Today was a big day. I'm proud to be an American. But......
Did anyone notice how the Chief Justice sort of screwed up President Obama's oath? First, lets compare Vice-President Biden's oath (administered by an Associate Justice), which was perfect. The AJ would state aloud approximately three or four words, pausing after each short interval to let VP Biden repeat after him. VP Biden's swearing took some time, maybe even several minutes, where we got lots of opportunities to watch close ups of Biden making his oathe (and wonder howcome he didn't stick his thumb in and keep it close to his palm, but instead had it sticking out and looking kinda funny).
But when it came time for the president's oath, the darn CJ pretty much rushed through the oath, saying practically an entire sentence for President Obama to repeat. Basically, Obama's swearing in took approximately 5 seconds, and it was administered with practically only three pauses to let poor Obama repeat after him. Of course, on such a momentus occassion, President Obama couldn't remember much past three words....so first, Obama accidentally cut off the CJ (thinking he was going to be like the AJ and stop after every three words to let him repeat after him), then, Obama forgot the second line he was supposed to repeat and had to stand there for an awkward pause while the CJ figured out that Obama needed some extra help. Darn CJ --- shoulda practiced the oath before administering it.
Nevertheless, Obama's speech was awesome and inspiring -- as usual.
I thought this was kind of sad as well, We will watch this moment from history one day, but I am sure it wont be that. Too bad, would have been a nice clip, maybe the film geniuses will find a way to use the end and it still seem like the big historical moment it was.
ReplyDeleteI also thought Michelle looked like she was ready to bust out laughing!