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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf 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.
unblock
(52,243 posts)elleng
(130,945 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,517 posts)protect and defend.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Convertible
Fire Engine Red
Cream interior.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Just sayin'
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Perfect response!
niyad
(113,323 posts)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)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)Tanuki
(14,918 posts)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)of A People's History of the United States and The God Delusion in good nick for just this eventuality.
BluesRunTheGame
(1,615 posts)...a lyric sheet for Elvis Costello's "Waiting For The End Of The World"
madokie
(51,076 posts)to one of my favorite performers, Elvis Costello
Thanks
okasha
(11,573 posts)inside where it's warm.
Takket
(21,573 posts)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)pledge to fight for. A humanistic jurisprudential interpretation of the Constitution.
RealityChik
(382 posts)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)Donkees
(31,409 posts)Volaris
(10,271 posts)Because FUCK the Science Deniers.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I'm not very tall.
Bucky
(54,014 posts)I guess the president should be the one who gets to the top
Bucky
(54,014 posts)I'm just kidding. Obviously he's going to put his hand on his own autographed copy of The Art of the Deal