Martin Luther King: a Christian and a Republican

[paperview]

"If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."
— John F. Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)

 

[Zona]

But but but......




Democrat have perverted exploited and destroyed the black family.

and he would be kicked out of the republican party of today in a heart beat. Hell Regan would be as well. It really makes a person look like an idiot when they compare the republican party of then to now. It really does. Either you are a liar or are igonorant. The choice is yours.

 

[rightwinger]

I thought Hoover called him a communist, then the Kennedy's approved wiretapping him. Weren't they both Democrats?

Christian republicans, back in the mid 1800s, worked to free the slaves

who were opposed by Christian conservatives democrats

after the war conservative Christian southerners made life a living hell for blacks in the south

Christian conservative southerners hung and burned many negroes

in the 50's and 60's ACLU LIBERALS worked to help blacks achieve equality

many ACLU LIBERALS were beaten and killed by southern conservative Christians

conservative Christian hoover thought king was a communist

democratic liberal christian kennedy worked to help blacks achieve equality

and were opposed by conservative christian republicans

today conservative christian republicans call blacks; nig-rs, useless, freeloaders, stupid, inferior

while liberal christian democrats work to help them become more productive and successful in life

First thing is - President Kennedy was not a liberal, he was a conservative. Remember - "Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country"

Second - Liberal christian Democrats has not helped them become more productive and successful. Welfare has destroyed their family unit and has created drug wars and gangs. Welfare has taken away their hopes and dreams for a future.
Thank you Rev. Jackson and Rev. Sharpton, you should be ashamed of yourselves, making yourselves rich and famous while destroying and enslaving the black community.

Love this post

Shows what morons Conservatives are in thinking they are the only ones who believe in serving their country....Too much Rush Limbaugh will do that to you. And we all know how he served his country

 

[Sallow]

I thought Hoover called him a communist, then the Kennedy's approved wiretapping him. Weren't they both Democrats?

Christian republicans, back in the mid 1800s, worked to free the slaves

who were opposed by Christian conservatives democrats

after the war conservative Christian southerners made life a living hell for blacks in the south

Christian conservative southerners hung and burned many negroes

in the 50's and 60's ACLU LIBERALS worked to help blacks achieve equality

many ACLU LIBERALS were beaten and killed by southern conservative Christians

conservative Christian hoover thought king was a communist

democratic liberal christian kennedy worked to help blacks achieve equality

and were opposed by conservative christian republicans

today conservative christian republicans call blacks; nig-rs, useless, freeloaders, stupid, inferior

while liberal christian democrats work to help them become more productive and successful in life

First thing is - President Kennedy was not a liberal, he was a conservative. Remember - "Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country"

Second - Liberal christian Democrats has not helped them become more productive and successful. Welfare has destroyed their family unit and has created drug wars and gangs. Welfare has taken away their hopes and dreams for a future.
Thank you Rev. Jackson and Rev. Sharpton, you should be ashamed of yourselves, making yourselves rich and famous while destroying and enslaving the black community.

Kennedy was a dyed in the wool Liberal. You conservatives crack me up.

In fact..you conservatives were calling him a Commie Catholic Manchurian Candidate taking orders from the Pope.

If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal." Acceptance of the New York Liberal Party nomination (14 September 1960)

Pick a fucking history book every once in a while.

2 huge mistakes in the same thread. To much.

 

[peach174]

For those of you who think President Kennedy was a liberal, were you alive at the time he was President?
I was, and he was a conservative Democrat. His brothers were liberals.
President Kennedy wanted lower taxes, he believed in people helping out in the government (Peace Corp)
Quotes;
John F. Kennedy on taxes

The same was so for Martin Luther King he did not support welfare for the poor.

And I do not listen to Rush Limbaugh.
I am a conservative Dem just like President Kennedy was . Some government programs but lower taxes. Back then if you wanted to have lower taxes and believed that it stimulated the economy, you were a conservative Dem.

 

[rightwinger]

For those of you who think President Kennedy was a liberal, were you alive at the time he was President?
I was, and he was a conservative Democrat. His brothers were liberals.
President Kennedy wanted lower taxes, he believed in people helping out in the government (Peace Corp)
Quotes;
John F. Kennedy on taxes

The same was so for Martin Luther King he did not support welfare for the poor.

And I do not listen to Rush Limbaugh.
I am a conservative Dem just like President Kennedy was . Some government programs but lower taxes. Back then if you wanted to have lower taxes and believed that it stimulated the economy, you were a conservative Dem.

Can you show me where Liberals don't believe in serving your country?

Do you understand the difference between fiscal and social conservatives?

If you were alive back then, who was the Liberal candidate for President in 1960?

 

[paperview]

For those of you who think President Kennedy was a liberal, were you alive at the time he was President?
I was, and he was a conservative Democrat. His brothers were liberals.
President Kennedy wanted lower taxes, he believed in people helping out in the government (Peace Corp)
Quotes;
John F. Kennedy on taxes

The same was so for Martin Luther King he did not support welfare for the poor.

And I do not listen to Rush Limbaugh.
I am a conservative Dem just like President Kennedy was . Some government programs but lower taxes. Back then if you wanted to have lower taxes and believed that it stimulated the economy, you were a conservative Dem.

Cut the shit. He PROUDLY called himself a liberal - and MLK Jr was an advocate of a guaranteed income, he even argued in favor or reparations. He was deemed a socialist by most conservatives at the time (and even a communist by some).

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[rightwinger]

The Kennedys did approve wiretapping him.




[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.#Allegations_of_Communist_connections]Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


As for Hoover being a Republican, so what if he was? the Democrats where the anti civil rights group back then, even if they forget that now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.#cite_note-Church-159

You are unable to tell the difference between a Democrat and a Republican vs a Liberal and a Conservative. It is easy now....not so easy then

Fact is ALL Southern Democrats AND Republicans opposed Civil Rights

First of all not all southerners were against civil rights-and not all white southerners were.

Second of all you posted this in a thread about MLK? Where do you think he was from? Vermont?

First of all....if you wanted to get elected to any office you were against Civil Rights

Second, King was from Georgia and lived in Alabama and they arrested him for fighting for his Civil Rights......this would not have happened in Vermont

 

[kiwiman127]

But but but......




Democrat have perverted exploited and destroyed the black family.

and he would be kicked out of the republican party of today in a heart beat. Hell Regan would be as well. It really makes a person look like an idiot when they compare the republican party of then to now. It really does. Either you are a liar or are igonorant. The choice is yours.

And that crazed conservative of the 60's Barry Goldwater wouldn't pass the current far right litmus test per his own children,,,that's how far right the far right is now,,very close to being fanatic.
And the far right wishes for another Reagan. Reagan, as governor of California passed the most liberal amnesty program for illegals ever. These folks just don't realize exactly how far, far, far, far right they really are. They think they are main stream!
Bring back the real conservatives ala the RINOs.

 

[peach174]

I don't see where cutting 2.6 cents to every dollar is being a fanatic.
Dems wanted to cut by less than 1 cent. That is being a fanatic.
And paperview - since when was lower taxes a liberal viewpoint?

 

[paperview]

Hey Peachy: Since when are social issues no longer a part of what defines conservative or liberal?

 

[rightwinger]

JFK was the Liberal Party candidate in 1960. His opponent, Richard Nixon, would be called a RINO by today's standards

 

[peach174]

Tell me when Liberals were for lower taxes ever?

 

[rightwinger]

Tell me when Liberals were for lower taxes ever?

Obama lowered taxes...it's a fact

 

[peach174]

He wasn't, he was forced to. His view is to tax the rich.

 

[rightwinger]

He wasn't, he was forced to. His view is to tax the rich.

Forced by whom? Dems controlled the House and Senate

The Economic Stimulus was 42% tax cuts. That's over $300 billion in tax cuts. EVERY Republican voted against it

Does that make Obama a Conservative?

 

[peach174]

It was a temporary tax cut with the rich being taxed more in outlying years.
Repubs took the very stand that President Kennedy took, that lower taxes for all stimulated the economy.

 

[rightwinger]

Obama lowered taxes= Conservative

 

[peach174]

No - Tax the rich in the future = liberal

 

[rightwinger]

No - Tax the rich in the future = liberal

"tell me when liberals were for lower taxes, ever"

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