Bush, the first wasn't technically President.

[FOREVER LEFT]

I was reading Chomsky's "Understanding Power"---- a book of a collection of talks the sage has had throughout the country and he said the following:

<Actually, Bush, [the first] technically speaking, is not really President----because he refused to take the Oath of Office. I don&#39;t know how many of you noticed this, but the wording of the Oath of Office is written in the Constitution, so you can&#39;t fool around with it--- and Bush refused to read it. The Oath of Office says something about, "I promise to do this, that, and the other thing," and Bush added the words, "so help me God." Well that&#39;s illegal: he&#39;s not President, if anybody cares.>

I don&#39;t know if W followed his father&#39;s example but if he did he&#39;s not president.

On Bush&#39;s version of the Oath of Office, see for example, Ann Devroy, "A Matter-of-Fact Bush Takes His New Place in Nation&#39;s History," Washington Post, January 21, 1989, p. A7. For the Constitution&#39;s specification of the text of the Oath of Office, see U.S. CONST., art. II, §1, cl. 8.

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."

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-...transcript.html

http://www.understandingpower.com/

[Pawn Power]

Originally posted by FOREVER LEFT@April 17, 2007 03:54 pm
I was reading Chomsky&#39;s "Understanding Power"---- a book of a collection of talks the sage has had throughout the country and he said the following:

<Actually, Bush, [the first] technically speaking, is not really President----because he refused to take the Oath of Office. I don&#39;t know how many of you noticed this, but the wording of the Oath of Office is written in the Constitution, so you can&#39;t fool around with it--- and Bush refused to read it. The Oath of Office says something about, "I promise to do this, that, and the other thing," and Bush added the words, "so help me God."
I don&#39;t know if W followed his father&#39;s example but if he did he&#39;s not president.

On Bush&#39;s version of the Oath of Office, see for example, Ann Devroy, "A Matter-of-Fact Bush Takes His New Place in Nation&#39;s History," Washington Post, January 21, 1989, p. A7. For the Constitution&#39;s specification of the text of the Oath of Office, see U.S. CONST., art. II, §1, cl. 8.

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."

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-...transcript.html

http://www.understandingpower.com/

Yeah so...

Well that&#39;s illegal: he&#39;s not President, if anybody cares.>

Yeah, nobody cares. He was functionally president.

[Janus]

I didn&#39;t find anything to corroborate this story? How could Bush have simply refused to read it?

http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres63.html

[Pawn Power]

Originally posted by Janus@April 17, 2007 04:24 pm
I didn&#39;t find anything to corroborate this story? How could Bush have simply refused to read it?

http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres63.html

Yeah, how he phrased it was weird.

the Oath of Office says something about, "I promise to do this, that, and the other thing," and Bush added the words, "so help me God."

I think he siad it but not verbatim. In other words he "refused" to say parts of it. I think thats what he means??