Group Founded by Apostle Claver T. Kamau-Imani Erects Billboard in Houston Saying "GOP is the New Black"

Raging Elephants group, founded by Apostle Claver T. Kamau-Imani, who claimed Martin Luther King Jr., was a Republican, says "GOP is the new black."

Is the Grand Ole Party, or the GOP, the new black? Er, I don't think so, but I will say that the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted and many blacks are more conservative than they care to mention. Personally, there are many issues that the Republican Party embraces that I agree with, such as smaller government, more reliance on self, among other things, but the GOP that existed during President George W. Bush's tenure, isn't the one I would give the time of day and some members of the party are border-line racists and are fanning the flames of racial tensions, specifically some of the things said about President Barack Obama -- he's a bigger threat than Al Qaeda, come to mind.

Still, it seems a little strange for the Republican Party to embrace the black vote, since we have a black president in office, who remains quite popular with the black community. There's a new billboard in Houston that seems to think the Republican Party is reaching out to black voters. In other words, the GOP is coming in vogue with black voters. Really? Isn't this the same party whose de facto leader Rush Limbaugh has called the president all kinds of derogatory names?

Well, according to the Raging Elephants, a conservative group devoted to "growing the ranks of conservative voters through racial diversity." The group's Web site states that another such billboard is going up in Dayton, Ohio, according to Raw Story. The group was founded by Apostle Claver T. Kamau-Imani, a senior pastor at the Corinthian Christian Empowerment Center in Houston, Raw Story said.

This is the same group that stated the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, quite opposite of his immediate family's beliefs. Well, let's see what John Boehner and Sen. Mitch McConnell will do for the black community, if they take the majority in the House and Senate next Tuesday.