I didn't know they were running for president. I must keep on top of these things.
Nevermind, bro. Either you missed my point or don't really care to understand what I'm saying. It's all good.
In ref to the cartoon, of course Dr King would have supported Obama for reason not to do with race, and one can only assume anyone who feels otherwise is not familiar with the words and teachings of Dr. King.
Apart from McCain's use of racist slurs, admitted hatred of people and history of adultery that we can assume a man like King would overlook, there would be 2 main issues.
Nonviolence was a huge premise of his, he strongly opposed the Vietnam War, and other aspects of US foreign policy that are far more closely aligned with the singer of "bomb bomb bomb Iran". That alone would have put him with Obama as far as his stance on Iraq.
A quote of his I always liked: "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death". He spoke on that issue many times, in great detail. He would be closely aligned with Obama on that.
His work for the civil rights struggle overshadows all his other work, most of which inherently ties in with Obama's platform - antiwar, less gov spending on wars and more on people.
I understand the point you're making, CQ. And I appreciate you sharing your thoughts.
Being that Dr. King, Jr. was an excellent example of anti-violence, he never went to the lengths with which we see today from those who oppose the war. Though he opposed the Vietnam war, he certainly didn't publicly desecrate the good name of the soldiers who were in that battle like we see today even amongst the media, i.e., he wouldn't be comparing our soldiers or our president with the likes of Hitler or Stalin. He definitely wasn't standing with tie-dyed shirt wearing, pot-smoking, "if it feels good do it" or "make love, not war" sign-holding citizens.
It's funny that you mentioned the quote from Dr. King, Jr. the social programs he fought for are
FAR MORE DIFFERENT than the issues that the much beloved Sen. Obama fights for today. The people Sen. Obama wants to "fight" for are organizations like Planned Parenthood. Are you saying Dr. King, Jr. would have admonished the fight against putting an end to abortions? He wouldn't be outraged at what is closing in on 50 MILLION abortions? You're telling me that Dr. Martin Luther King would have been behind the so-called "civil-rights" of homosexuals just as he was for blacks who were once thought not even to be fully human? And the government spending that Dr. King, Jr. would have been a strong advocate for are the very faith-based programs that liberals despise so much. He wouldn't have fought to continue with federally-funded art programs where the exhibits display a painting of Christ Jesus covered with cow crap all over His body. Nor would he be an advocate for seeing an aborted baby (or what some like to refer to as a "fetus" as if that makes the heartbeat that can be seen as early as 6-8 weeks less of a human being) in a jar of fluid where that's supposed to be art. Those who will vote for Barack Obama would not have wanted anything to do with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
All that being said, the uproar about Barack Obama is more about the fact that we could have our first "black" president. To hell with the issues. That's the point I'm making about the cartoon. The things Obama advocates now are NOT the issues Dr. King would be fighting for. But if you do want to make it about the issues, I think it's fair to say that Barack Obama represents the time that most of his liberal-minded followers want to get back to, which would be the Woodstock days...A time that I believe to be the beginning of our moral demise as a country.
