Pledge of Allegience and More

McCain’s selection for the Vice Presidency of the United States, Sarah Palin, answering a 2006 policy questionnaire:

Q: Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?

PALIN: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance

Fun facts: when John McCain’s grandfather graduated from the Naval Academy in 1906, the Pledge of Allegiance, as first written, was only fourteen years old. It would not be made the official pledge of the United States until 1942, six years after John McCain himself was born.

When John McCain was born, the words “Under God” were not in the Pledge. They would not appear there until 1954, during McCain’s senior year of high school.

On top of that it’s now been confirmed that Palin was a part of an Alaskan Seccessionist Party during the 1990s.  A Seccessionist who’s now running for VP.

As a Governor, she’s now under investigation for firing a Public Safety official who wouldn’t fire a state trooper who divorced her sister.

During the speeches last night, there was plenty of negativism, cynicism, divisivism, and the usual Bush Administration tone, but barely anything saying why she would be a good Vice President.  Maybe I had my hopes to high for McCain.

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