5. Two Swearing-In Ceremonies

The Constitution requires that new presidents be sworn in on Jan. 20, but that falls on a Sunday this year. It’s long been deemed inappropriate to host a showy inauguration ceremony on the Sabbath, so that means Obama gets to take the oath of office twice: he’ll be sworn in in a private ceremony at the White House on the 20th, and will take part in a big public ceremony at the Capitol on the 21st. The last president to take two oaths in this way? Ronald Reagan, in 1985.

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“I stand by what I said, whatever it was.” — Mitt Romney, on his earlier statement regarding a GOP super PAC’s proposal to focus on Barack Obama’s relationship to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. (Video from BuzzFeed)

I don’t know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. But I do know this, that in his heart, he’s not an American. He’s just not an American.
Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colorado), speaking to supporters. Coffman later said he “misspoke.”  (via officialssay)
peterfeld: “You, as First Lady, have an approval rating of like 85, 90 percent. It’s through the roof.” “You exaggerate.” “But it is. Your approval rating is like — you’re ice cream. Your husband’s approval rating…” “He’s vegetables.”
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peterfeld:

“You, as First Lady, have an approval rating of like 85, 90 percent. It’s through the roof.”

“You exaggerate.”

“But it is. Your approval rating is like — you’re ice cream. Your husband’s approval rating…”

“He’s vegetables.”

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No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom.’ If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

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