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“I am here today and on Sunday, Feb. 3, to give the anthem back its voice, to stand for that historic choice of words, the way it unites us when we hear it and to free it from the same prejudices and struggles I have fought long and hard for all my life.”


You go Gladys

1 posted on 01/18/2019 2:25:13 PM PST by artichokegrower
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She is still around and only 74. Thought she would be over 90....


2 posted on 01/18/2019 2:27:27 PM PST by Fungi
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But what do The Pips say?


3 posted on 01/18/2019 2:28:03 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Heh, heh..
Colon!
Heh, heh.


4 posted on 01/18/2019 2:29:00 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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i love gladys knight... God protect her from the idiocy that is the left.

what a pip.


5 posted on 01/18/2019 2:30:06 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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Bravo, Gladys !

(and FUNFL)

6 posted on 01/18/2019 2:30:08 PM PST by tomkat
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👍👍👍👍
7 posted on 01/18/2019 2:31:11 PM PST by easternsky
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I found out about the controversy when listening to Mark Steyn fill in for Rush. And it occurred to me that if it is immoral for Gladys to do the gig, why is it all right for the African-American players to actually play? After all, haven’t they been compared to slaves by LeBron James, the very font of wisdom?


8 posted on 01/18/2019 2:32:38 PM PST by Lysandru
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“I understand that Mr. Kaepernick is protesting two things, and they are police violence and injustice,”
9 posted on 01/18/2019 2:33:09 PM PST by Blue House Sue
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“I understand that Mr. Kaepernick is protesting two things, and they are police violence and injustice,” Knight wrote to Variety. “It is unfortunate that our national anthem has been dragged into this debate when the distinctive senses of the national anthem and fighting for justice should each stand alone.”

She "seemed to criticize" Kaepernick?

They don't want her to make sense, they just want her to rant just like them.

11 posted on 01/18/2019 2:33:53 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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The Libs need those. They give the Libs purpose. Ye Ole Race Card -- don't leave home without it. But, if you do, be sure to use your Sexism Card.


12 posted on 01/18/2019 2:33:54 PM PST by TomGuy
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Not much of a criticism:

“I understand that Mr. Kaepernick is protesting two things, and they are police violence and injustice,” Knight wrote to Variety. “It is unfortunate that our national anthem has been dragged into this debate when the distinctive senses of the national anthem and fighting for justice should each stand alone.”

I think her handlers are trying to reduce the amount of booing that will occur while recording the legend’s delivery.


13 posted on 01/18/2019 2:34:46 PM PST by treetopsandroofs
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Crap...she brings back some GREAT MEMORIES in my past. I love her, that simple.

And, even after all these decades, she’s not letting me (or us) down. She is AMAZING! Hopefully God gives her many more decades on this planet.


14 posted on 01/18/2019 2:35:52 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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Sounds like she has decided she doesn’t want to do the anthem at the Super Bowl. Expect a call for her removal from the left any time now.


15 posted on 01/18/2019 2:36:31 PM PST by CatOwner
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Hoo-YAH Gladys.
Screw-Ya Kaepernick!

And just to lighten the mood, I had to throw this in.

16 posted on 01/18/2019 2:37:15 PM PST by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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She was neutral with Colin Kaepernick. She made a great and welcome statement. And no young black complainers are going to keep her from singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.
The NFL is breathing a sigh of relief that they landed Gladys Knight.


17 posted on 01/18/2019 2:38:04 PM PST by dennisw
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Pip, Pip hooray!!


21 posted on 01/18/2019 2:45:23 PM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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Two of my all time favorite songs....

Midnight Train to Georgia

Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me


23 posted on 01/18/2019 2:48:29 PM PST by Conserv
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I hope Ms Knight is in great voice and has a great show.
That said, I’m kind of surprised to hear this plan.
There has been discussion here lately that Gladys may have some level of Alzheimers.

August 31., 2018:Billboard:
During the week surrounding Aretha Franklin’s (eight hour!) funeral, Gladys said something about, the last time she met with Aretha, the two bonded, because “We shared the fact that we had the same disease.” Gladys’ publicist said ‘Gladys was ‘misinterpreted’. She does not have pancreatic cancer.”

Maybe Gladys was just caught up in the grief and spoke from the heart, making a general statement that really was mis-heard. The two women had been friends for decades.


29 posted on 01/18/2019 2:58:20 PM PST by lee martell (AT)
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THIS is the caliber of woman that we stand in need of today.

Ms. Knight we love you and may God richly bless you.


36 posted on 01/18/2019 3:09:39 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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39 posted on 01/18/2019 3:11:57 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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