Obama To Be Sworn In On Lincoln Bible
Another pretentious portentous announcement from one of the seemingly countless websites setup by the President Select, the Presidential Inaugural Committee:
President-elect Barack Obama to be Sworn in Using Lincoln’s Bible
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Facing a nation divided, teetering toward civil war, President Lincoln used his first inaugural address to call for national unity, arguing that our Constitution was created “to form a more perfect Union.” Now, 147 years later, President-elect Barack Obama is echoing President Lincoln’s call in words and in symbolism. He will be placing his hand upon the same burgundy velvet-bound Bible that was used by President Lincoln at his first inauguration as he is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.
Presidential Inaugural Committee Executive Director Emmett Beliveau:
President-elect Obama is deeply honored that the Library of Congress has made the Lincoln Bible available for use during his swearing-in. The President-elect is committed to holding an inauguration that celebrates the unity of America, and the use of this historic Bible will provide a powerful connection to our common past and common heritage.
Presidents are not constitutionally required to be sworn in using a Bible, though most do, Theodore Roosevelt being the most notable exception. George Washington’s Bible has been a popular choice, used by Warren Harding, Dwight Eisenhower and George H. W. Bush. Other presidents have opted for Bibles that hold more personal significance, such as Bill Clinton’s choice of his grandmother’s Bible.
Since Lincoln’s family Bible was still en route from Springfield, IL, at the time of his inauguration, Supreme Court Clerk William Thomas Carroll purchased a Bible for the swearing-in ceremony in 1861. President-elect Obama will be the first president to be sworn in using this Bible since Abraham Lincoln.
Log cabin (in Hawaii) sold separately
Of course given “Honest Obe’s” background, no family Bible is handy. (And a Kwanzaa mat might have raised eyebrows.)
Facing a nation divided, teetering toward civil war, President Lincoln used his first inaugural address to call for national unity, arguing that our Constitution was created “to form a more perfect Union.” Now, 147 years later, President-elect Barack Obama is echoing President Lincoln’s call in words and in symbolism.
Well, that’s cheery is it not? We thought things were bad, but did not quite realize that we were “teetering toward civil war.”
Still, no matter how hard he pretends, Mr. Obama is no Lincoln. He’s not even a Ford.
And he has done nothing to try to unify us, except to put the most rabidly partisan leftists in positions of power.
Someone remind us, did Mr. Lincoln wax his chest?
This is ridiculous! Obama you are not, repeat you are not Lincoln. I’ve got a headache already. Contemplating flying my flag upside down on inauguration day. My mother told me that would be a terrible thing but it’s something I am thinking about.
BTW our friend and Realtor from HI lives in Kailua and she’s not pleased with the One’s visit.
Yet we will wish for emancipation from our indentured lot as overburdened tax payers after 4 years of his “re-building infrastructure.”
Pay close attention to who “wins” at the same time the people lose. I just hope the winners who own me are nice.
We thought things were bad, but did not quite realize that we were “teetering toward civil war.”
You’re not in the peoples republic of Minnesota where an election is being stolen as we speak. Personally, if those bastards give Franken the win I’m about ready to go the armed rebellion route.