Martin Luther King: a Christian and a Republican

[RachelMadcow]

But but but......




Democrat have perverted exploited and destroyed the black family.

 

[Kalam]

He was also a womanizer.

 

[rightwinger]

I find it odd that when Dr King was alive, the rightwing called him a Communist and a Racist

Now they claim him as one of their own

 

[whitehall]

I find it odd that when Dr King was alive, the rightwing called him a Communist and a Racist

Now they claim him as one of their own

Get it right Ed it was the (democrat) JFK administration that called MLK a communist and illegally tapped his phone and used the power of the FBI to try to put him in prison .

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I find it odd that when Dr King was alive, the rightwing called him a Communist and a Racist

Now they claim him as one of their own

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

 

[Care4all]

I find it odd that when Dr King was alive, the rightwing called him a Communist and a Racist

Now they claim him as one of their own

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

nahhh....

Hoover was a Republican....

and I believe he started surveillance on King in 1957....and yes, he accused him of being a communist.

 

[3DG4life]

But but but......




Democrat have perverted exploited and destroyed the black family.

MLK was also a advocate for socialism..
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Opposition to the Vietnam War]

"Though his public language was guarded, so as to avoid being linked to communism by his political enemies, in private he sometimes spoke of his support for democratic socialism. In one speech, he stated that "something is wrong with capitalism" and claimed, "There must be a better distribution of wealth, and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism."

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I find it odd that when Dr King was alive, the rightwing called him a Communist and a Racist

Now they claim him as one of their own

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

nahhh....

Hoover was a Republican....

and I believe he started surveillance on King in 1957....and yes, he accused him of being a communist.

The Kennedys did approve wiretapping him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for years had been suspicious about potential influence of communists in social movements such as labor unions and civil rights.[156] Hoover directed the FBI to track King in 1957, and the SCLC as it was established (it did not have a full-time executive director until 1960);[46] its investigations were largely superficial until 1962, when it learned that one of King's most trusted advisers was New York City lawyer Stanley Levison. The FBI found Levison had been involved with the Communist Party USA.[157] The FBI had observed his alienation from the Party leadership, but it feared he had taken a low profile in order to work as an "agent of influence" in order to manipulate King, a view it continued to hold despite its own reports in 1963 that Levison had left the Party.[158] Another King lieutenant, Hunter Pitts O'Dell, was also linked to the Communist Party by sworn testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).[159] However, by 1976 the FBI had acknowledged that it had not obtained any evidence that King himself or the SCLC were actually involved with any communist organizations.[160]

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

 

[rightwinger]

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

nahhh....

Hoover was a Republican....

and I believe he started surveillance on King in 1957....and yes, he accused him of being a communist.

The Kennedys did approve wiretapping him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for years had been suspicious about potential influence of communists in social movements such as labor unions and civil rights.[156] Hoover directed the FBI to track King in 1957, and the SCLC as it was established (it did not have a full-time executive director until 1960);[46] its investigations were largely superficial until 1962, when it learned that one of King's most trusted advisers was New York City lawyer Stanley Levison. The FBI found Levison had been involved with the Communist Party USA.[157] The FBI had observed his alienation from the Party leadership, but it feared he had taken a low profile in order to work as an "agent of influence" in order to manipulate King, a view it continued to hold despite its own reports in 1963 that Levison had left the Party.[158] Another King lieutenant, Hunter Pitts O'Dell, was also linked to the Communist Party by sworn testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).[159] However, by 1976 the FBI had acknowledged that it had not obtained any evidence that King himself or the SCLC were actually involved with any communist organizations.[160]

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

 

[konradv]

I find it odd that when Dr King was alive, the rightwing called him a Communist and a Racist

Now they claim him as one of their own

Get it right Ed it was the (democrat) JFK administration that called MLK a communist and illegally tapped his phone and used the power of the FBI to try to put him in prison .

Get your history straight. The JFK administration never sent MLK to prison.

 

[Sallow]

But but but......




Democrat have perverted exploited and destroyed the black family.

Martin Luther King..was a Registered Republican and a Christian.

His son, the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., was not a Republican.

Martin Luther King, Sr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

nahhh....

Hoover was a Republican....

and I believe he started surveillance on King in 1957....and yes, he accused him of being a communist.

The Kennedys did approve wiretapping him.

J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for years had been suspicious about potential influence of communists in social movements such as labor unions and civil rights.[156] Hoover directed the FBI to track King in 1957, and the SCLC as it was established (it did not have a full-time executive director until 1960);[46] its investigations were largely superficial until 1962, when it learned that one of King's most trusted advisers was New York City lawyer Stanley Levison. The FBI found Levison had been involved with the Communist Party USA.[157] The FBI had observed his alienation from the Party leadership, but it feared he had taken a low profile in order to work as an "agent of influence" in order to manipulate King, a view it continued to hold despite its own reports in 1963 that Levison had left the Party.[158] Another King lieutenant, Hunter Pitts O'Dell, was also linked to the Communist Party by sworn testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).[159] However, by 1976 the FBI had acknowledged that it had not obtained any evidence that King himself or the SCLC were actually involved with any communist organizations.[160]

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.

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

I thought Republicans were mindless robots that always vote as a bloc.

The point here is that the Democratic Party was against the CRA, even though some Democrats voted for it, and the Republican party was for it, even though some Republicans voted against it. That makes your original statement that Republicans called him a communist and a racist a bit disingenuous, don't you think?

 

[ABikerSailor]

Allegations of Communist connectionsJ. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for years had been suspicious about potential influence of communists in social movements such as labor unions and civil rights.[156] Hoover directed the FBI to track King in 1957, and the SCLC as it was established (it did not have a full-time executive director until 1960);[46] its investigations were largely superficial until 1962, when it learned that one of King's most trusted advisers was New York City lawyer Stanley Levison. The FBI found Levison had been involved with the Communist Party USA.[157] The FBI had observed his alienation from the Party leadership, but it feared he had taken a low profile in order to work as an "agent of influence" in order to manipulate King, a view it continued to hold despite its own reports in 1963 that Levison had left the Party.[158] Another King lieutenant, Hunter Pitts O'Dell, was also linked to the Communist Party by sworn testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).[159] However, by 1976 the FBI had acknowledged that it had not obtained any evidence that King himself or the SCLC were actually involved with any communist organizations.[160]

The Bureau received authorization to proceed with wiretapping from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in the fall of 1963[161] and informed President John F. Kennedy, both of whom unsuccessfully tried to persuade King to dissociate himself from Levison.[162] Although Robert Kennedy only gave written approval for limited wiretapping of King's phones "on a trial basis, for a month or so",[163] Hoover extended the clearance so his men were "unshackled" to look for evidence in any areas of King's life they deemed worthy.[164] The Bureau placed wiretaps on Levison's and King's home and office phones, and bugged King's rooms in hotels as he traveled across the country.[162][165]

For his part, King adamantly denied having any connections to Communism, stating in a 1965 Playboy interview that "there are as many Communists in this freedom movement as there are Eskimos in Florida",[166] and claiming that Hoover was "following the path of appeasement of political powers in the South" and that his concern for communist infiltration of the civil rights movement was meant to "aid and abet the salacious claims of southern racists and the extreme right-wing elements".[160] Hoover did not believe his pledge of innocence and replied by saying that King was "the most notorious liar in the country."[167] After King gave his "I Have A Dream" speech during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, the FBI described King as "the most dangerous and effective Negro leader in the country".[165] In December 1963, FBI officials who were gathered to a special conference alleged that King was "knowingly, willingly and regularly cooperating with and taking guidance from communists" whose long-term strategy was to create a "Negro-labor" coalition detrimental to American security.[168]

The attempt to prove that King was a Communist was related to the feeling of many segregationists that blacks in the South were happy with their lot but had been stirred up by "communists" and "outside agitators".[169] The civil rights movement arose from activism within the black community dating back to before World War I. Levison did have ties with the Communist Party in various business dealings, but the FBI refused to believe its own intelligence bureau reports that Levison was no longer associated in that capacity.[170] In response to the FBI's comments regarding communists directing the civil rights movement, King said that "the Negro revolution is a genuine revolution, born from the same womb that produces all massive social upheavals—the womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable situations."[171]


Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, March 26, 1964.Allegations of adulteryHaving concluded that King was dangerous due to communist infiltration, the focus of the Bureau's investigations shifted to attempting to discredit King through revelations regarding his private life. FBI surveillance of King, some of it since made public, attempted to demonstrate that he also engaged in numerous extramarital affairs.[165] Further remarks on King's lifestyle were made by several prominent officials, such as Lyndon Johnson, who once said that King was a "hypocritical preacher".[172] Ralph Abernathy, a close associate of King's, stated in his 1989 autobiography And the Walls Came Tumbling Down that King had a "weakness for women".[173][174] In a later interview, Abernathy said he only wrote the term "womanizing", and did not specifically say King had extramarital sex.[175] King's biographer David Garrow wrote about a number of extramarital affairs, including one with a woman King saw almost daily. According to Garrow, "that relationship, rather than his marriage, increasingly became the emotional centerpiece of King's life, but it did not eliminate the incidental couplings that were a commonplace of King's travels." King explained his extramarital affairs as "a form of anxiety reduction." Garrow noted that King's promiscuity was the cause of "painful and overwhelming guilt".[176]

The FBI distributed reports regarding such affairs to the executive branch, friendly reporters, potential coalition partners and funding sources of the SCLC, and King's family.[177] The Bureau also sent anonymous letters to King threatening to reveal information if he did not cease his civil rights work.[178] One anonymous letter sent to King just before he received the Nobel Peace Prize read, in part, "The American public, the church organizations that have been helping—Protestants, Catholics and Jews will know you for what you are—an evil beast. So will others who have backed you. You are done. King, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. You have just 34 days in which to do (this exact number has been selected for a specific reason, it has definite practical significant [sic]). You are done. There is but one way out for you. You better take it before your filthy fraudulent self is bared to the nation."[179] King interpreted this as encouragement for him to commit suicide,[180] although William Sullivan, head of the Domestic Intelligence Division at the time, argued that it may have only been intended to "convince Dr. King to resign from the SCLC."[160] King refused to give in to the FBI's threats.[181]

On January 31, 1977, United States district Judge John Lewis Smith, Jr., ordered all known copies of the recorded audiotapes and written transcripts resulting from the FBI's electronic surveillance of King between 1963 and 1968 to be held in the National Archives and sealed from public access until 2027.[182]

Across from the Lorraine Motel, next to the rooming house in which James Earl Ray was staying, was a fire station. Police officers were stationed in the fire station to keep King under surveillance.[183] Using papered-over windows with peepholes cut into them, the agents were watching the scene while Martin Luther King was shot.[184] Immediately following the shooting, officers rushed out of the station to the motel, and Marrell McCollough, an undercover police officer, was the first person to administer first-aid to King.[185] The antagonism between King and the FBI, the lack of an all points bulletin to find the killer, and the police presence nearby have led to speculation that the FBI was involved in the assassination

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hoover started it, Robert Kennedy pursued it, and informed JFK.

 

[JamesInFlorida]

nahhh....

Hoover was a Republican....

and I believe he started surveillance on King in 1957....and yes, he accused him of being a communist.

The Kennedys did approve wiretapping him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for years had been suspicious about potential influence of communists in social movements such as labor unions and civil rights.[156] Hoover directed the FBI to track King in 1957, and the SCLC as it was established (it did not have a full-time executive director until 1960);[46] its investigations were largely superficial until 1962, when it learned that one of King's most trusted advisers was New York City lawyer Stanley Levison. The FBI found Levison had been involved with the Communist Party USA.[157] The FBI had observed his alienation from the Party leadership, but it feared he had taken a low profile in order to work as an "agent of influence" in order to manipulate King, a view it continued to hold despite its own reports in 1963 that Levison had left the Party.[158] Another King lieutenant, Hunter Pitts O'Dell, was also linked to the Communist Party by sworn testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).[159] However, by 1976 the FBI had acknowledged that it had not obtained any evidence that King himself or the SCLC were actually involved with any communist organizations.[160]

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?

 

[paperview]

 

[rikules]

I find it odd that when Dr King was alive, the rightwing called him a Communist and a Racist

Now they claim him as one of their own

I thought Hoover called him a communist, then the Kennedys 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

 

[paperview]

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.

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?

Pretty sure he was talking about the reps and senators who voted against the CRA.

 

[peach174]

I find it odd that when Dr King was alive, the rightwing called him a Communist and a Racist

Now they claim him as one of their own

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.

 

[rikules]

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.

"First thing is - President Kennedy was not a liberal, he was a conservative."


he was considered liberal by conservatives

we WAS, without any denial, a DEMOCRAT


"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"

you have a very selective brain. I can only assume you are a conservative.

MILLIONS of blacks ARE SUCCESSFUL
blacks are in the military in high positions
blacks are in business in high positions
blacks are in politics in high positions
blacks are hollywood heros and superstars
blacks and whites marry and nobody cares
we evenhave a black pressident

all thanks to LIBERALS and DEMOCRATS

NO THANKS to conservatives

 

[paperview]

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 liberal, and he PROUDLY called himself a liberal.