Bachmann, religious right group back off claim black children better off during slavery

The Family Leader, an Iowa religious right group that has been active in GOP caucuses of that state, backtracked on a pledge the group released last week that asked candidates to vow to oppose pornography and same-sex marriage. The pledge contained a controversial statement about slavery, and over the weekend, the Family Leader removed that reference. Rep. Michele Bachmann — the first signer of the pledge — said that she wasn’t signing off on the preamble that contained the slavery reference, only the vows themselves.

Tancredo resurrects right-wing meme for Memorial Day, talks secession

Hosting Peter Boyles talk radio show in Denver Memorial Day, former U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo said that although the cause of the Civil War was right, he has never understood why Pres. Lincoln forced the South to stay in…

Proper apology for slavery might have finished Fox News

The U.S. Senate’s resolution apologizing for slavery yesterday was “nonbinding,” unlike slavery itself, which was all about binding. The nonbinding part of the resolution means it doesn’t have to go to the president for a signature. In other words, the Senate in considering slavery has decided not to bind our first black president, which is a semantic victory if nothing else.

The resolution also includes a clause securing the government against any financial responsibilities for the thing it’s apologizing for, which of course was one of the most oppressive systems of financial gain in world history.