You're Misinformed

Oh my god! I'm so over hearing about this! I didn't have any plans to talk about it because I figured people would figure out what a stupid falsehood this is, but I just got another email about it. So, I guess this lie about Barack Obama not saying the pledge of allegiance is still out there. First of all the photo that is making the rounds... shown here was NOT taken while the pledge of allegiance was being said, but while a woman was singing the star bangled banner. There is no rule that you need to place your hand over your heart while the star bangled banner is being sung. Next time you're at a sporting event watch the crowd and see how many people do it. I think you'll see that most people DO NOT cover there heart during that song.
ABC news reports about this story:

ABC News' David Wright and Sunlen Miller Report:
At a town hall meeting Wednesday an Iowa voter asked Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., about the numerous emails she has received with photos purporting to show Obama "refusing" to pledge allegiance to the flag."You're standing with your arms folded and Hillary's got her hand on her heart," she said, adding that
she received so many of these emails she is sick of them. Obama shook his
head and smiled."This was not during the pledge of allegiance," Obama said
of the picture taken at Senator Tom Harkin's, D-Iowa, annual steak fry and
first published by Time. "A woman was singing the Star Spangled Banner when that picture was taken. See the original photo by clicking here. "I was taught by my grandfather that you put your hand over your heart during the pledge, but during the Star Spangled Banner, you sing!" Obama said. ABC News has video of the event in question which can be viewed by clicking here. Obama called the circulation of such pictures a "dirty trick" and mentioned other emails accusing him of being "a Muslim plant.""I have been pledging allegiance since I was a kid," Obama said. Obama advised his supporters who receive such emails to ignore them." Just tell whoever sent it," Obama told the crowd, "they're misinformed."

Below is the footage of the event:



Here is Barack's response to all the lies about him and his character.



Here is just one of many days that Barack led the pledge of allegiance in Senate.

In summary it just irritates me beyond belief that anyone would blindly believe an email about ANY candidate. This isn't just because I like Barack, I can handle people not liking my choice for President. What I can't handle is people getting a silly email and forwarding it on when they obviously didn't look into the facts behind it. You become part of the problem then. You are helping to spread lies. This next election is too important to let yourself get led by the hand by the media or by the politicians. We have waited for 8 years to be able to fix all that is wrong in our government. Don't let the media, or political bullshit trick you. Take the time and really look into what is being said about the candidates and what they stand for. Use some common sense!