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K&R! TeamPooka Dec 2013 #1
this is nonsense . allan01 Dec 2013 #2
Bastards! mikeargo Dec 2013 #3
Sounds like a good election issue. Force every candidate to reveal any pledge they've signed. nt okaawhatever Dec 2013 #73
Isn't this treason? Flatpicker Dec 2013 #4
That was my first thoughts as well. WHEN CRABS ROAR Dec 2013 #13
Treason RiverNoord Dec 2013 #17
prosecution would require questionseverything Dec 2013 #62
I can't argue with you there. RiverNoord Dec 2013 #72
Pr-exactly! This constitutes an attempt to overthrow the government indepat Dec 2013 #65
I dont believe so since the pledge wasnt to a foreign government. cstanleytech Dec 2013 #30
Try sedition then. watoos Dec 2013 #42
Sickening democrank Dec 2013 #5
Even sadder, why does it take a British newspaper to break shit like this? Fuddnik Dec 2013 #6
Exactly billhicks76 Dec 2013 #10
You know why. merrily Dec 2013 #24
The article called it an investigative report. I have several of their articles today but riversedge Dec 2013 #25
Well, any chance we'll be reading about this in The New York Times? QuestForSense Dec 2013 #35
+1 Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #59
If ALEC doesn't represent the corporations that own 95% of the media outlets, they probably okaawhatever Dec 2013 #74
WHOAAAAA....... Can you say bombshell revelation? Firebrand Gary Dec 2013 #7
Not much difference than Norquist pledge lobodons Dec 2013 #8
I was thinking the same. riversedge Dec 2013 #23
What is that smell? cliffordu Dec 2013 #9
Hell, a dead oak will do, Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #14
Have you priced 1 inch hemp lately? pscot Dec 2013 #34
Meh. I was thinking 1/4 inch. cliffordu Dec 2013 #69
This is a clear and present danger to our democracy! SCVDem Dec 2013 #11
what is it with these people and their oaths and their clubs? mopinko Dec 2013 #12
Ain't that the truth... Hubert Flottz Dec 2013 #15
It's part of the overall pattern of Republicon OCCULTISM Berlum Dec 2013 #19
But they love them some Presidents Prayer Breakfast blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #21
Republicans will be torn between this pledge and their pledge of allegiance to Grover Norquist. JEFF9K Dec 2013 #16
ALEC Looks Like A Marriage Of Joseph McCarthy And John Birch DallasNE Dec 2013 #18
Really. Well put, DallasNE Cha Dec 2013 #28
Bingo. Scuba Dec 2013 #48
Sieg Heil! blkmusclmachine Dec 2013 #20
I think all legislators were asked to take riversedge Dec 2013 #22
Where do WE draw the line? How much are WE going to put up with? merrily Dec 2013 #26
Wow! Good on somebody leaking those Cha Dec 2013 #27
Makes you wonder ... sarchasm Dec 2013 #29
Why don't I see folks marching Plucketeer Dec 2013 #31
Because unless they read the Guardian zeemike Dec 2013 #41
A big K & R!!! Stevepol Dec 2013 #32
It time to weissmam Dec 2013 #33
Whoever leaked this is a traitor... Indi Guy Dec 2013 #36
Does this remind you of high school . . .or maybe even junior high? cheyanne Dec 2013 #37
In high school they couldn't force you to be there servants for life or take away access to doctors FiveGoodMen Dec 2013 #70
and k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Dec 2013 #38
K&R. The wheels will come off soon with enough stories like this one. nt silvershadow Dec 2013 #39
Impeachable? MrModerate Dec 2013 #40
This is not ethical. leanforward Dec 2013 #43
Hitler would be so proud of ALEC olddad56 Dec 2013 #44
They're running it like a cult ck4829 Dec 2013 #45
Treason. avaistheone1 Dec 2013 #46
Exactly! nolabels Dec 2013 #53
I think almost all Repub politicians have signed both ALEC & Norquist pledges stuffmatters Dec 2013 #47
Kick Scuba Dec 2013 #49
ALEC mtasselin Dec 2013 #50
This implicates ALEC's work in every state Sienna86 Dec 2013 #51
Live Free or Die N.H.......... Historic NY Dec 2013 #52
Then in my opinion, that's grounds for impeachment. closeupready Dec 2013 #54
How stupid is ALEC anyway? don't they know that a Republican's OATH is meaningless Bandit Dec 2013 #55
They'll stay bought, as long as you have money. Orsino Dec 2013 #60
Interesting that a British newspaper Kelvin Mace Dec 2013 #56
Seditious Conspiracy Moral Compass Dec 2013 #57
"I pledge alleigence to ALEC and not the United States of America..." nt Old and In the Way Dec 2013 #58
Can't wait for the rest of the story. Orsino Dec 2013 #61
Once again it appears that to find out what's happening in America . . . Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #63
This appears an... JimboBillyBubbaBob Dec 2013 #64
It SHOULD be a capital offense. FiveGoodMen Dec 2013 #71
Wonder if the U.S. will round up and prosecute these imo treason-committing indepat Dec 2013 #66
Damned ALEC groups... TRoN33 Dec 2013 #67
An oath such as this should burnsei sensei Dec 2013 #68
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