A few facts to say why this is ultimately much ado about nothing.
1- The pledge that Bachmann (and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum) signed also makes the implication (pretty early on in the statement too) that
children born in to slave families pre-Civil War were in better parenting situations than most African-American children are in today. So to them, being treated as property instead of being treated as a actual human being was a good thing for those kids. Give me a fucking break. At least the group behind this pledge is
backing off that part now.
2- In response to the uproar over this pledge,
the dope who created that pledge is claiming that the anti-porn pledge targets the forced participation in pornography and prostitution even though the wording of the pledge clearly states that the target is all porn. Of course, if he was being truthful, we would get on board with that part. But of course, he's just covering his ass.
3- If you read through the entire pledge, you can argue that it implies that Bachmann shouldn't even be in politics! It pretty much implies that she and every other woman should be in the kitchen making sammichs and squirting out babies.
I think I just made myself sick with that comment. Mental image fail.
4- Does the Bible really say anything for or against gay marriage?
No, it doesn't.
5- If you were to rank the candidates for President solely on whether the general voting population could vote for them over Barack Obama in 16 months time, Bachmann and Santorum are way the fuck down on the list. As a political junkie, I can say this with 100% confidence- those who are popular picks in July won't be popular picks in January when the primaries begin. There's too much time for them to fuck up and for any skeletons in their past to appear. The first one will likely be Bachmann's husband
coming out of the closet (because don't they all eventually).
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