>>It is not required to hold the bible when taking the oath of office for President of the United States. From the wiki:
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>> Theodore Roosevelt did not use a Bible when taking the oath in 1901. Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, and Richard Nixon swore the oath on two Bibles. John Quincy Adams swore on a book of law.[3] Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in on a Roman Catholic missal on Air Force One. Washington kissed the Bible afterwards, as some later Presidents did, but modern Presidents have not—except for Harry Truman, who bent and kissed the Bible upon taking the oath for the first time, on April 12, 1945, as well as at his second inauguration
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_office_of_the_President_of_the_United_States
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>But, think with me..
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>would be logical.. oath in the name of what you and I (I mean all of US citizens included) also believe as most valuable.. thinking so on .. Never could have sworn.. Those pratice becomes completelly unnecessary.. IOW, just go there and do it.. What have to do.

I think presidents should have their hand of a copy of the U.S. Constitution when they're sworn.

Tamar