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In reply to the discussion: "Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican" [View all]AspenRose
(14,916 posts)27. LOL
Yeah, all (black) Democrats are communist somehow
So they can't have it both ways!
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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