Here is how the Oath of Office reads in the Constitution:
"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."
This is what was said yesterday:
ROBERTS: I, Barack Hussein Obama...
OBAMA: I, Barack...
ROBERTS: ... do solemnly swear...
OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear...
ROBERTS: ... that I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully...
OBAMA: ... that I will execute...
ROBERTS: ... faithfully the office of president of the United States...
OBAMA: ... the office of president of the United States faithfully...
ROBERTS: ... and will to the best of my ability...
OBAMA: ... and will to the best of my ability...
ROBERTS: ... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
OBAMA: ... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
ROBERTS: So help you God?
OBAMA: So help me God.
ROBERTS: Congratulations, Mr. President.
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So Obama gets one word out of place, and all sorts of people want him to do a "do-over".
Have we become that litigious of a society?
Shit, grammatically, Obama said it correctly, because as the Oath is written in the Constitution, it's a split infinitive. I'm sure some of y'all oldtimers remember in your grammar school days when the English teacher told ya that Captain Kirk used a split infinitive when he recited the intro to Star Trek. Y'all remember, "To boldly go..."? That's what I'm talkin' about.
As Choada Boy links, experts all agree that he should do it over, and one opinion I read hints that he may have already done so.