There's such a thing as being too careful

The New York Times has an article by Jeff Zeleny about the Obama 'do-over':

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. re-administered the oath to Mr. Obama on Wednesday evening, one day after the two men stumbled over each other’s words during the inauguration ceremony at the Capitol. For their do-over, the two men convened in the White House Map Room at 7:35 p.m. for a brief proceeding that was not announced until it was completed successfully.
“Are you ready to take the oath?” Chief Justice Roberts said.
“I am,” Mr. Obama replied. “And we’re going to do it very slowly.”
After a day’s worth of chatter over whether the president had been properly sworn into office— he transposed a couple of words in the oath after being incorrectly prompted by the chief justice— advisers to Mr. Obama decided Wednesday afternoon to try it one more time. Only hours after aides told reporters there was no reason to administer the oath again, they concluded it was easier to do it on the first day, rather than have someone challenge the legitimacy of his presidency.
“We believe that the oath of office was administered effectively and that the president was sworn in appropriately yesterday,” Gregory B. Craig, the White House counsel, said. “But the oath appears in the Constitution itself and, out of an abundance of caution, because there was one word out of sequence, Chief Justice Roberts administered the oath a second time.”
While about two million people were on hand to watch the first swearing-in, a figure that does not include the hundreds of millions who watched it on television in the United States and around the world, only nine people witnessed the do-over. There were four aides, four reporters, and a White House photographer present on Wednesday evening. Mr. Obama raised his right hand and did not use a Bible. All in all, it was a curious end to a chaotic first full day of Mr. Obama’s presidency.
The trouble began at the swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday when Chief Justice Roberts misplaced a word in the oath, saying: “That I will execute the office of president to the United States faithfully.” The word “faithfully” is supposed to appear between “will” and “execute.”
Mr. Obama, who had been studying his lines, briefly interrupted Chief Justice Roberts initially, which could have thrown the chief justice off course. Then, he paused awkwardly after saying, “that I will execute.” So the chief justice gave it another try, but still did not get it quite right, omitting the word “execute”.
There are no rules against a do-over. When questions were raised about whether it was proper for Calvin Coolidge to have been sworn in by his father, a notary public, after the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923, Coolidge took the oath again from a federal judge. At a luncheon after the first swearing-in on Tuesday, Chief Justice Roberts could be seen on camera telling the president that the mistake was “my fault”. So he agreed to travel to the White House, and took along his black robe, for Take Two.
“Congratulations, again,” Mr. Roberts said after the flawless recitation. “Thank you, sir,” Mr. Obama said.

Rico says this is silly; it's not like anyone was going to stand up and say "wayda minute, that's guy's not really the President'.. (Yeah, you're right, somebody would. Morons...)