Word: pledgees
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In a letter sent to Gov. Michael S. Dukakis on Wednesday, Vellucci invited the Democratic presidential candidate to attend a City Council meeting "on a Monday evening at your earliest convenience," and lead the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
This year's presidential campaign has placed the city of Cambridge in the middle of an ongoing dispute over the patriotism of the Massachusetts governor, focusing on his decision to veto a bill requiring students to recite the Pledge.
Earlier this month, Bennett criticized Dukakis, a Brookline native, for his decision on the Pledge, adding that most Brookline and Cambridge residents were contemptuous of the Pledge and "the simple and basic patriotism that most Americans believe."
Bush's constant harping on the pledge reminds us that there are still some Americans who, simply by an accident of birth, have great power over others.
The pledge issue is not trivial. It is not fluff. It is about the great gulf which still separates the dream from reality. Such gulfs do not simply pass away over time, they remain deep until they are filled. This year, either the gulf will remain, or as in 1960...