Manic Monday's: MLK Was a Republican

This was my FIRST Recorded show on Ustream on Monday 8/25/08 09:24PM PST

It was rocky and has some bumps along the way, but I'm getting it together.

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[Daninism]

Who cares if MLK was Republican? The faces of Republican and Democrat have flipped so many times throughout history. Hell, the Republican party sure wasn't even the same 10 or 20 years ago. And need I mention that a Democrat initiated the Af. American Civil Rights Movement? But what difference does that really make? I feel as you felt the need to point something out about MLK that wasn't relevant to his person or message to selfishly justify your own political position.

[Barboy0]

2 hours... someone get the popcorn

[Destin65]

In case someone hasn't pointed it out yet, it was MLK Sr who was the Republican, Jr never was to my knowledge and like other posters have said, he was often attacked by the republicans. The majority of today's republican party were democrats who switched parties, not the other way around. Guys like Newt Gingrich, Trent Lott, Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan, Strom Thurmond, etc, they were all Democrats until the Civil Rights Movement, then they switch party affiliations to Republican.

[istofal]

What byron said in 2008 and what is happening now 2011, he hit it right on the head. Obama is facing alot of oposition like he said. It also seem that the congressional vote and senate vote is more important than the presidential vote. It's harder to get the black vote for the congressional and senate vote. The republican won the house now its going to be even harder for obama to get things done.

[istofal]

Great Topic! Very informative and interesting.

[freein2339]

Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his autobiography:

"The Republican Party geared its appeal and program to racism, reaction, and extremism."

That was his description of the 1964 Republican National Convention. He also referred to the Republican convention as "the frenzied wedding at the Cow Palace of the KKK with the radical right."

[AsiaticDisciple]

I wish I could find this woman and just marry her and cook for her every night!! Goodness!!

[TheCaliCapitalist]

Im so sick of people trying to get blacks to vote for republicans it isnt going to happen. Just like how republicans arent going to change their extremely negative views of black people. Maybe if republicans change they might win more than 10% in elections. But republicans cant keep the animosty directed towards blacks and expect to win a sizeable portion of the black vote. They cant have it both ways, they have to stop the animosty or consistently lose the black vote.

[kmcl11]

@kagerone How do you know he was not a republican? Reasearch says he was.

[1s23d]

@LoveTruth86 MLK on abortion "the negro cannot win when he sacrifices the future of his children for immediate comfort and security" barrack obama is 100% for black abortions?

[1s23d]

@kagerone If you want to live in a gay, borderless,spanish speaking, no gun having but the government country then vote democrat.

[LoveTruth86]

Our media and eductaional institiutions have gone to far lengths to edit out this King in favor of promoting a more safe to the "status quo" type figure.

If King was so safe, why was J. Edgar Hoover's FBI trying to destroy him under their corrupt COINTELPRO program which most Americans know little about.

YOU MUST LOOK INTO KING BETWEEN 1965/1966 and 1968!! THOSE ARE THE YEARS THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT.

My presentation is over. Hopefully you are smarter now than you were before.