If Dr. Martin Luther King were alive today how would the Republican Party treat him?

[Tony_FLADEM]

It pisses me off when they cite him and talk about how they hold him in high esteem. John Lewis (D) Georgia is the closest thing we have to Dr. King and to them he is just another Liberal Democrat.

[LaydeeBug]

1. They would call him a socialist traitor coke sniffing spy on the down low. nt

[soryang]

2. The real issue is how would the Democrats treat him

He would be a real inconvenience, especially to their wars and phony health care reform.

[Ardent15]

12. +1

[NoGOPZone]

3. Same way they treated him when he was actually alive. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Ditto. You used the exact same words that went through my mind.

[Solomon]

17. Me too.

[GrantDem]

4. Something like this...

[graywarrior]

5. they'd view him as a black radical connected to black militants

They'd use every statement he ever made and turn it around to make it threatening towards whites. They'd call him a racist. They'd discredit him in every way possible.

[arbusto_baboso]

6. They'd demand to see his "long form" birth certificate.

'Cuz, you know, clearly demanding civil rights is something only a furriner would do...

[T Wolf]

7. They would murder him. Oh. I forgot. They already did. nt

[IndianaJoe]

9. Probably like they treat Al Sharpton. They'd snicker about

his accent and be dismissive of him as an officious intermeddler.

[JerseygirlCT]

10. Oh he'd be just another radical liberal who hates America. nt

[KonaKane]

11. Rush would tell him to "take the bone out of your nose"

like he did to another Black caller earlier in his career.

[The Damned]

13. Like shit! Next!

WTF do you expect from Republicans???

[11 Bravo]

14. The same way J. Edgar Hoover tried to.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. They'd shoot him again.

[Better Believe It]

16. The same way southern Democrats treated King in the south.

Remember the Dixiecrats?

[emulatorloo]

19. That's right -- and they are all Republicans and Teabaggers now.

[Horse with no Name]

18. One of their minions would shoot him

Just like they did back in the 60's.

[Scuba]

20. They would murder him again.

[madokie]

21. Not much of a chance that was going to happen

They would have pulled the trigger themselve, any one of a number of the neoCON's would have. I'm not so sure that J.E. Ray was acting alone anyway.
Dr. King was but a thorn in their side and they weren't going to let that go on much longer. I remember the times well.