[ejdrapes]

"Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA's first African-American President," the document reads.

Can someone tell me what is inaccurate in this statement?

[The Pack Knight]

Nothing inaccurate at all, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a stupid thing for a Presidential candidate to sign.

[wastedyears]

It’s inaccurate because it’s not politically correct.

Other than that, it’s a 2” grouping at 1000 yards.

[Mariner]

Slaves were treated as cattle in the old South.

When it was advantageous to the owner he would allow families to stay together. When not, he would split them for whatever reason. It's the basis of innumerable Blues songs from the old days.

However, that Bachmann would sign a pledge with such statements shows she is as stupid as she appears. And, oblivious.

That said, there are at least 5 million that will vote for her on the basis of this pledge alone.

[ncalburt]

Fox leftist News strikes again.

Roger Aile's should be ashamed that he allows leftists peddle Soros funded Think Progress crap in his website !

Fox is full of lefties and a majority of the staff are Manhattan libs .

[Sans-Culotte]

I do not think they should have included that statement at all. They could have kept the part about illegitimate births skyrocketing after LBJ; but the piranhas in the MSM are going to characterize the document as pro-slavery.

[Terry Mross]

If it’s true, it’s not racist. Bachman is free to use that if she wants.

[Balding_Eagle]

In the late 1800’s, early 1900’s, black were most likely to be Bible believing Southern Baptists.

[ABQHispConservative]

It’s the implication that people are better off as slaves that makes this disgusting. There is no need to add this. Why not go after LBJ’s socialist policies towards poverty?

[Tex-Con-Man]

Of all the ways the point could have been made, that was the worst possible.

[NYCslicker]

Statement of fact.

No brainer.

Why can’t a candidate sign a statement?

Oh I see, we are soo soo scared of what “liberals will think about us” still that we should never sign on to a statement of objective truth.

/sarc off

[aruanan]

"Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA's first African-American President

Can someone tell me what is inaccurate in this statement?

Well, it was American slavery, versus that in the Caribbean and Brazil, that fostered stable family units among slaves. It was this, among other things, that was principally responsible for American slavery to have been a relatively minor participant in the importation of slaves compared to the Caribbean and Brazil. Though the same thing could be said about black children for almost any time in U.S. history up to about the 1970s.

[jmacusa]

Michelle Bachmann isn’t running for “First Historian of The United States’’ for cryin’ out loud! She’s running for President. What’s with all the history quizzes? MR ‘’57’’ states’’ wouldn’t know anything about the history of America or the world for that matter if it ran up and bit him on the ass. He proves that everyday.

[Mr. Mojo]

 Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African- American baby born after the election of the USA‟s first African-American President.

 LBJ‟s 1965 War on Poverty was triggered in part by the famous “Moynihan Report” finding that the black out-of-wedlock birthrate had hit 26%; today, the white rate exceeds that, the overall rate is 41%, and over 70% of African-American babies are born to single parents – a prime sociological indicator for poverty, pathology and prison regardless of race or ethnicity.

The truth. .....something the majority of the electorate shrinks from. Much respect to Bachmann for standing with it unashamedly.

[Navy Patriot]

It's a poor choice of words and the subject of slavery was unnecessary to make the point.

It would have been more accurate and more effective to point out that the Black family has been sabotaged by Marxists (use the word "socialists") from the time communists began gaining strength in the US (the 1920's), that properly pins the blame on the Rats.

[RINOs suck]

Can someone tell me what is inaccurate in this statement?

For years, Thomas Sowell has a made similar point, saying that welfare has done more harm to the black family than slavery.

[Brilliant]

As usual, the libs don’t want to hear anyone tell the truth.

[RobbyS]

The comparison is stupid, and offensive. Slavery is totally anomalous in a free society. . Those families were not free agents. A better one would have been to compare today with 1960. Free blacks in 1960 were doing much better. Even with the burden of racial segregation, blacks were better able to maintain family life.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Its a true statement. The Dems just don’t want the blacks to hear it and understand it.

[Windflier]

Can someone tell me what is inaccurate in this statement?

As WastedYears said, it's a two inch grouping at 1,000 yards, but by signing a statement with that type of language in it, Michele Bachmann reveals a dreadful lack of political savvy.

She just gave the left a bludgeon to whack her over the head with.

[Grunthor]

Given that headline and the stupid interview of her on Fox news Sunday can there be any doubt that Fox might be “republican” but it sure as all hell is NOT conservative.