It happens every time a Republican is running for office. Sooner or later the media has to perpetuate the myth that all Republicans are racists.
It’s a simple sound bite message that has been promulgated in the media, encouraged by Democrats, going back to when Barry Goldwater voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He did so not because he was a racist, but for two points of the bill he felt violated the constitution. He agreed with the other eight points.
The real roadblocks to the 1964 Civil Rights Act were Robert Bryd, former KKK honcho, and the Democrat Party who filibustered the damn bill!
The founders of the KKK were Democrats.
Bull Conner was a Democrat.
The Jim Crow laws were written by Democrats.
So if we’re going to have a debate about Michele Bachman signing a marriage pledge containing some obscure language that mentions slavery, let’s have a full debate so the Democrats can finally come clean as to their true racist past.
Let’s finally put an end to the revisionist history that has 95% of African Americans believing that all the slave owners were Republicans.
But, I won’t hold my breath because if that day ever came, the Democrat Party would be out of business forever!
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Responding to a growing controversy, an Iowa-based conservative group has removed a passage in a marriage pact signed by two GOP presidential candidates that suggested black families were in better shape during slavery.
“After careful deliberation and wise insight and input from valued colleagues we deeply respect, we agree that the statement referencing children born into slavery can be misconstrued, and such misconstruction can detract from the core message of the Marriage Vow: that ALL of us must work to strengthen and support families and marriages between one woman and one man," said Bob Vander Plaats, head of The Family Leader.
"We sincerely apologize for any negative feelings this has caused, and have removed the language from the vow, " added Vander Plaats, who is known as a king maker in Iowa.
Rep. Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum signed the two-page document entitled "The Marriage Vow - A Declaration of Dependence Upon Marriage and Family," on Thursday, but their campaigns emphasized that the "candidate vow" portion of the pledge that they put their stamps of approval on didn't mention slavery. Instead, it condemned gay marriage, abortion, infidelity and pornography.
The most controversial passage was in the opening statement on the first page of the document, which compared the state of the black family in the slave era to today.
"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 opening statement reads.
It's not clear whether Bachmann was aware of the slavery passage on the first page. Alice Stewart, a spokeswoman for the Bachmann campaign, had told FoxNews.com that the Minnesota congresswoman had no second thoughts about signing the "candidate vow" portion that doesn't mention slavery.
"She stands by the points that are outlined in the pledge," she said. "Particularly the ones for strong marriage. She's been happily married for 32 years. That's the focus of the pledge."
But some commentators focused their criticism on the slavery passage.
"Given that families were broken up regularly for sales during slavery and that rape by masters was pretty common, this could not be more offensive," Cheryl
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The template of the conservation is always the same—all Republicans are racists and Democrats are angels and protectors of Black flocks.
Welcome to the 21st century plantation of minds!
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Also reported at Weasel Zippers and Daily Pondit
