Friends and neighbors this simply (in dumpster land ) cannot be.
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-05-08 11:18 AM
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Billboards Claim Rev. King Was Republican (Fla. and S. Carolina)
Advertisements [?]Edited on Sat Jul-05-08 12:03 PM by Ichingcarpenter
Source: Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE - TALLAHASSEE - A black Republican group has put up billboards in Florida and South Carolina saying the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, a claim that black leaders say is ridiculous.
The National Black Republican Association has paid for billboards showing an image of the civil rights leader and the words "Martin Luther King Jr. was REPUBLICAN." Told about the billboards, the Rev. Joseph Lowery let out a soft chuckle that grew stronger as he began to think more about the idea.
Seven billboards have gone up in six Florida counties, and another in Orangeburg, S.C., said Frances Rice, the Republican group's chairwoman. Part of its mission is to highlight what she said is the Democratic Party's racist past.
In "The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.," which was published after his death from his written material and records, King called the Republican national convention that nominated Goldwater a "frenzied wedding ... of the KKK and the radical right."
"The Republican Party geared its appeal and program to racism, reaction, and extremism," King said in the book.
Read more: http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/05/me-billboards-c...
As one can guess, the dump-monkeys will not take this laying down.....
hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-05-08 11:21 AM
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1. The King family needs to get an injunction and sue...
This is so desperate, but they obviously think they can benefit from the deception.
Ah yes sue, sweet sue.
suston96 (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-05-08 11:51 AM
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5. I believe Jackie Robinson was a Republican......
....but in those days, the southern Democrats were the racist party.
And remember, the Republican Party was founded in 1854 for the specific purpose of abolishing slavery.
Soon we will hear the sweet refrain of the old song "Tombstone Territory" aka "What you talkin bout Willis??"
Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-05-08 11:56 AM
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6. And Your point is.......?
Right on time..... to be followed by the second chorus of "Tombstone Territory". You can almost hear the alert buttons being pushed.
suston96 (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-05-08 12:02 PM
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9. The point is that the two political parties, especially in the south, have reversed....
Edited on Sat Jul-05-08 12:08 PM by suston96
http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2007/11/why-m...
November 05, 2007
Why Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican
Why Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican, from National Black Republican Association by Francis Rice
It should come as no surprise that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican. In that era, almost all black Americans were Republicans. Why? From its founding in 1854 as the anti-slavery party until today, the Republican Party has championed freedom and civil rights for blacks. And as one pundit so succinctly stated, the Democrat Party is as it always has been, the party of the four S's: Slavery, Secession, Segregation and now Socialism.
It was the Democrats who fought to keep blacks in slavery and passed the discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws. The Democrats started the Ku Klux Klan to lynch and terrorize blacks. The Democrats fought to prevent the passage of every civil rights law beginning with the civil rights laws of the 1860's, and continuing with the civil rights laws of the 1950's and 1960's.
During the civil rights era of the 1960's, Dr. King was fighting the Democrats who stood in the school house doors, turned skin-burning fire hoses on blacks and let loose vicious dogs. It was Republican President Dwight Eisenhower who pushed to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and sent troops to Arkansas to desegregate schools. President Eisenhower also appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to the U.S. Supreme Court which resulted in the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision ending school segregation. Much is made of Democrat President Harry Truman's issuing an Executive Order in 1948 to desegregate the military. Not mentioned is the fact that it was President Eisenhower who actually took action to effectively end segregation in the military.
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. (continue reading)
Every now and then one of the natives strays off track in their own post. This is why it should be stressed don't take the brown acid or drink the bong water, you will have a hard time maintaining consistency through a multi word post ( let alone be able to deal with poly- syllabic words)
Fighting Irish (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-05-08 12:07 PM
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10. A long time ago, MLK very well may have been a Republican
Edited on Sat Jul-05-08 12:10 PM by Fighting Irish
And I stress, a LONG time ago.
For many years, many southern racists happened to be Democrats. Both parties had varied ideological factions. There were conservative and liberal Democrats as well as conservative and liberal Republicans. Nowadays, many of the former standard-bearers of their parties in the past would never get nominated these days by them. Democrats would likely have nothing to do with, say, George Wallace and the Republicans wouldn't ever support someone like Teddy Roosevelt.
The Democratic party was particularly strong in the South. After Truman integrated the armed forces, many in the south started to slowly drift toward the GOP.
Back in 1960, King was prepared to vote for Nixon. But he got arrested not too long prior to the election. Right away, Kennedy called King's wife to put her at ease while Bobby negotiated with local law enforcement to get King released. He was forever grateful after that and announced he would support Kennedy.
King also had a good working relationship with Lyndon Johnson, who rolled out some of the biggest civil rights and anti-poverty legislation of any president in history.
But calling MLK a Republican? It's a bit of a stretch.
Fighting Irish is fighting with himself....
Dummies are clueless about history. (among other things)
