I have an antipathy toward the League of Women Voters that goes back more than 30 years. In 1978 I was involved in a gubernatorial runoff in Alabama. The candidate I worked for was an insurgent, and his opponent was the establishment favorite. The LWV was the establishment and clearly favored our establishment opponent.

They decided the two should debate, but our campaign told them to take a hike since we were up 15 in the polls. The embarked on a media blitz of press conferences and meetings with editors, most of whom had endorsed our opponent, in an effort to pressure us into the debate. We didn’t relent and won the runoff handily. I learned then that the League didn’t care squat about democracy. They just wanted to give their candidate a better chance.

It is with that background that I report this incident, in which a League of Women Voters moderator has a hissy fit because the audience decides on its own that the Pledge of Allegiance should open an event:

The woman from the LWV was upset. She said that the audience had disrespected her. She said she was “forced” to say the Pledge and that it had “obviously been planned”. As if we all decided in line to say the Pledge of Allegiance anyway if refused. I hadn’t even thought that the Pledge might not be said. This was a political candidate’s forum and the three candidates on stage were hoping to be elected to represent us in the Federal Government. Saying the Pledge of Allegiance at a political event in America should be a no-brainer.

Everywhere I’ve ever lived, the LWV is a gaggle of meddlers who lean left. This one was no different.