Hey, why not go whole hog and call him the Second Coming ?
With the lionization of Mandela as being a Saint right now, I’m thinking. If Martin Luther King Jr. lived a natural life, I think people would not see MLK Jr. as a Saint. People would go tired of him as he descented into vocal radicialism. MLK Jr. would proably be shilling for the Occupy Wallstreet movement or demanding Wal-Mart / Fast Food chains to pay its employees $15 an hour.
In fact, if MLK Jr lived, I think the GA would have elected a GOP Governor in the 20th Century. Heck I think the South would have elected GOP politicans on the local level in 1984 instead of 1994.