Comments on: SHOULD OBAMA RETAKE THE OATH?

By: still liberal

still liberal — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:24:04 +0000

Eight presidents were sworn in by someone other than the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the last being Lyndon Johnson on November 22, 1963. My personal favorite is Calvin Coolidge’s first swearing in, which was done by a Notary Public (his father).

By: Drewsmom

Drewsmom — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:58:45 +0000

Guess the folks who take care of Abe’s bible would not loan it out again for the re-oath and I’m sure NOBODY in the new administation had a bible he could us for the photo op.
I’m just wondering, if you want to be historically correct obama is our first BI-RACIAL President. Why was his white mother never mentioned during all the ADORATION of his inaguration? Kinda makes me think he is ashamed of her.
I feel disinfranchised as a white woman.
I wish him well and hope he can improve matters but I ain’t holding my breath.

By: Steve Cornelius

Steve Cornelius — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:46:12 +0000

The official photo of the second swearing-in shows Obama not resting his left hand on a Bible. Is a Bible required or is it simply tradition?

Purely tradition. Used to be required in court but not any more.

ed.

By: funny man

funny man — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:20:40 +0000

Michael Reynolds:
you forgot the coalition partner of united, transgender, jewish freemasons. Then you’ve got the take-over. Wait, my bad; I forgot to include Rev Wright.

By: busboy33

busboy33 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:32:57 +0000

@indgo red:

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

I assume you’re referring to the “discrepancies” Corsi detailed in the PR release of Obama’s birth cer — apparently no raised seal, what appeared to be a Photoshop watermark, etc. Factcheck.org got hi-res scans of the original (available at the link above). You may consider them to be a questionable source, but I’ve been impressed with their even-handed fact-checking of both parties, and the evidence in the link seems pretty solid. They’ve even got a link to a photo of a Hawaii newspaper with his birth announcement, which apparently was uncovered by a conservative investigator. Is there another issue with his birth cert aside from these issues?

@bet:
“Why? Because race and culture matter. Latinos, Asians, Arabs, Blacks, etc. do not have any history of “diversity” or tolerance or openness or pluralism – those are white, European-based, English speaking people’s customs and values.”
So you’re arguing for ethnic purity because caucasians are the only group capable of handling diversity. That is certainly an . . . interesting approach.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:58:06 +0000

John: Rick’s essays are as far removed from nuttiness as you can get. Read the archives. I really enjoy him pointing out some of the left’s silliness, without resorting to it himself.

The nuthouse… is usually here in the comments.

By: michael reynolds

michael reynolds — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:45:35 +0000

Retire05:

Okay, you got us. First there was the inaugural shout-out to unbelievers. Now this. There’s no point trying to hide it any longer: the Atheist-Socialist Alliance (meetings on Thursdays, 8 pm, you’re all invited) is preparing its long-feared takeover of America.

And we’re starting with you, Retire05. Because you are our most formidable opponent. You alone see what no other has. So we’re coming to your house to arrest you, detain you, and brainwash you in our re-education camp. (Or in your case, education camp.)

If were you I’d stay inside, lock my doors and look out for black helicopters.

By: Chuck Tucson

Chuck Tucson — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:34:32 +0000

Was the White House cleansed of all Bibles when President and Mrs. Bush moved out?

That’s assuming there was a copy in the White House to begin with.

By: retire05

retire05 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:14:15 +0000

As an aside:

The man who ran on his “faith” and the “faith” of his “Christian” mother and grandparents from Kansas, did not retake the1 oath with his hand on the Bible. Seems there just wasn’t one handy. Was the White House cleansed of all Bibles when President and Mrs. Bush moved out?

Fakeout #1?

By: John

John — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:09:59 +0000

First time browser… long time… er not so much. So with a name like rightwing nuthouse I expected more nuttery from the author. That was a thoughtful, well written essay, well done.

But you do get some serious wingnuts in the comments section, but I imagine the wingnuts must migrate to your site like moths to a flame hoping to hear someone ape the talking points they live by, and not finding that, I guess they must decide to shave their heads and hold little klan rallies of one in their parents’ basement, breathlessly tapping away at their keyboards with two fingers.

cool site, I’ll put it on the shortlist for now.

Thanks…I think. It might interest you to know I get more racist liberals for some reason than conservatives, although I can’t deny I receive a fair share of righty loons.

ed.