The cloneNode method which is not called but throws a TypeError in IE8

gistfile1.js

describe("The Mystic Thrown Error", function() {
  it("should be working", function() {
    var oXML = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.4.0");
    oXML.async = false;
    oXML.loadXML("<hello></hello>");
    if (oXML.cloneNode) {} // This Fails

    expect(true).toBe(true);
  });
});