OMFG. Faux News saying Obama's orders signed yesterday aren't valid.

[Avalux]

Since he re-took the oath last night, he needs to re-sign his executive orders. Taking the oath again invalidated the first time so essentially, he wasn't president until last night.

:silly:

What a bunch of pathetic losers. :thumbsdown:

I'm just wondering how long their tired old tactics are going to remain popular. After reading that Obama has a 62% approval rating here in Texas, I'd say not long.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. This is just going to be fucken continuous, isn't it?

Birth certificate, yada yada, oath yada yada. You could keep one of those droolers amused for days with a little coin that has both sides labelled "Turn me over."

[rvablue]

10. Your coin joke is hysterical. I'm borrowing next time some winger offends my intelligence! n/t

[WinkyDink]

11. Yes. Bingo. Every single day there will be an "issue". It's what the RW does:

the Panama Canal return; Terri Schiavo; the 2 Oaths---it's always something, and it's always nothing.

It's their tactic to stay in and control the news. And the media oblige. After all, the Great Maw of 24/7 TV must be fed.

[rateyes]

2. I'll tell you what, Faux. Get a friend to violate those orders

and then argue it in court, and see where it gets you, assholes.

[CitizenPatriot]

20. great suggestion :-) nt

[Political Tiger]

3. Anything Fox says isn't valid. n/t

[nolabels]

45. Most anything Fox says nowadays is usually Anti-American

Just goes to show what foreign owned companies like to do when they think it's their privilege


It's not nationalism when you come to the defense of your country, it's just common sense:argh:

[LSparkle]

4. He doesn't need to take a fucking oath to be president ... it's ceremonial

He became president at noon on Tuesday, BEFORE all the fol-
de-rol with Roberts ... Why oh why did we ever stop teaching
Civics in the schools?

:hitsheadindisbelief:

[Abq_Sarah]

21. That's simply not true.

From Article II Section 1 of the US Constitution:

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

It is a requirement of office. If it were not, President Obama wouldn't have had the oath re-administered later that evening.

[kestrel91316]

31. "Shall". Not "must". Legal types have fun with those sorts of details.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

34. I think "shall" pretty much means "must" in legaleze....

Otherwise, half The Constitution and laws in this country would be optional. Furthermore, the "before" wording is pretty explicit in that it has to be done before he executes his office.

The question is: Is the oath still valid if it was jumbled? I think one could make that argument.

Freeper conspiracies aside, I find this rather amusing mental masturbation and/or jail-house lawyering.

[Avalux]

32. Your interpretation is interesting.

Many past presidents never even uttered the words, simply said "I do". Obama took the oath again to make all the idiots shut their traps.

[Abq_Sarah]

35. He did the right thing

By taking the issue away from them. Now they'll have to find something else to obsess about.

[JuniperLea]

5. I hope he gets fed up with this nonsense and sets these idiots straight

What they are doing is getting in the way of serious business that needs to get done!

Bush and his henchmen need prosecuted! I swear their conviction and imprisonment is the only thing that will stop the insanity!

[begin_within]

6. The right is never going to give up, no matter what happens.

[Avalux]

12. No but the can be marginalized.

If Faux loses viewers, they'll change their tune.

[That Is Quite Enough]

7. They're in denial, I guess.

Oh well. They'll get over it soon enough. :evilgrin:

[treestar]

8. That is superstitious

Really. Obama won the election. Therefore the people want him inaugurated. That's the will of the electorate. They can't undo that with superstitious technicalities!

[MichiganVote]

9. "Time to put away childish things...."

[tridim]

13. I'm willing to bet Faux is getting slammed in the ratings now

Faux reality doesn't work any more.

I bet they close up shop within two years.

[Submariner]

14. Manna from heaven for Hannity

I bet he gets weeks or months out of this one. Without this chickenshit he'd have nothing.

[madaboutharry]

15. They have become the news version

of Hee Haw.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

47. HAAAA!! LMAO!!

:rofl:

[BootinUp]

16. straws

grasping at.

[underpants]

17. Andrea Mitchell and the Morning Joe crowd wondered aloud about that too

Not a good idea. All this obstructionism is not going to go well with the public.

[trof]

18. WE'RE SCREWN!!11!!1!

oh crap
:-(

[jillan]

19. That sounds like a typical remark from people who never read the Constitution.

And they wonder why Repugs got donkey kicked....

[Sebastian Doyle]

22. So what is their excuse going to be tomorrow?

:shrug:

[Flying Dream Blues]

23. Does the Fox snub on the Iraq trip explain all this ridiculousness?

This is all a petty vendetta, and Chris Wallace is right in the middle of it... Remember this
Stephen Colbert looks at the media maelstrom surrounding Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East and how there is one particular media outlet who doesn't seem to be involved. Hmmm....which one could it be?

COLBERT: You see, in recent months, McCain boxed Obama into a corner by saying it was important that Obama visit Iraq. Checkmate. No way out of that one. But now Obama is cheating, by visiting Iraq. The good news is there's so much media attention, there's always a possibility of a huge gaffe doing irreparable damage to his campaign. <..>
Now I was not invited on this trip. But, that's fine. But I am not the only one who was snubbed.

[CLANG]

24. They will have to admit that they were wrong shortly

dumb mfers

[eShirl]

25. even if it were true, it would only take him seconds to sign them again

They need to ask themselves, is it really worth soiling their diapers over?

[gauguin57]

26. Shhhh ... let them keep obsessing. It will keep them from having sex and from procreating.

Let them play with themselves for a while.

[BlooInBloo]

27. And this is what caving in to idiots the first time results in. Predictably results in.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

28. Fox may go bankrupt

[Deja Q]

30. Let it.

They can't find anything GOOD to air (being popular does not mean it's GOOD)... indeed, anything popular for that matter either...

I should have sympathy. Yet I don't.

[Deja Q]

29. Given their frequent inaccuracy over which political party the to-be-felon politician is,

why does anybody take them seriously AS a news source?

Cow dung with corn nuggets embedded in it is a more reliable news source. If nothing else, it at least describes FOX...

[alcibiades_mystery]

33. The RW - totally defeated - is just trying to invent first week "catastrophes"

so they can build a narrative of Obama fucking up early.

Pay no attention to them. They're pathetic.

[complain jane]

36. When did Faux become valid?

If an invalid establishment calls a President invalid, isn't that an invalid statement from the invalid establishment?

I think Obama should declare Faux invalid as a "news" establishment. Or whatever ya wanna call it.

[old mark]

37. I wonder why people still watch it.

The only thing I watch on the entire Fox network is football, and that's pretty much over.

mark

[radfringe]

38. next they will claim

Obama is in his second term because he's taken the oath twice and therefore not eligible to run in 2012...

[dcindian]

39. What is wrong with these traitors?

They should help and support our president during war time.

[Tsiyu]

40. FU(X) News

Desperation from idiots.

[annabanana]

41. Chuck Todd gave them the idea during Gibb's first presser yesterday..

He was being "oh so clever" and "word-jousty". . wondering WHY those didn't all need to be re-signed in the same "excess of caution" that Obama & Roberts had used to explain the re-oathing..

[yellowcanine]

42. He became President at 12 Noon EST Jan 20 2009. Nothing can change that.

Live with it, dirt bag freeptards.

[Lex]

43. Well Bush was NEVER president, so maybe his Executive Orders are VOID too.

nt

[OnionPatch]

44. Desperation, pure and simple.

This is all they have. How pathetic.

[Garbo 2004]

46. Wiill Fox declare Herbert Hoover's presidency invalid? Chief Justice flubbed oath & no do over.nt

[Johonny]

48. Wonder how long Faux is going to have to wait

for Obama to appear on there... Let the total Democratic freeze out of Faux begin.