Drinking Liberally Update (11/15/2024)
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In Politics: Nationally: The Election is over and the wrong side won. I
have nothing to contribute to the barrels of ink being used by Pundits to
explain a...
3 days ago
I'm told for that three minutes, Joe B. was the president. True?
ReplyDeleteCNN said that the Constitution makes him president at noon whether he swears the oath or not.
ReplyDeleteArticle II: Section 1: "...Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation...."
ReplyDeleteWhether or not that 3-minute interlude was actually anarchic, I find it fascinating that you refer to it as a "shining moment"!
ReplyDeleteStan, in high school, I ran for student body president quoting Thoreau and promising that I would abolish the student council and see student activities run entirely by ad hoc volunteer groups. That high school anarcho-pacifist still has a voice in my inner political debates.
ReplyDeleteThe channel I was watching featured commentators that indicated Obama became president at noon regardless of whether he had taken the oath.
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