Anybody know anything about Alveda King, niece of MLK, to appear with Glenn Beck

[ProgressiveEconomist]

at his DC extravaganza on Saturday?

Looking to see whether Fox "News" was covering the NYC Muslim cabbie stabbiing (no so far), I get only my second look ever at Glenn Beck's show. Alveda King was the guest, on a remarkable show with the Lincolm Memorial as the "faux" backdrop.

Is Alveda King a mental patient?

[mmonk]

1. .

:spray:

Sorry.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. Religious nutjob.

She fell VERY far from the MLK tree.

[NMMNG]

3. No surprise....they seem to be of like minds

Dr. Alveda King – the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., – explains why she's speaking at the Glenn Beck 8/28 rally in Washington this Saturday.

Such a shame that apple fell so far from the tree.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

4. Thanks for that link. I see--she is PAID by the ultra-right to try to hijack her

uncle MLK's legacy--that is her JOB.

"abortion is the greatest violation of civil rights in our day....
Dr Alveda King is the director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life"

[ProgressiveEconomist]

16. And she's not the only one. Remember Niger Innis, head of the 'Congress of Racial

Equality (CORE)?

Forty-some years ago , CORE was a legitimate civil rights organization, one of the most respected. Later, Niger's dad Roy took it over, turned it into a Republican-funded street hustle, and handed it down to his son Niger.

Niger Innis's most recent payday was an event at the National Press Club to deny accusations of racism against the Tea Party. See http://www.maletphoto.com/Politics/Black-Tea-Party-Conservatives/13210148_LdPNs/1/958997709_i9Wp4 .

[SoCalNative]

5. Homophobe

doesn't believe gay people deserve civil rights

[pinboy3niner]

10. Exactly--she was on the anti-gay NOM bus tour this summer

She sold out to the wingnuts long before Beck dreamed of co-opting MLK's dream.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

11. I wonder what the rest of the King family--especially MLK's children--have had to say

about her.

Isn't there a MLK III? How can a mere niece presume to speak for the family? Especially when she's getting paid to twist the family legacy into support for hateful ultraright policies?

[pinboy3niner]

13. There is an MLK III

A story at MSNBC quoted him on the Beck stunt:

Sharpton's National Action Network planned a "Reclaim the Dream" rally featuring Education Secretary Arne Duncan, National Urban League president Marc Morial and Martin Luther King III.

In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, King said of Beck's event that it's "commendable that this rally will honor the brave men and women of our armed forces who serve our country with phenomenal dedication." But he also said it was clear the organizers were invoking his father's work.

"My father championed free speech. He would be the first to say that those participating in Beck's rally have the right to express their views," King wrote Wednesday. "But his dream rejected hateful rhetoric and all forms of bigotry or discrimination, whether directed at race, faith, nationality, sexual orientation or political beliefs."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38860630/ns/politics/


I haven't looked up his op-ed piece yet, but that's something I'm interested in seeing now. Thanks for raising the question.

:hi:

[zbdent]

20. I remember, a while back, some indirect relative of Jr. was saying he'd be a Republican

today ...

and I thought then ... I wonder what someone who actually was around him (read: son or daughter) for more than just a day every year or so might have thought about MLKJr. being a "Republican" ...

[librechik]

6. Ah, that almost explains some moronic wingnut's claim that Coretta Scott King would attend

yesterday on the Stephanie Miller Show. Needless to say the wingnut got laughed off the air.

[elehhhhna]

7. If she appears with him we'll know she's an asshole.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

8. Her own words already tell us what she is--see the LINK in post #3 above

[mitchum]

9. It beats working for a living

[JerseygirlCT]

12. I'd guess the daughter of that one daughter of King's

who is a right-wing, ultra-conservative bigot. Sad, very sad.

[cynatnite]

14. Yeah, she called gay marriage genocide...

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2010/08/niece-of-martin-luther-king-calls-gay-marriage-genocide-at-nom-rally/

If she's not a mental patient...she ought to be.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

15. Alveda King's/Fr Frank Pavone's non-sequitur civil rights replay: 'Pro-Life Freedom Rides'?

http://www.priestsforlife.org/action/pro-life-freedom-rides.htm

[classysassy]

17. The professional Uncle Toms

and the brain dead Toms.The professional Tom smile and tap dance for money,the old Toms do the same but it is a reflect action.

[political_Dem]

18. She's a fool and not worthy of the family name, let alone its legacy.

[NYC Liberal]

19. MLK's *niece* is a right-winger? Fine, the son of their hero Ronald Reagan is a liberal

who spoke at the Dem convention in 2004, and supported Obama this past election. What's up, right-wingers? :rofl:

[alp227]

21. She used to be a Democratic politician in Georgia

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/why-alveda-king-perfect-glenn-becks-rally

She's a phony who loves to pimp out her honorary doctorate as a real one. She's more in the camp of Clarence Thomas and Star Parker than any of the black real civil rights leaders or intellectuals.