[Xenalyte]

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

[RockinRight]

That was my first thought, too.

[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.