Trump to use Lincoln Bible at inauguration

[Bernadine]

This makes me sick.

[JLV]

Trump's measly hands do not deserve to touch the same bible as Abraham Lincoln.

[GilliC]

Was the Lincoln bible the smallest?

[WanderingWinoZ]

do they normally use 2 bibles? he he switching midway through the swearing in?

[Pom]

Gross. I don't want that creepy bastard touching anything of historical significance in this country. Literally and figuratively.

Where's that pissed off bald eagle. He's effective at thwarting tiny fingers.

[al320]

Im sorry

But

I have a hard time believing trump has a childhood bible

[eclaires]

TRUMP BETTER NOT FUCKING USE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE OR WE WILL REALLY SEE MY RAGE EXPLODE.

FUCK HIM.

[Deleted]

His childhood bible where he studied Two Corinthians?

[PatBenatar]

He has a childhood bible?

[GilliC]

Jan 17, 2017 9:21:12 GMT -5 al320 said:

Im sorry

But

I have a hard time believing trump has a childhood bible

I don't. I would have a hard time believing that he owns a bible other than one that was given to him by a family member when he was 9 years old.

ETA - If the skepticism is around him holding on to it all this time... Just remember that it has his name embossed on the cover. You know how much he loves having things with a shiny gold TRUMP written on it, and this was probably one of his first.

[Vespasia]

I'm kind of worried it is going to burst into flames.

[notsocreepylurker]

One of Obama's inauguration picture shows 2 Bibles so that might be normal?

As for using Lincoln's Bible - this might explain the meme about Trump having more black votes than Lincoln did going around FB yesterday.

[2curlydogs]

Is anyone else seeing this thru the lens of his obsessed fixation with the Obamas?

[secretlyevil]

Jan 17, 2017 9:20:24 GMT -5 Pom said:

Gross. I don't want that creepy bastard touching anything of historical significance in this country. Literally and figuratively.

Where's that pissed off bald eagle. He's effective at thwarting tiny fingers.

This is how I feel. I have never had such a visceral reaction to an election outcome. I don't even have hate towards Voldermort...I mean Rick Scott.

I need a bald eagle to poop on the orange one's head while being sworn in.

[GilliC]

OMG. It is teeny tiny!!! LOL for days!

5.9 inches long, 3.9 inches wide, and 1.8 inches deep

[GilliC]

Apparently it's not uncommon to use two bibles. Truman, Eisenhower, and Nixon all did so. Obama chose two bibles in his last inauguration -- the one Lincoln used, and one owned by Martin Luther King Jr.

It is really weird that Trump chose the Lincoln bible, because no one used it between Lincoln and Obama. Before Lincoln's swearing in, it had zero significance to anyone, including Lincoln:

The Lincoln Bible, used during Lincoln's first inauguration, had not been used again until Obama chose it for his first inaugural. Lincoln had no previous ties to the book. Facing assassination threats, Lincoln entered the capital for his first inaugural in secret and in haste, under the guard of Pinkerton detectives. His luggage, including the family Bible, had not yet caught up with him en route from Springfield, Ill. The faded burgundy velvet Bible... was one of several like it on hand at the US Supreme Court for use on such occasions.

[sushi]

My atheist heathen self was given a bible with my name embossed when I got confirmed (after meeting with an elder and telling him I liked that church because no one believed the stories literally). So I believe that part.

If he claims he's actually opened it then I'll call him a liar. Tbf I call him that daily.

[chittybangbang]

Jan 17, 2017 9:52:53 GMT -5 GilliC said:

OMG. It is teeny tiny!!! LOL for days!

5.9 inches long, 3.9 inches wide, and 1.8 inches deep

So he only want to use it to make his hands look bigger then yes?

"I have the hugest hands. Look how big they are next to this normal sized bible. Lincoln had small hands. Sad!"

[sangria]

It's so strange to me that we even swear presidents in on a bible at all. Why don't we swear them in on a copy of the constitution or declaration on independence ?

[btdt]

Jan 17, 2017 9:44:12 GMT -5 notsocreepylurker said:

One of Obama's inauguration picture shows 2 Bibles so that might be normal?

As for using Lincoln's Bible - this might explain the meme about Trump having more black votes than Lincoln did going around FB yesterday.

Right. Because so many Black people were allowed to vote in 1860 and 1864. 

[WOT?*]

The childhood family bible:

[2curlydogs]

Jan 17, 2017 10:01:20 GMT -5 GilliC said:

Apparently it's not uncommon to use two bibles. Truman, Eisenhower, and Nixon all did so. Obama chose two bibles in his last inauguration -- the one Lincoln used, and one owned by Martin Luther King Jr.

It is really weird that Trump chose the Lincoln bible, because no one used it between Lincoln and Obama. Before Lincoln's swearing in, it had zero significance to anyone, including Lincoln:

The Lincoln Bible, used during Lincoln's first inauguration, had not been used again until Obama chose it for his first inaugural. Lincoln had no previous ties to the book. Facing assassination threats, Lincoln entered the capital for his first inaugural in secret and in haste, under the guard of Pinkerton detectives. His luggage, including the family Bible, had not yet caught up with him en route from Springfield, Ill. The faded burgundy velvet Bible... was one of several like it on hand at the US Supreme Court for use on such occasions.

This is the man who hired hookers to pee on the bed the Obamas slept in when they were in Russia. It's actually really not. 

Also, I bet he's hoping the smaller bible makes his stubby, tiny hands look larger.

[taratru]

It's disturbing how fixated on being better than Obama he is.

[notsocreepylurker]

Jan 17, 2017 10:09:38 GMT -5 btdt said:

Jan 17, 2017 9:44:12 GMT -5 notsocreepylurker said:

One of Obama's inauguration picture shows 2 Bibles so that might be normal?

As for using Lincoln's Bible - this might explain the meme about Trump having more black votes than Lincoln did going around FB yesterday.

Right. Because so many Black people were allowed to vote in 1860 and 1864. 

Oh totally!  But SOOOOOOOOOOOO many people were using it like SEE! Black People LIKE Trump more than Lincoln and Lincoln freed the slaves!

[GilliC]

Jan 17, 2017 10:10:35 GMT -5 2curlydogs said:

Jan 17, 2017 10:01:20 GMT -5 GilliC said:

Apparently it's not uncommon to use two bibles. Truman, Eisenhower, and Nixon all did so. Obama chose two bibles in his last inauguration -- the one Lincoln used, and one owned by Martin Luther King Jr.

It is really weird that Trump chose the Lincoln bible, because no one used it between Lincoln and Obama. Before Lincoln's swearing in, it had zero significance to anyone, including Lincoln:

This is the man who hired hookers to pee on the bed the Obamas slept in when they were in Russia. It's actually really not. 

Also, I bet he's hoping the smaller bible makes his stubby, tiny hands look larger.

No, it's weird! Trump hiring hookers to pee on the bed is weird. Trump wanting to use the same bible is weird. Trump's obsession with Obama is weird!!! Normal people don't do this!

[notsocreepylurker]

Jan 17, 2017 10:08:02 GMT -5 sangria said:

It's so strange to me that we even swear presidents in on a bible at all. Why don't we swear them in on a copy of the constitution or declaration on independence ?

I have been wondering this too.  If we are really a country free from government forced religion then why use the most important book in the Christian religion so much in legal matters (Inauguration, court testimony, etc)

[smock]

So the Lincoln Bible has ONLY been used by Lincoln and Obama? Yeah, this is more petty shit from Trump. Let's hope the Library of Congress can keep Trump from peeing on it.

[notsocreepylurker]

I wonder if him using Lincoln's bible after Obama is a way to make it white again?

(I know reaching but I wonder if someone inside his camp is thinking that this will make the KKK peeps that support him happy)

***These are not MY beliefs - I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS AT ALL***

[WOT?*]

Jan 17, 2017 9:44:12 GMT -5 notsocreepylurker said:

One of Obama's inauguration picture shows 2 Bibles so that might be normal?

As for using Lincoln's Bible - this might explain the meme about Trump having more black votes than Lincoln did going around FB yesterday.

I am agog at the sheer stupidity and grasping at straws that Trump supporters are showing to validate their votes for this greedy, hateful, misogynistic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, racist POS as our F(aux)POTUS. (1) Population, you idiots. (2) I didn't realize that black people were able to simply walk up, show their voter ID and pick up a ballot. It really *was* that simple, wasn't it?

[GilliC]

Jan 17, 2017 10:08:02 GMT -5 sangria said:

It's so strange to me that we even swear presidents in on a bible at all. Why don't we swear them in on a copy of the constitution or declaration on independence ?

John Quincy Adams and Franklin Pierce both used a law book.

And I have new respect for JQA:

John Quincy Adams ... was a religious man, but he chose to be sworn in with his hand on a book of US laws. He wanted to demonstrate that he recognized a barrier between church and state and that his loyalty was to our nation's laws above all else.