Would there have been anything wrong with Roberts reading from a copy of the Constitution?

[CreekDog]

At that kind of event I'm not sure I could even remember my own name.

I wouldn't have had a problem with it. I mean if it was more important that Roberts get it right under all circumstances (by reading from a copy) than have people think he didn't trust his memory --which is worse?

Better safe than sorry if you ask me. And there is no shame in reading in that case.

[MadMaddie]

1. I agree!!

[LakeSamish706]

2. He certainly either should have done that, or had it written out on a hand card. n/t

[Graybeard]

7. And then sell the card on E-bay.

Why do we have to think for these maroons?

[trueblue2007]

13. Roberts is a MORON. He should resign for Incompetence.

[Uzybone]

3. Roberts had to show off by being the smartest guy on stage.

Maybe he was intimidated by Obama. He really should have brought notes.

[sohndrsmith]

4. No. It would have saved a lot of histrionic panic... n/t

[Duer 157099]

5. I thought Bush had all copies banned from Washington? n/t

[Sydnie]

8. I thought Cheney shredded them?

Can't imagine he would have left that around for someone else to find.

[zbdent]

6. even a mere copy would have burned his fingers ...

he didn't want to take that chance ...

actually reading a true excerpt from the Constitution would have caused him to melt like the Nazi in the climax of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" ...

[LibDemAlways]

9. Just proves he's not familiar with it, but then we already knew that. n/t

[enough]

10. Absolutely, that is what he should have done. I think reading it straight from the Constitutiou

would have made it more powerful.

[PurityOfEssence]

11. Robert Byrd carries one in his jacket pocket

It's not like it would have been hard to find.

[Sebastian Doyle]

15. So does Dennis Kucinich

Not that Opie Roberts would ever call him.

[depakid]

12. I would have preferred that it have been read exactly as it is written

Like many people, I have my pet theory on why he felt compelled to add the "so help me god" bit-

But that didn't make it less tawdry.

[foxfeet]

14. It's against the by-laws of the Federalist Society. n/t

[nyc 4 Biden]

16. He should have read from a script.

Justice Stevens read off a paper for Biden's oath and it went perfectly.

[Tsiyu]

17. Aw, why would a Supreme Court Chief Justice appointed by B**h

want anything to do with such a meaningless document?

He prefers trying to quote the Bobble instead. Being as that's the "law of the land" he swore to the Neocons to uphold (when politically expedient.)