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Conspiracy? What conspiracy?
I’m no political scholar, particularly on the US, but I met the news that President Obama had retaken the oath of office last night with a wry grin.
I say President Obama but, according to the reports, the White House Counsel team recommended that he retake the oath because both he and the Chief Justice said one word out of order when he took the oath for the first time on Tuesday, and that this might give conspiracy theorists and pundits an excuse to claim that he wasn’t ever officially President.
When I watched the swearing in, I had spotted that the word had been misplaced (and what a word to misplace), and had thought that someone or other might make a fuss, which they duly did.
Good on him though for putting it to bed straight away, rather than giving the fuel to the kind of ridiculous theories that have dogged previous events such as 9/11.
Congratulations Mr President. Again.