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He was... S_E_Fudd Oct 2012 #1
If MLK was alive today..... Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2012 #2
The Republican Party of the 1960s is not the Republican Party of today cherish44 Oct 2012 #3
I agree txdemsftw Oct 2012 #5
Yep! Need to be sure that message comes thru loud and clear to the people patricia92243 Oct 2012 #8
Barry Goldwater, anyone? The 1968 Conventions? Remove the rose-colored glasses. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #14
A correction on your logic. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #47
Abraham Lincoln was a republican lpbk2713 Oct 2012 #4
it is totally irrelevant to 2012. things were different back then graham4anything Oct 2012 #6
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
If so, it was before the racist Dixiecrats joined the GOP deutsey Oct 2012 #10
We didn't leave the Republican Party, the Republican Party left us. nt MrScorpio Oct 2012 #11
African-Americans in the Jim Crow South were ALL Republicans in the '50's. Zen Democrat Oct 2012 #12
This ^ sadbear Oct 2012 #18
The republican sheep have no sense of history justiceischeap Oct 2012 #13
It PROBABLY has to do with the economy, Civil Rights, and equality. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #16
Which ties into economy, civil rights & equality. nt justiceischeap Oct 2012 #20
Big whoop. So were my parents and grandparents, but the modern GOP LeftinOH Oct 2012 #15
Hmm.. txdemsftw Oct 2012 #17
At that time EC Oct 2012 #21
He wouldn't have been killed by a hired gunman Risen Demon Oct 2012 #22
Well I guess Republicans are Communists then because they keep telling me MLK was a commie. denverbill Oct 2012 #23
LOL AspenRose Oct 2012 #27
MLK was against the Vietnam War. AspenRose Oct 2012 #25
sigh hiphopnation Oct 2012 #26
The backlash you mentioned is good indication of how intelligent the readers of these billboards are We People Oct 2012 #28
You are correct Risen Demon Oct 2012 #32
If republicans were straight and honest, they would say today, fuck the racists in their party, bluestate10 Oct 2012 #46
Jack Kennedy called Mrs. King. (Richard Nixon did not.) Octafish Oct 2012 #29
And politifact sez--False Maeve Oct 2012 #30
He was, then the Dems went to the Republican Party nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #31
Shame on them for trying to con people like this, CheapShotArtist Oct 2012 #33
Yeah, so was Lincoln. Iggo Oct 2012 #34
If Martin Luther King belonged to the party of Jesse Helms . . . Jack Rabbit Oct 2012 #36
Jesse Helms and Strom Thurman were democrats at one time. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #42
Reagan was a Democrat. GeorgeGist Oct 2012 #37
I think that is true madokie Oct 2012 #38
They tried this same crap last election cycle standingtall Oct 2012 #39
That MLK was a republican doesn't surprise me. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #40
Strom THurmond, Jesse Helms etc use to be Democrats JI7 Oct 2012 #41
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
The suffragettes were Republican loyalsister Oct 2012 #48
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