[Kevin]

Bush and his Christian fanatics didn't put it in there. However, they, being religious people, probably like it in there.

I don't personally find the statement horribly subversive. Kids don't put a heck of a lot of thought into the pledge. They just say it because everyone else does.

The Eisenhower administration helped that little change along in 1954. It's not something the founding fathers had much to do with. Personally, I wouldn't miss those two words all that much.