Martin Luther King was NOT a Republican. Have Republicans Been Telling A Lie ?
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Martin Luther King was NOT a Republican. Have Republicans Been Telling A Lie ?
University of Cambridge historian David Garrow stated in a Salon profile of Alveda King regarding Martin Luther King: "King was not only not a Republican, he was well to the left of the Democratic Party of the 1960s [....] It’s also well-documented that Dr. King was a strong supporter of Planned Parenthood."Also, after the Republicans nominatedBarry Goldwater (who voted against the Civil Rights Act) and Strom Thurmond became a Republican, Dr. King actively campaigned against Goldwater.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveda_King
University of Cambridge historian David Garrow stated in a Salon profile of Alveda King regarding Martin Luther King: "King was not only not a Republican, he was well to the left of the Democratic Party of the 1960s [....] It’s also well-documented that Dr. King was a strong supporter of Planned Parenthood."Also, after the Republicans nominatedBarry Goldwater (who voted against the Civil Rights Act) and Strom Thurmond became a Republican, Dr. King actively campaigned against Goldwater.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveda_King
Our state partners have spotted a popular Republican talking point: the claim that Martin Luther King Jr. was a member of the GOP.
We heard it in Texas, then Tennessee and nowRhode Island.
To check it out, we checked with King biographers, including Pulitzer Prize winner David Garrow, and found that King avoided partisan identification. "It's simply incorrect to call Dr. King a Republican," Garrow told PolitiFact Texas.
We rated the claim False.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2012/feb/01/n...
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HL 2012/06/19 16:44:36All of the Above
+19In 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."
It may be interesting to note some of the most famous they embrace, albeit involuntary,like Charles Manson, Timmy McVeigh, Bernie Madoff and even Jerry Sandusky.
Go to the politifact link. Go to the righthand column, "Related Rulings". Click on the second entry, Charlotte Bergmann.
Unfortunately for her, Charlotte Bergmann got it wrong, she actually refers to Martin Luther King, Jr. And many of the other references one sees are often, to a greater degree than not, disingenuous. But they aren't lies, at least so long as they don't say "Jr.".
But as we are humans we have failed to follow that dream.
Ron Paul voted AGAINST the MLK Holiday.
Ron Paul voted AGAINST awarding Rosa Parks the Congressional Medal of Freedom.
Ron Paul said he would have voted AGAINST the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Paul has a 30 year history of pandering to the KKK and White Power Movement.
You can make all the LAME excuses for White Supremacist Ron Paul you want. His actions speak louder than words
-FACT: Ron Paul's presidential campaign issued a flyer that boasted about the candidate's efforts to introduce legislation that would remove challenges to the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act from the federal court system.
http://www.joemygod.blogspot....
-FACT: Ron Paul's Iowa state director is Mike Heath, a long-term Christian-right activist who formerly served as the board chairman of an SPLC-certified anti-gay hate group known as "Americans for Truth About Homosexuality."
http://thenewcivilrightsmovem...
-FACT: Ron Paul has a long history of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic comments.
http://www.tnr.com/article/po...
-FACT: As state above, Ron Paul supports the so-called "states' rights" approach to marriage, but interestingly, only for LGBT couples.
http://www.yourtango.com/2008...
-FACT: Ron Paul said, "If I were in Congress in 1996, I would have voted fo...
Ron Paul voted AGAINST the MLK Holiday.
Ron Paul voted AGAINST awarding Rosa Parks the Congressional Medal of Freedom.
Ron Paul said he would have voted AGAINST the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Paul has a 30 year history of pandering to the KKK and White Power Movement.
You can make all the LAME excuses for White Supremacist Ron Paul you want. His actions speak louder than words
-FACT: Ron Paul's presidential campaign issued a flyer that boasted about the candidate's efforts to introduce legislation that would remove challenges to the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act from the federal court system.
http://www.joemygod.blogspot....
-FACT: Ron Paul's Iowa state director is Mike Heath, a long-term Christian-right activist who formerly served as the board chairman of an SPLC-certified anti-gay hate group known as "Americans for Truth About Homosexuality."
http://thenewcivilrightsmovem...
-FACT: Ron Paul has a long history of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic comments.
http://www.tnr.com/article/po...
-FACT: As state above, Ron Paul supports the so-called "states' rights" approach to marriage, but interestingly, only for LGBT couples.
http://www.yourtango.com/2008...
-FACT: Ron Paul said, "If I were in Congress in 1996, I would have voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which used Congress' constitutional authority to define what official state documents other states have to recognize under the Full Faith and Credit Clause, to ensure that no state would be forced to recognize a same-sex marriage license issued in another state."
http://www.thepoliticalguide....
-FACT: Ron Paul opposes the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity by civilian, nonreligious employers.
http://www.salon.com/2007/09/...
When I first heard of MLK in the late 50's, he was reported to be a REGISTERED Republican. Most of the Black people I knew were, and that makes sense. The KKK was populated by vocal Democrats, so why would they have associated themselves with that group?
He didn't make any issue of political party or endorse anyone (that I remember). But after JRK came to his aid (a political coup for JFK), and LBJ continued to push for civil rights changes, it is easy to understand why he had stronger ties to the "new" Democrats.
all their lies. It's not the same party as it once was when my dad was alive. Or when Ike was President.