Ah so it’s not about principle but making sure you do nothing the MSM can smear you with. If this derails Bachmann (and Santorum who also signed it) then so be it.
No -- what I said, was that Michele Bachmann revealed a dreadful lack of political savvy by signing this badly composed pledge. I also said that the statement itself is accurate.
As many others on the thread have commented, the statement could have been composed in such a way as to state the truth without giving the enemy something to attack us with.
Five generations ago, some of my own ancestors were slaves. In my lifetime, I've witnessed the destructive effects of government interference with the black family from the inside. The pledge writers could have made their point much better, had they pointed to the policies of FDR and LBJ, which are most responsible for the demise of the black family in America.