This is awesome. No. If awesome was a ninja this video would still be awesomer.
I love how the crowd just completely ignored this madwoman trying to stop the people from saying the Pledge of Allegiance.
Paul was there and has got a post on this. Definitely worth a read.
And just because I don’t want you feeling too good about our country just days before an election I’ll spoil your day a little bit with this well timed breath that congresswoman Betty McCollum took while leading Congress in saying the Pledge of Allegiance. She said later that the Pledge is just sooooooooo long that he had to find a place to take a breath and guess which part she took a breath on.
October 25, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Bull. She didn't take a breath. She just didn't speak. Guess we know where she stands. Perhaps she'd find China more to her liking.
October 25, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Thanks for posting this. I was there; it happened just like you see it (more details at my blog). But to me, the amazing thing is how long this story is lasting.
By the by, that GOP candidate, Joe Walsh, is a good pro-life Catholic guy who deserves the support of pro-life contributors everywhere. Donate to him at http://walshforcongress.com/
October 25, 2010 at 9:24 pm
This (the pledge @ the debate @ The League of Women Voters)is just a case of cheap political grandstanding which is, to use Norman Mailer's great phrase, "promiscuous patriotism." Fill in the blank: "____________ is the last refuge of scoundrels." Reciting the pledge (or engaging in prayer) in a public setting is just a way of letting people wear their jingo-ism (and religion) on their coatsleeves: "Look how country-lovin' and god-fearin' I am!"
October 25, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Reciting the pledge (or engaging in prayer) in a public setting is just a way of letting people wear their jingo-ism (and religion) on their coatsleeves: "Look how country-lovin' and god-fearin' I am!"
So, everyone shut up in public?
October 25, 2010 at 10:11 pm
I seriously wonder if the whole Betty McCollum no "under God" thing is part of a rewnewed push by liberals to strip out the phrase from the Pledge. Seems to be happening with other high profile politicians of late.
October 25, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Interesting, as Pres. Obama seemed to have a problem with the "Creator" in his recent speeches!
October 26, 2010 at 12:36 am
Betty graduated from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN. As one local radio host is fond of saying, "I can remember when that was a Catholic college".
October 26, 2010 at 2:19 am
You can read more about Betty at my blog
http://mncdneedschange.blogspot.com
October 26, 2010 at 5:08 am
No wonder Bean hadn't come out at all this year to debate Joe. She smells blood in the water.
October 26, 2010 at 6:43 am
Anonymous 4:24: I actually think most people WOULD like to see how "country lovin' and [G]od fearin'" their political candidates are. Now if a pol who has never been religious/patriotic were to start requesting the Pledge of Allegiance or a prayer before a debate or other event, THAT would be promiscuous patriotism. If it's consistent with the rest of their way of life, ain't nothin wrong with wearing it on their sleeves.