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I Pledge Allegiance To...Pledges.

Chris here in front of Any Grocery Store, USA pledging to buy more Girl Scout cookies but only if they make sure the ones I crave are included next time I come back. I'm sorry, Trixie. I know you are only 8 and the Do-Si-Dos are a tasty cookie, but they are no substitute for the Samoas.

Well, those wacky conservatives are at it again with their pledges, as Laurens County in South Carolina wanted anyone running for a GOP position to sign a pledge that included not watching porn and not having sex outside of marriage. Fortunately, this was said to be illegal, as even the higher ups in the GOP said "No Way" to this. The cooler heads of the Republican party who saw through the absurdity of this will now probably be called the worse name a conservative can call a conservative. No, not a liberal. A moderate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sc-county-gop-wants-candidates-to-sign...

 But honestly, what is it with Republicans and pledges? We remember the Ban All Pornography pledge made famous by Michelle Bachmann (the one where she said African-American children were better off under slavery. How do you go from "Porn" to "Slavery" is anyone's guess, but Bachmann moved into Crazy Town many years ago).

 There is also the Grover Norquist "Taxpayer Protection Pledge" to never raise taxes. Ever. (He and Rush Limbaugh are pretty much the Vito and Michael Corleone of the GOP. They run it and Heaven Forbid you piss those two off as a member of the Republican Party or you will wake up with a horse's head on your pillow. A gay horse's head too, so they can really stick it to you.)  Women In Combat? There's a pledge. Cap And Trade? Pledge.

I haven't seen this much Pledge since walking down the cleaning supply aisle at Target. I'd give the Republicans mad props if one of them had the balls to stand up and say "How about we sign a pledge not to sign any more f'n pledges?" But until that day comes, maybe the GOP should stop running for office and start sponsoring Walk-A Thons full time.