Comments on: Name That African-American Republican http://bobmccarty.com/2008/08/28/name-that-african-american-republican/ Humor, Politics, Culture & Capitalism @BobMcCarty Sat, 19 May 2012 01:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: avery http://bobmccarty.com/2008/08/28/name-that-african-american-republican/comment-page-1/#comment-7162 avery Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:56:13 +0000 http://bobmccarty.com/?p=5538#comment-7162 i know. i read the article last week. the date in the article references the 1950's. but you have to admit, even if it's literally true, to make that claim as if the political parties today are identical to their namesakes in the middle of the 20th century is intellectually dishonest. claiming king for a republican, as if his party affiliation would not have been a reaction to the dixiecrats is the worst kind of bait-and-switch. and i'm aware that you're not the one who originally made the claim, but truth is bigger than historical veracity. alveda king argues based on a single issue, which has warped her sense of perspective. again, dr. king may have literally been a republican, but to conflate 1955-down-south 'republican' with 2008 republican is to commit intellectual fraud. that's all i'm saying. i know. i read the article last week. the date in the article references the 1950′s. but you have to admit, even if it’s literally true, to make that claim as if the political parties today are identical to their namesakes in the middle of the 20th century is intellectually dishonest. claiming king for a republican, as if his party affiliation would not have been a reaction to the dixiecrats is the worst kind of bait-and-switch.

and i’m aware that you’re not the one who originally made the claim, but truth is bigger than historical veracity. alveda king argues based on a single issue, which has warped her sense of perspective. again, dr. king may have literally been a republican, but to conflate 1955-down-south ‘republican’ with 2008 republican is to commit intellectual fraud. that’s all i’m saying.

]]> By: hotoffthepress2 http://bobmccarty.com/2008/08/28/name-that-african-american-republican/comment-page-1/#comment-7142 hotoffthepress2 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:56:04 +0000 http://bobmccarty.com/?p=5538#comment-7142 avery -- I'm only offering what Dr. Alveda C. King wrote about her grandfather. Why don't you ask her if you don't believe it? Geesh! avery — I’m only offering what Dr. Alveda C. King wrote about her grandfather. Why don’t you ask her if you don’t believe it? Geesh!

]]> By: avery http://bobmccarty.com/2008/08/28/name-that-african-american-republican/comment-page-1/#comment-7140 avery Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:20:59 +0000 http://bobmccarty.com/?p=5538#comment-7140 so your contention is that king would have been a member of the nixon/goldwater republicans? really? if you actually read the whole article, the only time frame specified is in the 1950's, certainly not the 60's, and definitely not by the time of his assassination. unless you believe that 'poor people's march' dr. king would have been at the convention with 'southern strategy' nixon. so your contention is that king would have been a member of the nixon/goldwater republicans? really?

if you actually read the whole article, the only time frame specified is in the 1950′s, certainly not the 60′s, and definitely not by the time of his assassination.

unless you believe that ‘poor people’s march’ dr. king would have been at the convention with ‘southern strategy’ nixon.

]]> By: The Party of King: The Republican Party « Old Ford Road http://bobmccarty.com/2008/08/28/name-that-african-american-republican/comment-page-1/#comment-7017 The Party of King: The Republican Party « Old Ford Road Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:59:30 +0000 http://bobmccarty.com/?p=5538#comment-7017 [...] Hat Tip Bob McCarty. [...] [...] Hat Tip Bob McCarty. [...]

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