Monday, January 19th, 2009, we will celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and in remembrance and honor to Dr. King, a great man, I find it necessary to expose a major misconception. Many will be shocked to learn, since this hasn't traditionally been taught in the liberal dominated public schools and left-wing media, that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a conservative REPUBLICAN! In fact, Dr. King is considered, along with Abraham Lincoln who fought to free blacks from slavery, as one of the greatest Republicans in all of history.
When one really studies history, instead of listening to politicians, this revelation shouldn't be all that shocking. After all, the Republican Party was founded in 1854 as the "anti-slavery" party, and fought to abolish slavery, as well as passed:
The 13th Amendment (granted freedom)
The 14th Amendment (citizenship)
The 15th Amendment (right to vote)
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Reconstruction Act of 1867
Republicans even started the NAACP (on Lincoln's 100th birthday in 1909)! And, for extra credit, can you name the President that began affirmative action? The Republican, Richard Nixon.
Where were the Democrats during the freeing of the blacks and the civil rights movement? They were starting such wonderful organizations as the Ku Klux Klan, who had as an officer of the black, racist lynch mob, none other than Robert Byrd. How did the Democrats punish Byrd? They made Byrd the longest serving member in U. S. Senate history. And where was the outrage when Christopher Dodd, a fellow Democrat Senator, glorified Byrd (nicknamed "Sheets," by his political opponents, for obvious reasons), as someone who would have been a great senator for any moment, including the "Civil War." Well, I guess we know what side of the war Senator Byrd would have been on. What did the Democrats nickname Senator KKK Byrd, "The Conscience of the Senate!"
The Democrats enacting the "Jim Crow" laws and, in fact, the Democrats fought to prevent the passing of every single piece of civil rights legislation from 1860 through the 1960's.
It was Republican President Dwight Eisenhower who pushed for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It was also Ike who sent troops to Arkansas to desegregate schools. Democrats supported segregation in the nation's schools. And, in 1958, Ike established the permanent Civil Rights Commission, which had been rejected by prior Democrat presidents, including that of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Even though FDR received the majority of black votes, it was he who banned black newspapers from the military!
Democrat President, Lyndon Johnson, whose war on poverty and "Great Society" promised to eliminate poverty, referred to Dr. King as "that nigger preacher." Democrats have dominated the management of most American inner-cities the past 40 years, and blacks have seen very little, (after trillions of dollars of government programs), if any, improvement in the conditions they suffer from. Many other popular, powerful Democrat leaders were racists and against black rights. Two that come to mind are former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox and former Alabama Governor, George Wallace.
Today, the Democrat party has fought to keep blacks dependent on the federal government for assistance, hence securing their votes, and in the meantime keeping them poor and powerless. Democrats even oppose school choice, which would give blacks access to the same private educations that the elitists in Washington D.C. enjoy for their children. Does anyone honestly believe that blacks wouldn't be better served by having access to the better educations available outside the monopolistic public school system? If the public school system is so wonderful, then why did Barack Obama enroll his daughters in private school? Shouldn't all blacks have that opportunity?
Another famous Democrat (not popular to criticize), who along with his brother, had Dr. King wiretapped and investigated, in an attempt to undermine him, was John F. Kennedy through his brother (Attorney General, Robert Kennedy).
Throughout its history, despite empty accusations to the contrary by their opponents, the Republican party has always championed equality and empowerment of blacks.
This Monday, when we are all thinking about the color-blind society that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned, we can thank another Republican who made Dr. King's birthday a national holiday -- Ronald Reagan.
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