MLK Jr was a Republican, before he was a Democrat

Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally was supposed to transcend political parties and even politics itself. It did just that. Yet, the left wing media hate machine and apparatchik bloggers didn't see it that way; they saw it as an insult to Dr. Martin Luther King's historic speech and many seen it as "stealing" something they think is theirs by right.

To this day, Al Sharpton, who seems to think he's MLK Jr's torchbearer, still gets it wrong:



I wasn't born during MLK Jr's time. However, I can read and comprehend the English language.

Martin Luther King Jr wouldn't have agreed with any of Sharpton's comments. As a matter of fact, Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican before he was compelled to become a democrat. Spreading the wealth around is not a Republican tenet, as it is with democrats who believes in the four S's: slavery, secession, segregation and socialism.

The Republican Party was created in 1854 as the anti slavery party, who's platform was freedom and civil rights for blacks. In 1957, Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican, introduced the first Civil Rights legislation that was shot down by Lynden B. Johnson and then Senator John Kennedy, both democrats. It was attempted again in 1964, which was thwarted by Al Gore Sr and it's noteworthy to add that President Kennedy was opposed to MLK Jr's march in 1963, which was organized by A. Phillip Randolph, who was a black Republican. The 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed because the Republican Party pushed it through.

In March of 1968, KKK member and kleagle, Senator Robert Byrd referred to MLK Jr as a "trouble maker who starts trouble, but runs like a coward after trouble is ignited." On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

• It was the Republican Party that added the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.


• It was the Republican Party that passed the civil rights laws of the 1860s


• It was the Republican Party that passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866


• It was the Republican Party that passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867


• It was the Republican Party that passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964


• It was the Republican Party that started the NAACP and affirmative action with Republican President Richard Nixon's 1969 Philadelphia Plan

As for affirmative action, it was started by Richard Nixon to counter the harm and damage being caused to blacks when democrat President Woodrow Wilson, a racist, democrat progressive in 1912 removed ALL blacks out of federal government jobs.

During the presidential campaign in 1964, Barry Goldwater wanted to force the democrats in the South to stop passing discriminatory laws and thus end the need to continuously enact federal civil rights legislation. So, those in the left wing media need to be reminded that LBJ's State of the Union Address on January 4, 1965 talked of an enormous amount of federal action on many issues, but, only devoted 35 words to the civil rights movement.

Then towards the end of LBJ's term, he referred to MLK Jr. as a "nigger preacher" when he protested against the Vietnam War.

Remember Trent Lott's remarks about Strom Thurmond (R-SC)? Recall the outcry from democrats after he made them? Isn't it a bit hypocritical of democrats to forget that Thurmond never wore white sheets and a pointy hat, like Robert Byrd did?

Both political parties have been infiltrated by progressives. In their perverted world view, they need to keep giving handouts to minorities to maintain control; all one has to do is count the numerous federal programs that give entitlements to blacks and other minorities, which keeps them coming back for more much like a drug addict looking for their next fix.

Democrats have been running the inner cities for the better part of 35 years. Since LBJ's "War on poverty", $7 trillion has been spent with little, if any measurable impact, yet they continue to blame Republicans for the problems. Since 2006, democrats have had control of both houses of Congress, yet whine like pouting children when they claim that Republicans are keeping more entitlement or tax busting bills from being passed. Here's a news flash:

Democrats don't need Republican support, the democrats have majorities in both houses and can pass their bills without their support.

Why did Martin Luther King Jr. flip sides?

Mrs. Coretta Scott King urged Nixon, who voted for the Civil Rights Act, to help her husband when he was facing jail time. Nixon didn't respond, but Kennedy did and subsequently brought it to the attention of the nation.

Coretta Scott King was pregnant at the time and was very grateful for Kennedy's intervention, urging black voters to cast previously Republican votes for Senator Kennedy even though Kennedy had voted against the 1957 Civil Rights Law.

So, it shouldn't come as a shock that many blacks, particularly Martin Luther King Jr. were Republicans during the sixties.