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Did Al Sharpton Omit ‘Under God’ From Pledge In New MSNBC Ad? MSNBC Tells Us No

Feb. 6, 2013 2:54pm Eddie Scarry

A new MSNBC promo featuring a monologue from Rev. Al Sharpton caught fire on the Internet Wednesday morning. Conservative bloggers point out that the phrase “under God” is missing from what sounds like Sharpton, who hosts his own MSNBC program, reciting a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Sharpton’s voice over says: “[V]oting rights, and women’s rights, and the rights of people against discrimination, whether they’re African-American, Latino, lesbian and gay, must be protected, until we have a nation that is really living up to the creed of one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Not all of one kind. But all.”

The portion in bold is indeed similar to the conclusion of the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance which says “one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” And it’s hard to imagine anyone hearing that portion of the ad without directly associating it with the full Pledge. MSNBC, however, is denying that it was meant to be a recitation of the Pledge.

“A lot of our new promos are soundbites from our air,” an MSNBC spokesperson told TheBlaze. “The clip of Rev. Sharpton was a segment, not Sharpton reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.”

Here’s the ad, via the conservative media watchdog NewsBusters:

The spokesperson directed us to the segment below from the Jan. 4 edition of Sharpton’s program Politics Nation. The segment was titled “Block the Vote” and focused on Republican efforts to supposedly block minorities from voting. At the end, Sharpton reads from the teleprompter the monologue that now appears in the ad (begins at 4:40 mark).

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clinker
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:35pm
Leave Al alone. He’s too stupid to even KNOW how the pledge reads much less understand what it means.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBTyTWOZCM

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- LBJDIDIT1963
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 7:27pm
  Ignorance is liberalism is ignorance..
  
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- I Fly Low
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 8:17pm
  Who cares what that village idiot dribbles? How can anyone even understand his ebonic mumblings ?
  
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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:13pm
  This so called reverend has omitted God from most of his entire life. Why should I be concerned about what he says?
  
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ezalbeht666
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:31pm
Remember he was ordained at the age of ten and he has no real religious training.

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- charliesouth
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:45pm
  I got a few friends like that
  
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- UBETHECHANGE
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:09pm
  Something tells me you don’t have friends charlie, you foul mouth pos.
  
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- wilsonj72
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:21pm
  He is a two bite con man.
  
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bernbart
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:14pm
What difference does it make? There was no ‘Uuner God” in the pledge when I started school 1in 1951, and it does not belong in the pledge. We are pledging to our nation, and our nation is still Democracy nor a theocracy.

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- uzi4u2
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 5:21pm
  And that shows how bright you are. Yes “under God” was added later and no one had a problem with it when this was still America. An by the way, we are not a democracy, we are a republic. There is a difference and you should look it up if you don’t know the difference.
  
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watashbuddyfriend
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:58pm
How is it that Al keeps getting billing on TheBlaze?

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- michaelR
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:33pm
  The Blaze seems to dredge up the stinkiest pieces of crap…Sharpton requires top billing.
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 5:48pm
  tell them uzi…………….pass the ammo
  
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TheIggies
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:52pm
Under “god” wasn’t added to the pledge until around 60 years ago. Big whoop. My kids don’t say the pledge anyways, because I don’t want them being loyal to a flag or country. I want them to try and change it to what they dream it can be.

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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:06pm
  Are You the Bozos that dreamed up O’Blamer, Niceeeeee
  Keep dreaming AH and do us all a favor, and just leave !!
  
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- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:07pm
  Very nice…you don’t teach your children the meaning of “loyalty”. I could care less if “under God” was only added 60 years ago, it is in the Pledge now, and that means something.
  
  You have a right to say what you feel; and I’ll defend that. But I certainly do not like your attitude.
  
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- qpwillie
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:12pm
  @TheIggies
  “I want them to try and change it to what they dream it can be.”
  
  You mean like Hitler did with Germany, Lenin did with Russia or like Castro did with Cuba?
  
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- bernbart
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:15pm
  right when I started school in 1951 there was no ‘under god’ in the pledge,It was inset rte in the mid 1950s’
  
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- bernbart
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:19pm
  It was added in mid 1950s. when I started school in 1951 I learned the pledge wihtout ‘under god’ and it is mucy more powerful with out it.
  
  Only stupid people do not know this.
  
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- charliesouth
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 5:15pm
  LAKEHART: ” I could care less if “under God” was only added 60 years ago, it is in the Pledge now, and that means something.”
  
  That’s the same blind mentality of Chris Rock saying we we should not question Obama because he’s president.
  
  Another reason why it does, in fact matter, is that so many Religious Right “patrioits” keep defending their issues with throwbacks to “our founding fathers” and such.
  
  By your standards, “I could care less if it’s in the pledge now, there are more and and more non-believers in this country who don’t want it in there anymore, and that means something.”
  
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kadster01
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:46pm
I swear every time I see a picture of Al these days, I find myself believing more and more in reptilian people.

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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:33pm
  Definite proof that we did evolve from ****,
  Al is a just a little slow to evolve. fits right
  in at OBMSNBC.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:46pm
He probably can’t pronounce it.

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- Ben__Franklin
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:16pm
  Al cannot say it because Al does not believe he is below God.
  
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- charliesouth
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 5:19pm
  I will say this, for all the stupid, mean-spirited comments coming from Liberals and Conservatives, the right sure does not know how to be funny. “He probably can’t pronounce it”? Seriously? That’s the best you could come up with? Jay Leno could probably come up with better and I HATE that guy.
  
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SOUNDTHETRUMPET
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:45pm
Sharpton is just another godless heathen lib.

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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:51pm
  Reverend? Al Sharpton is obviously not representing The Absolute God of The Written Word … The Holy Bible. Who is his god?
  
  A Solid Foundation:
  Hebrews 13:8 – “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
  
  Marriage
  Ephesians 5:31 – “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
  
  Homosexuality
  Leviticus 18:22 – “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”
  
  Sanctity of Life
  Jeremiah 1:5 – “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.”
  
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- bernbart
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:21pm
  Our nation was not built on religion. It was built on freedom, & there was ‘no under god’ in the original pledge. We should go back to the original.
  
  Your bible quotes have Nothing to do with this nation or out Democracy.
  
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- charliesouth
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:44pm
  God Da**it Cathy! if you and your insipid lot are going to constantly post this s**t: Homosexuality
  Leviticus 18:22 – “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”
  
  Then please, for the mother ef**ng love of GOD, please post the entire book which claims tattoos, planitng multiple types of crops in the same field and wering multi-materialed clothes are ALL sins and abominations.
  Christ, you blindly just parrot everything you hear without question because you’ve been taught your giant Daddy In The Sky will spank you if you do.
  
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- UBETHECHANGE
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 6:08pm
  New troll alert: CharlieSouth
  
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- Racemosa7
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 8:45pm
  @bernbart
  Wrong again. This Nation was founded on the principal of freedom found in Christ. The Mayflower Compact contains “We go ashore for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the advancement of the Christian faith. The breath you take is in the hands of God. One day you will face God as we all will. If you are not born again you will suffer, eternal hell. Believe the Gospel, and turn to Christ. I once thought as you do because I leaned unto my own understanding. I thought I was wise, but I was a fool. No more, now I am free. Not because any society, or laws, or country has made me free. Free in Christ is free indeed.
  
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- charliesouth
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 10:49am
  UBE: Do you even know what a troll is? “Lol I bet you don’t even have friends”. Yeah, you got me there, bud.
  
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- charliesouth
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 7:11pm
  RACEMOS: The nation wasn’t founded by the pilgrims. We weren’t America until we separated from England in the 1700′s, which was NOT on strictly “Christian” principles.
  
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strawberry411a
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:31pm
If he did it’s because he is anything but an intellectual….and a perfect fit for the MSNBC crew.

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MCON29
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:29pm
“[V]oting rights, and women’s rights, and the rights of people against discrimination, whether they’re African-American, Latino, lesbian and gay, must be protected, until we have a nation that is really living up to the creed of one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all

Apparently, as long as your not white…….

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- txannie
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:46pm
  Shouldn’t ALL nationalities/ethnicities, including whites, be included in a non-predjudiced society? Why is it that the so called “minorities” are allowed to discriminate against ligher skinned people? Come on, we all know discrimination on any level is not right. Why are we tolerating it at different levels in our society? A black or latino or a gay or a lesbian discriminating against a conservative white is just as bad. Being predjudiced doesn’t just happen to blacks, latinos, lesbian and gays…it goes both ways.
  
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- txannie
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:48pm
  Sorry…hit the reply button too soon….to clarify and finish a thought…..apparently mcon29 is right…”unless you are white”…
  
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- MCON29
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:55pm
  I grew up one of the only white families in a black neighborhood. Believe me when I say, the majority were racist. There were a few that were peaceful, and kind hearted, and we became good friends and are still friends to this day. But me and my brother did a lot of fighting. It was a matter of survival in our eyes.
  
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TheGrtDcptn
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:28pm
…a message for sharpless…

Matthew 10:33 ‘But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.’

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- charliesouth
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:50pm
  You do realize that, despite your obvious and strenuous attempt to make a negative connotating pun out of his last name, “sharpless” is not a real word. This is why I despise pun names in politics. They’re never witty, and most of the time make their user sound like a 10 year old who just read MAD Magazine for the first time. Learn to sound like an adult when you criticize people for once.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 8:25pm
  There is certain type of hostile, aggressive arrogance that is on display here….. Charley.
  
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- charliesouth
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 7:12pm
  If it’s arrogant to think name-puns are childish, then yes, I am arrogant.
  
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ferggie
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:26pm
Al seems to believe that Blacks are to stupid and/or lazt to get a FREE ID. Gosh Al that sounds a little racist to me.

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walnutportconservative
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:26pm
I just posed the question yesterday… For Whom does Sharpton serve?
I say Satan.
You will know them by their fruit.

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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:46pm
  Matthew 10:32-33
  Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
  
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- charliesouth
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:40pm
  Y’all are a wacky people.
  
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ginger3350
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:24pm
Isn’t this huckster supposed to be a Reverend; at least when it’s convenient for whatever he’s into at the time? What an absolute sham of a human being.

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whatthecrazy
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:21pm
Must suck to live your whole life hating white people which he obviously left out as well in the discrimination portion of his speech. Leaving God out was easy for him as he is no Reverend. Seems to me Allllllllllllllllll that white people are discriminated against as well all the time actually,like when they get up and go to work to make a living only to find that thier paycheck has been robbed and the money given to low lifes who want thier free ride ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.AL Sharpton shoud be poster boy for Exlax.

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AnAmerican111
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:21pm
Sharpton can barely speak English!
And who cares! He’s a moron racist and belongs on the Cartoon Network as he is more of a joke than anything else

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- MN NICE
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 5:32pm
  IS YOU IS or IS YOU AIN’T a racist, conservative kracker???
  
  Lol, just jerkin yer chain… Heard they remove Al’s straight jacket just long enough every day to do his show…
  
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chips1
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:18pm
You saw it here first, folks. In black and white!!!

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crystalsky
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:18pm
Well for 1 thing a true rev would never ever leave out the word GOD.The pastors I know love GOD. And another thing as a rev he should know there will never be peace on this earth just a false peace.for a short time. We will never as a human race get along because no 1 is going to join hands and sing and really find it.there will never ever be a fair share here look around who makes the money now. There are fighting among Humans in this world family, friends, etc always will be. I wonder how much anger, and hate, is in this rev heart. Even in the new world order there will be only a false peace as a rev he should know the true peace is from Jesus Christ.

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zoro51
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:17pm
how can we OMIT the MEDIA WHORE so called REVEREND whose ONLY out for his OWN glory…. HOW do we remove him period…??? if this IS true.. he has NO business calling him self a “REVERAND”

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resme
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:16pm
Pledge was written by a christian socialist.

http://i48.tinypic.com/rvy80x.jpg << We used to salute like this.

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- charliesouth
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 4:52pm
  I’m confused…are you wishing it to go back to those days?
  
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Cabo King
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:12pm
One S.F.N.

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- Jim S
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:24pm
  .Oh thank God, cause whatever Rev Al does is news worthy and has such import in my life…slow day in the news biz apparently..but thanks for ignoring our nations wars and focus on TV people…I hope to find other articles here on the Blaze about movie stars who like the 2nd amend, don’t like Barry and maybe a Kardashin piece..that way I will know my suspicions of this being a pretend news source will be confirmed…debunk some more stupid crazy conspiracy crap..that’s fun.
  
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- whatthecrazy
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:24pm
  If you are saying what i think you are saying …………….. Ill drink to that.
  
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- Sosorryforyou
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:31pm
  The original Pledge, written in 1892 went like this:
  
  “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
  
  Since, then it has gone through four revisions, the last one in 1954, at which time “under God” was added. This is the only revision that mentions anything to do with God.
  
  It is time to change this. Not everyone who says the Pledge in this Country is a Christian, and it is unConstitutional for “under God” to be required wording in our Nation’s Pledge.
  
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- RANGER1965
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:47pm
  @SOSORRY
  
  And not everyone believes as you do either.
  
  I have a solution.
  
  When that little God part comes up just remain silent, or say, “under me.” or whatever appeals to you. Heck, when asked to say the pledge you can just stay seated if you want.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:05pm
Yes….Al…I would like to see white people get equal rights too but it isn’t happening……yet. It will…al. You will be sorry when we do get equal rights but it will happen.

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hauschild
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:05pm
To think a “perceived” man-of-the-cloth would pull a stunt like this is beyond disappointing.

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toiletclogga
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:00pm
The leader of the African American community; Al Sharpton! hahahahahhahahhahaha! hhahahahhahhahhaahhahhaha!

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- Shasta
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:21pm
  The ‘spiritual’ leader of the African American community; ‘Reverend’ Al Sharpton!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 3:58pm
  Either / Or ….”What a F’N Joke !!! makes my eyes water when he speaks..
  
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 2:58pm
Play the Tape of Al calling them guy’s *******.

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