"Is it true that he {Obama} refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance?"

[Inchworm]

LoL.. I have C-span on behind me and I heard a caller ask that.

Weeee!

:rofl:

[rox63]

1. Not this bullshit again...

Debunked here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp

Scroll to the bottom of the page at the link.

[Inchworm]

7. It just makes me wonder

what people are thinking out there. :D

madness.

:shrug:

[maine_raptor]

2. No he does say it,

Five times a day while facing East.:sarcasm:

[Inchworm]

8. Doh!

That's another one that tickles me.

:)

[boricua79]

11. HAHAHA!!!!

I'm an Obama voter, and I find that funny. C'mon now people.

[maine_raptor]

13. Thank You, I am too.

And quite frankly the oath I want to hear him say goes like this:


"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

[Hippo_Tron]

34. LMAO

[rocktivity]

36. DUzy!

:rofl:
rocknation

[aquarius dawning]

3. When querried about Obama, one of my patients mentioned that first actually

and it mattered to her. Being that she was about 80 years old, she probably never heard of snopes.

[Inchworm]

17. How gulible can people be?

Well, I guess at 80 it is not so much gullibility.

[aquarius dawning]

21. Pretty fucking gullible I'd have to say. nt

[ShortnFiery]

4. Damn Inchworm, even the WSJ corporate crone had the morals to respond with a resounding "NO!" ...

Yet YOU personally make the concerted effort to PHRASE a thread title with BUNK that you know, in advance, is a blatant LIE?!? :thumbsdown:

[Inchworm]

18. Wasn't much effort really

I was just reminded how silly people can be and what they'll believe.

I found it funny and worth sharing since anyone with any grey matter knows it's bull.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. He said it for the crowd when he was here

and since I was there, I can say I know for sure this isn't true.

Should I call cspan? :)

[Inchworm]

19. do it!

:rofl:

[boricua79]

6. New meme now

hey, I don't recite the pledge of allegiance. What's there to pledge. THere is no justice for all, so I'm not pledging.

[Inchworm]

20. You can do that

cool huh? I don't say it for other reasons.

[boricua79]

51. well, I'll add that

I don't pledge "allegiance" to this nation, because I disagree with much of its foreign policy and I'm a foreign-born national, who has U.S. citizenship. But I'm attached to my country of origin and my loyalty is to that country.

I enjoy living here in the U.S. and some of the people I meet regularly, but I don't pledge loyalty to it.

[Vinca]

9. It boggles the mind how stupid some people are.

Some moron implied Obama was "one of them there terraists" and said we ought to do background checks on the candidates. A couple have gone after Hillary because "women shouldn't be president."
:rofl:

[Inchworm]

22. I know!

I constantly ask people what they think of the Primaries. I know most of them aren't following like I do. Many come to the Obama side... well unless they think he is a terraist or hates amerika.

:rofl:

[MethuenProgressive]

10. Yes. He hums "Tiny Bubbles" instead, as he's a sleeper Hawaiian Luau Lei tarrarist.

He's going to poi your daughters in their sleep!!!!1!!

[Inchworm]

23. Oh my!

Lock up the womanz!

:rofl:

[aquarius dawning]

12. Who wants to bet that we haven't seen the last of this:

[goldcanyonaz]

14. I immediately thought of that picture when I read the op.

Does anyone really believe that the Republicans won't vote for McCain?

Their strategy has worked perfectly, they're much smarter than I ever gave them credit for being.

[aquarius dawning]

16. yeah, and the picture of Che/cuban flag will be so appealling to conservatives

No negatives my ass.

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. I would rather our next president idolize Che

than worship at the altar of Bush.

[SoxFan]

28. .

[aquarius dawning]

50. I am not he who shall not be named.

Nice try though.

[Inchworm]

24. Just yesterday someone said this to me, believing it

Well, he was asking me if it was true. They need to do a Wheel of Fortune puzzle for many people to believe it.

"Obama says the Pledge of Allegience"

[SoxFan]

29. .

[Adelante]

32. Why do they have their backs turned to the flag?

How disrespectful :eyes:

[mtnsnake]

15. Ya gotta watch it. When passers-by only see the headlines, what do you think they're gonna think?

Next thing you know, you have that rumor spreading again.

Like wouldn't, "Some dumbass C-span caller just asked if Obama says the Pledge of Allegiance" be less likely to be misinterpreted? :shrug:

[Inchworm]

25. I am pretty sure I don't have that power

If people are that stupid, I cannot help them. I even did quotation marks and used brackets to make it clear it was a quote.

:shrug:

[Horse with no Name]

27. No.

But how many folks out there don't fact check with snopes before becoming outraged?
I had to settle down some folks at work about it and it wasn't easy.

[Inchworm]

30. I've had to straighten it out

twice so far and don't think it will be the last.

sad really.

[GoldieAZ49]

31. They should watch CSPAN when Obama opens the senate they could see him

say the pledge of allegiance live.

Stupid Stupid Stupid

[Inchworm]

33. That is the main funny part to me

If you think about it not many adults end up reciting the pledge except a small few. Teachers and Congress are what comes to mind first.

Stupid indeed.

[GoldieAZ49]

37. we open every chamber of commerce meeting with the pledge

at all three chambers that I have gone to.

[Inchworm]

39. Yea- I'm just saying the list is short

:)

[NoBorders]

35. I had to explain to my barber that Obama was not a muslim

He was truly surprised. I sort of live in the bible bet though. Pretty scary.

[Inchworm]

40. I went through that discussion on Tuesday

I had to go extreme to get bud to understand. :blush:

Craziness.

[BarenakedLady]

38. Sheeple

Stupid sheeple.

:eyes:

[Inchworm]

45. I can't believe a whole population can be so ..soo..

sheep-like.

Reminds me of two things. The dude that went back in the cave in that Socrates Allegory, and the scene in Pink Floyd's The Wall where the people were all walking into the meat grinder.

And, Hi there! :hi:

:shrug:

[Irishonly]

41. I learned something from the picture

I have lost count of how many times I have been sent the email and I always sent the snopes link. I guess I am no better than Obama because I never have put my hand over my heart while singing the national anthem. I didn't know you were supposed to. When I finally read the snopes explanation I said, "dang". The closer it gets to November the more we are going to see it along with some pretty wild stories. The right wing smear machine cares little for the truth.

[Inchworm]

46. So true

It will come up over and over. No matter how much it is bull.

x(

[RoadRage]

42. My 70 year old in-laws thought the same thing..

Why do we like Obama, when he won't say the pledge, took his oath on the koran and he is a muslim?

This is what happens when you give your in-laws a computer and the internet for Christmas a few years ago.

They like Huckabee - so any email they get that is for any other candidate must be true. We debunked all of those rumors - but I think my bible-thumping in laws were actually hoping for it to be true. Pathetic.

[Inchworm]

47. Sad indeed

A blind following is no good. The blind don't seem to mind is what's sad.

:crazy:

[Adelante]

43. Political smears and the Internet

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/401/political-smears.html

[Inchworm]

48. Nice time line

Thanks.

:thumbsup:

[ginnyinWI]

44. I've started checking Washington Journal again lately

to see what they all think.

I've heard that he doesn't salute the flag, that he's a Muslim (which means terrorists will influence him), that he's an empty suit, that he's a corporate lawyer (what?), he's got no experience, that he's weak--it goes on and on. A preview of the general election.

Not too many good words about McCain. They seem to prefer Huckabee. One woman voted for Huckabee, but spent her whole time praising Obama--go figure!

[Inchworm]

49. Somewhere sitting at some big cherry conference table

in a dim lit room with bookshelves on all walls. There are people thinking what crap feed the munkees.

:(