The Chief Justice flubbed, not the President!

I'm not a supporter of the new President, and did not vote for him. But I'm getting tired of reading stories tonight about how the President flubbed his oath of office.

No, he did not. The Chief Justice flubbed. The oath reads, "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States..." The Chief Justice gave this line as "I will execute faithfully to the office of President, etc." The President started to repeat this and realized it was wrong and stopped, waiting for the CJ to correct himself. I had the feeling the CJ then proceeded to temporarily forget the words (much like someone forgetting the words to the National Anthem) and there was a long awkward moment while they looked at each other, and the CJ said the line incorrectly again, and the President in what was basically a "oh well, let's go along with this" moment, repeated the line in the incorrect way the CJ had stated it, and the oath proceeded.

But this was not Obama's fault, it was the Chief Justice's fault, and a very embarrassing moment for the CJ on his first time administering the oath to a President. And while I am not an Obama supporter, I do not like seeing him made fun of for something that was not his fault.

Get it right, people!

I am glad I took the day off work. I watched everything from the departure from Blair House up to tonight's inaugural balls. Fox had good coverage; I enjoyed Chris Wallace and Brit Hume very much, as they were not quite as starry-eyed as the coverage on other networks. (I wouldn't even touch MSNBC.) I did like Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw on NBC, though; I've always thought they are two of the more fair network correspondents/hosts on the regular three networks. I watched them for most of the afternoon and enjoyed their commentary.