Reply #28: I watched the BBC LIVE coverage of the event, and their on-air people

[SoCalDem]

said that the CJ blew his lines and created an unnatural cadence.. They knew it was not Obama's "fault"..

From this point on, there should be a laminated card, from which they READ the oath..just like career cops read the Miranda.. They know it by heart, but the reading of it, reinforces the words and the intent.

It's no slam at anyone, to read and repeat.. Ministers do it all the time when they perform marriages.. They wing it for parts of the service, but when they get to the "legal" parts, they often read it verbatim, and do so in small, logical chunks of text, so the person swearing the oath has NO problem repeating it perfectly..nerves or no nerves..

This flub was ALL on Roberts.. The fact that Obama stopped & smiled a little, when he heard the words incorrectly proves that HE knew they were out of order.. He was generous to not stop the CJ and have him start over..