# NOW he's 100% bona fide President of the United States of America **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468 "2009-01-22T15:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/1 "2009-01-22T15:43:28Z")
šŸ˜ƒ > **[Obama Sworn In Again, With Right Words](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/21/AR2009012103685_pf.html)** > > Get Washington DC,Virginia,Maryland and national news. Get the latest/breaking news,featuring national security,science and courts. Read news headlines from the nation and from The Washington Post. Visit www.washingtonpost.com/nation today. I, for one, (and probably Roberts for another) will sleep better tonight ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/2 "2009-01-22T15:47:20Z")
P.S.: Donā€™t we secretly wish Aretha and our Poet Laureate were given the same opportunity? :: D&R ::: ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/3 "2009-01-22T17:51:59Z")
The Drudge headline to this article pointed out that this time, they didnā€™t use a Bible. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/4 "2009-01-22T17:53:53Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > The Drudge headline to this article pointed out that this time, they didnā€™t use a Bible. It probably doesnā€™t mention how that doesnā€™t make a difference, huh? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/5 "2009-01-22T19:59:33Z")
> [@omni-not](#): > > P.S.: Donā€™t we secretly wish Aretha and our Poet Laureate were given the same opportunity? > > :: D&R ::: Wasnā€™t once enough? Does anybody want to hear them _again_? ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/6 "2009-01-22T20:05:53Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > The Drudge headline to this article pointed out that this time, they didnā€™t use a Bible. The **Washington Post** too, apparently;) _After a flawless recitation that included no Bible and took 25 seconds, Roberts smiled and said, ā€œCongratulations, again.ā€_ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/7 "2009-01-22T20:21:57Z")
So, if the whole point of swearing it again was to eliminate any shred of possibility that he didnā€™t actually swear the oath, does no bible mean Roberts is going to be back there again tomorrow? Itā€™s starting to sound like something from a Peter Sellers movieā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/8 "2009-01-22T20:31:24Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > The Drudge headline to this article pointed out that this time, they didnā€™t use a Bible. [nutter]They used a Ko-ran from I-ran![/nutter] This whole process is Obamaā€™s gift to the conspiracy freaks. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/9 "2009-01-22T21:04:55Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > So, if the whole point of swearing it again was to eliminate any shred of possibility that he didnā€™t actually swear the oath, does no bible mean Roberts is going to be back there again tomorrow? > > Itā€™s starting to sound like something from a Peter Sellers movieā€¦ Iā€™m afraid so. I was thinking the exact same thing not so long ago (minus the Peter Sellers reference) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/10 "2009-01-22T21:14:22Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > So, if the whole point of swearing it again was to eliminate any shred of possibility that he didnā€™t actually swear the oath, does no bible mean Roberts is going to be back there again tomorrow? > > Itā€™s starting to sound like something from a Peter Sellers movieā€¦ If so, then Steve Martin has to administer the oath this time. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/11 "2009-01-22T21:27:21Z")
Scene: Barack and Michelle awake to the sounds of Sonny and Cher singing ā€œI Got You, Babe.ā€ They look up as through the door walks a smiling Chief Justice Roberts, carrying the Lincoln Bible and a set of large-print cue cards. ā€œTake three,ā€ he says. ā€œThey said weā€™ve got to keep doing it over until we get it right.ā€ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/12 "2009-01-22T21:35:41Z")
> [@omni-not](#): > > The **Washington Post** too, apparently;) > > _After a flawless recitation that included no Bible and took 25 seconds, Roberts smiled and said, ā€œCongratulations, again.ā€_ My point was that the headline on Drudge (who linked to the WaPo article) emphasized this point. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/13 "2009-01-23T05:36:37Z")
For what itā€™s worth (nuthinā€™, that is), itā€™s happened before - Coolidge? Taft? I think those were the ones mentioned inā€¦ the LA Times? So easy to forget. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/14 "2009-01-23T08:14:59Z")
Bible, no bibleā€¦ who cares? Thatā€™s just cultural fluff that has accumulated around the important legal points. Letā€™s get to the really vital stuffā€¦ did the flag in the room have a gold fringe? ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/15 "2009-01-23T09:50:41Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [nutter]They used a Ko-ran from I-ran![/nutter] > > This whole process is Obamaā€™s gift to the conspiracy freaks. Wow, he really is working to include everybody, isnā€™t he? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hes-100-bona-fide-president-of-the-united-states-of-america/482468/16 "2009-01-23T17:55:43Z")
But some of the Fox ā€œnewsā€ people are already suggesting that the pics looked like cardboard cutouts so he really isnā€™t President yet. Yeah, right. They went to a ton of trouble to produce lifesize cutouts to fake a swearing in. Okaaay.