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jmowreader

(50,559 posts) Mon Jan 2, 2017, 10:26 PM Jan 2017

If you got elected president, what would you want to be sworn in on?

Most presidents have been sworn in on the Bible. Trump, if DU is to be believed, will swear his oath on a tattered copy of The Art of the Deal. What book would YOU like to be sworn in on?

I would be sworn in on The Constitution.

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If you got elected president, what would you want to be sworn in on? (Original Post) jmowreader Jan 2017 OP

I'd want to be sworn in on time. No delays. Gotta get to work. unblock Jan 2017 #1

The U.S. Constitution elleng Jan 2017 #2

I would choose the Constitution, as well. That's what the President swears to preserve, Arkansas Granny Jan 2017 #3

A 1965 Mustang. pangaia Jan 2017 #4

Y'know they don't keep the bible... SticksnStones Jan 2017 #6

Oh! Bummer... pangaia Jan 2017 #7

Ha! JudyM Jan 2017 #15

"the women's bible" -elizabeth cady stanton niyad Jan 2017 #5

Could we stack up several books/documents? Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2017 #8

Sure. I have no issue with that, nor does the Constitution jmowreader Jan 2017 #9

You can stack. President Obama took his 2nd inaugural oath with his hand on 2 bibles, Tanuki Jan 2017 #10

Keeping my copies meadowlander Jan 2017 #11

Galileo's Math Book and ... BluesRunTheGame Jan 2017 #12

Now you have me listening madokie Jan 2017 #21

A rug, okasha Jan 2017 #13

First choice The Constitution Takket Jan 2017 #14

Just a photograph of Supreme Court Justice William Brennan. What he fought for is what I would JudyM Jan 2017 #16

for Trump? Mein Kampf for Dummies! RealityChik Jan 2017 #17

A photo of my baby grandaughter Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #18

An eagle feather Donkees Jan 2017 #19

Newton's Principia Mathmatica. Volaris Jan 2017 #20

A stool pinboy3niner Jan 2017 #22

Under the Republicans, all of Washington DC is wallowing in stool Bucky Jan 2017 #23

The only reason to watch the inauguration is to see Trump's hand burn when he puts it on the Bible Bucky Jan 2017 #24

unblock

(52,243 posts)

1. I'd want to be sworn in on time. No delays. Gotta get to work.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 10:32 PM

Jan 2017

elleng

(130,956 posts)

2. The U.S. Constitution

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 10:36 PM

Jan 2017

Arkansas Granny

(31,518 posts)

3. I would choose the Constitution, as well. That's what the President swears to preserve,

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 10:47 PM

Jan 2017

protect and defend.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

4. A 1965 Mustang.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:07 PM

Jan 2017

Convertible
Fire Engine Red
Cream interior.

SticksnStones

(2,108 posts)

6. Y'know they don't keep the bible...

Reply to pangaia (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:13 PM

Jan 2017

Just sayin'

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

7. Oh! Bummer...

Reply to SticksnStones (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:20 PM

Jan 2017

JudyM

(29,250 posts)

15. Ha!

Reply to SticksnStones (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:39 AM

Jan 2017

Perfect response!

niyad

(113,323 posts)

5. "the women's bible" -elizabeth cady stanton

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:11 PM

Jan 2017

the constitution was written BY men of property, FOR men of property--no women included until the 19th amendment, and we are still waiting for the ERA.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,838 posts)

8. Could we stack up several books/documents?

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:26 PM

Jan 2017

I think I'd stack up the books from several major religions, Origin of Species, the US Constitution, The Grapes of Wrath, Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), and a randomly selected phone book.

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)

9. Sure. I have no issue with that, nor does the Constitution

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #8)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 11:54 PM

Jan 2017

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)

10. You can stack. President Obama took his 2nd inaugural oath with his hand on 2 bibles,

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 12:01 AM

Jan 2017

one that belonged to Abraham Lincoln and the other to Martin Luther King.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/national/inauguration/obama-to-take-oath-on-bibles-used-by-martin-luther-king-jr-lincoln/2013/01/09/b9e7d3be-5aa1-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html?client=ms-android-att-us

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)

11. Keeping my copies

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 12:05 AM

Jan 2017

of A People's History of the United States and The God Delusion in good nick for just this eventuality.

BluesRunTheGame

(1,615 posts)

12. Galileo's Math Book and ...

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 12:21 AM

Jan 2017

...a lyric sheet for Elvis Costello's "Waiting For The End Of The World"

madokie

(51,076 posts)

21. Now you have me listening

Reply to BluesRunTheGame (Reply #12)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 10:20 AM

Jan 2017

to one of my favorite performers, Elvis Costello

Thanks

okasha

(11,573 posts)

13. A rug,

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 12:43 AM

Jan 2017

inside where it's warm.

Takket

(21,573 posts)

14. First choice The Constitution

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:31 AM

Jan 2017

Second choice a copy of The Communist Manifesto wrapped in a rainbow flag while wearing a Pro choice Tshirt. Just to make GOP heads explode!!!

JudyM

(29,250 posts)

16. Just a photograph of Supreme Court Justice William Brennan. What he fought for is what I would

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 01:45 AM

Jan 2017

pledge to fight for. A humanistic jurisprudential interpretation of the Constitution.

RealityChik

(382 posts)

17. for Trump? Mein Kampf for Dummies!

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 04:09 AM

Jan 2017

or maybe Animal Farm?

I'm with you. I'd go for the U.S. Constitution and keep the bible out of it altogether.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)

18. A photo of my baby grandaughter

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 05:52 AM

Jan 2017

Donkees

(31,411 posts)

19. An eagle feather

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 06:57 AM

Jan 2017

Volaris

(10,271 posts)

20. Newton's Principia Mathmatica.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 10:11 AM

Jan 2017

Because FUCK the Science Deniers.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

22. A stool

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 10:37 AM

Jan 2017

I'm not very tall.

Bucky

(54,014 posts)

23. Under the Republicans, all of Washington DC is wallowing in stool

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #22)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 10:39 AM

Jan 2017

I guess the president should be the one who gets to the top

Bucky

(54,014 posts)

24. The only reason to watch the inauguration is to see Trump's hand burn when he puts it on the Bible

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 10:41 AM

Jan 2017

I'm just kidding. Obviously he's going to put his hand on his own autographed copy of The Art of the Deal

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