Dr. Martin Luther King a Republican

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[mnehring]

Interesting facts. DUmbass lurkers will want to put their fingers in their ears and yell La La La La...

[twigs]

Bill Bennett does a good in his new book "America: The Last Great Hope" of pointing this out and every difference he can think of between the two parties whenever he can.

[mnehring]

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[Tulsa Ramjet]

"Democrat President John F. Kennedy is lauded as a proponent of civil rights. However, Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil rights Act while he was a senator, as did Democrat Senator Al Gore, Sr. And after he became president, John F. Kennedy was opposed to the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King that was organized by A. Phillip Randolph who was a black Republican. President Kennedy, through his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy, had Dr. King wiretapped and investigated by the FBI on suspicion of being a Communist in order to undermine Dr. King."

Just goes to show you, form is more important than substance. I remember reading that when LBJ was president, he was touring some homes somewhere south (might have been texas) and he was explaining to the homeowners what all he was doing for them with the Great Society legislation. And as he turned to leave and thank them for their time, on the wall of the home there was a photo of Jesus Christ and John Kennedy, and it burned him up.

[cotton1706]

He was a Republican. Had Nixon called him when he was arrested, all the blacks would have voted for Nixon and he would have won. Kennedy did call him, so King advised all his supporters to vote for Kennedy. Nixon had a great civil rights record. The democrats were a disgrace.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"Democrat President John F. Kennedy is lauded as a proponent of civil rights. However, Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil rights Act while he was a senator, as did Democrat Senator Al Gore, Sr. And after he became president, John F. Kennedy was opposed to the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King that was organized by A. Phillip Randolph who was a black Republican. President Kennedy, through his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy, had Dr. King wiretapped and investigated by the FBI on suspicion of being a Communist in order to undermine Dr. King."

Oops, slight modification:

Just goes to show you, form is more important than substance. I remember reading that when LBJ was president, he was touring some homes somewhere south (might have been texas) and he was explaining to the "black" homeowners what all he was doing for them with the Great Society legislation. And as he turned to leave and thank them for their time, on the wall of the home there was a photo of Jesus Christ and John Kennedy, and it burned him up.

[since 1854]

As I point out in my book, Back to Basics for the Republican Party, MLK told Vice President Nixon publicly that he had voted Republican in 1956, but after not voting in 1960 he actually campaigned for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. So, calling MLK a Republican is misleading. See http://www.republicanbasics.com for more information.

[Xenalyte]

How could he be a Republican? He was a Communist.

[bubman]

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[Arcy]

"It was the Democrats who fought to keep blacks in slavery and passed the discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws."

A fact that isn't touted enough to the dumb masses. Bush should state large portions of this during his next State of the Union address.

[Old Grumpy]

VERY enlightening article.

[RockinRight]

That was my first thought, too.

[seasoned traditionalist]

Today, some of those “Dixiecrats” continue their political careers as Democrats, including Democrat Senator Robert Byrd who is well known for having been a “Keagle” in the Ku Klux Klan.

Just so happens, I have a copy of Byrd's driver's license which I thought one and all should see.

I know this, and many others do, (and going on 63, I lived thru the civil rights movement) but what I don't know and maybe I missed it in this article was how the Rats managed to hijack the black vote from the Republicans and however this was done (and again, I missed this throughout the 60's and beyond, probably being too busy serving in Nam and thereafter, being so turned off to anything politic that I tuned it ALL out) it was a sleight of hand and masterful stroke of political genius, with those responsible for pulling this off, worthy of receiving the Joseph Goebbels Propaganda Of the Century Award.

One does not have to wonder very hard as to how the revisionist has turned these facts on their heads and how none of this is being taught today in our schools--especially, not in any inner city or areas heavily populated by minorities.

[Arcy]

"How could he be a Republican? He was a Communist"Speaking of King.

Although all of King's political positions did not fall lock-step with our understanding of conservative positions, a clear and overwhelming majority of them did.

[MikefromOhio]

From the article:

Democrat President John F. Kennedy is lauded as a proponent of civil rights. However, Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil rights Act while he was a senator, as did Democrat Senator Al Gore, Sr. And after he became president, John F. Kennedy was opposed to the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King that was organized by A. Phillip Randolph who was a black Republican. President Kennedy, through his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy, had Dr. King wiretapped and investigated by the FBI on suspicion of being a Communist in order to undermine Dr. King.

well at least you agree with the Kennedys....Come on now....the guy wasn't a lock stock and barrel conservative, but he was nowhere NEAR as liberal as some prominent Republicans today like McCain and Rudy.

[cvq3842]

Dr. King also had no problem whatsoever using the moral authority he felt by virtue of his religious faith to change the law in this country, to everyone's benefit.

That also drives the liberals nuts.

[RockinRight]

Didn't know that.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Although all of King's political positions did not fall lock-step with our understanding of conservative positions, a clear and overwhelming majority of them did.

That's a pretty good definition of any conservative - no member of any political persuasion agrees with every position taken by other members of that persuasion.

[MikefromOhio]

I figured ya didn't so don't take what I said as a slam....

MLK Jr scared the crap out of the Democrats. He was the key to the black vote, where they allowed it the bastards.