I hope he does so well that he goes down as one of the best presidents we've ever had. Not only because I voted for him, but because it would be a beautiful bookmark to his legacy and the history he's already made.
That would be a VERY Impressive feat if he could be put down. He's already down as the first biracial president out there.
I know. Although history will label him as the first black president rather than bi-racial which is what he actually is. I'm rooting for him. But ultimately its up to him to fufill the promises he told us he'd keep. We gave him the power, now he needs to use it.
Yeah, maybe we'll eventually have a fully black president. Like Wesley Snipes black And I think I'm keeping the Obama 08 bumper sticker on my car. I was going to take it off after the inauguration, but I'm still seeing W stickers and McCain stickers, so I think I'm keeping mine on
I'm watching it on my DVR right now and Obama spoke over Roberts first, right at the beginning. That probably flustered Roberts and made him mess up a moment later. Between the flubbed actual oath and Senator Feinstein's announcing of the "Oaf of Office" I say its a little karma for Bush. No one is denying Obama's speaking ability but he picked an interesting time to begin an Obama-ism.
He's a Christian himself, as was that chaplain guy, so I think they reserve the right to pray and say "God bless" and so on. Granted, if there was an atheist president or even a president who was non-Christian that would probably cause controversy because apparently that's still a big deal in America, but the fact is that Obama, as a Christian, has as much of a right to express his beliefs as anyone else. You could probably compare it to an athlete making the sign of the cross before entering the field, only on a much larger scale. I know about how the whole separation of church and state thing isn't exactly abided to, but it's not as if it's automatically an indication that the new Fred Phelps has been elected into office. Obama has already said that he will keep the two separate as far as his own judgement is concerned, and whether or not his word is good at least he's actually acknowledging it. Not to mention that, as far as I am aware, he is actually from quite a tolerant church, so again it's not as if there's someone with extreme fundamentalist leanings in office.
I think Obama can express his religious views, but should not make such a big display of them at public events.
That's a little ridiculous. I have no problem with anyone's personal beliefs. Obviously Obama can be a Christain, who am I to judge? I just have a problem with the way it's continously mentioned, having a preacher ask the whole crowd to pray is a little much for me to take. Certainly, when they just mentioned how America is not divided by religion... My point is church and state stay separated. This equals no arguements or discussion about the politicians religion, no time wasted on praying, no one feels left out, no reason to get mixed up in a religious war because of personal belief, ... endless advantages. That's the end of this for me.
Obama has officially retaken the oath of office: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/obama-retakes-oath-of-off_n_159854.html
That was completely unnecessary from an actual standpoint, since the 20th amendment to the Constitution states the President-elect officially becomes President officially at 12 PM noon on the 20th of January. No doubt this was to just shut up the dumbasses like Fox News and whatnot.
Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur both retook the Presidential Oath of Office, too, so it's not like it's entirely unprecedented.
I was annoyed that they redid the oath. It gives validity to the nutjobs who say Obama wasn't president for the past 24 hours because the oath was fumbled. Obama was president at noon on the 20th whether he was being sworn in or taking a shit at that time.