Kate Smith should be allowed to keep blessing America
American Thinker,
by
Robert B. Sklaroff
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
4/21/2019 7:18:13 AM
The most casual patriot melts when hearing Kate Smith sing "God Bless America," which she introduced in 1943 (watch @ 4:20 for Ronald Reagan cameo). Subsequent renditions have prompted then and modern stars to appreciate how, per President Reagan when he presented her the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in 1982: "Kate always sang from her heart, and we all listened with our hearts." Philadelphia Flyers hockey team fans reveled when Kate Smith appeared center-ice to spark winning their first Stanley Cup in 1974 and thereafter (2009, 2010, 2012);
Reply 1 - Posted by:
John C 4/21/2019 7:34:47 AM (No. 40836)
Destroy our culture, stop teaching history and civics, pull down our statues, continue using Common Core in the schools and you get the ignorant citizenship and electorate we have today.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Namma 4/21/2019 8:17:12 AM (No. 40846)
I play Kate Smith singing God Bless America on my speaker out side very Memorial Day. Every 4th of July and every Labor Day. Will continue to do so. And will not watch the yankees
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/21/2019 8:41:22 AM (No. 40839)
I was in college in Center City Philadelphia on the day the Flyers won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and it was an event that I will never forget.
Now that the Flyers have dumped their good luck charm to appease the never-to-be-appeased race-baiters, I hope that their future holds the mother of all losing streaks.
Given that hockey is a sport which is largely followed by whites, I hope that the fans stay home in droves. Why would the owners try to appease a group of people who generally aren’t in their stands or buying tickets?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mythman 4/21/2019 8:41:43 AM (No. 40835)
Yankee Stadium should be torn down and the Yankees dissolved because Black players were not allowed there in Major League Baseball until Jackie Robinson.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Jed 4/21/2019 9:04:43 AM (No. 40845)
Kate Smith was not a racist. I attend all the meetings and her name is never mentioned nor is her picture even seen.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
spacer 4/21/2019 9:32:43 AM (No. 40848)
True #5. Kate never knew the secret democrat kleegle hand shake either.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Condor44 4/21/2019 10:57:55 AM (No. 40841)
They have gone totally insane! The end of the world is near.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 4/21/2019 10:59:46 AM (No. 40840)
Liberal McCarthyism = "blacklisting" anyone who has done something deemed "politically incorrect" by anyone who happens to be famous in history. This includes ANY Confederate soldier or politician, or any past conservative.
Next they´ll be coming after any movies made by Charlton Heston or Ronald Reagan.
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I´m sure the Kate Smith recording is available for home listening pleasure. #2 plays it over a loudspeaker on certain holidays. Good for her.
That the Yankees and Flyers decided not to play HER RENDITION at their games is their decision. The ramifications are theirs, too.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 4/21/2019 12:05:08 PM (No. 40844)
I love Kate Smith. She had some amazing God given talent, and the Left hates her. Though they don´t seem to mind being racist and antisemitic themselves when they slam Irving Berlin for his love of America. That man was more American than most of the Democrat party is at the moment.
Most people don´t realize antisemitism is going on, because the articles don´t mention that Irving Berlin wrote God Bless America. Which had NO racism whatsoever. Back then, recording stars and actors were under contract, and that required them to legally do whatever work came their way, or suffer the consequences. Now I would be more impressed if they dumped Elizabeth Warren for the two racist African figurines sitting in her own kitchen.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
winnie1 4/21/2019 1:04:33 PM (No. 40834)
Kate went directly to composer Irving Berlin and asked that he write a patriotic song for the men fighting overseas. Kate is a true patriot. If George Steinbrenner was alive this would not happen!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mythman 4/21/2019 1:04:45 PM (No. 40837)
Yankee Stadium should be closed down because it didn´t allow Black MLB players until Jackie Robinson.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/21/2019 1:47:53 PM (No. 40843)
Yale University should be closed down because it was founded by a slave trader.
Next time someone brags to you about having gone to Yale, just reply, “Oh. Do you mean Slave Trader U”? Just like when someone brags to you that he drives an electric car, the proper response is, “Oh. You mean that coal burning car”?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Smart11344 4/21/2019 2:08:44 PM (No. 40842)
I was saddened, disappointed and furious, the America´s Sweetheart, Kate Smith could be treated like this. Her rendition of Irving Belin´s song God Bless America has never been topped. Her iconic version will last forever, despite a few whacko institutions trying to berate her. May THEY al go to hell. God Bless Kate Smith, a real American.
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Old enough to remember her singing and the sound.
What have We become ? Why are We letting it happen?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Howard Adams 4/22/2019 10:10:56 PM (No. 40838)
This was not about Kate Smith.
This was about God.
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