Posted on 07/14/2009 12:43:50 PM PDT by Abathar
Who knew?
A billboard proclaiming that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican has stirred a religious and political hornets' nest in Houston, where a church leader is trying to draw black voters into the Republican Party.
The jumbo-sized roadside ad made its contentious claim for about a week -- until a local black activist charged that the sign unjustly politicized King's legacy and was hurting his community by telling a "blatant lie."
"Martin Luther King may have very well believed in some of the Christian principles of the Republican Party, but Dr. Martin Luther King was not a Republican or a Democrat," said Quanell X, who heads the New Black Panther Party in Houston.
"Dr. King was bigger than a political party -- he was a humanitarian, and so to attach him exclusively to any party is to devalue his humanitarian global status," he said. "We were insulted ... by the billboard because it was a blatant lie."
King held great sway over black voters and carefully courted both Republicans and Democrats. He never officially endorsed a party or candidate.
But the founder of RagingRepublicans.org, the black conservative group that sponsored the sign, told FOXNews.com that the sign was designed to get blacks to rethink their political affiliation -- about 95 percent of blacks voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential elections -- and that this is just the beginning. He said a radio campaign that focuses on "the destructive nature of liberalism" is forthcoming.
"We think it's imperative that [the GOP] try and attract more people from the communities of color to vote their values -- to vote conservative," said Claver Kamau-Imani, who heads the Corinthian Christian Empowerment Church, a small house church in Houston.
What's more, he said, the sign is accurate.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Do you deface the sign like usual if its MLK they are putting graffiti on, even though it's a Republican backed sign?
“A billboard proclaiming that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican has stirred a religious and political hornets’ nest in Houston, where a church leader is trying to draw black voters into the Republican Party.”
Why would he have been a Democrat? Who do these idiots think he was fighting all those years?
It was not about you or directed to you, Mr. X.
“has stirred a religious and political hornets’ nest”
Good!!
Truth hurts.
I would think he would have to be a Republican since he would have likely been barred from voting in Democrat primaries.
Right - this is all before Jesse Jackson became a race warlord of the Left.
I mean, after all, the Constitution means nothing to liberals...we've known that for years.
Anyway, he is in need of another symbolic beatdown. His brand of hatred gets few supporters around these parts anyways.
Big secret: although he is all things black pride, he is in fact married to an asian woman and tries to hide that fact. You heard it here first.
Hypocrite!
That has GOT to be photoshopped, tell me that isn’t real.
the truth shall set you free.
Wouldn’t want to “politicize” that King legacy...unless you pay his family.
I’m gonna go post that over on Wikipedia right now.
I honestly don’t think Martin Luther King is relevant to the New Blacks of 2009. Martin Luther King wanted the melting pot, mixing and sharing. Modern blacks enjoy being in their own Caucus, and listening to their on Black Entertainment TV. I remember going to Atlanta and being the only lighter person there, and people looked at me strangely like WHAT WAS I DOING THERE. MLK and his ideas are past tense.
Why would he have been a Democrat? Who do these idiots think he was fighting all those years?People forget political parties are fluid. King was a major leftist, moving from civil rights to union and anti-vietnam activism. The union activism was what got him killed.
Funny how that does change things isn’t it?
LOL, yeah, it will stay up there for all of what, 5 seconds? :)
Quannel X...... is he one of the guys who dresses like a bellhop at The Ritz?
good comment, more so the GOP should dig up some old voting records of the southern democrats that constantly voted against civil rights legislation - naming each and everyone of them. They need to show that it was the Republicans who were in favor of this legislature and were fought tooth and nail by the dems.
If they can still support Michael Jackson and OJ Simpson after all that is known about those two notorious and despicable personalities, does anyone believe they will not stay supportive of Barack Hussein Obama? They are easily fooled and tricked, like grade school kids.
Thanks, never thought of looking at snopes for that.
Pretty pathetic, so are the statements of the people listed covering for them.
That company who took the sign down after only 1 week of a it's being up, when it was contracted for a whole month, should refund the rest of RagingRepublicans.org's money! The sign co. broke the contract. They owe RagingRepublicans.org three weeks of either the sign being put back up or two thirds of the money refunded! Dr. King's niece, the Rev. Alveda King is also a very vocal voice and very hard worker against abortion.
Why would he have been a Democrat? Who do these idiots think he was fighting all those years?
People forget political parties are fluid. King was a major leftist, moving from civil rights to union and anti-vietnam activism. The union activism was what got him killed.
Still doesn’t answer the question...the Dims were rabidly against civil rights...
Exactly. I’d set the under/over at 10 minutes before it got yanked. hahahaha
Yep this guy was black and he was tore the roof off the place. I mean this guy nailed dims better than anyone I have heard.
He called the left the party of death and destruction. All they talk about is the ‘children’ and how they need to make it ‘better’ for them while they happily and cheerfully kill 1,000’s every year through abortion. That they promote teenage drug and alcohol abuse, delinquency, etc.
This guy said most blacks, Hispanics and Asians live conservatively but vote left. I think he is right and he wants to change that. Sorry I do not know his name.
As usual, liberals do not want the black community to be “informed” or “educated” with truth....they want to keep their thumb on him...
I once sat at a table across from Q X at a restaurant here in Houston....I was soooooooooo tempted to “accidently” trip and drop HOT soup in his lap.....I have kicked myself a thousand times for not doing it...good little republican I am...hahaha let me see him again...I just want a do over...
Everything in the left’s ideology is in opposition to God’s law and God’s ways.
It is therefore from the enemy of God.
I have a DERAM to ... in fact, 4GB! Tragically, I can only use 3GBish of it since I am using a 32 bit OS. Maybe I’ll take a few mg of DRAEMimine, drive somewhere, and get myself a 64bit OS.
If one checks the record, you’d probably find that Bull Connor was a Democrat.
Wasn’t Al Gore’s daddy a racist and against rights for black folks?
“My, that Mr. Quannel Exlax gentleman certainly gets around. Last time he made national news he was getting run out of Sugarland by supportters of the Bitter Clinger Joe Horn.”
That was Pasadena, not Sugarland...just making the correction because 1.8 miles from my house and I am proud!
“...”The simple fact... the Black Panther Party here... they spooked,” he said.”
Lord have mercy, don’t use the word ‘spook’ when talking about the Black Panthers.
I’m duckin’.
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would not be with the party of Newt Gingrich, he would not be with the party of Sarah Palin, he would not be with the party of Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage or Sean Hannity,” he said.
OK, I know Savage says all kinds of crazy things about all types of people (not sure he considers himself a Republican though), and Rush has made some comments that were spun as “racist” but have Gingrich, Palin or Hannity every said or done anything that could be remotely considered “racist”?
It is sickening how so many assume that if someone is a Conservative, they MUST be racist.
What would MLK Jr. have thought of Jeremiah Wright or of Sonia Sotomayor basically saying people should be judged by their ethnic background rather than their character? Would he have supported the slaughter of tens of millions of unborn black babies?
Sorry but that train has already left the station. As a matter of fact, the leading politicizer got the ball rolling by dabbing his own shirt with Dr. King's blood from the Memphis balcony.
They should put one of Bull Connors and Blacks having dogs and high pressure water hoses turned on them, with the caption.
“Democrats held both the leashes and the hoses!”
Would love to see what reaction it would evoke, probably just disbelief.
Stune-ing!
When was that taken?
Voted against the civil rights act.
While that may be largely true of elitist “leaders”, media celebrities and “community activists”, I’m not so sure that is true of the average black American. I think most probably give little thought to the idea that having “black” - entertainment, caucuses, beauty contests, etc. is racist.
Those things are vestiges of a time when blacks needed to have their own institutions, because they were largely excluded from white ones. Old traditions die hard and the media loves to promote this sort of racism, but I believe in general, the majority of blacks still hold to the MLK “melting pot” vision.
Ahhhhh.
Quanell X
You may remember him from the time a Texas homeowner shot and killed two illegal alien thieves as they existed his neighbor’s home. It was captured on the 911 call.
Quannel and about a half-dozen of his thug buddies showed up at the man’s home, expecting to make a statement.
Unfortunately, over 200 SUPPORTERS of the homeowner were already there.
Quannel and his buddies backed down right quick.
Quannel 10 has a finely developed sense of the theatrical.
Sorry, I had a brain freeze/melt. It's 101 degrees out there and the AC is broke in my car!
And you do have a lot to be proud of. Seeing the videos of quannel and his minion getting run out of town almost brought a tear to my eye. America is not dead quite yet!
I forget the exact url, but Bing (vs Google) “national black republican org” and read their history of Rats blocking Republican civil rights efforts. They also have some excellent statements on the Rats being the party of oppression and dependence.
yes, and so was Jackie Robinson...take THAT!
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