As we have pondered the sober fiftieth anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination I’m struck and infuriated by Right Wing pundits trying to claim that Kennedy was a “conservative”. Yes, he went to the right of Nixon in being anti-Communist as a political move, but the man who could write this:
“If by a “Liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who care about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil right and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicious that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a “Liberal”, then I’m proud to say I’m a “Liberal.”
….was not a conservative.
Neither was MLK, but many in the GOP want to claim that he was & that he was a Republican– though documents state while he never endorsed any politician or party he always voted a “straight Democratic ticket”. This pathetic attempt to poach historical figures from the left is the result of not having any reasonable ideas or leaders & desperately trying to remain relevant in a culture that no longer respects the outdated, dishonest, racist, homophobic, misogynist ideology they actually embody.