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[LiviaOlivia]

Talking Points
(October 29, 2004 -- 05:27 PM EDT)
Can you say 'cult of personality'?

Chris Suellentrop has a half bizarre/half chilling report from the campaign trail in Florida last night. It's about what seems to be a new feature of the Bush rallies: the pledge of allegiance to President Bush.

Here's Chris ...

"I want you to stand, raise your right hands," and recite "the Bush Pledge," said Florida state Sen. Ken Pruitt. The assembled mass of about 2,000 in this Treasure Coast town about an hour north of West Palm Beach dutifully rose, arms aloft, and repeated after Pruitt: "I care about freedom and liberty. I care about my family. I care about my country. Because I care, I promise to work hard to re-elect, re-elect George W. Bush as president of the United States."

I know the Bush-Cheney campaign occasionally requires the people who attend its events to sign loyalty oaths, but this was the first time I have ever seen an audience actually stand and utter one. Maybe they've replaced the written oath with a verbal one.

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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_10_24.php#003845

[drdtroit]

1. Are ve all goot leetle Nazis now?

say "Jawol".

[mark11727]

4. In full swing here...

[ClintonTyree]

2. Oh my f##cking god..............

that is frightening. The fundie religious cult has now become the cult of George Bush. These people are out of their freaking minds! Pledging an oath to ANY man is freaky, but to George Bush? My god I can't get over this, this is terrifying. :wow:

[Technowitch]

3. I find this disgusting in the extreme...

I wonder if that's the general reaction of anybody who's not brainwashed into thinking Shrub is the 2nd incarnation of Jeebus himself?

I mean, really, this is just sick. Whatever happened to simply supporting the candidate because he was a good man, with good character, who supported one's policies and viewpoints?

Right, right, I know -- it ended when the Repugs decided to make their party all about religion.