Comments on: How Many of GOP.com’s “Republican Heroes” Would Be Republicans Today?

By: KayInMaine

KayInMaine — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:41:13 +0000

Are all those people dead on the list? Could be why they were chosen. The GOP is dead.

By: MollyNYC

MollyNYC — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:08:34 +0000

And what does it say about the GOP that they haven’t included any Republican ex-presidents who are still alive?

(Dubya is probably too drunk to notice, but I imagine his dad may feel slighted.)

By: BBFmail

BBFmail — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:36:26 +0000

THE POSTERS HAVE FORGOTTEN TO INCLUDE MLK, SR. AND ML KING JR. AS REPUBLICANS

By Dr. Alveda C. King – Niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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There would have been no law for President Lyndon Johnson to sign in 1964 had it not been for the Republicans breaking the Democrats’ filibuster of the law and pushing to have that landmark legislation enacted. No one batted an eye when President Kennedy opposed the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King. Hardly a ripple of protest was uttered when President Kennedy, through his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy, had Dr. King wiretapped and investigated on suspicion of being a Communist.
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To their eternal shame, the chief opponents of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act were Democrats Senators Sam Ervin, Albert Gore, Sr. and Robert Byrd, a former Klansman. All of the racist Democrats that Dr. King was fighting remained Democrats until the day they died. How can anyone today think that Dr. King, my uncle, would have joined the party of the KKK? There is a law of unexpected outcomes. Who could have predicted that the black exodus from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party in the 1960’s would have also ushered in decades of destruction which continue to plague our communities today?

A Covenant With Life:
Reclaiming MLK’s Legacy
My grandfather, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Sr., or “Daddy
King”, was a Republican
and father of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. who was a
Republican.

–

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the
oppressed.” –Steve Biko

[Modnote: edited to respect the copyrights of the author, link to original text PDF.]

By: Styve

Styve — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:14:31 +0000

When’s Steele going to go?! With his rewriting of history, he is an insult to both Republicans and to African-Americans.

By: dancinfool

dancinfool — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:32:22 +0000

Ellen Foster is a fictional character.

By: wesgpc

wesgpc — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:25:04 +0000

Otto Von Bismark? He started German social insurance system, including health insurance.

Nope, including that radical communist as a GOP great would not be a good idea right now.

By: Blub

Blub — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:10:31 +0000

Jesse Helms? arguably he helped create today’s party by migrating southern Dems to the GOP. Pete Wilson? (of the technocratic wing of Willard Romney and ilk) Ralph Reed? (as Christian Coalition founder) AZ torture sheriff Arpaio? William F Buckley Jr? Emperor Franz Joseph? Czar Alexander? Otto Von Bismark? Senator/Emperor Palpatine?

By: Ann in AZ

Ann in AZ — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:53:49 +0000

Jane has a fresh cross-post available for our enlightenment: “Rahm To Meet Over Combining Senate Bill With Reid Today”

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:53:24 +0000

Indeed it is.

By: OldFatGuy

OldFatGuy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:48:00 +0000

Nice one!

BTW, was that really a picture of the Rushbo??? Man that didn’t look like Rush. Must’ve been before he met teh pain pills.