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2009-07-14 Home Front: Politix

Billboard Claims Martin Luther King Was Republican

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-07-14 16:44|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Well, Quanell, he sure as fuck wasn't a Panther.

And as I understand it, most southern blacks were Republican before the great post-Civil Rights Act realignment - it was different up north where the Democrats had some limited success in absorbing blacks into their immigrant-interest-group coalition during the New Deal. King died about halfway through the segregation political shift, and he was quite firmly on the leftist side of things by his death. Much more Obama than Palin, I'm afraid.

It might be technically true that he started out as a technical Republican, but it's misleading to play it up.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-07-14 18:24|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-14 18:24|| Front Page Top

#2 "The simple fact is that the leader of the Black Panther Party here in Houston called a news conference and they spooked," he said.

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Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-07-14 18:27|| 2009-07-14 18:27|| Front Page Top

#3 He added that King would never have embraced the present-day GOP, which he said had "racist elements."

Hmmm...but no former high ranking Klansman like the Donks serving in the US Senate. BTW, you might take up the 'racist' concept with the 'wise latina' who seems to believe that its OK to be racist when it comes to whites and basic rights of equality before the law.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-07-14 20:01|| 2009-07-14 20:01|| Front Page Top

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