of the worst Presidents of “my” living memory [and I remember Nixon and Carter]. And it takes no “brilliance” to repeat a oath [I personally think Obama's "brilliance" is undocumented and totally untested].

    So, we shall see. Frankly, I think the idea of repeating the oath [just to eliminate the dish that that, too, was illegitimate] is a good thing.

    But Barack Obama’s reputation will live or die on what he does from this day forward. I personally think that stirring the waters on the “small” stuff is not the way to go. I have little faith in what Obama will bring to the table. I’m still the unflagging skeptic.

    But judge him on the important matters, the things that impact ordinary folk and the world at large. To do otherwise is petty and unproductive. And, in the end, it makes our voices seem hysterical, nothing more than the discounted noise of cranks.

    That may not be a popular stance. But my instinct is: save your ammunition for when it really counts. Otherwise, no one will listen, even when it’s real and true.

  • BlueTopaz

    There was a post here a few months back about a professor friend of BO’s at Columbia who taught classes about mind control, mass hypnosis or something like that. That’s probably another reason he doesn’t want his transcripts released. He doesn’t want anyone to see how long he’s been planning this take-over.

  • WildChild

    If the schools won’t release BOBO’s hidden records then it’s safe to say they remain hidden. And please don’t hide behind Hillary’s skirt on this one. It makes you look like a coward.

  • http://www.diamor.org ophelia

    Not repeating an oath in the right way can also be a dirty trick, from a crook, for not respecting it later, if ever he had to commit bigger felonies than those he already has being committing for years. A sort of insurance for further lies!That is the reason why even illegal methods should be used to throw him out of the Monica Lewinsky’s favourite office! Mrs Clinton will appreciate.

  • RebelCarol

    However, if my version is the correct one, that means that Obama DID study the oath before the ceremony and knew that Roberts got it wrong.

    I have to agree with you. When I saw the oath being given on a recap of the day’s news the impression I got was that Obama knew Roberts had misspoke the oath and was kind of thrown by the mistake for a moment. It was in essence a comedy of errors. Roberts should have had his cheat card in his hand. I felt sorry for both of them because I don’t think Roberts had any ulterior motive and Obama was caught up in the excitement of the moment.

  • elise

    Does anyone know why Cheney bought a house in VA or why he isn’t moving back to WY? And what’s with the wheelchair? Couldn’t he find someone to move his boxes? He reminded me of Dr Stangelove.

  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/21/VI2009012101557.html?sid=ST2009012101096 trixta

    Does this mean Yale turns out better students–even legacy students like GWB?

  • I have a bracelet 2

    get all a life. larry stop being petty. he was president at 12:01 anyway.

    and ROBERTS, bush’s boy SCREWED up the oath.

    lot of bitterness on this site. get over it. he is the president.

  • I have a bracelet 2

    president is not ordinary job. different requirements

  • Johnny Smithfield

    Johnny…there’s no way to address that nonsense. You’re so far out there and wrong what can we say? Good luck with that. Look you posted it. I responded. Most of the things you listed have been debunked, or are just not that important. His father’s marriage/divorce records? Really? What could one extract from that? His selective service records? The man put himself through college with loans/financial aid. By law one cannot qualify for aid without registering for selective service. His school records? Are you alleging he didn’t attend these schools?

    And please don’t even get me started on the tin-foil flat-earth, errr, birth certificate, “conspiracy”. Even LJ called bulls*** on the COLB nonsense.

    But I’m the one who’s far gone???

    McCain sent 1,000 pages of every inch of his body’s diagnostic.

    No actually McCain let a group of reporters spend only 3 hours reviewing over 1500 pgs of documents in a very restricted environment. He didn’t “send” anything. But in fairness, he did allow his records to be reviewed.

    http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/mccains_health_records.php

    True, Obama’s summary was short but that could be because he is in excellent health. The guy works out 6 days a week and has never been sick (per his doctor).

  • RebelCarol

    This subject came up early last year and I did a search on Martindale-Hubbell and found that both Barack and Michelle were listed and current in Cook County, Illinois.

  • I have a bracelet 2

    that’s good. why need the bible. it should be used the constitution. it’s a win for non-believers

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    What a joke. The brain dead morons who voted for Obama have NO idea what the Constitutional requirements are, or that his “BC” is a fake, etc. Where do we get these pathetic elected officials?

  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/21/VI2009012101557.html?sid=ST2009012101096 trixta

    Hey, bracelet, looks like you need to get a life since you’re here bothering us when you should be dancing in the streets now that your Messiah has hijacked our country.

    Face it, your “boy” screwed up. That’s why He called Roberts to do a do over today at the WH.

  • Mandelay

    LOL! Dr. Strangelove! Very good! Thanks for the giggle!

  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/21/VI2009012101557.html?sid=ST2009012101096 trixta

    That is, does this mean Yale turns out better students–even legacy students like GWB–than Harvard?
    Rep

  • BlueTopaz

    Quran? LOL.

    I think BO put Roberts off first with his interruptions. You know how BO loves the sound of his own voice. I love the domino effect.

  • Beal

    CNN’s White House reporter, Ed Henry, said it was closed to reporters, and was told there would be pictures released. He was at the WH at the time but didn’t learn about it until Roberts was leaving. I have seen a picture but nothing else.

  • I have a bracelet 2

    u r wrong. i was posting here long before u. it is not my boy. i did not vote for him.

    but, hey, let’s concentrate on more imp. things.

    and by the way, because u r uninformed, the fundies and the wing nuts, the right one, started all they to scream that he is not president yet. to shot their mouth and yours, he did it again.

  • Oisafraud

    His mother has no marriage certificate? So now we have a bastard for POUSOA.

  • dopealope

    Hey, Larry, do you have any recommendations for Vacuum Cleaners? I need to buy two …

  • Johnny Smithfield

    WC-

    Where are W’s transcripts? Or Bill Clinton? Or John Kerry? McCain? Al Gore? Hillary? Joe Biden?

    Please let me know where I can obtain their school transripts. They’ve all been released, correct?

    How about their birth records? Are those available for W or the Clintons or Al Gore? Do we even know if they are American citizens? We have a right to those records, no?

  • WildChild

    I would be interesting to see if BOBO attended school as a US citizen or as a foreign exchange student. It’s really too bad he made sure his records remain hidden.

  • kgirl1028

    You know what i think is most amazing, that people never take responsibility for who THEY place into office. Bush will never be anymore than he really is and even before 2004 we knew bush had lied to us. Until Americans learn to take a long hard look in the mirror and realize that the stupid incompentent people that we place in office, shows more our stupidity and theirs we will always have problems. Bush got elected not once but twice, taht means that the voting public are the fracken morons not Bush or hell even obama. It’s our fault because we choose not to guard our freedoms, and to realize that voting is not different than choosing to hire someone for any job. When you place someone into the oval office, you say you trust their judgement, there fore anything they do after that point, is ultimately signed off by YOU. For the last 4 years i havent really questioned bush’s intelligence. I knew he was stupid the first go round and I wanted to give someone else a chance. So for the past 4 years it has not been Bush I blame for this mess we are in now, it’s my fellow americans whom I have serious doubts about.

  • C.S.

    17. Soertoro/Obama lied on his bar application several times and about the time someone filed to disbar him based on those lies he was suddenly no longer a member of the bar and naturally no mainstream media bothered to investigate the charges or his resignation.

    Anyone want to add 18 and 19?

    If Soertoro/Obama really repeated the presidential oath of office it was probably because he had heard the rumors that there could be a legal challenge because he didn’t take the Constitutional oath of office. And we all know that he wouldn’t want to do anything illegal just to become president, don’t we?

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Johnny-the-Bot…If and when YOU have ANY idea of what is going on in SCOTUS with the suits, and if and when YOU have seen a REAL BC from your fraudulent pal, then I will discuss this with you. You Bots can’t answer the one simple question…IF Obama was legit, he would just produce a hard copy, real birth certificate. They cost ten bucks. Instead he hides behind 800,000 in legal fees, and three law firms to prevent us from seeing it. You can’t defend that one Bot. And, the bottom line is this, no matter how much he scrubs, lies, pays people off, hides behind lawyers, etc. he will be exposed. I bet when he screws the country up badly enough is when those who helped with the fix let it out. So, Bot, your boss is hiding behind lawyers. No innocent person does that. I don’t like getting sued. And I sure as hell wouldn’t let it happen over a BC. I would just hand it over, no problemo. But he’s a fraud and always will be. PERIOD. Larry is welcome to his opinion and I respect that. It’s not the opinion of anyone I know who has read all of the documentation, court documents, etc. Maybe you should educate yourself and come back.

  • so saddened

    hmmmm, so if the voters were to vote for schwarzenegger (sp?) next time, who we know is not eligible, that would be ok? sorry, doesn’t cut the mustard. eligibility or lack of eligibility is a fact, not a matter for a vote!

  • BlueTopaz

    voters, not courts, should decide whether a particular presidential candidate is qualified to hold office

    OMG!!! 8 years after the SC gave us W!!! WTF

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    WC…EXACTLY…That’s the opinion of the lawyers I have spoken to who have filed the suits. BUSTED.

  • Johnny Smithfield

    I’m no expert, but since he was born in Hawaii, he probably attended as a US citizen.

    FYI, Hawaii became the 50th state in the union in 1959.

  • elise

    Hillary’s thesis is available to anyone who takes the time to go to the college library and make a request. It can’t be checked out or copied, but there is nothing secret about what she wrote.

  • http://firefox AnnieCollier

    He is, however, still a smoker. Just as McCain had to get a pass on recurrent Cancer, I think the public should be able to know that there’s no damage to lungs, arteries, etc. I don’t need a full report, just tell me that the smokers diseases have been checked out. Yeah, he’s in good health isn’t good enough.

  • obamastolemyboyfriend

    hahahaha! There’s hope for Jon Stewart yet! He is starting to won me (back)over! I used to be such a faithful and months ago he lost me! So, Jon Stewart might win me over…too bad Obama can’t!

    At times like this, I wish I could still talk to my ex boyfriend! He used to love to tell me that McCain was Bush 3 and show me his Moveon.org bumper sticker that said so! I used to tell him that Obama was Bush to the 3rd power and he would see. I wonder if he trusts Jon Stewart’s judgement any more than he did mine! Alas, I can’t call him to say I told you so. I promised I wouldn’t and I am a woman of my word!

  • obamastolemyboyfriend

    hahahaha! There’s hope for Jon Stewart yet! He is starting to win me (back)over! I used to be such a faithful and months ago he lost me! So, Jon Stewart might win me over…too bad Obama can’t!

    At times like this, I wish I could still talk to my ex boyfriend! He used to love to tell me that McCain was Bush 3 and show me his Moveon.org bumper sticker that said so! I used to tell him that Obama was Bush to the 3rd power and he would see. I wonder if he trusts Jon Stewart’s judgement any more than he did mine! Alas, I can’t call him to say I told you so. I promised I wouldn’t and I am a woman of my word!

  • WildChild

    I’m not exactly sure what you’re asking me. Kerry and Bush released their grades (they both had c averges) McCain released his original birth certificate when his citizenship was questioned. Hillary released her thesis.

    but then that’s what people do when they have nothing to hide

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    There are other reasons he won’t show the medical records. Any decent person who was healthy would show the whole enchilada. Yet again, he’s hiding something and it’s a big one.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Uhhhh…Bot…ROFLMAO…Where did you get the idea he was born in Hawaii? Fight the Smears? Your training at Camp Obot? You are making an ass of yourself. He was born in Kenya.

  • athy

    Beal,
    Thank you…

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    but then that’s what people do when they have nothing to hide

    EXACTLY. McCain handed over a REAL BC three times. The Fraudulent One hired three law firms to hide his. Duh. Even the dumbest Bot should be able to catch on soon.

  • C.S.

    Hey, Smithfield, where’s your proof of all these things since you are the only one to have received them while the Freedom of Information Act and subpoena power couldn’t shake them loose. Or do you just take it on faith and hope that these documents exist even though no one has ever seen them?

    Soertoro/Obama’s whole life is a created fairytale; without the morality lesson at the end.

  • WildChild

    BOBO’s birth father was Kenyan. His adoptive father was Indonesian. Which means BOBO could have very easily claimed foreign status when attending school. I’ll even venture to say that foreign students from poor countries get killer financial aid.

    But we’ll never know because BOBO made sure his records remain hidden.

  • Johnny Smithfield

    Sigh…

    Here you go.

    http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html

    BTW, for you to be correct about Obama forging his COLB would take complicity from the following: Obama; the newspaper who published an announcement of his birth; the Hawaii Dept of Health; Hawaii Republican Gov Laura Lingle; the US State Dept (who issued him a passport); the IL bar (who requires a copy); the Pentagon (selective service or lack thereof), the Hawaii/IL/NY/MA DMV’s (driver’s license) and dozens of other agencies.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Johnny…SIGH…All BS. This has all been proven to be lies already. SCOTUS, by the way, has NEVER said he was legal. They have only questioned the “standing” of those bringing suit. You really need to get educated or stop the Bot crap.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    This is silly. Every night some brain dead Bot shows up here, trying to debunk the truth about the Phony Messiah. Every night we have to post the same TRUTH about the Fraud. It’s silly. I’m going to ignore the Bots from now on. I dedicate enough time and energy helping the patriots of this country expose the truth. The rest of this nonsense isn’t worth our time. Johnnie…go out and smoke some crack with the rest of the Bot crowd. You’re in for some bad times, so live it up while you can. And we WILL accept your pathetic apology when you admit you were wrong.

  • http://firefox AnnieCollier

    It wouldn’t matter whether they had a ceremony or not. Daddy Obama already had a wife back in Kenya. He committed bigamy. Probably why there was no divorce…not necessary. Besides, Daddy was an African Muslim. Can’t they just say “I divorce you” three tines and it’s a done deal?

  • Beal

    I started judging Obama from the day I learned that he bussed people into IA to win the caucus. I continued to judge him as I learned how he cheated in the rest of the caucuses, race-baited for support, took part in denegrating women, and bullied people who supported Hillary. I kept judging him as he repeated what other people like Hillary said because he was not knowledgeable enough to come up with his own ideas. Now I see him fill his cabinet not with new, fresh people not of Washington, but with people who have been around Washinton for years. And I know that it is not because “he is so strong that he wants them to challenge him.” It’s because he has to pick them – he knows he doesn’t know what he is doing.

    Judging him on these things is not petty. It shows that the man is a cheat and lacks in moral and ethical standards. It also explains why he thinks his nominees for treasury sec and attny gen are acceptable.

  • obamastolemyboyfriend

    You know, it probably really was the fact that after training himself for years not to say “Hussein” and now he finally had to say “Hussein” that messed Odrama up! Maybe he was nervous that a riot might ensue when those supporters finally learned his real full name and trust me, I do know bots who just recently learned his middle name is Hussein and am sure some still have no clue!

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    More bot logic from Johnny S. It has no critical thinking skills or curiosity attached. There is no synthesis of information and rarely is there an ability to accept another point of view or an ability to admit mistakes.

    So that would mean that said ‘bot either has a mental health issue or a intelligence quotient issue.

    Take you pick. Either way or a combo of both indicates an inferior processing of information is the norm for said ‘bot.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    More bot logic from Johnny S. It has no critical thinking skills or curiosity attached. There is no synthesis of information and rarely is there an ability to accept another point of view or an ability to admit mistakes.

    So that would mean that said ‘bot either has a mental health issue or a intelligence quotient issue.

    Take your pick. Either way or a combo of both indicates an inferior processing of information is the norm for said ‘bot.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    WTF?

  • http://www.dayoffdietoverview.com Sally

    This is extremely silly. First of all it was Justice Roberts who messed it up. Second of all it was one word misplaced, it doesn’t even approach the verbal malfunctions of Bush.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    Fact-check.org? Are you nuts? More ‘bot propaganda.

    Not even gonna waste the time with you.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    OMG…OT…BUT…Did anyone see the latest Imbiben Gaffe??? ROFLMAO…

    Obama not laughing

    At the end of his remarks to his new staff, Obama informed Biden he would do the honors of swearing them in.

    “Am I doing this again?” Biden said.

    “Senior staff,” Obama curtly replied.

    “My memory is not as good as Justice Roberts,” Biden said, attempting a joke about the Chief Justice’s fumbled swearing in of Obama on Tuesday.

    The staffers in the room laughed, and said, “Ooooh…”

    Obama stood stone faced and visibly annoyed. He tapped Biden on the shoulder and subtly shook his head. –Carol E. Lee

  • Strawberrybitch

    Has this ever been done before, Larry? Wow, I’m guessing that black candle I burned yesterday worked. Haha.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Oisafraud…I think we already KNEW we had a BASTARD for POTUS LOL.

  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/21/VI2009012101557.html?sid=ST2009012101096 trixta

    Johnny boy, we’re just taking Obama at his word. Didn’t he promise to bring in “the most transparent administrations ever”? The country scrutinized Clinton’s private parts in the 90s, so it’s not overdoing it to demand that Obama provide a legitimate birth certificate, academic transcripts, and health records. Or was he just lying?

  • Johnny Smithfield

    I was not aware both the Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin published birth announcement from Nairobi in 1961.

    http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/obamabirth.php

    BTW quick history lesson. In 1961 Kenya was in the middle of a war against British rule. The Mau Mau rebellion had been quelled but remained an effective fighting force and tribal and civil strife continued until independence in 1963. It was one of the poorest areas in the world with very few areas having running water or modern medical care.

    So naturally it makes sense an 18 year old white girl from Hawaii would fly 8000 miles to have her baby in a squalid, war torn region in the middle of trying to overthrow its white rulers!

    But I’m making an ass of myself, right?

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Well, the Bible thing is interesting BECAUSE…he made a BIG DEAL of insisting that he HAD to be sworn in on Lincoln’s Bible, which hasn’t been touch in, what, 200 years. But that was in PUBLIC. In PRIVATE he didn’t give a damn about any Bible. So, what does that say about the Fraud? Yet again, there’s all sizzle and no steak.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    Review the clip, bot. Obama screwed it up first in his haste to become Emperor Blue Lips.

    You see, the timing was off, and therefore Condi Rice was the first black and first female to be President for four minutes, stretch that to five minutes, because Obama was too anxious and screwed up FIRST.

    It really does matter.

  • obamastolemyboyfriend

    I posted on an earlier thread that to me it’s like a sing. Very similar to during my wedding in 1986, the unity candle would not light! We each held our lit candles to it and the darn thing just wouldn’t light! Well, I ended up divorced.

    He starts with a flub, he performs with a flub and ends with a flub…or maybe a thud when you fall from a pedestal that high!

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    Also a little thing called mercury retrograde – which screws up communication and schedules and a void of course moon – which often renders something void or makes sure something never comes to fruition.

    But the black candle helped…definately.

  • http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com Undercover Black Man

    Actually, elise, there was something secret about what she wrote… because in 1993 the Clinton White House phoned Wellesley and asked them to seal Hillary’s senior thesis from inquiring eyes.

    Indeed, Wellesley accomodated the Clintons by passing a special rule to prevent the release of academic work by a sitting U.S. president or first lady… a rule that only applied to Hillary Clinton.

    Republicans and right-wing writers were itching to get their hands on Hillary’s thesis throughout the ’90s. But the thesis didn’t come to light until a couple of years ago… when a journalist discovered that the Wellesley seal was no longer in effect, and he got a library copy of the thesis on microfiche, transcribed it, and sent the transcript to a right-wing writer.

    What was worth hiding about Hillary’s senior thesis? Well, Hillary had written an analysis of the political organizing methods of… Saul Alinsky, a man she admired.

  • elise

    His problem is one of contradictory information. If he had school loans and a scholarship as reported, what did his scholarship cover and was it academic. athletic or based on affirmative action? At the time of his selection as Editor, an article in the NYT suggested some of his classmates and professors didn’t believe it was based on his position in his class or published opinions on the law. His book, Dreams of MY Father, contradicts some of the claims made by his campaign. He says, in the book, his time at Occidental was wasted as a result of drug use and not being serious about his studies. He said his major at Columbia was Political Science which is not considered a serious undergraduate study for entrance to law school and he has claimed his father went to Harvard based on a Kennedy scholarship which is not true. On #8, I don’t believe clients of Law Firms are considered confidential and at least two of his clients are known; Rezko and a businessman whose name I believe is, Blackwell. BTW, Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar which is based on scholastic achievement. I don’t know where the info about Obama’s IQ came from and I’d like to see proof of that since someone has made the claim, Do you see the problem? Your questions about the citizenship of the others you mention is a specious argument and if I were you, I’d leave that out of a serious debate. If his rise to the presidency hadn’t been so rapid, people wouldn’t have felt so uncomfortable. Surely you can understand?

  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/21/VI2009012101557.html?sid=ST2009012101096 trixta

    He used the Mighty Python Bible.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Emperor Blue Lips.

    HAHHAHHA…ROFLMAO Buzz.

  • Johnny Smithfield

    Proven to be lies…by whom? Techdude? Texas Darlin? Polarik? Berg?

    Obama has presented his evidence and no one, let me repeat NO ONE has produced any credible evidence to refute it.

    All it would have taken for Gov Laura Lingle to sink Obama’s presidency and elevate her friend Sarah Palin to the VP was come out and say “we have no evidence Obama was born in Hawaii”.

    Let me phrase it another way. If Obama was not born in Hawaii, how could Gov Lingle seal his birth records? There would be nothing to seal, right?

  • C.S.

    Citizens were told they had no standing to bring eligibility suits against Mr. Soertoro/Obama in Court so how could votes for any candidate, including the mystery man of many names and citizenships be seen as relevant? (By the way the majority voted for Senator Clinton, not Mr. Soertoro so by your analysis, Senator Clinton should be president.)

    People don’t know what democracy is and as Ben Franklin believed, Liberty can be easily lost and when we start chopping away little pieces of Our democracy to suit some politician’s wishes, you are going to lose it entirely. And the political parties that gave you Soertoro/Obma has no constitutional standing to preside over elections.

  • WildChild

    It’s interesting how it took a week for the paper to print the announcement. It’s almost like the news had to travel slowly from some distant place.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    Oh good, then the pendulum will swing against Obama. Any bets his records are already in a safe place somewhere where the GOP or the Clintons, shall we say, would be able to access them?

    Obama has been being watched by concerned parties since the late 1990′s. Someone has done a heads up.

  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/21/VI2009012101557.html?sid=ST2009012101096 trixta

    His left hand was behind his back, fingers crossed — or was he giving someone the middle finger salute? We demand the truth, damnit!

  • http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com Undercover Black Man

    “Hillary released her thesis.”

    Wrong, WildChild. Hillary did NOT release her thesis (which analyzed the Saul Alinsky method of community organizing, ironically enough).

    In fact, the Clinton White House asked Wellesley College not to make that thesis available… even to people who asked to see a library copy. That seal stayed in effect until Bill Clinton was out of office.

    And even then, Hillary never “released” the thesis. Its contents became known two years ago, after a journalist transcribed the whole thing from a microfiche copy.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    So did a neighbor of my sister. He had a stroke five months ago and is now in rehab six days a week.

    You reasoning is so bottish.

  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/21/VI2009012101557.html?sid=ST2009012101096 trixta

    Seattle Moss, we’re on the same page again!

  • WildChild

    BOBO’s “COLB” was refuted the day I had to use the latest in high tech edge detection software to see the seal.

  • Peggy Sue

    All of that is true, Beal. I have no disagreement. But the facts on the ground is the man is now the 44th President of the United States. We cannot deny that. We cannot pretend otherwise. It’s a fact, period.

    The public has a “very” short memory. I remember, you remember. But it’s what happens now, tomorrow and the day after that. There are huge, huge problems facing us. Barack Obama cannot rely on his past campaign performance. He cannot solve the problems with a rousing speech. He will have to make decisions. He will have to take action. And many of those decisons will have mind-blowing consequences.

    We cannot change what is past. We can and must confront what’s before us and give voice to that.

    My argument is that when you submit to petty stuff [what Michelle was wearing at the inaugaration, what his children thought about his speech, whether he said the oath perfectly and whose fault it was] you dilute your critical power.

    It’s like the guy who sues his neighbor a hundred times. Even if his first half-dozen complaints were valid, people stop listening. They consider the guy a crazy crank.

    We don’t have to forget. We will never forget. But keep your powder dry. So when you take that shot, it hits the mark. And nobody, can say otherwise.

    I’m just calling for prudence now, so our voices have relevance later.

  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/21/VI2009012101557.html?sid=ST2009012101096 trixta

    Obama SHOULD have known the correct words and SHOULD have stated them, no matter what Justice Roberts said.

    ZING!

  • WildChild

    As long as we are clear that Hillary’s these was available to the public when she ran for the dem nom. LOL you may scamper away now UWM.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Hawaii Revised Statute 338-178 allows registration of birth in Hawaii for a child that was born outside of Hawaii to parents who, for a year preceding the child’s birth, claimed Hawaii as their place of residence.

    Do you NOT get that Obama has a COLB which could be filed by ANYONE who gave birth to a child in a FOREIGN COUNTRY? Can you get a frigging BRAIN?

    You are a total MORON Johnnie. A complete fool. PLEASE go smoke your crack and play with your fellow Obots. It’s just so sad to see what this country’s youth has become.

  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/21/VI2009012101557.html?sid=ST2009012101096 trixta

    I need someone to translate your response to me, bracelet. Sorry, I just can’t decipher it.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    C.S. I love your posts. LMAO.

  • elise

    Actually, UBM, Hillary’s thesis has been available for eight years and if you had read her thesis, you would know she rejected Alinsky’s theories in favor of working inside the system instead of destroying it. She also turned down the job he offered on the same basis. Someone as smart as you so clearly are should know a thesis can be a counter argument. It is common in science to make an assumption in order to prove the negative.

  • http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com Undercover Black Man

    Just don’t be saying “Hillary released her thesis,” WildChild. Because she did not. Okay? Okay.

  • http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com Undercover Black Man

    I didn’t say she endorsed Alinsky’s methods, elise. I said she admired the man.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    I just have a question…This is not a Communist or Socialist country. And, despite Obama’s nonsense, we will defeat all the socialist, ridiculous crap he attempts and America will be America. I just want to know…why do the people who subscribe to the insane commie crap even WANT to be in politics in America? Wouldn’t another country be better for them? Why would Obama, who hates America and wants to destroy it, want to RUN it? I don’t get why people who are devoted to Communism, Socialism, etc. can’t go where it’s welcome and stop bothering Americans?

  • WildChild

    sure she did UWM. That’s how we had access to it. LOL I know that’s probably a difficult concept for you to grasp, but take your time. There’s no rush. It’ll come to you

  • Strawberrybitch

    Hey Buzz, don’t knock peasant tradition…my Oma told me to rub my son’s warts with a button and then bury it in an old sock…saved me a $20 co-pay. I’m kidding…sort of. I did this to humour her…but they did just go away one day. She was an amazing little woman.

  • elise

    We’ll never know for sure, will we Susan?

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    In that era you could put birth announcements in other papers, hence the problem with the time and the fact that no one has given straight and verifiable evidence as to which hospital Obama was born in. Not even the hospitals can verify, yet my cousin who was born in HI in 1960 can get a verification.

    He’s got a Kenyan grandma saying she was at his birth in KENYA!

    So what IS the truth, Johnny??????

  • Johnny Smithfield

    Or…maybe they published birth announcements in batches? If you read the other announcements the births are listed from Aug 1st through Aug 7th.

    Maybe the kids announced on Aug 1st were born on Mt. Everest base camp?

  • http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com Undercover Black Man

    If Hillary released it, then why did a journalist have to transcribe the entire thing from a library microfiche in order to publicize it?

    Get on top of the facts, will you please?

  • elise

    US Constitution: Article ll
    Section l

    Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:–”I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

    You didn’t read enough.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Why is anyone quoting that old, filthy, nasty document THE CONSTITUTION, that Obama has made into toilet paper? It’s worthless. Why quote it. We just accepted and swore in an ineligible “President” so let’s just kiss the pathetic Constitution, our forefathers, and America GOOD BYE.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    I wasn’t knocking it at all. Rather, I understand the power of a black candle and a few other cosmic things.

    My grandma used to hide under the bed during thunderstorms. But, she knew how to read tea leaves and actually was quite proficient at predicting the future.

  • elise

    Innuendo, UBM? Despicable!

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    SB..Can you maybe burn SOME MORE? LOL. Some voodoo or something?

  • WildChild

    Let me take a wild guess here. The journalist had to transcribe it from a microfiche, because the released thesis was on a microfishe. By the way, this guy wasn’t related to you was he? Because you can make photo copies of a micofishe.

  • Strawberrybitch

    I’m teasing you, Buzz. But your Grandma and my Oma sound a lot alike. She was ten times the woman I could ever hope to be. Kept five children alive AND CLEAN in Europe during the war.

  • Ani

    Interesting observation.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    UBM…Not smart from someone who blows smoke up his own ass about his journalistic prowess all day. I’m just sayin’.

  • Johnny Smithfield

    Why would Gov Lingle put herself in potential legal straits (obstruction of justice) to protect Obama? She would be in huge trouble (not to mention a political dead duck) if what you allege is true. What’s her motive to lie for Obama?

    If what you allege is true, she could have dropped that sucker on Oct 15th and would have been a Republican hero and written her own ticket.

    But instead she sealed the records. Why? Because nuts like Berg kept the Dept of Health staff so occupied with this nonsense they couldn’t get any real work done.

  • WildChild

    That would depend on whether or not western union had an office on mount everest.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    NO shyt!! LOL! I used to work in the library of a university. A university that is a federal documents depository, by the way. I worked in the, wait for it, microfishe dept. of the reference department and in government holdings.

    This so called”journalist” must have been loaded or UBM himself.

    The so called “journalist”

  • Strawberrybitch

    Do you know what I went through to find this one black candle this time of year? The POS cost me $15. And I’m not crazy about the smell. I’m going to try and write it off as a politcal contribution.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Peggy Sue,

    You can trust me…My voice IS being heard and our message is out there. I take my shots every day I can, patriot that I am. So, you might drink some Kool Aid, hang around, see how it goes…not us. But you can thank us for your freedoms when it’s over.

    You have no right to tell the very sad people here how to feel and/or react. This was a horrible thing to happen. If you disagree, you’re a Bot.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    LOL..I think I have some black ones left from Halloween. But they don’t have YOUR magic. Sigh. I can send them to you for your “blessing.” Whatever it takes.

  • http://deleted Buzz Latte LaRue

    Oh, what country? I have great WWII letters from an uncle to his mom -my grandma – about all the lovely ladies in Belgium.

  • elise

    WAPO listed two other presidents who have had to repeat the oath. Grover Cleveland and Chester A Arthur. It is an interesting coiencidence the citizenship of Arthur was questioned and there were attempts to prevent him from taking office.

  • NITEOWL

    Looks like BumbleBiden will be spending a lot of time overseas at funerals and promoting U.S. tourism.

  • elise

    RIP, when I joined the American Civil Liberties Union (which I’m sure you don’t care for), they sent me a copy of the Constitution and I pinned it to the board over my desk and there it remained for years. It is a beautiful document which has been debased by too many politicians.

  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/21/VI2009012101557.html?sid=ST2009012101096 trixta

    Yes we can!

  • JulieD

    NITEOWL –

    Or drinking at “The Villages”…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRXH7RkCZQ

  • r2d2

    Read the U.S. Constitution before you make comments that show your ignorance. The oath must be followed word by word before any elected individual can take the office of the presidency. There’s no question that because Bush ceased to be president at noon yesterday. Even if everyone accepted Obama as the president, he was not the president under the U.S. Constitution until 7:35 PM on the 21st when he swore the oath correctly, word by word.

  • JulieD

    Johnny Smithfield –

    If he was a terrible student it is unlikely he would be admitted to Harvard Law nor become head of the Law Review.

    African American/Affirmative Action/Legacy.

  • elise

    He better get used to the whole world watching,Dino, because for the next four years every word from his mouth will be examined. If he was nervous Tuesday, just imagine how he will react to to the 3AM phone call. And, ask yourself how someone who is known principly for his oratory skills could flub a paragraph he probably practiced in his sleep for years.

  • Cahil

    Why should anyone worry if he can’t say the oath of office correctly? No one has bothered to make him show a valid birth certificate or prove he was even born on U.S. soil.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    elise…why would you purport to know how I feel about the ACLU?

  • BlueTopaz

    my Oma

    Are you Dutch or German?

  • http://wiskeytangofoxtrotoscar.blogspot.com/ James (San Diego)

    McCain in 2000 released his medical records to full scrutiny. In 2008 he only released them one time and journalist were not allowed to take notes. Journalist only had a four hour window to plow through those thousands of pages and no second bite of the apple. Also please note McCain was in his early 70′s when he ran this time while President Obama is in his late 40′s. Actuarial tables will tell you that a Man of McCain’s age has a significantly lower chance of survival over four years than a man of McCain’s age. Change the classification of McCain’s melanoma that was operated on and the odds of survival get much, much worse.
    Plus for the record Obama routinely ran three campaign appearances a day for 18 months while McCain in the same span ran perhaps one and often ran none at all. Obama showed and continues to show plenty of vigor on the basketball court more than justifying the one page note from his personal physician. Like most accusations on N.Q. there is no substance to charge of a cover up.

  • http://wiskeytangofoxtrotoscar.blogspot.com/ James (San Diego)

    She did not loose her license. She became a mom and shifted careers.

  • http://wiskeytangofoxtrotoscar.blogspot.com/ James (San Diego)

    Wrong

    Congress was sworn in prior to the inauguration of Obama. (January 6,2009) Your worst nightmare was actually realized as Nancy Polosi was President of the USA for a very short time. For the love of god research your talking points from somewhere other than redstate. It is called the Google–look into it.
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS310&q=congress+sworn+in+2009&start=10&sa=N

  • Nifc KingpinOTT

    Petty ridiculous nonsense. Whether we like it or not, the guy (Obama) is elected President of the USA. The most important, powerful leader of the free world and folk had better flaming well get used to it. All this idiocy won’t change a thing. Respect the President and that includes his VC (Biden), Chief Justice Roberts had his moment as others no doubt will over the years. I for one remember cringeing at the various “gaffes” delivered by former President George W. Bush on too many occasions to recall. Get off this negative bandwagon and accept the appointment. Until God declares otherwise the most powerful man in the world now is no more exclusively white.

  • PuppyDogMom

    …without his left hand on a certain tome that’s generally used when one takes the oath of office…

  • Elizabeth

    Does that mean Roberts can also be found guilty of treason for administering what he should have known to be a potentially perjurous oath ?

  • Elizabeth

    Of course it isn’t gracious either to play up another person’s mistakes, but I can only pray decisiveness grows on him or we’re seriously in for a world of trouble.

  • JulieD

    Nifc KingpinOTT –

    Are you joking?

    One need only respect the Office of POS.

    I seriously doubt if many here will ever respect BO.

    Credit Card Joe Biden’s a hack.

    Under your demented logic, Hitler would have been the most respected leader in the world.

    Your comment is preachy creepy.

  • Diana L. C.

    But a man she decided not to work for when he offered her a job.

  • BushIsAMoron

    What he’s saying, trixta, is that you are a fucking moron.

  • Diana L. C.

    Most all of the arguments in the comments have been discussed ad nauseam during the primary and the general election. Larry is right now to talk about this gaffe as we move forward with our new Leader of the Free World.

    It is not a comment that is more petty than any that have been aimed, deservedly so, at Bush when he was President.

    It is fair to point out the disparity in the reactions. When Bush did something a little wrong, he was criticized as being a moron. But the point is, we don’t seem to be allowed to criticize THE ONE because the country–based on little evidence–as determined THE ONE is beyond reproach. That is idol worship. (We are supposedly not a country that worships idols–thought most television viewers seem to for nothing other than a person’s ability to entertain.)

  • sall

    Done guys…….. scream and angry for the next 4 year. He is more brilliant than you silly mind think

  • Diana L. C.

    “than you silly mind think”–I’m wondering what language you learned first. Is this really English? And should I trust you to judge my mind as silly?

    Uh, uh, um, um, I don’t think so.

  • Animal Control

    You know he’s Black, he reminded everyone at every opportunity!

  • BushIsAMoron

    Once again, I am surrouned by MORONS!

    Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 1.
    The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

    Uh huh. That’s right. That means that the term of office for the president begins at noon on the 20th day of January at the moment his or her predicisor’s term ends, oath or no oath!

    Article 2 of the US Constitution only says that the President must take the oath “before he enter the Execution of his Office”. So, in other words, he must take the oath before he can excersie the office of President, but he still president irregardless.

    Clause 8 of section 1 just says:
    “Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:

    “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

    It says nothing about him having to speak his name or say “So help me God” at the end: Those are traditional utterences, and are not actually part of the oath as laid down in the Constitution. Also, the Constitution says NOTHING about how he has to take the oath, just that he has to “take” it. It doesn’t mention anything about the words being exactly repeated, it doesn’t actualy say anything about him repeating the words as someone else reads them to him.

  • Animal Control

    Oh come on! You didn’t like the “hoodwinked, bamboozled and Okey dokey”?

    You’re hard to please.

  • Animal Control

    Get an education. Article II §1.8 has not been superseded by the 20th Amendment. Quote the applicable phrase in the 20th Amendment that does so, and I will apologize but until then You’re an idiot!

    [ADMIN: Let's avoid calling each other names. I've done it myself so my hands aren't "clean" either, especially when i get hot under the collar. But it's really not ideal, so let's at least try.]

  • Johnny Smithfield

    Ahhhh…there’s the excuse I’ve been waiting for! He got in because he was black. LMAO!

  • Animal Control

    Get an education. Term not Oath
    The 20th Amendment has nothing to do with superseding Article II§1.8
    Read The 21st Amendment to learn how previous Amendments, sections, and or clauses are repealed or superseded.
    It has to say the exact words that Article II§1.8 that the oath is not-requires (fill in your own words for not required. You’re Constitutional Idiot. Words matter!

  • Animal Control

    Yo’re the moron get an education!

  • Animal Control

    You’re a moron pertains to you interjecting the 20th Amendment. The rest seems reasonable. So quit acting like you’re smarter than everyone else.
    What came first the chicken or the egg?

    You admit that one cannot execute the duties without the oath but then say the oath is inoperable-your circular logic sucks.

    [ADMIN: Animal Control, I need you to send me an e-mail. I tried using the e-mail address you post, but it failed. You need to use a legit e-mail address or else that can be grounds for being put on moderation, which we don't wish to do to you. So e-mail me at susanunpc at gmail dot com. Thanks.]

  • http://baddemocrat08.wordpress.com/ obamastolemyboyfriend

    Oops. Should say up there, sign, not sing!

  • ipotter

    Maybe the glow from his halo is starting to fry his brain.

  • SpaceCat

    Whoa, too much info, obamastolemyboyfriend. You’re beau left you because you’re obviously a petty, smallminded person, like most of the die-hard PUMAs on this deadender site. Can’t say I blame him.

  • FrenchNail

    But nowhere in the WH was A bible available for him to swear onto. He took the oath of office without swearing onto a bible the second time. What does it tell you about the guy.

  • SpaceCat

    You people are petty and pathetic, just as bad as the 9/11 Truthers. The more you repeat this nonsense, the more you discredit yourselves. If you had half a brain, you’d move on to some legitimate issues and stop harping on the conspiracy theories.
    BTW, how in the world do you have his IQ? Nevermind, I don’t even want to know. It’s all too ridiculous. I need to stop staring at this trainwreck. It’s not nice.

  • KintheNorthwest

    CK out the internet on Harding. Many feel that he had a AA for a great grandmother. Now where does that place Obama.

  • http://sonicninjakitty.wordpress.com Sonic Ninja Kitty

    It would also be a good decision to force him to show his Certificate of Birth in addition to the Certification of Live Birth (whatever you believe about its veracity) he has already shown.

    You know–to be on the safe side!

  • KintheNorthwest

    Ck out my comment above at 23:31:55
    Look at What Mel Martinez United States Senator wrote to one o her people.It looks like this Senator feels that the voters take presidence over the constitution.

  • KintheNorthwest

    When I first heard about the BC issue I thought all the anti Obama people had finally gone wacko.
    Then I saw the BC they were claiming was his and got out my own. Boy what a diffrence. Its a simple matter to get your BC and its no big deal to openly show it, even McCain show his BC.
    Almost every state now requires you to show a BC before getting a Driver’s License

  • C.S.

    How do we know he got his name right when we don’t even know what it legally is? Or does this selected “president” get a multiple choice Oath of Office?

    The last time we had this much divide between We the People and politicians was when McCarthy was conducting his “hearings”.

  • skinny malinky

    Your voice is being heard by people who think you’re crazy, or by crazy people who think you’re right. Either way, your voice isn’t being heard by anyone who matters. You’re doing the equivalent of ranting on a street corner. At best, you’re a minor annoyance to passersby. Congrats.

  • Margaret

    Maybe they used Ayers book

  • Margaret

    what brain?

  • FembotsForObama

    ROFLMAO

    After having watched the taking of the oath 3x now, I still see that Obama interrupted Roberts and then even messed up his own name before Roberts interposed the words of the Oath.

    Retaking the oath without your hand on the Bible – what TRUE Christian would do that?

  • Sometime-CIA-Defender

    I don’t think he’s as smart as Bill (who is?), but I do think he works hard to be knowledgeable.

    What’s John Roberts’ excuse, LOL? He’s supposed to know that particular document backward and forward.

    As for Bush, he was great when he was well-rehearsed and understood what he was going to say. He is charismatic and his performance at the first Alfred E. Smith dinner he did in 2000 was hilarious. Too bad he wasn’t as interested in hearing what Richard Clarke had to say.

  • FembotsForObama

    trixta, Bush got his MBA at Harvard

  • Waiting in Texas

    I was hoping to come on here and find something about the fact the Libby wasn’t pardoned. I followed the Plame happenings from the very beginning. NQ was the best source for anything Plame related. Bought Joe and Val’s books. I posted and read on this website for a very long time (06-08), but got off the internet months ago – life happened. How sad to discover that this website sure has changed. Where is the old gang – Mr Murder, Teakwood, Sometimes CIA defender, anonomyous? Larry, you might as well change the name of NQ to “we hate obama website.”

    Respectfully and sincerely,
    Waiting in Texas

    I wish you and your readers all the best.

  • Chicago Joe

    Yeah, and they don’t tell us his GPA; whether he enrolled as an exchange student; who paid for his education; whether he was admitted under any special programs; what he identified his country to be, etc.

    Knock off the Kool Aid.

  • JulieD

    Johnny Smithfield –

    You obviously don’t know much about higher education and Ivy League schools.

    Not only did BO get in due to:

    African American/Affirmative Action/Legacy

    BO had his tuition paid for as well.

    The same was true for MEEEEEEchelle.

    You can blame Affirmative Action for that racist diatribe she was able to pretend was an academic thesis.

  • ces

    Please buy a capital letter or two.

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