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Christ. I can hardly believe someone actually speaks that way. What a mess.

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I feel like we should swear presidents in on the constitution instead of a bible, given that, you know, we're not actually a christian country, despite what all the evangelicals like to think.

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well if his names on that there bible he must have rote it from what he learnt from those secret voices that talk to him -

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I've had the same thought.

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hat tip for mentioning Stone's book :)

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Well, there you go.

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Original Hebrew and Greek, or GTFO.

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Hey, my old pediatrician's Children's Bible foresaw EXACTLY THIS ELECTION: https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

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You can't fool me. He got that Bible from a hotel room. Ten buck says you turn it over and it's stamped in gold on the cover "Gideon."

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I'd go with Origin of Species, myself... but that's just because I think the explosion would be bigger.

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Sorry this is a little late Jeezis, the run-on verb-less sentences are jarring, huh?https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

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So many Pepes. . .

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Or the item the person repsects most. That could be very telling. Of course,they would all lie and pick the Constitution and not the stack of $100 bills that they really honor.

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What really gets me is how often I've heard people at swearing in ceremonies repeat, "I solemnly swear of affirm". NO! You're supposed to PICK ONE! The "or affirm" bit is in parenthesis and is an alternate thing you can say if you aren't religious. But, details, shmetails. . .

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"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's ass. Thine daughter's, however. . ."

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His name is imprinted on the cover.And that is why he is taking his oath on it. Because he is taking an oath on his own name.

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