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Pledge of Allegience and More

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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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Fact Check the Campaigns

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If you watch any TV, listen to the radio, or read a newspaper this year in the U.S., you will see, hear, or read about the Presidential campaigns and the ads.  Like many Americans you may also get confused about the many claims, attacks, and other information being put forth by these campaigns. FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
Our Mission We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding. The Annenberg Political Fact Check is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The APPC was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would address public policy issues at the local, state, and federal levels. The APPC accepts NO funding from business corporations, labor unions, political parties, lobbying organizations or individuals. It is funded primarily by the Annenberg Foundation.
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