... down a hole.

The Speech, as battling, freestyle rappers would decry, was "written."  It was prepped, plucked and powdered like a colonial wig, lacking that vital 'real-time' investment that ultimately reveals the true capital of the speaker. 

Obama delivered his written shtick with a teleprompter and few hiccups.  On the other hand,  he completely, utterly, excruciatingly, flubbed The Presidential Oath. 

When the replays surface, it may be noted Obama failed to utter a single verb in his oath, thus, it may be argued, he did not take an oath at all!  A technical violation no doubt. 

Reading Michelle's face during her husbands flabbergobber session, one can almost hear her thinking.  "WTF Bitch?  Massa got your tongue?" 

Addendum:  A few days after writing this I found out that Obama did indeed have to redo his oath.  His freestyle was, apparently, unacceptable.