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WingDinger

(3,690 posts) Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:20 PM Jan 2012

Can you imagine the heads exploding, and the election odds changing, if Obama belted out God bless A

America? Geez, if a little Al Green does it for us?

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Can you imagine the heads exploding, and the election odds changing, if Obama belted out God bless A (Original Post) WingDinger Jan 2012 OP

The heads of the DU atheists would explode, that's for sure. pnwmom Jan 2012 #1

That song aint mixing church and state, it is part of our culture. WingDinger Jan 2012 #2

like the stars and bars? ret5hd Jan 2012 #3

I'd prefer "My Country Tis of Thee" best, because of the line "... let freedom ring!" patrice Jan 2012 #4

Or that patriotic Reagan fav, Born to be wild. WingDinger Jan 2012 #5

Yep, A*N*Y*T*H*I*N*G goes in the name of me! patrice Jan 2012 #6

pnwmom

(108,995 posts)

1. The heads of the DU atheists would explode, that's for sure.

Reply to WingDinger (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:25 PM

Jan 2012

WingDinger

(3,690 posts)

2. That song aint mixing church and state, it is part of our culture.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:26 PM

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It would counter the shallow American Exceptionalism jingoism.

Or maybe John Meloncamp, aint that america, with Clinton on sax.

ret5hd

(20,522 posts)

3. like the stars and bars?

Reply to WingDinger (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:27 PM

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patrice

(47,992 posts)

4. I'd prefer "My Country Tis of Thee" best, because of the line "... let freedom ring!"

Reply to WingDinger (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:29 PM

Jan 2012

but I'm listening to A People's History of the U.S. again, so I'm well aware of the historic limitations in most of "our" conventions about our country.

PO probably would not sing MCTTOT, though, because Dennis Kucinich has been known to sing it on occasion.

WingDinger

(3,690 posts)

5. Or that patriotic Reagan fav, Born to be wild.

Reply to patrice (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:33 PM

Jan 2012

Sorry, that was "Born to Run". Springsteen.

patrice

(47,992 posts)

6. Yep, A*N*Y*T*H*I*N*G goes in the name of me!

Reply to WingDinger (Reply #5)

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 04:44 PM

Jan 2012

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