http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/anthem.asp Does this type of behavior bother you about him running for the highest office in the land?
No what bothers me is that if someone puts their hand over their heart, goes to church on Sundays, makes promises, hands out food to the homeless, says that that they started a war because ________________ these things are meaningful.
No. It's surprising, though, how many people are so frightened by an Obama presidency that we have to keep hearing this utterly stupid point raised over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Seattle has really bad sports writers, but every once in a while, one of 'em pulls out a decent article. Like this, from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Jim Moore: Did Obama start yelling and screaming and pumping his fist at "the Land of the Free"?
Hilary is covering her heart. She must love America the same way Bush does. Does looking puzzled during the National Anthem mean you are puzzled by patriotism? Questions like this could damage Bush's legacy.
Yeah, and a stupid one like that. I mean if they can teach them to fly airplanes can't they teach them how to stand during the national anthem? Oh, well shall see through their disguises when the anti-christs come to lead us to Sodom or Mecca or Las Vegas.
True. following in the footsteps of that other sleeper agent, George W. Bush, who Pat Buchanan described as a 'one man wrecking ball destroying the reputation of the United States around the world'. There's no way Bush's disastrous foreign policy is an 'accident'. 'They' had it all planned. Watch Obama respond to an attack by Saudi hijackers by invading Denmark or Togoland. It'll only cost another trillion bucks....a bargain at $18,000 dollars of borrowed money per family of four.
You mean that he motivates people to reduce political discussion to this crap ? Nah. They all do. I'm just happy the original story - that it was the Pledge of Allegiance he didn't hold his hand over his heart for - didn't take root in the rantoworld. We'd be yakking about whether it was the Christian God insertion (1954) that threw him off, whether his madrassa ever taught him how to do it, etc etc etc.
Obama not placing his hand over his heart can't be any worse than this: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! - N
He isn't the President yet, give him an opportunity and he will end up like all the rest, corrupt, lying, cheating scumbag. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Muslims can't pledge allegiance to the American flag. But people keep saying Obama is not a muslim, so I guess he's just not patriotic, doesn't love America, and doesn't even pretend to care.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Too bad for you, he does. He pledges allegiance to the flag with his hand over his heart. He just doesn't put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem as mentioned and shown in the link of the original post. Hell, I'm the same way. I'd say most people are. How many of you get up off the couch while watching a ballgame on the TV? I sure don't. I guess I'll just one-up George Dubya and place my hand over my crotch next time. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! There's patriotism, then there's showmanship. That's all the National Anthem is. It's like people not giving a shit about the war in Iraq but has a ribbon or flag on their car. Or Christians that do all kinds of bad stuff or talk non-stop shit and hatred such as yourself but go to church on Sundays thinking it makes them better than others, rofl. - N
Oh, duh. My mistake. I still don't trust him. Any American who doesn't put his hand over his heart during the pledge is hiding something. Big. And for some guy who wants to be POTUS to do this is unforgivable.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! No one expects anyone to do it at home alone but in public is different. It's a show of respect/patriotism.
Um, why do you say that? There are millions of American Muslims. There is a Muslim congressman, Keith Ellison. Regarding his [Keith Ellison's] Muslim faith, he said, "people draw strength and moral courage from a variety of religious traditions." "Mine have come from both Catholicism and Islam. I was raised Catholic and later became a Muslim while attending Wayne State University. I suppose according to Sandy's rules, Ellison is still a Catholic.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Uh, again, he places his hand over his heart during the Pledge. The National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance are two separate things. One is showing allegiance to this country and the other is an old freakin' song that we gotta hear all the time which loses it's meaning, sorta like having the words freedom tossed around left and right during certain politicians speeches just to make themselves look better than others while they pass laws that screw us in the same way people that call themselves Christians just because they go to church on Sundays while going against the teachings of the Big J. Or worse, like a born-again Christian who are the most fucked up people in the world who lived lives of crime or were big time druggies, then all of a sudden after the fact say they accept Jesus and now everything is alright despite everything they did in the past. Worse, they try and ram it down our throats thinking we're like them, nothing but sinners as they were, needing to be saved like them all because they lived such a horrible past life before their turn-around. Not to mention the only ones making such a huge deal about Obama not placing his hand over his heart during a song are the same group of people listed above, the overzealous Christians making faith and patriotism the same thing always taking things too far because anyone else who doesn't abide are unpatriotic or heathen Muslims, etc etc etc. - N
Yeah, that's a bit trivial, HOWEVER on the flipside, I'd expect a presidential candidate to know the words to our fuckin national anthem. Would not knowing the words to the national anthem make Obama a shitty president? Not necessarily, but it does reflect bad on him. I know the words, he should too. I've been out of the Marines for a few years now but I still know every word of the Marines' hymn and I always will.