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Showing Original Post only (View all)"Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican" [View all]
Just heard on the radio that new billboards are being put up in "Predominately black communities in the Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas areas to stress the important fact that MLK Jr was a Republican so YOU should vote Republican too."
My gosh, they are REALLY reaching and it is laughable. Luckily, there has already been a huge back lash and people are demanding that these billboards be taken down.
Some of these Repukes are really disgusting.
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Barry Goldwater, anyone? The 1968 Conventions? Remove the rose-colored glasses.
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#14
In recent decades the liberal party was not partcularly liberal. It helped elect D'Amato.
libinnyandia
Oct 2012
#19
he's interesting-do you know he stood next to Kristen G. when she was sworn in?
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#24
No. He actually wasn't too bad comared to most of the present GOP senators.
libinnyandia
Oct 2012
#35
this is why they want the shcools to stop teaching about the Civil Rights Movement
Enrique
Oct 2012
#7
We should turn this into a teachable moment, why the South went from Dem to Repug.
reformist2
Oct 2012
#9
African-Americans in the Jim Crow South were ALL Republicans in the '50's.
Zen Democrat
Oct 2012
#12
Well I guess Republicans are Communists then because they keep telling me MLK was a commie.
denverbill
Oct 2012
#23
The backlash you mentioned is good indication of how intelligent the readers of these billboards are
We People
Oct 2012
#28
If republicans were straight and honest, they would say today, fuck the racists in their party,
bluestate10
Oct 2012
#46
LaRouche claims that Edgar Allen Poe and Harriet Tubman were CIA spies for the US Government.
vaberella
Oct 2012
#43
Ever notice how Republican marketing always assumes the voter is a complete moron?
Marr
Oct 2012
#44
do not forget they live in a bubble,when you wear ruby eyeglasses everything is red n\t
-LOKI -BAD FOR YA
Oct 2012
#49
Considering what the Democratic Party in the south was at the time....it's no surprise.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2012
#45