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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:26am on 2006-05-22 under

"Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You didn't place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible." -- Jamie Raskin (candidate for Maryland State Senate), in response to a question while testifying before that same body, 2006-03-01.

[The question that sparked this response is a little startling given the context, leading one to wonder whether State Senator Nancy Jacobs had actually paid any attention to Mr. Raskin's testimony that preceeded her question.]

(Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] leemoyer for quoting this where I'd see it.)

EDIT: Note the Snopes link in a comment below, which documents a slightly different phrasing.

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posted by [identity profile] dorsey.livejournal.com at 04:46pm on 2006-05-22
The quote has been altered somewhat. (http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/raskin.asp)

People place their hand on the Bible and swear to uphold the Constitution; they don't put their hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 10:15pm on 2006-05-24
Thanks for the pointer to the correction.
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posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 11:17pm on 2006-05-22
I know I've heard this before, but not in that context.
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 10:14pm on 2006-05-24
The Snopes page that [livejournal.com profile] dorsey linked to in the comment above gives examples of similar sayings by other people you may have heard.
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Jamie Raskin ROCKS...

posted by [identity profile] jltraut.livejournal.com at 10:04am on 2006-05-23
Felicia and I went to hear Jamie Raskin speak at a local high school Saturday night (also present, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois, son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson). As it happens, we live in the district he's running for the State Senate in. (though I know you know this. I'm sure F. has told you ALL about him!) :-)

Jamie Raskin rocks. In fact, I'm going to steal that quote to use on Daily KOS and Booman Tribune... In fact, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was pretty damned inspiring too... That was a good occasion, to meet a number of local progressive candidates and get a sense of where they stand on issues of importance.
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Re: Jamie Raskin ROCKS...

posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 10:20pm on 2006-05-24
Felicia did say a lot about Raskin at rehearsal last week. (At the time I failed to make the connection to this quote that had been sitting in the queue for a while. Silly/forgetful me.)
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