Saturday, March 9, 2013

Brennan Takes Oath On Draft Constitution Minus A Few Key Amendments

Vice President Joe Biden swears in CIA Director John Brennan at the White House, March 8, 2013. (David Lienemann/Official White House)

Brennan Takes Oath On Draft Constitution—Without Bill Of Rights -- The Ticket/Yahoo News

Oh, dear. This is probably not the symbolism the White House wanted.

Hours after CIA Director John Brennan took the oath of office—behind closed doors, far away from the press, perhaps befitting his status as America's top spy—the White House took pains to emphasize the symbolism of the ceremony.

“There's one piece of this that I wanted to note for you,” spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters at their daily briefing. “Director Brennan was sworn in with his hand on an original draft of the Constitution that had George Washington's personal handwriting and annotations on it, dating from 1787.”

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My Comment: They wanted to have the best optics for this swearing in .... but it has become the butt of jokes. I guess this should be called an ooopppssss situation..

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