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Topic: Rep. Akin (R-Mo) Botches Pledge of Allegiance

#	Author	Message
1	mawnck Thu 11/5/2009 11:23a	Epic fail as a Capitol Hill protest today led by Michelle Bachmann. Akin led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance, after announcing that "it drives liberals crazy," and then got it wrong ... getting so carried away bellowing "under God" that he forgot about "indivisible." Strangely appropriate, no? http://www.politico.com/news/s...187.html
2	Kar2oonMan Thu 11/5/2009 11:35a	LOL! I love that stuff.
3	Sport Goofy Thu 11/5/2009 1:28p	I wonder if the conservative pundits will ever point out that oaths of allegiance are typically the heavy handed tools used by totalitarian regimes?
4	DAR Thu 11/5/2009 1:35p	<<I wonder if the conservative pundits will ever point out that oaths of allegiance are typically the heavy handed tools used by totalitarian regimes?>> For example: schools.
5	Sport Goofy Thu 11/5/2009 1:37p	Great example!
6	Sport Goofy Thu 11/5/2009 1:38p	I wonder if the GOP folks also know that the Pledge of Allegiance was written by a socialist? ;-)
7	mawnck Thu 11/5/2009 1:39p	>>I wonder if the GOP folks also know that the Pledge of Allegiance was written by a socialist? << Yeah, but not the "under God" part.
8	Mr X Thu 11/5/2009 5:05p	Personally, I always thought "indivisible" was kinda important. I can see why the "Under God!" crowd might not care so much though. Just so long as the "real America" remains indivisible in their opinions, particularly about God. *sigh*
9	HRM Thu 11/5/2009 5:15p	Wasn't the reference to God not part of the original pledge, and actually added later?
10	mawnck Thu 11/5/2009 5:27p	>>Wasn't the reference to God not part of the original pledge, and actually added later?<< Yep. First tossed in in 1948 by Louis A. Bowman, then made official by Congress in 1954 (at a time when it was politically expedient to be as rabidly Christian as humanly possible). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...legiance

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