Barack Obama in In the President`s Secret Service, by Ronald Kessler

On Principles & Values: FactCheck: Obama treats Secret Service members with respect

Kessler says, "Contrary to the email, the book actually says Obama treats the Secret Service with respect and appreciates what the agents do. It does not say he hates the military."

Furthermore, the book is not the one-sided partisan attack that the e-mail describes. As Kessler says, "The book is totally non-partisan and skewers Democrats-JFK, LBJ, Carter, Gary Hart--and Republicans--Nixon, Jenna Bush, Barbara Bush, Dick Cheney's daughter Mary, Agnew, Ford, and Bush's treasury secretary John Snow--alike.

On Crime: Survived vague threats from Ku Klux Klan during campaign

While Obama never received a specific threat before his protection started, Secret Service agents picked up a number of vaguely threatening Internet comments, mostly directed at the fact that he is African American.

Chatter among white supremacists on the Internet increased throughout the campaign. On Election Day, Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke rallied white supremacists in a call to action, saying Obama's election represented a "night of tragedy and sadness." In a website broadcast, Duke said, "Barack Obama has a long history of antagonizing white people." He added, "We as European Americans have to rally for our survival."

On Drugs: Yes, he still smokes while President

On Principles & Values: Inaugurated using Abraham Lincoln's Bible

Just past noon on January 20, Obama placed his left hand on the Lincoln Bible, a velvet-bound volume purchased by a Supreme Court clerk for the Great Emancipator's swearing in on March 4, 1861. Obama raised his right hand and took the 35-word oath of office administered by Chief Justice John Roberts.

[During the parade], twice, Obama and his wife left their limousine to walk along Pennsylvania Avenue and wave to the crowds. Jimmy Carter was the first president to do this, spontaneously leaving his limousine without clearing it with the Secret Service. Since then, the Secret Service has scripted where the president should walk, providing extra security along the way. In the end, nearly two million people packed the outside of the Capitol, the parade route, and the National Mall. The inauguration went off without a hitch.