“It was a video that was supposed to elicit soaring patriotism and real emotions about the Pledge of Allegiance. But to do that, it used fake soldiers and a staged military funeral instead of the real thing. … A three and a half minute video, a visually stirring montage rolling over Victoria’s words about sharing the Pledge with Americans who have stood at important moments in history. There’s the Continental Congress … A real WWII vet … Photos of workers at Ground Zero … A close-up of a folded flag presented to a grieving widow at a military funeral … profiles of soldiers swelling with pride in slo-motion. But CBS News found that the footage of the ‘funeral’ and soldiers is what is called ‘stock’ footage. The soldiers were actors and the funeral scene was from a one-day film shoot, produced in June. No real soldiers were used during production.” [editor’s note: Dumbass move, even for the Reprocrats! - SAT] [editor’s note: Of course, if they had used real soldiers, they’d be accused of exploiting them for political purposes - TLK] (09/04/08)