Teabagging Rep. Todd Akin Recites Pledge to “Drive Liberals Crazy,” Then Botches the Words

[DearAbby]

With great fanfare, Rep.Todd Akin (R-MO) leads the Teabgging crowd, gathered in front of the Capitol, in the Pledge of Allegiance:

"As we renew our commitment to the Red, White, and Blue, let us with boldness proclaim the fact that we are one nation under God. It is all together fitting and proper that we should do this AND it drives the Liberals crazy."

He then proceeds to flub it.

He also said, "from the storm tossed pilgrims who came to this land and gave America her first constitution…"


http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/13108

[Catshrink]

1. Does he mean the Mayflower Pact?

That shining beacon of equality for all? :sarcasm:

[ET Awful]

2. Who needs that whole "indivisible" part anyway?

I think he did it on purpose.

[DearAbby]

3. I didnt know those on the Mayflower

gave us our constitution...My History teacher would be shocked

[handmade34]

4. as a former history teacher

there are some that consider the Mayflower Compact as an influence on the U. S. Constitution ???

[SpiralHawk]

5. Acutally, the Great Law of Peace and the Iroqous Confederacy were a much more

seminal influence on the US Constitution.

There's a link to that in this story:
http://thecalloftheland.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/arising-from-sacred-land-aiming-to-the-future/

[pansypoo53219]

7. the

MAGNA CARTA.

[Bitwit1234]

6. Not as shocked as "I"

because I did not know the republicans really knew we had a constitution, after all that is all bush did shred it. And remember he said it was only a G.D. piece of paper.

[MisterP]

8. the Pledge--need I remind everyone--was written by a SOCIALIST (though a weird Bellamyite one

unrecognizable outside the 1870-80s)