FOXNews Flips Heckler Story, Says Obama SKIPPED Pledge Of Allegiance
By Logan Murphy Tuesday Aug 05, 2008 6:30pm
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Some idiot got access to press credentials and got into an Obama campaign rally yesterday in Berea, Ohio and began heckling the candidate, demanding he say the pledge of allegiance. Obama handled it perfectly by quieting the crowd and calling the guy's bluff by leading the crowd in reciting the pledge.
A man sneaks into the press area at a presidential campaign event, interrupts him with heckling and attempts to make him look unpatriotic, and how does FOXNews frame the story? Obama SKIPPED the pledge of allegiance! He hates America, don't you know.
Since when is the pledge of allegiance required to be recited before all campaign events?
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He didn't say he opposes Yanni. He must therefore be a wussy Yanni fan.
I am so sick of America & American media...
He didn't offer to pledge allegiance a second time. And he didn't sing the National Anthem. He is unpatriotic.
Fuck! We didn't say the Pledge at work today, either.
Didn't he invite the guy up on stage to lead the pledge? Ask the big, burly secret service guys to escort the fella to the satage, hand him a mic, put a flood on him and give him his moment...
Did McCain say the pledge in Sturgis?
Pledge of Allegiance draws controversy in public schools... Check out all the crazy headlines like this at DententionSlip.org.
FoxNews isn't even trying to pretend to be neutral anymore.
Hey Kilmeade,
Go suck down some more andro & creatine cocktails and go pump yourself, ok? Maybe bench-press some truth while you are at it.
kr in wis @ 6:
I bet he did. In a thong.
Scott @ 4:
Communist! J'accuse!
I expect that John McCain will be held to the same standard, and start each and evey campaign stop, and before each every speech, to say the pledge, and if he misses out, that Fox News will be the first to report it. I also hope that there is a heckler there to remind John.
First, Fox News is run by angry and spoiled 13 year olds.
Second, did that heckler have a name tag that said Sean or Bill?
Bravo out.
Since they dropped that video question during the abc debate..."do you believe in the flag?"
Oh that was such bullshit. But I swear that people I talk to everyday think he hates America!
wow, Fox just gets dumber and dumber.
Andy K Jong Il @ 10:
lol
Nikola @ 9:
Didn't he offer up the topless Missus to lead the pledge?
Andy K Jong Il @ 16:
Tandem!
Have they found out who John Q. Public is yet?
Also is the secret service investigating this?
Sort of shows the difference between the two campaigns, Barack allows a heckler in his press section, McCain has security take care of the black reporter.
Nikola @ 2:
Propaganda.
I can't watch the video (I'm at work).
But this piece was on Abrams last night. Obama CLEARLY called the guy out and asked him if he wanted to lead the pledge. Then everybody stood up and said it.
You mean Fox News CUT OUT the entire second-half of it, and didn't even show Obama leading the pledge?
Not surprising for Fox if that's true. I was flipping through F&F this morning, and they dismissed Suskind's book about the forged letter linking Saddam and Al Qeada by saying:
1) FuckFace never linked Saddam and Al Qeada.
and..
2) "That wasn't the premise for going to Iraq in the first place."
Yes. One of the closet homosexuals that hosts that show actually said that. With a straight face. On Fox News.
Surprised?
Nikola @ 2:
Fox and friends is not "American Media" it's propoganda!!!
By the way Kilmeade pointed out that the guy may not have been media but he had a long telephoto lens!!!!
Ron @ 19:
Damn....you beat me to it!
I've not been to any townhall meetings. Are they even supposed to start with a Pledge?
This would seem to beg the question of why a pledge of allegiance should be given as almost a litmus test for someone running for president. One can also ask why a pledge of allegiance to one's country should even be given in the schools and anywhere else in what purports to be a democratic country. One would think that swearing fealty to a country is something that takes place in fascist and/or totalitarian countries instead of what is supposed to be the [alleged] greatest country in the world as well as the land of the free.
"He hates America, don’t you know."
Don't we all? First the lapel pin, now this rubbish. F off faux!
Take your pledge and stick it up your.......
Nikola @ 15:
Ya know, it's an ironic thing...A people given the right to free speech forced to show their loyalty to the State...It reeks of Stalin as much as of Hitler.
And you're sick of the American media? I'm getting pretty sick of many of my fellow Americans.
Well maybe tonight on Olbermann he will look into how many times McDipshit has said the pledge before his "Town Jerk offs". I will bet that Keith will not find one time that McHypocrit has said the Pledge before any event he has held. I didn't notice him saying it in the cheese isle or in the sausage restaurant.
ladies and gentlemen, I have a very bad feeling about this election. I have a feeling that John McCain might win. Please please please someone prove me wrong. :(
So, here's my idea. Yes, it's crazy. F'n crazy. But here goes: Obama should go on the FOX Sunday Morning show EVERY Sunday until election day. Yes, EVERY Sunday. Why? Because all FOX does now is pull sound bites and re-edit stories to fit their purpose. If he's on their show LIVE for say, an hour, once a week, taking tough questions, there's no chance of changing what he says. The people watching will see him for what he is, not what FOX wants to make him.
Yes, I know, call me crazy, but an election win for the dems is in no way guaranteed. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer (or something like that, fool me once, blah blah) :)
Fox Noise should be sued over crap like this. Forget the boycotting that nobody participates in, writing letters and holding demonstrations, taking a few hits to the wallet is the only way to get their attention.
Are these fake press creds he had? Than why isnt he in jail? To get that close to a nominee under false pretense and stay out of jail, hmmmmmmmmmm, me thiunks that something is starting to stink here. Who is this guy and where did he get the press cred, are they real or fake, was he withbody there who told him what to say and when; somehow, somehow I smell a Roger Ailes/Karl Rove plant here.
Andy K Jong Il @ 16:
The trollop was busy caking on the make-up. F*cking c*nt!
Scott @ 4:
Well, I'm terribly disappointed in you. In our family we say the pledge within five minutes of waking up at 5:30 AM and right before be bow to the framed photo of George Bush on our wall above out TV which is blaring Morning Blow.
Just back home from work and my grammer and spelling suck, long day.
I was listening to Faux radio on Sirius on the way home for a few minutes and the fake outrage from the reich-wingers hit a new low. They were all enraged that Mr. Obama skipped the pledge. Bunch of fucking neanderthals.
Andy K Jong Il @ 26:
Gotta love faux democracy... Now that's a quagmire, screw Iraq.
Obama hates America? I'd say he has plenty of company.
meritocracy @ 28:
I've had a bad feeling for a while now... Aren't they supposed to be tied by some polls now? Personally I'd be worried if Obama had a 10 point lead the day before the election.
Captain Bitter Whiner Husein Kangaroo @ 33:
Traitor! Where's your stirring rendition of God Bless America everyday at noon?
The Truth Hurts @ 39:
With Nixon masks?
meritocracy @ 28:
Obama 284 McGramps 157
Obama 289 McCain 236
Kerry didn't have these type of numbers this time 4 years ago. McGramps is playing catch-up, just like Kerry had to. Once the debates start and Obama makes McGrampa look old and feeble, these leads for Obama will grow
meritocracy @ 28:
I thought '04 would be a landslide victory for the Dems, but i was wrong. I think Obama is going to win big time this time but i can be wrong. Never underestimate the power of stupid, sadly.
But i'll stay positive. :)
Nikola @ 9:
I believe he did....right before he promised to have ol' Cindy flash her saggy tits.
You know what? The regular shows on Faux News is much better comedy than the attempt at a comedy show they did a while back. It is acually pretty funny. I especially like it when O'Reilly is railing against some porn/sex thing (usually with young underage girls) that offends him but he shows it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. I don't watch Faux/O'Reilly that often but that kind of segment always seems to come up when I turn it on. Must be pure luck.
Lefty @ 30:
Well what Fox did is devious, dishonest, immoral, etc but nobody can sue about it except possibly Obama. And given the very strong limits on libel when it concerns a public figure, even Obama couldn't win a lawsuit. You (the public) can't sue when they report something that's false
Captain Bitter Whiner Husein Kangaroo @ 44:
Pure luck of catching something that's on only 90% of the time:P
If only Fox News had everyone recite the pledge of allegiance at the start of every show, run the American flag up a pole, sing the star spangled banner, and pledge on a Bible a couple times that they won't get caught molesting children or cheating on their wives or whatever it is that matters to those people... it would at least cut down on the rest of the bullshit that they spew.
richard @ 45:
All you can do is not watch/listen/read.
Dr. Matt Hussein @ 35:
I feel your pain. I sometimes listen to that channel in the evening when John Gibson is on. "Bunch of fucking Neanderthals" gives them too much credit.
The super patriot,another chicken hawk, had a cousin who served in Viet Nam. So he says.
bayonet @ 42:
The man's complaint was that it was a townhall event and he says that townhalls are supposed to start with the pledge. Can anyone confirm if this is true? I've not seen an answer on it.
Does Fox start their broadcasts with the Pledge of Allegiance? They don't? Those traitorous hippy pnko left-wing bastards make me sick.
Captain Bitter Whiner Husein Kangaroo @ 49:
Good call, Neanderthals were able to control fire and hunt animals using rudimentary tools.
Dr. Matt Hussein @ 35:
Quit insulting Neanderthals. Prior to about 50,000 years ago, Neanderthals were as advanced as it got. They invented religion and to a small degree, trade. They also survived in their fully modern form for far longer than we have yet managed in ours.
The GOP is much more Oreopithecus than H. Neanderthalensis. In terms of human evolution, they're Homo erectus.
General_Rennenkampf @ 55:
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. My bad. I won't make the same mistake twice.
Ok, I'm out...I'm going to shoot some paper targets.....like a good leftist. :)
Dr. Britney Hussein Matt @ 54:
They also invented religion and the first attempts at trade, plus they survived much more catastrophic changes in climate over a vast period of time than the worst global warming scenario we H. sapiens face today envisions. Even water 100 miles deep inland doesn't quite reach the level of utter disaster of the swinging climate of Neanderthal times, and they were adapted to several different environments as well. The GOP represents either Erectus, who never even adapted, or Paranthropus, which never even thought about adapting.
The Truth Hurts @ 39:
I went to a Tigers game in June. I took my hat off and placed it over my heart for the National Anthem. Conditioning, I suppose. And it's not like it bothers me.
But during the seventh inning stretch, the PA announcer asked everyone to remove their hats for God Bless America. Hat stayed on. Sorry, MLB, you're pushing it way too far.
General_Rennenkampf @ 55:
Blasphemy!!! Everyone knows the Earth is only 6000 years old.
Dr. Britney Hussein Matt @ 56:
Nah, Tis OK, I just dislike when people assume "extinct" somehow implies less-advanced. Humans today have yet to deal with one issue of the severity faced by Neanderthalensis.
And if the GOP had existed in the Stone Age, we'd still be African hunter-gatherers, and Neanderthals might well have driven us extinct after their aborted Chatelperronian Revolution (which we interrupted in reality).
on behalf of Ohio...where I am currently transplanted- I have been to 4 different Obama Events here- and I have never seen him heckled...ever...and usually there are huge line and waiting time is hours to see him ( and people wait- does not matter if it is 10 degrees or 90...) and People wait-patiently and in good spirits...and yes, at two of the events the Pledge was said before he got there...( I have no idea what goes on in other states)
Now....
McCain is having trouble filling venues here and in Ohio...we are talking NO lines..or INVITE only events..and ie....Halls that hold 600-1000- lucky if he gets 400....I have Seen NO signs or stickers for McCoot- NOT ONE...
So there you go an apology on behalf of Ohio...and so truth what is going on here
General_Rennenkampf @ 57:
You need to link that if you want me to believe it, General. And no links to the Church of the SubGenius- unless you're just looking for laughs.
Makes me think about when i got to a Catholic school and had to pray every morning. I still hate mandatory BS like that. Funny thing was that almost everyone in my class ignored it, and didn't gave a flying F. (it was the closest school around and there were many atheists there) :D
General_Rennenkampf @ 57:
Is inventing religion a good thing now?
casper46 @ 59:
LOL, I wonder why Creationist retain Bishop Usher's date anyhow. They really should, if they want to make believe that Genesis literally happened, use the Jewish date for Creation that is some 1,000 years further back in the past than ol' Ussher.
Ah, the Creationists are just the Inquisitors defanged...and what's hilarious is they consider themselves Galileo.
What actually happened, in case anyone wants to see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erXOh45mKVU
Oh this one is good too... someone right next to the heckler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=031VHnUD0aw
Andy K Jong Il @ 10:
Hey, that's french! That means you're a communist as well ...or something... doesn't it...?
It is now. Along with flag lapel pins and spitting between your fingers. That's the problem with playing into the absurd right-wing framing. If Obama can win, it will be due to voters overwhelming the influence of corporate media, which is solidly for the Republicans.
Loonie @ 68:
Socialist, at least.
http://www.pbs.org/now/commentary/moyers19.html (entire commentary at this link)
Bill Moyers said it best (February 28th, 2003):
"I wore my flag tonight. First time. Until now I haven't thought it necessary to display a little metallic icon of patriotism for everyone to see. It was enough to vote, pay my taxes, perform my civic duties, speak my mind, and do my best to raise our kids to be good Americans. . . . .
So what's this doing here? Well, I put it on to take it back. The flag's been hijacked and turned into a logo — the trademark of a monopoly on patriotism. On those Sunday morning talk shows, official chests appear adorned with the flag as if it is the good housekeeping seal of approval. During the State of the Union, did you notice Bush and Cheney wearing the flag? How come? No administration's patriotism is ever in doubt, only its policies. And the flag bestows no immunity from error. When I see flags sprouting on official lapels, I think of the time in China when I saw Mao's little red book on every official's desk, omnipresent and unread.
But more galling than anything are all those moralistic ideologues in Washington sporting the flag in their lapels while writing books and running Web sites and publishing magazines attacking dissenters as un-American . . . "
Nikola @ 64:
Perhaps it's part of the reason they went extinct.
Andy K Jong Il @ 62:
This has some information on it,
and frankly, I'm one of those that considers the rigid boundary between H. sapiens and the other hominins to be anthropocentric more than in reality. Much of the evidence comes from cannibalism, funnily enough, which like much early religion had as much of a practical survival aim as a regular religious aim. Religion in the sense it's defined as today did not come into existence prior to the emergence of Buddhism in the East and Christianity and then Islam in the West, but that by no means means that previous peoples didn't have different concepts of it. Looking for the modern definition of religion shaped according to the specific societal needs of today doesn't even work 2,000 years ago, much less over 150,000 years ago.
Loonie @ 68:
C'est craqué.
Ma grand-mère est Quebecoise.
So of course, McCain must now lead a Pledge of Allegiance before every single public event he attends.
And if he doesn't...
HE HATES AMERICA!!!!!
One Nation Under FRAUD.
my read when i watched this yesterday....was obama was
pleased somebody caught it . he handled like a pro. things happen.....here's the dilemma for fox.....is that mccain's gaffe/mistakes are so obvious...listen to him speak at sturgis even was a bumbling challenge.
Did you know that FOX 'News' skips the Pledge of Allegiance EVERY night before they start their 'news' program?!?!? Some one should do something about those unpatriotic America haters!
JimboSlice @ 18:
Yes we do. He's a well know photojournalist that freelances in North East Ohio. He probably walked over from Browns training camp which is next door and went in. He also covered Bush when he was at Browns training camp in '04. He's also photographed Kerry. I don't think it's appropriate to give his name at this time, but we did mention it in a Daily Kos diary after I recognized him.
Andy K Jong Il @ 26:
Not quite. Russians never had any even pretense of free speech. The Weimar Republic was the only experience the Germans had before the Nazis turned an already bad regime (bad defined as oppressive) into a dystopian nightmare. Stalin also wouldn't have bothered forcing people, he would have simply killed until the Pledge was mandatory, mass graves the hallmark of his rule.
Bush and Company couldn't match Stalin or Hitler if they wanted to.
You know that stuff they told us when we in elementary school about anybody being able to become president? It just occurred to me that, well, its not true. I don't recite a small portion (two freaking words) of the pledge and that would show up in a sound bite (or a non-sound bite as it were. I'd be toast. So lets start telling out young, "Anyone can be president, IF you believe in God, have picked the right pastor, (ad plenty here) and have a Karl Rove in your pocket".
Well, they had this whole operation planned in advance, and their story already written. When Obama threw a wrench in it, they decided to act as though he has cooperated in their scheme, and went ahead with the story anyway. After all, they had a fee to collect, and they still had to pay off the photographer for his role.
Interesting. Can we see the footage of the pledges of allegiance that were recited at all of John McCain's campaign stops?
Move on people, nothing to see here. @ 80:
No...if anyone wants to be president, they must be a multimillionaire or have certain bloodline connections. It's always been that way, why people think it wasn't....
Beyond me.
General, I did a very quick read, and that paper is talking about the possibilities of Neanderthal religion. It takes some awfully big leaps of logic, leaping from something like the ritualistic cannibalism of Homo Erectus, with the ritual skull markings, to the possible ritual scarring of cannibalized Neanderthal skulls. The arranged broken stalagmites and the placement of the bear remains are also simply just theoretical evidence of religion based on what we know from other primate species. Hell, for all we know, those things could have simply been markers, like the address by the mailbox on a rowhouse, something that the Neanderthals could use to find a safe, dry spot.
I'm not saying that Neanderthals could not come up with religion, but that evidence is awfully scarce.
But I'm starting to wonder what, if anything, our cousins pledged allegiance to.
If the repigs had their way they would end the pledge with---- liberty and justice for SOME!
meritocracy @ 28:
Of course he "might" win, but it's unlikely.
No way to do that until the election, but I have a sense that Obama's lead is much larger than the polls indicate. I don't think he's yet really connected with "We The People(tm)" and I fear he may not, but I gotta believe that 50% +1 Americans can see that McCain will just replace Bush's arrogant, incurious stupidity with muddled, poorly-aligned to the facts stupidity.
And remember the Rove formulation: 50%+1 is a mandate.
General_Rennenkampf @ 79:
I'm talking about loyalty oaths, that it's ironic that in this country, with its First Amendment, that so many people would try to force anyone into making one. But of course, those asshats are trying to make us pledge our allegiance to a flag, rather than the Constitution- as if there can be any sort of allegiance to a document that's designed to be amendable!
I know the Nazis had loyalty oaths. Pretty sure Stalin did, too.
Andy K Jong Il @ 84:
Taphonomy ensures nearly all evidence is random, and making guesses as to what it means is speculation in some form or another. I'm a firm believer in continuity and less-than-dramatic changes in evolutionary biology. I'm not stating Neanderthal religion was as elaborate as Roman Catholicism or Brahmanistic Indic religion, but IMHO, purely speculation, they had a form of animism.
And I stand by my assertion that if today's GOP had existed in the 50,000 year ago range, we'dve gone extinct and it would be a Neanderthal Earth today. Focusing on something relatively trivial, like the Pledge is a sign of what's wrong in US political discourse, IMHO. If people that stupid had existed in Stone Age times, they'dve been lion food.
Freepers.
Daingel @ 78:
He will be doing the personal appearances on FAUX and CNN within a day or 2.
Scott @ 23:
Townhall meeting rules are very strict. If they were not, then we would all be on the slippery slope to socialized medicine, mandatory miscegenation and sodomy on demand.
A few of the more important rules:
1. All townhall meetings must begin with the recital of the pledge of allegiance.
2. The pledge must be led by retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North in his full dress uniform.
3. Lee Greenwood must be present and he must perform 'God Bless the U.S.A. at least TWICE.
4. The embalmed corpse of Ronald Reagan is also required. The former president should be tastefully presented under glass. Candles should be provided so that worshippers can light one as they say a prayer to the Gipper.
5. There should be present, on the premises, at least 10 witty signs saying 'God made Adam and Eve, NOT Adam and Steve.' Why? Because the humor never gets old, that's why!
6. John McCain must be present. He must be wearing khaki pants that are unbelievably baggy in the ass. He will NOT be wearing any products made by the 'Depends' Company. Again, those khakis are just unbelievably baggy in the ass. He likes the fit. He's a war hero, dammit - you people have disgusting minds.
7. All townhall participants must be white. Exceptions may be made for Condi Rice, Dinesh D'Souza and Alan 'Batshit Insane' Keys. If any of these people are present, they must be on camera, in the background, for the duration of the event.
8. At least one person should be wearing a classic, vintage 'Ayatollah Assahola' t-shirt.
9. Anyone who is non-white, other than the persons named above, is to be deemed a 'security risk', escorted from the premises and will subsequently undergo 'supine aquatic debriefing ptotocols.' The term 'non-white' shall include the suspiciously tan as well as Americans of possible Southern European descent.
10. Townhall participants are encouraged to speak with admiration of the Second Amendment. Any participant speaking with admiration toward any of the other first ten amendments is to be detained and subjected to 'supine aquatic debriefing protocols'. Nothing to worry about: it's like they get to visit their own miniature, personalized waterpark.
As you can see, Obama still has a long way to go.
Andy K Jong Il @ 87:
The Pledge is such a trivial issue, but it's exactly the sort of thing a hypernationalist (read proto-fascist) movement would sieze on to create division. Now, today's GOP has not the slightest hint of balls like the old fascists had, nor the talent some of them actually did display, so they're not even protofascist. But they're displaying a sort of psuedofascist tendency here that's worrisome.
If the GOP has to sieze on this, it's quite evident their platform is weak and nonexistent. Now if Obama would actually come up with something resembling, even barely, a platform, I'd feel better about siding with the Democrats this particular election.
Loyalty oaths used to be quite standard fare in the US, as well. The GOP is only reviving an old, bitterly divisive tradition.
Are we worried about letting John Q in ? Perhaps Obama doesn't vet the press as well as as the pros at the White House who let Jeffie Guckert Gannon in? Give me a break. Faux news has lost their ever loving minds.
Daisy in the gun @ 93:
Naughty Naughty ;0)
Its working.
He better wake up.
General_Rennenkampf @ 88:
Sure, they would have been animists. Kind of a given. Hell, some of the early bits of Genesis are animistic (The Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge could be an apple, but it might be emmer wheat- either way it represents agrarianism and taking our food supply into our own hands...And Cain is representative of the new agricultural society imposing it's will on Abel, the proto-Sumerian pastoralists, of who the Jews were one tribe...And re-read your King James for all of the glowing depictions of shepherds!).
Agreed on the GOP, but you could say the same of Libertarians. Primates- Homo Sapiens included- lacked the physical tools to stand alone against predators. We're natural born socialists who should be pledging allegiance to each other!
See how I attempted to keep that on topic?
Johnny2BadObamaCavedOnMostEverything @ 95:
Still flying the black flag, huh? Bakunin or Teach, Johnny?
I think the pledge should be spoken at the beginning and end of every Fox News show. What are these guys trying to hide? And their lapel pins should be at least 6 inches wide. Why aren't these guys more patriotic?
Oh for the love of
jesusmarijuana. If it is "tradition" to say the pledge b4 a town hall meeting, this ridiculousness is akin to accusing someone of being unhealthy for forgetting to take his/her vitamins.And the Secret Service is doing what? ? ? Fake credentials is all it takes to get close to a presidential candidate?
Disgraceful, even they have gone over to the dark side with the Bush crime family.
General_Rennenkampf @ 79: You forgot to add to #6
Only those wearing $520 Ferragamo pumps like John Mc Bush's will be admitted. Also, "Depends" ARE allowed for other attendees even if Sen. Mc Bush will not be wearing his for the meeting.
Fox News = lowest common denominator.
meritocracy @ 28:
I feel exactly the same way. If the Obama camp/democrats would grow a pair and go on the offensive, go after McCain's voting record, as well as his record of flip flops, there wouldn't be a race. This race shouldn't even be close; Obama should be blowing him out of the water. Step it up people! I feel so mad I could scream!
I no longer say a pledge of allegiance for any flag in any country. I became a French National in 1984 and we have no pledge or oath of allegiance for anything... Perhaps it is a cultural thing! Having been born in the USA, spent a career in the US Military, I swore an oath upon joining, and each time I shipped over. I no longer swear that oath, but strongly believe in it, along with the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. It's just the present government and the Repig half of the country that I despise. I used to think that Americans were above most of the world in their belief of fairness and honesty, but I now believe that I was mistaken, and perhaps it is only complacency or lack of education that brought this all about back starting with King Richard, and continuing though to the present. I believe that it is gong to get a hell of a lot worse before you see a turn for the better. And if justice is denied over all the crimes committed by both Dems and Repugnicans who are in power today, I believe that Democracy will be a thing of the past..
Just this old chief's 2¢
The Pledge?! Flag lapels? Tire gauges? This is all that the Repugs have to offer. The sadder part is that they know it!
heckler: "sir, if you don't recite the pledge of allegience, i'll...i'll hold my breath...for a real, long time.i'm not kidding, sir."
obama: "well, folks, uh...let's leave him to it."
me: "LOL!!!!....LOL!!!...LOL!!!...LOL!!! i gotta fist-bump somebody!!!!"
the most frightening part is that these tactics are having an effect. Run sheep, run!
neamhni @ 67:
touchy touchy touchy... that is one angry, bitter "public citizen"...
seems a press guy would understand the press wanting the story... why be pissed off at them?
he got too defensive too fast...
that laptop he used - was it rather dated? (aka old)
neamhni @ 67:
Awesome. I would have hounded him right to his car door. I'm so sick of these chickenhawk fascists hiding behind the flag
oh, god, here come the g.o.p. provocateurs.
send in the clowns.
*yawn*
it's almost as sad as bozo's last season, on wgn.
It's just Brian Kilmeade being the good little Ash-can-Nazi Neo-Con Reich Wing puppet that has his head so far up George Bush's a## that oxygen doesn't reach the brain cells. People need to start watching the Faux News Channel as if they were watching a very bad version of Saturday Night Live with lousy skits, people who can't read teleprompters, and poor comedic timing. Nevertheless, it's just entertainment !
Bill O'Reilly doesn't say the pledge at the begining of every show, therefore, he hates America.
McCain didn't start his Town Hall with the Pledge of Allegiance in Albuquerque. I was there, snapping pictures.
Scott @ 4:
Please give your company's name so I can report all of you to Fatherland Security.
Maheanuu Tane @ 103:
I hate to be such a pessimist but, I think democracy already is a thing of the past :(
"That's what you get when you do these unscripted speeches."
Yeah, it's called actually being brave enough to stand for what you believe in and take your lumps like a real man, unlike all you cowardly, pathetic Republicans with your fake town-hall meetings full of hand-picked supporters.
Oh by the way, can you tell me when your next Nuremburg rally is so I can show up and demand we all sing the national anthem?
Johnny2BadObamaCavedOnMostEverything @ 95:
Johnny2BadObamaCavedOnMostEverything???
Nice handle retard.
Dr. Matt Hussein @ 35:
Right, I must have never read the law that states the Pledge of Allegiance be taken at every public gathering.
Oh, wait a minute, it's right next to the statute that says every public official must wear a flag pin on their lapel.
Whew, good to know our fine right-wing citizens are working so hard to keep us all in line.
Well, gotta go. Zieg Heil everybody!
Bonkers @ 8:
When did Fox News ever try to be neutral?
Johnny2BadObamaCavedOnMostEverything @ 95:
Modern day Mc Carthyism works? Whose side are you on? YOU better wake up.
Apparently patriotism is measured by how stridently you can scream the pledge of allegiance.
Extra points for how wide you open your mouth while reciting it.
I think this guy was extra pissed off that Obama didn't slip up and mangle it like Bush probably would have done.
What a douche bag.
does the maverick recite the pledge? No he would have this person locked up
Yeah, but what about a prayer? Shouldn't there have been a prayer after the Pledge, and why doesn't Obama sing the Star Spangled Banner at the end of each speech?
Yep, he must hate America and Jesus.
I heard John McCain sing a song once, (Bomb Bomb Bomb...Bomb, bomb Iran). Why can't Obama sing? Was Obama even wearing a flag pin?
Has anyone checked the tire pressure in Obama's tires? Has he done anything to improve his bowling scores. Can people and fish coexist?
These are all important questions, and I want answers, NOW!
Yes, he did recite the pledge, but only after a patriot in the audience insisted upon it, and then he recited it in Pashto, plus he had his flag lapel pin on upside-down and his hand over his crotch instead of his heart, while making the black power fist with his other. Oh, and he smells bad too. Film at 11 here on Foxy News.
Nikola @ 9:
I just lost my appetite for the rest of the summer!
Assassin @ 14:
FoxNews Networks is not dumb.
They just know thier viewer$ are!
Last I knew none of the main religeous congregations start their worshiping services with the Pledge of Allegiance.
FOXlogic tells me all of those Good Christians hate America.
Fuck Fox... News or otherwise.
General_Rennenkampf @ 83:
You said it! And it will ever be thus based on how things are going... politics allows those with money and connections to rule those without money and connections. Democracy?? my ass!!
What a surprise. And when will Fox report that Bruce Ivens, the anthrax nut, was a conservative? Um, never. They played up that "american taliban" kid's liberal parents but they will never, ever mention that one of their own true blue conservative maniacs launched the first chemical terror attack in us history.
What is the point of the pledge anyway? I can't think of any other free country in which its citizens are required to prove their respect for their national ideals through ritual.
Ironic that FOX Sports Channel routinely omits the national anthem from its baseball games. (Our station covered a local game because we were doing a story on our weathercaster singing the national anthem ... you'd have thought it didn't happen if you watched FOX.)
Assassin @ 14:
No, they're not getting dumber, their viewers are, and they'll believe every word of this. In fact, it'll start circulating around the workplace...or down at the pedophile registration office.
Obama should boycott the FOX Propaganda Network, entirely.
Obama is going to be the next president of the US. I would think that somewhere on Obama's agenda is a plan to reform the FCC and return it to integrity. If that is the case, FOX and all the other propaganda outlets that are abusing OUR broadcast and cable airwaves/bandwidth are going to be in a world of shit. You think these cretins would at least have the minimum smarts it would take to recognize their own self-interest. Apparently not.
bullfrog @ 109:
Give 'em a break, it's their last line of defense.
bubba @ 129:
More Republican terrorists ..
Tim McVeigh
Eric Rudolph
George W. Bush
Fox is irresponsible and dangerous. Blatant anti-Obama propaganda like this, in which they continually imply that he hates America, will spur some psycho to commit violence against Obama. Seriously - it's as if Fox is trying deliberately to provoke someone to hurt him. I will not be surprised if/when some conservative right-wing religious freak takes a shot at Obama. I hope it never happens, but I half expect something like that. And I guarantee it will be a southern white male spouting biblical quotes and jingoist nonsense.
FOX News and Neo-Conservatives are a bunch of Communists anyway. Former Trotskyists the whole lot of em. Of course they fawn all over the pledge, it was written by a socialist! That's why I generally refuse to say it.
I don't pledge allegiance to anyone or anything, I'm an American! My only obligation is to support and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign AND domestic.
These commies on FOX News and the so-called "right wing" need to read their history a little better.
There are few critics of Fox News greater than I. When I first saw this post I thought about blogging on the topic myself. But, to be frank, this appears to be much to do about nothing after viewing the video.
They aren't attacking Obama or making an issue about him skipping the Pledge of Allegiance. Further, Obama even appears confused and asks if they skipped it. So a casual comment by one of the conservative sock puppets on Fox & Friends using the term "skipped" doesn't rate very hight with me.
There are plenty of better examples of Fox & Friends bashing Obama. They're currently running a drill, drill, drill campaign to exploit the fact a vast majority of Americans are now for it in an era of high gas prices. They use it to boost McCain and trash Obama.
Mattastic @ 130:
You think we're living in a "free" country? I used to think that too, when I was a child. Now we live in a police state, where the DHS can and does confiscates laptops, iPods, notes, and flash drives without probable cause.
We live in a nation where innocent people are regarded with suspicion and subjected to random body searches before boarding a plane.
We live in a nation that has done everything in its power to neuter the constitution and the Bill of Rights.
We live in a nation that tortures people.
We live in a nation that imprisons people who haven't been charged with a crime.
We live in a nation that starts wars with nations that never attacked us.
Does this sound like a free nation?
Do you think they start the "Miss Buffalo Chip" Pageant with the Pledge of Allegiance every year?
Somebody wake-up that Secret Service agent sleeping by the balcony box door at Fords Theater.
right on! @ 127:
Even the Simpsons?
Family Guy sucks nards.
joeedugan @ 91:
3. If I hear Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A." one more time, I may to stick an ice pick in my ear.
5. The next I'm I learn that there's a anti-homosexual demonstration going on... I'm going to make a sign that says: "Where did Cain Get His Wife?" and stand next to those bozos with the Adam and Steve sign.
Note how when people object to the PoA because of the phrase 'under god' folk always chime in, "well you don't have to say it! No one is forcing you to say it!". BULLSHIT! The PoA is like a test. Refuse to say it and you are either an atheist or a communist...which according to them is one in the same anyway. /rant off
WTF!!! How in the FUCK did this guy get press credentials !!?!?!?!?! WTF!!!
SECURITY!?!?!?!?!?!
THE GUY HAD A FAKE NAME!!!!
PLEASE PRAY FOR OBAMA'S LIFE!!
I don't give a ratzass about whether Obama did or did not lead the Pledge of Allegiance - but I am furious with the Secret Service who are supposed to check reporters' press passes with more than a passing glance. This is a huge breach of security. The press people are normally closer but also with direct sight to Obama during the speech. They are also allowed to have electronic equipment with cameras etc. It would not be difficult to rig their camera to fire a weapon [anyone see the movie "True Lies"?]. I worry about my candidate with the kind of hohumm attitude towards security from the SS charged with protecting him.
I think it is a problem that this man got a press badge if he was not a member of the press. This bothers me much more than his demanding that Obama say the Pledge.
Go Obama
I wonder if any of you are old enough to remember
when in school we said the pledge without the "Under
God" addition along with the Nazi salute for half of the
pledge? First imagine adding a few line's to Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address. People would go nuts. I don't
care for this new pledge with the addition, but the
old one with the Nazi salute written without "Under God"
is okay with me. I bet the heckler would like it. :-)
i think he is good as fuck. go Obama !!!!!!
you rock my teachers soxxx.
I think Obama Is The Best he's like so good. he should be president fuck Maccain wrinkled as craker. Obama's the Maccain sucks the rest.
Obama Roxx my teachers soxx
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