Richard Nixon|versus Martin Luther King Versus George Wallace

[ask_not]

In 1968 Richard nixon gets republican nomination . However, the democrats nominate  martin luthor king who picks Governor tery sanford a shis running mate, Geroge wallace  picks  someone esle othe rthen curtis lemmay as his running mate. Spiro Agnew is tstill nixons running mate.

[tmthforu94]

[MadmanMotley]

You know, besides the face MLK Jr. was a Republican....

[Pessimistic Antineutrino]

You know, besides the face MLK Jr. was a Republican....

...and that fact that MLK Jr. refused to endorse any political candidate or get involved with electoral politics.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yeah, even if for some reason MLK did enter the 1968 race it would be as a third party, not as a Democrat.  Heck there were still some Deep South state Democratic parties hostile to voting rights in 1968.  In those states, the Democratic Party might well have put Wallace on their ballot.

Indeed if you want a three-way matchup between Nixon, Wallace, and King, it needs to be:
Nixon (R)
Wallace (D)
King (I)

[Peter the Lefty]

You know, besides the face MLK Jr. was a Republican....

Or that he lead the Poor People's Campaign, openly criticized capitalism, opposed the Vietnam War, supported a guaranteed income, and had Bayard Rustin, John Lewis, A. Phillip Randolph, and Jesse Jackson all in his inner circle.  He also admitted in the 50's that while he was undecided between Stevenson and Ike, he'd usually voted for the Democratic ticket.  

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

You know, besides the face MLK Jr. was a Republican....

...And a damned commie.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

You know, besides the face MLK Jr. was a Republican....

...And a damned commie.

That was back when it was possible to be both a commie and a Republican like Nelson Rockefeller was.

[AmericanforAmerica]

You know, besides the face MLK Jr. was a Republican....

...And a damned commie.

That was back when it was possible to be both a commie and a Republican like Nelson Rockefeller was.

Rockefeller wasn't a commie.

[barfbag]

He was a Republican. Hmm the Democrats are silent.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

So we have a progressive republican in Nixon vs a racist piece of trash in Wallace vs a Pastor who fought tirelessly for equality under God's terms. If King reached out to Goldwater/Reagan and the libertarian conservatives I vote for King. If not I write in Reagan/King.