Posted on 06/27/2002 1:21:30 PM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
The two judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who ruled yesterday that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional aren't the only folks who have a problem with the Pledge's wording.
Apparently, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton would also like to revise the words that every schoolchild learns to recite in kindergarten.
While the 9th Circuit objected to the phrase "one nation under God," Sen. Clinton reportedly prefers a version of the Pledge that acknowledges America's flaws, one that begins with the words: "I pledge allegiance to the America that can be."
News of Hillary's Pledge preference surfaced last November, when MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews was explaining why he thought she would make a White House bid:
"Hillary is dying for it," Matthews said during an interview with NBC's Tim Russert. "But she's also miserable right now because of all this patriotic stuff going on. She can't stand it. I remember Hillary. ... She once said, 'I pledge allegiance to the America that can be.'
"What are we, on probation?" Matthews protested. "I mean, when is she - when is she going to lighten up about this country and say 'This is a great place,' instead of her constant complaining?"
Matthews continued:
"This is too much Barbra Streisand complaining about the country. I'm sorry. I'll say it. [Hillary has] got to love this place. And you know who'll win the next presidency, if it's a Democrat, it'll be a Hubert Humphrey-style Democrat who loves this country, who's happy, who's optimistic about the country. If it's another begrudger, another fearmonger, then Democrats don't deserve to win."
I pledge allegiance to myself,
the united atoms of Me,
and to the self-awareness* which they support:
one will,
beholden to none but my own desires,
and to hell with the rest of you losers.
* strict materialists, please substitute "illusory self-awareness" here.
Somethings never change! :-)
How consistantly wrong is Morris?? 80%? 90%?
I LOVE scat!!!
You pledge allegiance to me. Period.
She once said, 'I pledge allegiance to the America that can be.' You know I've been watching what she says for a long while and I missed this one.After everything that has happened---9/11 etc., it's fascinating to me,that Chris quoted her and said "She hates all this Patriotism".I have to acquire that former quote on Video.This is a must."To the Socialist America that can be.Sen. Hillary Rotten Clinton
Think you got it just right!
Ethel
Yeah -- no matter how quick you are, some clown on one of those goofy scooters will run you off the sidewalk.
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