Councilman refuses Pledge as protest to U.S. involvement in Iraq

KVOA ^ | 1/23/07 | Unknown

[bnelson44]

He picked the wrong town to act like a dork in.

[RexBeach]

Tom Rawles must be a Democrat. Yes?

If he is not one, he certainly is a meathead.

Nice going, Tom. We're all real proud of you.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Tom Rawles = All American Ass-Wipe!!!

[kromike]

Ooooh, not saying the Pledge of Allegiance...THAT'LL show Bush a thing or two! /s

What a tool.

[bnelson44]

councilmember.rawles@cityofmesa.org

[bnelson44]

http://www.cityofmesa.org/citymgt/mayorcc/Rawles.asp

[maximusaurelius]

This is the extent of Dems' "Allegiance" to the US - as and to the extent they agree with it. That's left-wing "patriotism" for ya.

[Thrownatbirth]

this is my way of protesting America's continuing involvement in the civil war in Iraq

C'mon, Tom. It's been only 3 months since NBC declared a civil war.

[TexasCajun]

[bnelson44]

He is a Libertarian

[Joe 6-pack]

Shouldn't there be a chin somewhere between his lower lip and his necktie?

[Robe]

Little Lord Fauntleroy needed a good A$$ whoop-in as a young child......
Tends to correct ones out look in the later years

[motormouth]

"Rawles said he has been thinking about making such a protest for about five months."

Good God..it took him 5 MONTHS to decide that NOT saying the Pledge of Allegiance was a good way to protest..Me thinks he should have thought a bit longer and come up with a better approach.. assneck.

MM

[relictele]

Rawles said he has been thinking about making such a protest for about five months.

So he's slow as well as obnoxious?

[T.Smith]

Good for him. If he wants to make a statement this way then I support him. At least he's not out sitting at a press conference calling George Bush a bunch of nasty names. This was a civilized way for him to make a point.

If so many people on FreeRepublic want to call this man names for making such a tame protest, then it begs the question what kind of protest IS acceptable to you people?

[jcb1379]

"If you're not willing to stand up for what you believe, you don't belong in politics,"

[ishabibble]

Publicity stunt. It's all the rage these past couple of weeks. He even had a press release ready, and it took him five months to decide to insult our flag and country?

Look for Mr. Rawles to find an immediate moonbat following, and to run for higher office. This guy totally stinks.

[DarthVader]

"Rawles said he will refrain from saying the Pledge until U.S. troops are called home or he's no longer in public office."

He will no longer be in public office long before the troops come home.

[i_dont_chat]

We say the Pledge to show that we have no Allegiance to any person or and other country. That is the PURPOSE of pledging allegiance. To make it clear that our allegiance is to our COUNTRY.

This guy is too stupid to be a councilman.