DontTreadOnMe wrote:Setanta wrote:So, basically, this clown Prager is an out-and-out liar . . . hilarious . . . thanks, Cyclo . . . i'm gonna post that in the other thread on this topic.
it's really all the ultra right has ever had, set. create some "troubling" scenario and pound away on the Outrage Button. to a lesser extent the far left does the same thing, i think. the left tends more to at least have some kernel of actuality and may massage the hell out of it, whereas the prager/o'reilly/hannity/limberger crowd always get caught just making **** up.
boneheads, i tell ya... oh, well birds of a feather....
the worst part of this hoax is that
we didn't know that no book is used in the swearing in of representatives.
i wonder if the same holds true for senators? i don't remember ahnoldt having one when he took office either.
Yes, Boss, the leftwingnuts are just as bad. They seem to be very much into conspiracy theory, so i don't subscribe to your "kernel of truth" thesis.
I posted earlier in this thread the relevant portion of the Constitution--it does not mention god, and does not requiring swearing on any book, and it prohibits any religious test:
Article VI, third paragraph:
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
Note also that they are not required to swear an oath, but may make an affirmation, instead. Many Christian sects refuse to swear oaths, and consider "so help me God" to be taking the Lord's name in vain.