Oh for the love of . . my sanity

Chief Justice John Roberts was nervous and fudged the lines a bit:



Ambinder:

Fox: 

MSNBC:

Note: Fox's headline now heads: Roberts, Obama Stumble On Oath. 

The AP is a case in equanimity: 

Chief Justice John Roberts stumbled slightly over the 35-word constitutionally prescribed oath of office as he swore in Barack Obama as the 44th president on Tuesday, sending the new chief executive into a verbal detour of his own.

I kinda fear jokes about this are a meme that will not die any time soon.

Every time we hear of Roberts in the news...or every time one of Obama's detractors thinks he's failed at something: "That's the guy who couldn't even recite a 35-word oath properly".

But in the inaugural speech, Obama refered to it as "a most sacred oath". It's quite obvious he took it seriously.