Posted on 12/26/2008 3:02:27 PM PST by Notoriously Conservative
So apparently Obama will be using Lincoln's Bible when he takes the oath of office... Sigh, excuse me a moment while I pop a couple of Excedrin... Could this man be more narcissistic? He makes Narcissus look like a humble man. Lincoln's Bible? What makes him think he deserves to use it? What makes him think he is on any sort of level even approaching that of Lincoln? Sure, he is the first, mostly all Black President, and that is certainly an accomplishment for him, and for the Civil Rights movement, but really? Lincoln's Bible? Naw, that's not right. Before Obama goes placing himself on the same plane as Lincoln, he needs to accomplish something truly monumental, course changing, and era defining, like say, freeing the slaves, or uniting a country during a civil war.
Obama chooses Lincoln's Bible for inauguration:
WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in.
Obama will be the first president since Lincoln to use that Bible, part of the collection of the Library of Congress.
"President-elect Obama is deeply honored that the Library of Congress has made the Lincoln Bible available for use during his swearing-in," Presidential Inaugural Committee Executive Director Emmett Beliveau said in a statement Tuesday.
Obama is also tracing the train route that Lincoln took and holding a welcome event at the Lincoln Memorial ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration.
Not Jefferson’s koran?
I’m just happy Obama chose a Bible.
You really need to get a grip. He is going to be president, he will live in the WH, he can use any Bible he wants.
The first problem with this is that you and Obama exalt Lincoln above what he really was. That being said I think it is rather comical that Obama will use Lincoln’s bible and I hope that somehoe, in an ironic way, that Lincoln gets to see it all from his place on high.
I hope someone checks to make sure there isn’t the koran hidden inside.
As Pres elect he needs to take the oath. It need not be on a Bible, but he apparently does not wish to set a precedent of torquing off the 80% of the citizenry who are Christian.
As long as “Our American Cousin” is being performed post-inauguration, I’m happy...
left hand on the bible and the right hand hidden behind him with his fingers crossed.
As POTUS it’s all going to smoke and mirrors and show and tell, and as phoney as it can gets.
And there’s nothing at all wrong with pointing out Obama’s remarkable pretentiousness.
Remember, its OK to lie to the dhimmies {spelling?}.
Lincoln only later decided to free the slaves. He thought it his main task to hold the Union together.
It is actually the very real crack up of the union that is most to be feared from an obama presidency—starting with Hawaii.
If you look at Obama’s statements in the past concerning Indian reservations...his suggestions have been that he will move them toward full nationhood status.
He would then apply the same standards to Hawaiians—giving the mixed race hawaiians of Oahu a free hand to extort property from the rest of the islanders.
This is a lesson that would not be lost on the Mexicans of the southwest. They would be next in line.
I can understand this - - they're both from Kenya. I mean Indonesia...
Hawaii?
Hey Tony: You don’t mind if your comment is forwarded to the Secret Service, do you ?
Okay: Thanks !
Hey, it’s a Republican Bible.
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