Martin Luther King Was A Republican!
Posted by papundits on 06/06/2008
We must act today to keep the White House in the hands of Republicans!
To win the 2008 election, Republicans must accomplish this one very important goal – win just 25% of the black vote.
But how do we win 25% of the black vote? Most black voters favor conservative policies – not liberal ones.
They do not support higher taxes, surrendering in Iraq, partial birth abortion and same-sex marriage. For middle class blacks, voting their values NOW means voting Republican. That’s why we must act immediately to get the ball rolling on our proven 2008 VICTORY PLAN to educate and bring these black voters back to the Party of Lincoln.
• Recruit and train black church and community leaders to spread our conservative Republican message
• Script, produce and air our hard-hitting radio and TV ads for black radio and TV outlets
• Put up MLK billboards across America
• Publish and distribute our very effective magazine, The Black Republican I think you see how our 2008 VICTORY PLAN will stop the Democrats, from HILLARY CLINTON and BARACK OBAMA at the top all the way down to the bottom of the ticket.
Whatever you can send – $25, $50, $75 – is needed immediately. If we can convince just 25% of black voters that the Republican Party already represents the values they most care about, we can take back Congress and stop the Democrats from capturing the White House. That’s why I’m asking for your very best gift – at least $25 – and that you rush it to me immediately. Thank you!
Frances Rice, Chairman
National Black Republican Association
Stormwarning said
Aside from the fact that this is an old article from Ms. Rice:
I am not sure how to react to someone bringing Dr. King into the modern political fray. To start with, if one looks at the actual history of American politics, the roles of what we know as the Republican and Democratic parties have reversed over the last 150-160 years. Yes, it is a complicated history that our political landscape has.
Beyond that, considering that Senator Jesse Helms was a Republican I cannot fathom how anyone could believe that Dr. King would be of the same political sway. Frankly, the “Dixiecrats” of old were more like today’s Neo-conservative Republican’s than they are todays Democrats. Yes, RFK authorized the wiretapping, but it was J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI that pursued Dr. King. J. Edgar Hoover became preoccupied with Dr. King’s private life very early in the Civil Rights Movement, and this preoccupation was a significant factor in Hoover’s pathological hatred of him and the movement.
WAIT! Are you suggesting the King, suspected of being a Communist (read that “Leftist”) was actually a Republican? How about the fact that the cliams of Jack and Morris Childs (the sources of the rumors that Dr. King was a Communist), could never be proven. I am SO confused!
Civil Rights was NOT the “invention” of the Republican party, despite the fact that the racist Governor George Wallace was a Democrat…or that Robert Byrd is a racist old fool. “Dixiecrats!” Civil rights was the principal source of division between Northern and Southern Democrats. The Civil Rights Movement and the Civil Rights Act was actually a bipartisan act by politicians like Dirksen and Humphrey working together, long before all of this vituperative and polarizing language that is used today.
“Our Constitution is color blind,” wrote Mr. Justice Harlan before the turn of the century, “and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.” But the practices of the country do not always conform to the principles of the Constitution. And this Message is intended to examine how far we have come in achieving first-class citizenship for all citizens regardless of color, how far we have yet to go, and what further tasks remain to be carried out — by the Executive and Legislative Branches of the Federal Government, as well as by state and local governments and private citizens and organizations.” — John F. Kennedy, February 28, 1963
According to http://tinyurl.com/yqlgw9 … “On October 19, 1960, Dr. King was jailed because of a sit-in in an Atlanta department store. On hearing of this J. F. Kennedy called King’s wife, Corretta to reassure her. Later the same day Robert Kennedy called the judge presiding over the case, soon after King was released. As a result, Kennedy won the Negro vote.
After the 1960 election, the Kennedy administration began its attack on discrimination in the U.S. The attack would be directed from the Justice Department by Attorney General Robert Kennedy. He would be ably assisted by Burke Marshall, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division, and John Doar in the field.”
Here’s an example of how the Civil Rights Movement was alot more bi-partisan than this post would suggest: “Kennedy also ordered his cabinet members and top advisors to avoid segregated facilities, functions and clubs. Kennedy (as Eisenhower) tried to make his administration set an example for the rest of the country to follow.”
While admittedly the following is from an “academic” paper and therefore “suspect” from a conservative POV, http://tinyurl.com/2axa8b it should be examined…
Again, one cannot say that because DDE was in favor of civil rights http://tinyurl.com/23xkgx that JFK was not.
The KKK was started by angry Southerners…they weren’t “R” or “D” they were Southerners angry that the Union had been saved and that slavery had been abolished.
And by the way, the NAACP was started by WEB DuBois in the early 1900’s assisted by white liberals and
abolitionists. How “%$!*& Batman,” look at the picture of that white woman! http://tinyurl.com/ywugdd
Civil Rights is no more the property of the Democratic or Republican Party than Dr. King was a Republican.
A further discussion and analysis of Dr. King was done by a professor at U. Texas in 2001, http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/freelance/mlkday.htm is shown here:
To suggest that Dr. King, as this article quotes, http://tinyurl.com/wlfee :
“To suggest that Martin could identify with a party that affirms preemptive, predatory war, and whose religious partners hint that God affirms war and favors the rich at the expense of the poor, is to revile Martin,” said the Rev. Joseph Lowery, the former president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which the slain civil rights leader helped establish.
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who marched with King in the 1960s, called the ads an “insult to the legacy and the memory of Martin Luther King Jr.” and “an affront to all that he stood for.”
Ms. Rice has an agenda. Her article represents that agenda and does a great disservice to the memory of Dr. King.
army101stvietnam said
BRAVO for fighting the good fight for American. Dr. King would be so proud, as are we.
In case you weren’t aware of the growing interest, could you consider including these 2 great men on your site? We’re white, but would vote for either in a heart beat! Outstanding messages and incredible ability to tell it like is for AMERICANS… not race or religion. They have touched our hearts, mind & spirit in such a way, it beckons us to spread their videos everywhere.
Bob Parks (Black&Right)
http://www.nmatv.com/categories/9/Black–Right
Zo (machosauceproductions)
http://www.nmatv.com/view_video.php?viewkey=205091e18d1140e9f38c
They bring out the best in mankind, IMHO. We pray they open minds & hearts before it’s too late.
Keep up the great work!
Gods speed & may He lay His healing hand on this world, no matter what occurs Nov. 4.
Larry & Deauna