We'll Never Know

I don't agree with Martin Luther King III on the voting habits of his father. He was only ten years old when his father died. I'm sure he wasn't paying much attention to how his father voted then. I'm more inclined to believe his older cousin Alveeda King. When she says MLK was a Republican like his father and her grandfather. She was actually around and involved in the demonstrations her uncle organized.

But I don't agree with the way his King's legacy is being exploited in this manner. Charlotte Bergman is a Tea party candidate. More in the vein of a Herman Cain. I would like to see her do something in the community other than run for congress. She is no more prepared for the office than she was the last time she ran. With all the changes that have taken place in the 9th district in the last two years. She has been virtually silent. We should have heard her name in something before now.

I hope this isn't just another way to try and keep the dream alive. I don't want this to end up being like Joe Louis boxing in circus sideshows just for the money. The erecting of the national monument sort of swept the legs from beneath all the other projects in his honor. The " Center for Social Change" was struggling anyway. This question about MLK's party affiliation could have best been answered by his widow Coretta Scott King. But after she endorsed same-sex marriage, her opinions weren't sought or trusted much as representative of her late husband anymore. That being the case. I guess we'll never really know. Does it even matter?

http://www.politifact.com/tennessee/statements/2012/jan/23/charlotte-bergmann/another-republican-claims-martin-luther-king-jr-wa/