Obama swearing on the Lincoln bible is an affront to redneck "states rights" proponents everywhere

[scheming daemons]

:evilgrin:


Just playin'

[bluestateguy]

1. A good many white conservative, native-born Southerners still regard Lincoln as a tyrant

Yet we can't seem to find a way to get them to pivot from that and vote Democratic.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. But here in Arkansas, they vote for Lincoln!

Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), US Senator.

[zbdent]

3. Isn't it interesting how the Southerners embraced "the party of Lincoln" ...

and the fact that those who fought for the Union are against the unions ...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. "States rights" is code for racism.

So the Bible will be the least of affronts when he is sworn in.

[nsd]

More info from The Page

The Page



Washington, D.C. - On January 20th, President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office using the same Bible upon which President Lincoln was sworn in at his first inauguration. The Bible is currently part of the collections of the Library of Congress. Though there is no constitutional requirement for the use of a Bible during the swearing-in, Presidents have traditionally used Bibles for the ceremony, choosing a volume with personal or historical significance. President-elect Obama will be the first President sworn in using the Lincoln Bible since its initial use in 1861.

"President-elect Obama is deeply honored that the Library of Congress has made the Lincoln Bible available for use during his swearing-in," said Presidential Inaugural Committee Executive Director Emmett Beliveau. "The President-elect is committed to holding an Inauguration that celebrates America's unity, and the use of this historic Bible will provide a powerful connection to our common past and common heritage."

The Lincoln Bible will be available for a press viewing between 11:00 AM and Noon today in the Members' Room on the first floor of the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building at 10 First St. S.E. in Washington, D.C. Video and still cameras are permitted. Media should allow 10-15 minutes to clear security at the First Street entrance to the Jefferson Building. Clark Evans, who heads the Reference Services Section of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress, will also be available at that time to answer questions about the Lincoln Bible and the Library. High-resolution photographs of the Bible are also available upon request. RSVP is not required. Please contact the PIC Communications Office with questions.

The Bible was originally purchased by William Thomas Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme Court, for use during Lincoln's swearing-in ceremony on March 4, 1861. The Lincoln family Bible, which is also in the Library of Congress's collection, was unavailable for the ceremony because it was packed away with the First Family's belongings, still en route from Springfield, IL, to their new home at the White House.

The Bible itself is bound in burgundy velvet with a gold-washed white metal rim around the three outside edges of both covers. All its edges are heavily gilded. In the center of the top cover is a shield of gold wash over white metal with the words "Holy Bible" chased into it. The book is 15 cm long, 10 cm wide, and 4.5 cm deep when closed. The 1,280-page Bible was published in 1853 by the Oxford University Press.

Annotated in the back of the volume, along with the Seal of the Supreme Court, is the following: "I, William Thomas Carroll, clerk of the said court do hereby certify that the preceding copy of the Holy Bible is that upon which the Honble. R. B. Taney, Chief Justice of the said Court, administered to His Excellency, Abraham Lincoln, the oath of office as President of the United States ..."

The Lincoln Inaugural Bible will be on display at the Library of Congress February 12th to May 9th, 2009, as part of an exhibition titled "With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition." The exhibit will then travel to five other American cities. The Library is planning several other events and programming in commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of the nation's 16th president, who was born on February 12th, 1809.

On March 4, 2009, the 147th anniversary of Lincoln's first inauguration, the Library of Congress will also be convening an all-day symposium with several renowned Lincoln scholars. For more information see the Library of Congress Web site at www.loc.gov.

For more information and to view photographs of the Lincoln Bible, please visit www.pic2009.org/bible.

For the latest information on the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, please visit www.pic2009.org.

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. You already had one thread locked mocking the outrage toward Prick Warren today

Going for number 2?

[scheming daemons]

6. Excuse me? This thread has nothing to do with Warren....

I think you're seeing Warren in all issues now.


This thread is about racist freepers upset with Obama "connecting" to Lincoln.



....AND....

the thread I had locked today was locked (according to the mod) because of perceived intolerance toward muslims. A reaction I expected when I made the OP.

There was nothing in THAT thread that was mocking at all... it was a question wondering why progressives have a different standard for Islam than they have for Christianity...from the perspective of an atheist that has a problem with all religions.

You need to go back and reread that thread.

[Sebastian Doyle]

7. Uh huh. Sure it is.

:eyes:

[ieoeja]

8. You have a link to that thread? n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. Yeah

But it's already locked, so you won't be able to reply to it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4706374&mesg_id=4706374

[ieoeja]

10. While I agree with everything you said in that other OP, I do understand the difference in treatment

In the United States Christianity is being used as a major motivating factor in opposition to human rights. While Islam is being used elsewhere in a far more vile and disgusting manner than Christianity is here, here is where we decide our future. And here Islam is a non-factor.

Attacking Islam over the opposition to intragender marriage in the United States makes as much sense as attacking the Soviet Union when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, or attacking Iraq because the Taliban chose to shelter Al Qaeda.

[Pale Blue Dot]

13. Wow. Blatant dishonesty.

Now I know never to trust another word out of your mouth.

[Posteritatis]

11. I know; isn't it great? (nt)

[Phx_Dem]

12. Isn't it amazing. The last hand to take the oath on that bible

belonged to the President who freed the slaves. The next man to use that bible is our first African American President.

No other president has ever used the Lincoln bible, and now that seems as it should be.

[political_Dem]

14. It's about time Mr. Obama drop the Lincoln fascination and create his own persona.

All he's doing is empowering the Republicans to drop in, take over and overwhelm the Democratic party. Didn't the hoopla around the Blagojevich scandal and the auto bailout teach him anything? If those incidents are just the tip of the iceberg, imagine how ugly it will eventually get. After all, what he is doing is simply carrying the scorpion across the river, thinking that it will not sting him in the back.

As for swearing on the Lincoln Bible, is he not superstitious?