re: #99 karmic_inquisitor

Without looking I assume “flubbed” means “not valid” and Bush is still POTUS.

I didn’t read all the comments but didn’t see that.
AP wrote the story:
Roberts stumbles slightly over presidential oath
By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press Writer
Posted: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009
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President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Chief Justice John Roberts after taking the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. At right rear is first lady Michelle Obama.

Barack Obama, second right, joined by his wife Michelle, far left, and daughters Sasha, second left, and Malia, not shown, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts to become the 44th president of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.

Barack Obama, left, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts to become the 44th president of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.

President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Chief Justice John Roberts after taking the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. At right rear is first lady Michelle Obama.

In this Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, provided by the Obama Transition Team, President-elect Barack Obama left, and Vice President-elect Joe Biden right, talk with U.S. Supreme Court justices during a visit to the Supreme Court in Washington Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. From left, Obama, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice David Souter and Biden.

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WASHINGTON Chief Justice John Roberts stumbled slightly over the 35-word constitutionally prescribed oath of office as he swore in Barack Obama as the 44th president on Tuesday, sending the new chief executive into a verbal detour of his own.