Here's an amusing tidbit about McCain's pick for vice president:
Taken from the Huffington Post:
In a 2006 questionnaire for Alaska's gubernatorial race, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin seemed to muddle her American history.
Question: 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.
The pledge, of course, was not written until 1892 and the words "under God" were not added until the 1950s.
Question: 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.
The pledge, of course, was not written until 1892 and the words "under God" were not added until the 1950s.
3 comments:
Groan...and yet so many people believe the pledge was originally written with "under god" in it, let alone having any clue when it was originally written at all.. So it was OK to mess with it then but not now? Cripes, this woman is really being considered for VP? Did she go to the Dan Quayle school of history and politics?
Hi Dan. Glad to see you're blogging again.
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