Barack Obama sworn in as 44th President of the United States
It was quite a spectacle, as it should have been, given the historic nature of the event. Millions of people descended on Washington D.C. to witness the swearing in of Barack Obama as our 44th President.
Obama and Chief Justice Roberts managed to flub the swearing in, but Obama rebounded nicely with a sober and forceful speech that called on Americans to put aside childish squabbles and get to the business of tackling the nation’s problems.
He made it clear that he’s ready to get to work.
Posted in: Politics, President 2008
Flubbing the swearing in is something even Bush did not screw up. So we can say that at similar points in their Presidency, Obama is actually ahead of Bush on the gaffe meter. Shouldn’t they dry run that at least once or twice??? In any case, I’m pretty confident he’ll drop back to well below Bush in due order.