Blame this on Chief Justice Roberts – Obama had a do-over today:

WASHINGTON – After the flub heard around theworld, President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office. Again.Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the oath to Obama on Wednesdaynight at the White House — a rare do-over.

Thesurprise moment came in response to Tuesday’s much-noticed stumble,when Roberts got the words of the oath a little off, which promptedObama to do so, too.

Don’t worry, the White House says: Obama has still been president since noon on Inauguration Day.

Of course the White House says that. But we know the truth. President Joe Biden was our 43.5th President, for a day 🙂

Here’s video of the flub:

(I assume that Obama used his middle name again the second time as he did the first…)

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