The teabaggers are now claiming Martin Luther King was a Republican

[proud2BlibKansan]

What's up with THAT?

[geckosfeet]

1. They give revisionism a bad name don't they? The stock and trade of republic/conservative

politics:

1. Lie
2. Deceive
3. Ignore reality/history
4. Plead ignorance (or just be yourself)
5. Forget everything that happened longer than 5 minutes ago

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Found this

In a statement released through the King Center published in an AP article in July 2008 at http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2008/07/05/kingrepublicans.html, Martin Luther King III said, "It is disingenuous to imply that my father was a Republican. He never endorsed any presidential candidate, and there is certainly no evidence that he ever even voted for a Republican. It is even more outrageous to suggest that he would support the Republican Party of today, which has spent so much time and effort trying to suppress African-American votes in Florida and many other states."

And this Wash Post article in 2006 says King actually voted for LBJ in 1964. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR2006101801754.html

In fact, in "The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.," which was published after King's death from his written material and records, King called the 1964 Republican national convention that nominated Goldwater a "frenzied wedding ... of the KKK and the radical right."

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Was_Dr_Martin_Luther_King_a_registered_Republican

[Cirque du So-What]

2. That was in the day when southern racists

belonged to the Democratic (Dixiecrat) party. They departed en masse when the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1965, forming the core of the modern repuke party. Face them down with facts!

[JohnnyLib2]

11. The rumor-mongers are probably counting on ignorance of that history.

Just using the MLK-as-Republican in some strange expedient way.
:shrug:

[PeaceNikki]

3. It's a pretty common misconception. His father was once.

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/king-a-republican-at-91927.html

...when King was arrested before the 1960 election, his family reached out to both candidates for help. The Republican Richard Nixon ignored them, while the Democrat John F. Kennedy secured King’s release. King Sr., who had planned to vote for Nixon, endorsed Kennedy.

King Jr., on the other hand, did not endorse candidates

“Martin Luther King Jr. was not a Republican or Democrat,” said Alveda King, who was previously elected to the Georgia House as a Democrat, but later appointed to state and federal commissions by Republicans. “But everybody uses Martin Luther King Jr.’s name for their own benefit.”

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Apparently his niece is going around the country claiming he was a Republican

But his kids are denying it.

[PeaceNikki]

7. Yeah, that's what the article I linked to says.

[Number23]

19. "“But everybody uses Martin Luther King Jr.’s name for their own benefit.”

Good God, have truer words EVER BEEN SAID??!!

[KharmaTrain]

6. They've Been Trying to Peddle That Crap For Years...

No doubt the Democratic party of the past wasn't very friendly to blacks...the original home of Strom Thurmond and George Wallace, but by the time of Dr. King's death the GOOP had begun to court the "dixiecrats" and the Southern strategy was about to get rolling. A century ago, I would imagine many of us would have been Republicans in the Teddy Roosevelt mold...as opposed to William Jennings Bryant's "Cross of Gold" Democratic party. Dr. King was non-partisan during his civil rights years...his mission was beyond political labels and surely if he had lived to the present time (he would have turned 80 this year) there's no way he would endorse or even go near the rushpublicans...the party of hate and racism.

[Pab Sungenis]

8. He probably was.

Throughout the 19th and 20th Century, up until the Johnson Administration's pushing of the Civil Rights bill, the Republicans were the more black-friendly party and the "Solid South" Democrats were the champions of Jim Crow. That's why Wallace split off in 1968, and Nixon's "Southern Strategy" turned the South Republican.

[spanone]

9. he was white too.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. LOL!!

[Kadie]

18. ROFL!!!

[LeftishBrit]

10. What is particularly bizarre...

is why this would make a difference to them anyway, as they've made it clear that they hate liberal Republicans as much as Democrats.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Good point.

[DBoon]

12. 40 years ago they claimed he was a communist

under the direction of soviet russia

That's when tea-baggers were known as "The John Birch Society"

[Bitwit1234]

13. And guess what

They have Elvis locked up tight in Memphis. He is giving them first class information. Like telling Joe Wilson that Obama lies. And Boehner that he has a perfect health plan...it will kill off democrats and they will RULE THEY WORLD.

[iceman66]

14. He may have been, but he certainly would not be today!

Back when MLK was alive, there were still such things as liberal Republicans.

[Brewman_Jax]

15. Before he was a communist and socialist

and they wouldn't have anything to do with him. Now, he's suddenly a republican hero? Freeper revisionism knows no bounds nor shame. :grr: :puke:

[trueblue2007]

17. Teabaggers are all LIARS

[AspenRose]

20. This has been going on for a while

I saw one of these billboards in Richmond and almost drove off the road....

[Generator]

21. Yeah well back then some Republicans

were probably more liberal than than the blue dogs today. And standing up for something-see they think that's Republican-why the fuck aren't we in the streets demanding health care? Why aren't WE demanding that they put people before corporations? Oh yeah-because we think electing someone will save us. :rofl:

[HughMoran]

23. SO is teabagger the new word for "right-wing-nut-job"?

I guess it's easier to say :)

[mdmc]

25. It is the self identified name of members of the Taxed Enough Already political party

So far the party is 0-1, with its debut in the NYSCD23. They did win some rounds, forcing the liberal (GOP) out of the race. But they lost in the end.

[JerseygirlCT]

24. He must have been one of them *good*

black guys.

:sarcasm: