Talk:Martin Luther King Jr/@comment-27006713-20160112225341

"As the leader of the SCLC, King maintained a policy of not publicly endorsing a U.S. political party or candidate: "I feel someone must remain in the position of non-alignment, so that he can look objectively at both parties and be the conscience of both—not the servant or master of either." [59]  In a 1958 interview, he expressed his view that neither party was perfect, saying, "I don't think the Republican party is a party full of the almighty God nor is the Democratic party. They both have weaknesses ... And I'm not inextricably bound to either party." [60]  King did praise Democratic Senator  Paul Douglas of Illinois as being the "greatest of all senators" because of his fierce advocacy for civil rights causes over the years. [61]"

How he's even considered a liberal is beyond me. In reality he took no sides, and he voted for politicians from both sides.