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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3122453" data-attributes="member: 13624">That&#039;s why I provided another link.&nbsp; Here&#039;s another one: <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2007/dec/20/chain-email/obama-sworn-in-on-his-bible/" target="_blank">http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2007/dec/20/chain-email/obama-sworn-in-on-his-bible/</a> .&nbsp; Note also this line in that story: &quot;We suspect this false claim was inspired by the 2007 swearing-in of Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., an American convert to Islam and the first Muslim elected to Congress. Ellison used a Koran that once belonged to Thomas Jefferson, borrowing the rare book from the Library of Congress.&quot;&nbsp; That was very well-covered at the time, particularly the fact that it was Jefferson&#039;s Koran.Also note that it would have been during his inauguration as a senator, as the e-mails predate his election to the Oval Office.&nbsp; I know you didn&#039;t specify the office, but picking out little details like that goes a long way toward exposing myths.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3122453, member: 13624"] That's why I provided another link. Here's another one: [URL]http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2007/dec/20/chain-email/obama-sworn-in-on-his-bible/[/URL] . Note also this line in that story: "We suspect this false claim was inspired by the 2007 swearing-in of Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., an American convert to Islam and the first Muslim elected to Congress. Ellison used a Koran that once belonged to Thomas Jefferson, borrowing the rare book from the Library of Congress." That was very well-covered at the time, particularly the fact that it was Jefferson's Koran. Also note that it would have been during his inauguration as a senator, as the e-mails predate his election to the Oval Office. I know you didn't specify the office, but picking out little details like that goes a long way toward exposing myths. [/QUOTE]

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