(2004-04-29) — Rep. Jim McDermott, D-WA, explained yesterday that he had omitted the words “under God” while leading House colleagues in the Pledge of Allegiance because he had learned the Pledge before 1954 when the phrase was inserted by an act of Congress.
Later, a spokesman confirmed that Mr. McDermott also often forgets about the 1964 Civil Rights Act, because when he was in grade school it was still legal to discriminate on the basis of race.
“The Congressman also needs repeated reminders that Alaska and Hawaii are states, since they weren’t when he was a child,” the unnamed source said. “Which also explains why he visited Iraq and praised its leadership before the war. Rep. McDermott learned about Iraq before it fell under Ba’athist control, and he just forgot that it was ruled by a ruthless, bloodthirsty dictator for decades.”
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1 murdoc online // Apr 29, 2004 at 12:35 pm
I thought Scappleface was joking
Rep. McDermott Forgot ‘Under God’, Civil Rights Act When I read this story, I thought Mr. Ott was joking when he wrote that Rep. Jim McDermott claimed he didn’t say “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance because he had…
2 Shanktified! // Apr 29, 2004 at 4:00 pm
ScrappleFace on McDermott
Once again, with just a little satire, Scott Ott and his “team of writers” at Scrappleface.com show us the stupidityness of McDermott’s whole excuse….
3 QandO // May 2, 2004 at 8:55 pm
How dumb do they think we are?
Yeah, I’m buying this: McDermott said he mistakenly reverted to the pledge as he had recited it in childhood. The phrase “under God” was added in 1954, when McDermott was 18. Is that laugh-out-loud funny or not? Its so bad…