The NBRA purchased billboards all over Denver saying that Martin Luther King was a Republican. I just got this email from Frances Rice Chair of the National Black Republican Association. Oh the accolytes are going to LUUUUV this one!
Forty-five years ago, on August 28, 1963, The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was a Republican and embraced the traditional values that made this country great delivered his inspirational civil rights “I Have a Dream” speech.
Today, Senator Barack Obama, with the most liberal voting record in the US Senate, is delivering his political acceptance speech, in an apparent attempt to assume for himself the mantle of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Dr. King did not embrace the type of secularist agenda promoted by Obama and the Democratic Party of today, which includes fostering dependency on welfare that breaks up families, supporting same-sex marriage and partial-birth abortion, and banning God from the public square.
Obama is no MLK!
Click here to read “A Covenant With Life: Reclaiming MLK’s Legacy”, in which MLK’s niece, Dr. Alveda C. King, affirms that her uncle Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican.
Click here to watch a video of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican
Click here for a map of the locations of MLK Was A Republican billboards in Denver, Colorado.
Click here for more information about the National Black Republican Association
So accolytes, what are your thoughts.
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What is the Republicans goal? A lot of black folks were Republicans back then, it is when they took a racist anti-civil rights turn that black flocked to the Democratic party. And no one is going to vote for John McCain b/c King was Republican, if it is in fact true.
Republicans are still racist, they don’t even support their black candidates when they run.
Obama, like Dr. King represents bigger dreams/goals- beyond party affliations.we can’t afford 4 more years of the Republican platform. And if Dr. King was a Republican- he’s most often associated with the Democratic way.
Naima is right, many blacks back then were Republicans, for the Republican Party was considered the party of Lincoln who “freed” the slaves. Also, the Democratic Party’s history is that of the southern slave owners. It was not until Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with his New Deal agenda, did many blacks, and lots of working class whites, move to joining the Democratic Party.
Also, if Obama is a liberal, then I am invisible. Take a look at the people who advise presidential candidate Obama, and you will change your mind about calling him a liberal. One of his financial advisers, a woman, whose name I cannot remember, has profited incredibly from the sub-prime mortgage market. Really, look into his record to learn who he is. Don’t listen to him give his speeches. Read them. They reveal who he is. He speaks in platitudes: Never does he elaborate on what his “change” will be. I call Obama the Self Help Book candidate.
Lastly, although she is NOT her husband, Coretta Scott King was a strong supporter of equal rights for homosexuals.
So what. I’m a Repub and I will be voting for Obama.
Republicans luuuurve to promote their greatness based off of a time when they were a completely different party. Like how they love claiming Lincoln. Yeah, Lincoln was a Republican . . . way back before the party went off the deep end, and they had an ideology that is a hell of a lot closer in alignment with the modern Democratic party.
Of course they’re playing off of the fact that most people don’t realize this and hope they will think “oh, Lincoln was a Republican? Well then I guess cut taxes for the rich MUST be a good idea!” Or “Dr. King was a Republican? Then Reaganomics couldn’t possibly hurt black people!” Honestly, I think that very few people actually do this as a part of their decision making process — just as a justification for supporting a racist party after they’ve already made up their minds.
Bah.
And just for the record, as someone who is liberal and tends to vote Democratic, I definitely don’t deny the racist history — and sometimes present — of that party, either.
Wow, I don’t know what to say? I don’t know if you are promoting Black Republican propaganda by not being critical of their claims. Usually this site is critical of all things Black. But to reiterate what has been said in the earlier responses.
Yes the Republican party had a large black contigency. Shoot Frederick Douglas was a Republican. My grand father was a staunch Republican until the Great Depression came (he was about 30) and became a Democrat because of Roosevelt New Deal. He was Northern Black. My family became Democrats afterwards. I think the large number of Blacks became democrats because of the The Great Depression.
I remember Southern Whites Democrats were called Dixiecrats. But after the Voting Rights Act and the Civil rights era Whites Dixiecrats became republican. Remember Nixon’s “Southern Strategy”?
So these New Black Republicans (I’m not talking about republicans of old like Tony Brown of the the Tony Brown Journal whom I respect. Or the ones who lived through the horrors of the Dixiecrats.) are telling half lies to get others to join.
By the way I know they having a ish fit that Michelle and Barack Obama are using Republican tropes (i.e. Strong Family Values, Strong father figure, strong work ethic, pull up from boot straps) in telling their success stories in the Democratic Party.
someone asked if I was promoting republican propaganda because I did not criticize the black republicans. first I am letting ppl know about about a billboard campaign going on during the convention. second, MY READERS ARE NOT STUPID
if you think ppl are so stupid that the can’t decipher political propaganda from fact, please don’t come back here. we occasionally like to engage in critical analysis
Gina,
Thank you so much for sharing the information. I was especially moved when I read about her struggle with abortions. As a black woman, I often find myself on the wrong end of many political issues that are currently popular in my party.
One big issue is abortion. I’m pro-life. Perhaps not a true believer – like some. I believe if the mother’s life is in danger or in the case of rape, the mother should have the right to chose. To me it seems as if we’re balancing one life against another in that case.
But, to me, it seems only rational that at the moment of conception, we have life. I think most mothers and fathers (if forced to be honest), would admit that the first time you heard the words (I’m pregnant, You’re pregnant) – we were thinking in terms of a baby, of a human child. I
‘ve never known a woman to look at pregnancy test results and think, I have an embryo. I think most of us were scared out of our wits – even if we were trying to get pregnant and thought -, “Oh my goodness, I’m going to be a mother.”
I think my party (the democratic party) has failed us on this one. How many Martins & Malcolms have we sacrificed? What about our daugthers? The ones we didn’t protect BEFORE they were able to get here and REPRESENT. What percentage of the population would we be now, if we had not bought into the “supposed” solutions offered by Roe versus Wade? I can’t think of any group that truly fits the phrase, “the least of these”, like unborn children. Nope, not black folk, not illegal immigrants, not the disabled, but truly children unable to fend and protect themselves.
These are just my thoughts. Thanks for allowing me to share them. Thanks so much for the articles.
@Yme,
Long before Roe vs. Wade women were aborting pregnancies. (Regardless, if you, and the likes of you, can get Roe vs. Wade overturned, it will not stop women from aborting pregnancies.) In some cultures, a woman knew, would learn, what herbes to take that would induce the uterus to contract and cause her body to miscarry the baby. If the herbes proved unsuccessful, then she would try to find a way to enter her uterus to have the embryo removed. If those methods were unsuccessful, then shortly after the baby’s birth she would kill it–usually by smothering. Often, babies who were born with mental or physical deformities/problems were killed shortly after birth. In some cultures, today, that practice continues, for a such a baby is too much of a burden on the woman, on the family.
Roe vs. Wade was not, is not, about a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion, but a woman’s right to privacy. The right to do with her body what she wishes without the interference of moralizing, holier-than-thou, busy-bodies.
What are the “likes” of me?
I didn’t say Roe versus Wade was the beginning of abortions. The ground swell that arrived with Roe versus Wade lulled us into helping us convince young women around us that life was going to be easier and that they could keep moving…just abort the baby. But, for my friends, life didn’t get easier.
They now have health issues related to abortions, guilt that they can’t shake, and other problems. I have friends that even came clost to having abortions (sitting in the clinic) and changed their minds, who years later, are so thankful they can barely express themselves. Because, they were at such a low point in their lives when they were wrestling with the decision. And,yet, somehow they made it. They don’t how. They don’t really know when…life didn’t get easier, it really did get harder, but in the end they’re grateful.
Women have abortions for many reason (health related) and otherwise. For most, this is one of the toughest decisions they’ll ever face. But, I’m sorry. My issue is with the number of abortions and the effect they have our community (the black community) and black women. If that means I’m interfering. If I means I’m a holier than thou busy body…okay. If it means one more young black woman has the opportunity to later cheer her black sons & daughters and tell them of their combined struggle as the pursue a legacy together…I guess I can live with that.
I now pronounce myself “Yme – Queen of The Interfering, Moralizing, Holier Than Thou Busy Bodies”. I’ll announce my running mate, later this week. I’ll wait until McCain’s speech, though, so I can steal his thunder.
Sorry, for all the typos. I was just thinking, a queen doesn’t need a running mate. I’ll simply use the royal, “We”.
“We” appreciate your article, Gina. I know it wasn’t meant necessarily to stimulate a conversation on abortion, but “We” found it necessary to comment.
(Whew, this royal, “Weing” takes a lot of work!)
I enjoyed your show last night. Thanks for keeping me (darn it) “Us” informed.
Sincerely,
“Yme – Queen of The Interfering, Moralizing, Holier Than Thou Busy Bodies”.
And, ya best believe I’ll be raising taxes.
By the way, Gina. I’m hearing Sarah Palin may be McCain’s VP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin
Wait a minute, aren’t these guys on the same side as the people who assert that Dr. King was a philanderer who loved the white ladies and a communist? So, which is it?
It’s just a big old spoon stirring more crapola. I firmly count it along with the other wingnuttery I’ve seen floating around lately.
I don’t have a problem believing MLK was a republican. After all, it’s just a category of party affiliation.
What I do not believe is that MLK believed what the Republican party seems to support today. Yes, as a pastor, it’s not surprising that he would be pro-life, but I doubt seriously he would be interested in big business, and big tax cuts for big businesses.
Personally, I don’t believe either party truly has my best interests at heart. Many of these people have their own agendas, which is why they’re often millionaires by the time they leave an office which is supposed to be about public “service”.
Instead they get sweet deals that serve only themselves and their true constituents (lobbyists & the special interest groups that yell the loudest, and work the hardest to put them out of office if they don’t perform for them), and if they get a minute… they may vote on something that’s really relevant to the majority of Americans.
The Black Republican Association are obviously not familiar with MLK at all. They need to study more than just what his registration says.
LOL ridiculous.
Someone beat me to it.
The 50’s and 60’s was a transition period for Blacks regarding Party affiliation, voting behavior, etc. They seemed to drift more towards the Dems in the late 60’s-70’s…. spurred by the Civil Rights Act of 64… & the Voting Rights Act the next year. Before that… they took notice of Roosevelt and Truman (with the small gestures they took as President). That may have been the first time that Blacks really started taking notice of the Dems.
The ideals of the two parties seemed to switch… Republicans had been seen as the Party of Progress… while the Democrats (often called the DixieCrats back then for good reason) were more tied to Southern tradition, Conservatism, racial intolerance, racial politics in the South, etc. In Fact, Strom Thurmond started off as a Democrat and was a Southern Segregationist at the time….and later switched to the Republican Party. This switch in Party ideals changed in the late 50’s- 60’s. The Dems would be seen as the Party of Progress…Party for more equality…. (as well as the Party for workers, etc)…. and the Rethugs became the Party of Tradition, racial intolerance, etc. This was one of the most interesting phenomenons in American politics in the last Century.
They (Black RepubliCONS) love to claim MLK when it’s convenient….as in this case.
MLK was a Progressive to the bone. Clear from all of his writings, speeches, and sermons.
All these folks know (and the speech they love to site) is the “I Have A Dream” speech. This actually represented a small slice of King….and it was not even his best speech. Best known, yes… but not his best speech.
I’m annoyed by the way that his life has been condensed to this one speech.
On MLK day I make a point not to listen/watch the constant loops of “I HAve A Dream”…. because it drives me nuts. They have almost successfully turned MLK into a cartoon character…. the safe Black man who fought for Civil Rights. The “I Have a Dream” guy. This is pretty much the lesson that youngsters are taught in most public schools (Black and White).
If the South had won the War, How many Slaves do You think Bill and Hillary Clinton would Own? Certainly MLK.jr
would never been allowed to start a Civil rights movement “God Bless Him!”
Demo-Socialist or better known as Democrats, would still have The Blackas in Cotton fields, Not Major Black Universities STARTED by Republicans.
Name ONE Black American University started by a Democrat.
P.S.
Don’t Drink The Kool-Aid, Not one single Socialist Government has been a Success. It’s The Height of Hypocracy to think that ANY White Southern Democrat,
wouldn’t be Owning Slaves today, IF the Republicans Did’nt Stand in Their WAY!
Peace
I am a proud, Black Democrat was IS voting for Obama this year. He IS Dr. king’s dream and will get America back on track when he’s elected as president. Plus, he is NOT a socialist. He defines ANYONE who calls him that. Those SELLOUTS (yep, I said it) need to shut up!