Posted on 08/22/2019 5:58:23 PM PDT by marshmallow
A newly elected member of the St. Louis County Council chose to be sworn in with a Dr. Seuss book rather than a Bible.
Earlier this month, Democrat Kelli Dunaway handily beat Republican Alderman Amy Poelker for the 2nd District seat, garnering 60 percent of the vote. Since election regulations don't require politicians to swear their oath of office on a Bible, Dunaway opted to lay her hand on Dr. Seuss' 1990 bestseller Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Her son and daughter held the book for during her swearing-in ceremony on August 13.
A former field organizer at Obama for America, Dunaway said in a Facebook post that the book "offers a message of inspiration to anyone embarking on a new phase of life, whether it's a high-school graduation, the jump from kindergarten to first grade, or even the next stage of a political career."
"It's the same reason you all believe in me and our campaign," she added, "because I see a brighter future for all of us and am steering myself in the direction of building it!"
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How is that acceptable?
How embarrassing! Well, a number of elected officials have taken the oath on a Koran, but this must be the first time the oath was taken on a Dr Suess book.
The best argument for limited government is demonstrated by many of the idiots who manage to get elected.
She is now a hero to the looney left.
We already knew the party, the party of spoiled three year olds.
Where is the barf alert? It is because of people like this woman that we have these mass shootings. How many of these shooter’s would have thought twice if they knew there was a higher power watching them. Dr Seuss isn’t going to get the job done with evil people. Our schools and people like this woman removed God from our country.
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Where is the barf alert? It is because of people like this woman that we have these mass shootings. How many of these shooter’s would have thought twice if they knew there was a higher power watching them. Dr Seuss isn’t going to get the job done with evil people. Our schools and people like this woman removed God from our country.
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.A Bible would be a religious test if the person refused to use it; that's why the Constitution also allows affirmation. The author would be technically wrong to call this "swear their oath of office" since an oath is usually associated with a higher religious subservance.
This would be a case of opting for affirmation, in which case the Dr. Seuss book is unnecessary.
-PJ
What else would we expect from these dumb broads?
She’s simply a symptom of the problem. The real problem are the lunatics who elected her.
Dr. Suess be racis
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~hist32/History/S31%20-%20The%20Dark%20Side%20of%20Dr.%20Seuss.htm
What a mockery of the office.
And of the voters
“The decimation of the environment is creating a massive burden for future generations. Corporations are heading the destruction of our environment by shamelessly overharvesting resources. This has been a problem for decades. For example, this phenomenon is brilliantly portrayed in the decades old classic “The Lorax”.”
- Patrick Crusius
Retarded.
Maybe if she gets in serious trouble sometime and prays to God for help he will send Dr Seuss to save her.
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