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Hillary Pledges Allegiance to 'the America That Can Be'
NewsMax.com ^ | June 27, 2002 | Carl Limbacher

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."


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To: Carl/NewsMax
THE ATHEIST / MATERIALIST / OBJECTIVIST PLEDGE

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.

21 posted on 06/27/2002 2:22:22 PM PDT by B-Chan
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To: Carl/NewsMax; All
Hodgepodge O' Hillary
22 posted on 06/27/2002 2:29:12 PM PDT by backhoe
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Look, I found a picture from Hillary's high School Yearbook


23 posted on 06/27/2002 2:39:37 PM PDT by Smedley
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To: Smedley
By the way - I posted this pic w/o viewing the site first. Pathetic. A scat site. Don't go there.
24 posted on 06/27/2002 2:46:51 PM PDT by Smedley
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To: Smedley
Is that hildebeast in the black pantsuit?

Somethings never change! :-)

25 posted on 06/27/2002 2:46:56 PM PDT by newfreep
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To: Carl/NewsMax
I, personally do not want to be a part of hillary's America.
26 posted on 06/27/2002 2:53:28 PM PDT by sport
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Does Dick Morris want to tell us again why she'll run and win in 2004????

How consistantly wrong is Morris?? 80%? 90%?

27 posted on 06/27/2002 2:55:29 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Hillary Clinton is doing for her constituents what Leona Helmsley did for hotel workers.
28 posted on 06/27/2002 2:55:31 PM PDT by goodieD
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To: Smedley
By the way - I posted this pic w/o viewing the site first. Pathetic. A scat site. Don't go there.

I LOVE scat!!!


29 posted on 06/27/2002 3:02:08 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Myself, for the last several years every time I've said the pledge I've stated "...and to the Republic for which it stood, one nation, under God...".
30 posted on 06/27/2002 3:02:50 PM PDT by Jefferson Adams
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To: Carl/NewsMax

You pledge allegiance to me. Period.

31 posted on 06/27/2002 3:03:19 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: Jefferson Adams
PS - I also picture in my mind the 13-star flag when I say it.
32 posted on 06/27/2002 3:03:56 PM PDT by Jefferson Adams
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To: Jay W
LOL!
33 posted on 06/27/2002 3:04:30 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Jay W
LOL!!!!

34 posted on 06/27/2002 3:05:55 PM PDT by oline
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To: Lazamataz
Ya never know. Congress may change the ruling on terms & ole Bubba will be back in 2008.
35 posted on 06/27/2002 3:09:51 PM PDT by Digger
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To: wingnuts'nbolts
You have that right

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

36 posted on 06/27/2002 3:38:17 PM PDT by Pagey
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To: Fred Mertz
Hey Fred:

Think you got it just right!

Ethel

37 posted on 06/27/2002 3:45:46 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: pabianice
Monthly leaps in IT technology will make it a nightmare whomever runs in 2004

Yeah -- no matter how quick you are, some clown on one of those goofy scooters will run you off the sidewalk.

38 posted on 06/27/2002 4:24:48 PM PDT by steve-b
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To: Carl/NewsMax
The last paragraph explains da$$hole and Loserman's statement.
39 posted on 06/27/2002 4:26:35 PM PDT by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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To: Carl/NewsMax
I like the Disney version of America best
40 posted on 06/27/2002 4:27:48 PM PDT by woofie
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