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Cynthia McKinney: An American Hero
Cynthia McKinney a few pickles short of an eighth grade sex-ed class, or crazy…like a fox?
FELLOW GEORGIA DEMOCRAT and Senator Zell Miller calls her Oliver Stone conspiracy theories "dangerous and irresponsible," as well as just plain "loony." Her hometown newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, brands her "the most prominent nut" among conspiracy-peddling "nut cases." And fellow African American Democrat and New York Congressman Major Owen, upon hearing her most recent allegations, refused to comment on supporting her reelection. "African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us," she told The Progressive in 1996. But is Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney a few pickles short of an eighth grade sex-ed class, or crazy…like a fox?
Last month the left leaning Congresswoman set off a firestorm of controversy, implying that President Bush envisioned the 9-11 terrorist attacks before they occurred, yet did nothing so friends could profit from a military reaction. "Persons close to this administration are poised to make huge profits off America’s new war," McKinney told a Berkeley radio station. "We know there were numerous warnings of the events to come on September 11. . . . What did this administration know and when did it know it, about the events of September 11? Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered? . . . What do they have to hide?"
But fifth term Congresswoman McKinney isn’t new to controversy. In 1996 she called supporters of her Jewish Republican congressional opponent "holdovers from the Civil War days" and "a ragtag group of neo-Confederates." Even Democrats aren’t safe. "Gore’s Negro tolerance level has never been too high," she said during campaign 2000. "I’ve never known him to have more than one black person around him at any given time."
"After the majority-black district that first elected her to Congress was struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutionally gerrymandered, she lashed out at the court as racist," writes Slate’s Chris Suellentrop. "[McKinney] compared the verdict to Dred Scott, the decision that declared slaves were nothing more than chattel, and Plessy v. Ferguson, which legitimized separate-but-equal American apartheid." After her new white majority district reelected her, "she declared that Georgia’s kaolin industry engineered the case that eliminated her district, as payback for her fights against the industry in Congress." And last month McKinney was still going on record stating that the Republicans stole the 2000 election, something even Gore is over by now.
The War on Terrorism is where McKinney’s mouth really stated to shine. McKinney penned a Washington Post op-ed, writing, "I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard." McKinney tongue-lashed New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for turning down a $10 million donation from a Saudi Arabian prince who declared that U.S. Middle East policies were partly to blame for 9-11. Unlike Democrat Senator Hillary Clinton and Republican Congressman John Sununu, McKinney even refused to return large campaign contributions from Abdurahman Alamoudi, who proudly voiced support for terrorists group Hamas and Hezbollah at an October 2000 White House demonstration. But what does it all mean?
Is McKinney just some harmless partisan loose cannon, or a wily fox? The Southeastern Legal Foundation discovered that between Sept. 11 and Dec. 31, 2001, 100 of the 108 McKinney contributors of more than $100 were identifiably Arab or Middle Eastern. "If we are to give any credence to her baseless [Bush] claims, the American people deserve to know that McKinney's financial 'relationships' - her campaign contributors - are heavily represented by Arab and Middle Eastern-connected individuals, as well as organizations which have expressed sympathy for terrorist organizations," adds Phil Kent, SLF President. "If McKinney's standard of review is 'relationships,' then her 'relationships' - and the influence those relationships have on her actions - must also be investigated."
Human Events finds that "unlike previous election cycles, when she got 20% to 40% of her campaign cash from outside Georgia, McKinney received more than 90% of her itemized individual contributions from outside her state in 2001." The question of whether or not there is method to McKinney’s madness might not be as important as who’s exactly pulling her strings. Throw in McKinney’s seats on the House Armed Services and International Relations Committees, and you have yourself lots of interesting questions.
"During World War II, we had Tokyo Rose sending demoralizing messages to our troops. During Vietnam, we had Hanoi Jane Fonda sending her treasonous messages to our boys in Southeast Asia, while aiming the Communists' cannons at them. And in this War Against Terrorism, we have Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney…Jihad Cindy – to demoralize us and give aid and comfort to the enemy," writes columnist Debbie Schlussel. "McKinney has a strong record of hating America. During the recent U.N. World Conference Against Racism, she attacked the U.S. with the rest of the Arab world (now our ‘moderate’ partners in the ‘Coalition Against Terrorism’) and Third World republics in her push for slavery reparations, saying the White House is ‘just full of latent racists.’"
Cynthia McKinney, paranoid, bigoted and divisive, is one of a growing number of hate-America leftists forming a dangerous fifth column for this nation's most lethal adversaries.
Last month the left leaning Congresswoman set off a firestorm of controversy, implying that President Bush envisioned the 9-11 terrorist attacks before they occurred, yet did nothing so friends could profit from a military reaction. "Persons close to this administration are poised to make huge profits off America’s new war," McKinney told a Berkeley radio station. "We know there were numerous warnings of the events to come on September 11. . . . What did this administration know and when did it know it, about the events of September 11? Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered? . . . What do they have to hide?"
But fifth term Congresswoman McKinney isn’t new to controversy. In 1996 she called supporters of her Jewish Republican congressional opponent "holdovers from the Civil War days" and "a ragtag group of neo-Confederates." Even Democrats aren’t safe. "Gore’s Negro tolerance level has never been too high," she said during campaign 2000. "I’ve never known him to have more than one black person around him at any given time."
"After the majority-black district that first elected her to Congress was struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutionally gerrymandered, she lashed out at the court as racist," writes Slate’s Chris Suellentrop. "[McKinney] compared the verdict to Dred Scott, the decision that declared slaves were nothing more than chattel, and Plessy v. Ferguson, which legitimized separate-but-equal American apartheid." After her new white majority district reelected her, "she declared that Georgia’s kaolin industry engineered the case that eliminated her district, as payback for her fights against the industry in Congress." And last month McKinney was still going on record stating that the Republicans stole the 2000 election, something even Gore is over by now.
The War on Terrorism is where McKinney’s mouth really stated to shine. McKinney penned a Washington Post op-ed, writing, "I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard." McKinney tongue-lashed New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for turning down a $10 million donation from a Saudi Arabian prince who declared that U.S. Middle East policies were partly to blame for 9-11. Unlike Democrat Senator Hillary Clinton and Republican Congressman John Sununu, McKinney even refused to return large campaign contributions from Abdurahman Alamoudi, who proudly voiced support for terrorists group Hamas and Hezbollah at an October 2000 White House demonstration. But what does it all mean?
Is McKinney just some harmless partisan loose cannon, or a wily fox? The Southeastern Legal Foundation discovered that between Sept. 11 and Dec. 31, 2001, 100 of the 108 McKinney contributors of more than $100 were identifiably Arab or Middle Eastern. "If we are to give any credence to her baseless [Bush] claims, the American people deserve to know that McKinney's financial 'relationships' - her campaign contributors - are heavily represented by Arab and Middle Eastern-connected individuals, as well as organizations which have expressed sympathy for terrorist organizations," adds Phil Kent, SLF President. "If McKinney's standard of review is 'relationships,' then her 'relationships' - and the influence those relationships have on her actions - must also be investigated."
Human Events finds that "unlike previous election cycles, when she got 20% to 40% of her campaign cash from outside Georgia, McKinney received more than 90% of her itemized individual contributions from outside her state in 2001." The question of whether or not there is method to McKinney’s madness might not be as important as who’s exactly pulling her strings. Throw in McKinney’s seats on the House Armed Services and International Relations Committees, and you have yourself lots of interesting questions.
"During World War II, we had Tokyo Rose sending demoralizing messages to our troops. During Vietnam, we had Hanoi Jane Fonda sending her treasonous messages to our boys in Southeast Asia, while aiming the Communists' cannons at them. And in this War Against Terrorism, we have Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney…Jihad Cindy – to demoralize us and give aid and comfort to the enemy," writes columnist Debbie Schlussel. "McKinney has a strong record of hating America. During the recent U.N. World Conference Against Racism, she attacked the U.S. with the rest of the Arab world (now our ‘moderate’ partners in the ‘Coalition Against Terrorism’) and Third World republics in her push for slavery reparations, saying the White House is ‘just full of latent racists.’"
Cynthia McKinney, paranoid, bigoted and divisive, is one of a growing number of hate-America leftists forming a dangerous fifth column for this nation's most lethal adversaries.
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So the McKinney Hit Pieces Begin...
Reminds me of the 2000 election, when Ralph Nader and the Green Party pulled 6+% in the polls. The Democrats revved up their smear campaign (scare campaign), with no limit on the lies and distortions they would put forth.
All McKinney asked for was an investigation into 911. A reasonable request, given that 911 has been used to abolish the constitution, and wage a global war on any sovereign nation that doesn't cowtow to U.S. demands.
Reminds me of the 2000 election, when Ralph Nader and the Green Party pulled 6+% in the polls. The Democrats revved up their smear campaign (scare campaign), with no limit on the lies and distortions they would put forth.
All McKinney asked for was an investigation into 911. A reasonable request, given that 911 has been used to abolish the constitution, and wage a global war on any sovereign nation that doesn't cowtow to U.S. demands.
>All McKinney asked for was an investigation into 911. A reasonable request, given that 911 has been used to abolish the constitution, and wage a global war on any sovereign nation that doesn't cowtow to U.S. demands.
I agree completely. McKinney needs to convene a Grand Jury to investigate. This has gone on long enough. Please join me and countless millions of others who are joining in one voice to ask Ms. McKinney to convene a Grand Jury investigation into 9/11.
I agree completely. McKinney needs to convene a Grand Jury to investigate. This has gone on long enough. Please join me and countless millions of others who are joining in one voice to ask Ms. McKinney to convene a Grand Jury investigation into 9/11.
Pay attention, man. I, james, have made this post before, the point being, if they have something, why don't they convene a Grand Jury?? If you had a case, wouldn't you convene a Grand Jury?? They don't have anything, otherwise they would, get it??
Now, I won't lend you assistance again. I haven't any problem with writers on here defending conservatism, but you gotta sleep on your toes, dude.
Now, I won't lend you assistance again. I haven't any problem with writers on here defending conservatism, but you gotta sleep on your toes, dude.
A Grand Jury can be convened on something as simple as an accusation. You don't need evidence to get the process started. A Grand Jury could order an investigation. To imply differently would be duplicitous.
I'm a thorn in their side.
I am a white American wife, mother, home owner, business owner, ect. and a staunch supporter of the Congresswoman. Yes, I live in another state, but don't think that she has no effect on the rest of the country just because she represents Georgia. Congress peoples' decisions effect us all. It is about time someone publicly confronted the issues of racism, bigotry, corporate corruption and govenrment corruption. Only those who risk going overboard ever raise their voices over the din of the status quo. God bless Cynthia McKinney.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned. American people are supposed to be the most informed people in the world. With the exception of Cynthia McKinney the rest of the country's so called leadership is sinking in the sea of paranoia. Hail the ressurection of Senator McCarthy's ghost all over the country. The direct antithesis of Mrs. McKinney. You of little insight and suffering from John Wayneitis wake up and cast away the spell of the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". ( An old movie about losing your soul if you fall asleep ) Look where you are leading the people and ultimately the world. All of our parents taught us against following the crowd. Bush and his team ripped off the election and I am suspect of the part Gore and his club played in it too.You know about it; good cop bad cop routine. Be that as it may the only clear mind speaking in TRUTH is Senator McKinney. Wake up you hype-no-ties fearful unbelievers. You make a mockery of G-d and the power you claim you believe that G-d embodies. The children bully one another in schools untill somebody snaps. Now we see where they get it from. The whole mentality here is bullish and like bull shit it stinks and is dangerous and antiChrist like! But as of this date Senator McKinney's challenge has been vindicated.
>But as of this date Senator McKinney's challenge has been vindicated.
Where? I see her getting plenty of criticism, and rightfully so.
And when did the good Dr. appoint her to be a Senator?
>Be that as it may the only clear mind speaking in TRUTH is Senator McKinney.
Clear mind, truth, and Senator(?) McKinney don't belong in the same sentence.
Dr. Bey and dumbass do.
Where? I see her getting plenty of criticism, and rightfully so.
And when did the good Dr. appoint her to be a Senator?
>Be that as it may the only clear mind speaking in TRUTH is Senator McKinney.
Clear mind, truth, and Senator(?) McKinney don't belong in the same sentence.
Dr. Bey and dumbass do.
Cynthia Mckinney,
After reading about the brainless wonder (you) from Georgia, I can only laugh at you and the people who vote for you. Where were you during the Clinton era? As he sold secrets and destabilized the U.S. military? Can you say China? Somalia? Bosnia? etc etc. Would someone please get you the hell out of office. You are corrupt, unamerican and a Benedict Arnold. As long as the black man/woman continues to vote with their skin instead of their brains they will continue to get suppresion and slavery. She has her hands in your pockets and you don't realize it.
After reading about the brainless wonder (you) from Georgia, I can only laugh at you and the people who vote for you. Where were you during the Clinton era? As he sold secrets and destabilized the U.S. military? Can you say China? Somalia? Bosnia? etc etc. Would someone please get you the hell out of office. You are corrupt, unamerican and a Benedict Arnold. As long as the black man/woman continues to vote with their skin instead of their brains they will continue to get suppresion and slavery. She has her hands in your pockets and you don't realize it.
I am a well educated white man. All Cynthia is asking for is a investigation. We should welcome this and see if there is any connection of intelligence mismanagement.
Well done Cynthia for takeing a stand!
I have a dream!
Well done Cynthia for takeing a stand!
I have a dream!
Right wingers: If it's Clinton's cock, it deserves a massive, expensive investigation.
If it's the most hideous attack on American soil in our nation's history . . . an investigation is not necessary.
Fuck you, right wing, and your stinking hypocrisy.
If it's the most hideous attack on American soil in our nation's history . . . an investigation is not necessary.
Fuck you, right wing, and your stinking hypocrisy.
Cris has a point regarding the true dynamic between cynthia and her constituents.
She is no different than any other power hungry politician, her constituents are.
To retain her job, she must appease all radical left although she could not care less about the issues she's raising!
She is no different than any other power hungry politician, her constituents are.
To retain her job, she must appease all radical left although she could not care less about the issues she's raising!
Senator?? Senator??? since when does a member of the House of Representatives get to be called Senator??? Before you start your leftist, holier than thou whining, please at least get your head out of your ass long enough to realize that a member of the House is a Congress-Person
BOUT DIS HE-YAH PREZZIDENT SELECT: WAT'S HE B' KNOWIN AN' WEN DID HE KNOWS IT?
No one is talking about why it was that the US Air Force was told to stand down and not to fly while those planes were off course for over an hour before crashing. Why is that? what can the public learn from the biggest defense in the world having been caught with their pants around their knees. Ohh but we might not want to learn a few things from the 911 incidents.
Heck we wouldn't want to figure out how to better protect ourselves for the next time. You see this isn't a left or right thing, it's a fact gathering thing Ms. McKinney asked about. Has nothing to do with being left or right ya bonehead racists insecure youngins. You're all a bunch of ninny's for attacking Ms. McKinney for asking for the facts.
Nor would we dare ask why it is that people in other countries hate the US so much. Until that question is answered, live in fear, call people names. Deal with it.
Heck we wouldn't want to figure out how to better protect ourselves for the next time. You see this isn't a left or right thing, it's a fact gathering thing Ms. McKinney asked about. Has nothing to do with being left or right ya bonehead racists insecure youngins. You're all a bunch of ninny's for attacking Ms. McKinney for asking for the facts.
Nor would we dare ask why it is that people in other countries hate the US so much. Until that question is answered, live in fear, call people names. Deal with it.
A few weeks back, the Indepundit blog carried a very amusing send-up of Democrats.com's "We Believe Cynthia" campaign, which backs Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, who charged President Bush with having had foreknowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks. "I have decided to focus my energies on supporting this noble effort," Indepundit wrote, and proceeded to catalogue McKinney's various outrageous statements since the war began.
http://members.cox.net/indepundit/archive/2002_06_30_archive.html#78387564
http://www.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=270
Not to be outdone, an Israeli journalist named Israel Shamir has penned an "Ode to Cynthia." Here's a sample:
This woman with a name from the love lyrics of Propertius, the delicate Greek poet, who called himself "a pale knight in thrall of my angry Cynthia," is an all-American figure, brought forth by the spirit of America. The great country does not want to die. In such moments, the land calls for its sons and daughters to step forward to the line of fire. Cynthia heard the call. Support of Cynthia is the ultimate test of love to America, of belief in America's future in the family of nations, as an equal and friendly nation, not as an enforcer for creed of Greed.
It is paramount to rally around her, as the French nobles rallied to Jeanne d'Arc. Whether you are a descendant of African slaves or Muslim immigrants, a son of Confederacy or a Daughter of American Revolution, a freedom-loving Jew or a born-again Christian--it is the time to unite for Cynthia and for America.
http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=17040
This is so over the top that no one could possibly take it seriously. Oops, scratch that--the editors of the Arab News apparently did, running the piece with no evident irony.
http://members.cox.net/indepundit/archive/2002_06_30_archive.html#78387564
http://www.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=270
Not to be outdone, an Israeli journalist named Israel Shamir has penned an "Ode to Cynthia." Here's a sample:
This woman with a name from the love lyrics of Propertius, the delicate Greek poet, who called himself "a pale knight in thrall of my angry Cynthia," is an all-American figure, brought forth by the spirit of America. The great country does not want to die. In such moments, the land calls for its sons and daughters to step forward to the line of fire. Cynthia heard the call. Support of Cynthia is the ultimate test of love to America, of belief in America's future in the family of nations, as an equal and friendly nation, not as an enforcer for creed of Greed.
It is paramount to rally around her, as the French nobles rallied to Jeanne d'Arc. Whether you are a descendant of African slaves or Muslim immigrants, a son of Confederacy or a Daughter of American Revolution, a freedom-loving Jew or a born-again Christian--it is the time to unite for Cynthia and for America.
http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=17040
This is so over the top that no one could possibly take it seriously. Oops, scratch that--the editors of the Arab News apparently did, running the piece with no evident irony.
"The reelection campaign of Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) has received campaign contributions from at least 18 donors who are either officers of Muslim foundations under investigation by the FBI, have voiced support for Palestinian and Lebanese terrorist organizations or have made inflammatory statements about Jews," the Washington Post reports. The Post's Thomas Edsall notes that "local media outlets," including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, have covered the story, but he doesn't credit blogger Scott Koenig, who actually broke it two days ahead of the AJC.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10364-2002Aug12.html
http://www.koenighaus.net/indepundit/archives/000796.html#000796
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0802/03mcmoney.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10364-2002Aug12.html
http://www.koenighaus.net/indepundit/archives/000796.html#000796
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0802/03mcmoney.html
I'S JUS B' HEYAH 2 ESPRESS MAH GRATITUDE FO ALL DESE PEEPILS DAT DUN' B' SUPPOWTIN ME INS MAH STRUGGLE GAINST DE EBIL JEW-BOY DEBIL! DESE HOOKNOSES B' TRYIN 2 UNDAMAHN ME FO FITIN FO MAH PEEPILS AN' DE AY-RAB MUSLIM PEOPLES IN DEIR STRUGGLE GAINST DE EBIL WHAAT IMPERIALISTS OB DE USA. EYES B' HAPPY AS A CLAM ON DE SEPTEMBER 11 AN' IM SHUUR ALLS US WAS 2! I B REEEEL GRATEFUL, SHO' NUFF, FO YOWAH HELP EN DIS HE-YAH BATTLE! KILL DEM JEWS, POWER 2 DE PEEPILS!
These always make me laugh because they're so insane and rediculous, but they always dissapear, as they should.
Cynthia McKinney is doing more than the stupid white men in office, a LOT more.
I'm sending some money.
Cynthia McKinney is doing more than the stupid white men in office, a LOT more.
I'm sending some money.
U SHO E-IS 1 FAHN FIGHTA, MAH SISTA! I DUN B' SUPPOTIN U, SHO NUFF IN DE FIGHT GAINST DEM EBIL JEWS! I TINK IT B A SHAME DAT MISTA HITLER DIDNT KEY-ALL MO OB DEM! DEYS B' DE DESTROYAS AN' BLOODSUCKAS OB OWA PEEPILS! MAH BOY TYRONE DUN BASH IN DEIR HEY-ADS ANY TAHM HE DUN GET A CHANCE! I'S B SENDIN U'S ALL OB MAH DRUG MONEY'S; I'LL EVEN SUBSIST ON DE GUBMINT CHEESE IF I HAB 2 BECAUSE YO CAUSE BE DAT IMPOTENT!
The Indepundit attempts to use her own quotes against her.
But apart from the letter attributed to Raeed Tayeh, as you admit, and maybe the Mugabe comment (which I would like to see in context) there is nothing in these supposedly 'worst of the worse' comments that is wrong or questionable.
And these are far outweighed by the fantastic good that she is doing.
Surely it is not unpatriotic (especially if you are on the left) to point out that our president has a problem with legitimacy - this has been well documented by Greg Palast of the BBC - or to point out the extent to which our administration is in the hands of the militarists and the (corrupt) corporates.
President Eisenhower himself warned
"We must never let the weight of this combination [the military-industrial complex] endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper ..."
Farewell Address (17 January 1961)
Why do people think it crazy or unpatriotic to be aware and cautious about these very things.
I sincerely hope and pray that McKinney makes it back to Congress.
But apart from the letter attributed to Raeed Tayeh, as you admit, and maybe the Mugabe comment (which I would like to see in context) there is nothing in these supposedly 'worst of the worse' comments that is wrong or questionable.
And these are far outweighed by the fantastic good that she is doing.
Surely it is not unpatriotic (especially if you are on the left) to point out that our president has a problem with legitimacy - this has been well documented by Greg Palast of the BBC - or to point out the extent to which our administration is in the hands of the militarists and the (corrupt) corporates.
President Eisenhower himself warned
"We must never let the weight of this combination [the military-industrial complex] endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper ..."
Farewell Address (17 January 1961)
Why do people think it crazy or unpatriotic to be aware and cautious about these very things.
I sincerely hope and pray that McKinney makes it back to Congress.
McNigger is OUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all those who oppose this administration will be dealt with thusly.
all??????
and your proof of this is__________________?
and your proof of this is__________________?
In Georgia's 4th Congressional District Cynthia McKinney was defeated by former state judge Denise Majette.
I guess the people in her district didn't support her.
I guess the people in her district didn't support her.
I'S B DEFEEETED BAH DE EBIL JEWS LAHK MAH DADDY DUN SAY! NOW AH KNOW WHY MISTA HITLER DUN HATE DEM SO. I TINK IT B DE TAHM DAT WES IN DE BLACK COMMUNTAY ALON WIF OWA FREY-ANDS DE AY-RABS START 2 RIOT AN' KILL DEM HOOKNOSED DEBILS. DEY B DE MONEYCHANGERS AN' DE CAUSE OB ALL OWA WOES. AN' DEY PUT US ALL IN SLAVERY. KILL DE JEWS, KILL DE JEWS!
Captain Caplock Crackpot at it again. What a wonderful attempt to show us what a genius you are. You know, it's a damn good thing all you tiny insignifigant little Nazi wannabe's are too stupid to be able to speak comprehensibly.
I'm happy McKinney is not going back to Congress. This is wonderful news to all of us who oppose terrorism and corruption.
I'm sad that racist names and other epithets are being directed at Rep. McKinney. This is disgusting and "Captain Crackpot" and anyone using a name like Cynthia McNigger should be banned from this site.
For you racist trolls out there, McKinney lost out to another black woman.
I'm sad that racist names and other epithets are being directed at Rep. McKinney. This is disgusting and "Captain Crackpot" and anyone using a name like Cynthia McNigger should be banned from this site.
For you racist trolls out there, McKinney lost out to another black woman.
Oh, the Taliban will miss you
For the end is coming fast.
To the Rosie show where losers go,
They'll ship your sorry ass.
Georgia finally wised up,
So pack your crap and scram,
To the farthest fringe of the loony bin
With Louis Farrakhan.
"Oh no," CAIR will go,
"We've been Zionized!"
Nobody listens, though,
So kiss your ass good-bye
Cause Allah thinks you're worthless,
And God's an angry Jew
So sayonara, please take Screwy Looie Farrakhan with you ....
For the end is coming fast.
To the Rosie show where losers go,
They'll ship your sorry ass.
Georgia finally wised up,
So pack your crap and scram,
To the farthest fringe of the loony bin
With Louis Farrakhan.
"Oh no," CAIR will go,
"We've been Zionized!"
Nobody listens, though,
So kiss your ass good-bye
Cause Allah thinks you're worthless,
And God's an angry Jew
So sayonara, please take Screwy Looie Farrakhan with you ....
You are a funny guy! You and I need to get together for a beer sometime!
Ffutal and other biased observers have pointed out that stories that claimed Cynthia was getting fund raising help from out-of-state and from Arabs/Muslim. A no very ethical piece of research.
Cynthia lost the election to another black women who was primarily funded by out-of-state Jews. Also winning margin that her opponent received were from Republicans who crossed over as is allowed in
Georgia.
Cynthia won the black votes and the Democratic party votes. But the Jewish money and the dirty trick voters was too much for her to overcome.
Earlier this year, Alabama Rep. Earl Hilliard also lost his seat to to the same factors. Is this not a great country, when cross-over votes and right-wing Jewish money can determine who will represent Democrats?
Fre Palestine
Cynthia lost the election to another black women who was primarily funded by out-of-state Jews. Also winning margin that her opponent received were from Republicans who crossed over as is allowed in
Georgia.
Cynthia won the black votes and the Democratic party votes. But the Jewish money and the dirty trick voters was too much for her to overcome.
Earlier this year, Alabama Rep. Earl Hilliard also lost his seat to to the same factors. Is this not a great country, when cross-over votes and right-wing Jewish money can determine who will represent Democrats?
Fre Palestine
spell it the way you want rene ssie. an idiot lost. that is a good thing. just say no to conspiracy crapping idiots..
speaking of which. how are those knees holding up rene ssie?
speaking of which. how are those knees holding up rene ssie?
Do you ever say anything that is at all connected to reality or sounds like an actual statement, or are you only capable of these incomprehensible ravings?
when this site became your own little private shed nessie, jiminy, whatever, it stopped being about honest discourse. you get real, i go bye bye. till then, i smash your windows honey.
so i guess the degree of sense i make relies totally on you boss. if you think im worthless then i am. your the boss. you call all the shots.
so i guess the degree of sense i make relies totally on you boss. if you think im worthless then i am. your the boss. you call all the shots.
I'm not nessie, dumbass.
"Ffutal and other biased observers have pointed out that stories that claimed Cynthia was getting fund raising help from out-of-state and from Arabs/Muslim. A no very ethical piece of research."
Claimed? McKinney never denied receiving the money. In fact it was well documented. Ethical? It was either true or it wasn't.
Claimed? McKinney never denied receiving the money. In fact it was well documented. Ethical? It was either true or it wasn't.
but, she misses the whole point.
An honest, unbiased piece of research would have pointed out sources ot the out-of-state contributions for both candidate. Doing a one sided smear is simply propaganda.
Cynthia is perhaps the most honest representative in congress, so she cetainly would not deny receiving contributions from any actual source.
But, since the story Ffutal comes up with is clearly propaganda, this leaves the credibility of his posting very suspect.
Free Palestine
An honest, unbiased piece of research would have pointed out sources ot the out-of-state contributions for both candidate. Doing a one sided smear is simply propaganda.
Cynthia is perhaps the most honest representative in congress, so she cetainly would not deny receiving contributions from any actual source.
But, since the story Ffutal comes up with is clearly propaganda, this leaves the credibility of his posting very suspect.
Free Palestine
Oh yeah like the shit you typically post. No problem I can follow your example.
Tell us where, please.
but since you are eighty three people i'll cut ya some slack for not figuring that out. next youre gonna need help wiping that ass. you can let your girlfriend handle that job.
oh, and im giving you till wednesday of next week to have completely stopped using multiple nicks. if not, i go after the front page and i'll encourage all like minded anti nessies-dishonesty folks to do the same.
dont shit the bed you lay in ness.
oh, and im giving you till wednesday of next week to have completely stopped using multiple nicks. if not, i go after the front page and i'll encourage all like minded anti nessies-dishonesty folks to do the same.
dont shit the bed you lay in ness.
show us where!
the wit! the intellect! you're a real genius there smash.
Oh Reneeeee, you screwed uuuuuuuuuup!
You forgot to substitute "Zionist" when you meant "Jew."
> Cynthia lost the election to another black women
> who was primarily funded by out-of-state Jews.
> But the Jewish money and the dirty trick voters was
> too much for her to overcome.
> Is this not a great country, when cross-over votes
> and right-wing Jewish money can determine who
> will represent Democrats?
Didn't you remember the code?
Well, while Rene is building her 1/8 scale gas chamber replica, let me remind folks that McKinney and Majette received roughly equal amounts of out of district funding - McKinney from Arabs and anti-Israel actists and Majette from Jews and pro-Israel activists. Let me also remind Renee that the Arabs who funded McKinney's campaign are predominantly conservative while the Jews (or is it Zionists?) are predominantly liberal.
Is it "right wing Jewish" money that determines who represents the Democrats? Because I had always heard that it was "left wing Jewish" money and VOTERS that helped determine who represented the Democrats.
If you want a really fun money trail that is not covert by any means, start by linking right wing neo-nazis in Europe with your militant Islamic terrorist buddies.
http://www.splcenter.org/cgi-bin/goframe.pl?refname=/intelligenceproject/ip-4u3.html
My favorite quote:
"German neo-Nazis, some wearing checkered Palestinian headscarves, rejoiced at street demonstrations while burning an American flag."
Smooches.
You forgot to substitute "Zionist" when you meant "Jew."
> Cynthia lost the election to another black women
> who was primarily funded by out-of-state Jews.
> But the Jewish money and the dirty trick voters was
> too much for her to overcome.
> Is this not a great country, when cross-over votes
> and right-wing Jewish money can determine who
> will represent Democrats?
Didn't you remember the code?
Well, while Rene is building her 1/8 scale gas chamber replica, let me remind folks that McKinney and Majette received roughly equal amounts of out of district funding - McKinney from Arabs and anti-Israel actists and Majette from Jews and pro-Israel activists. Let me also remind Renee that the Arabs who funded McKinney's campaign are predominantly conservative while the Jews (or is it Zionists?) are predominantly liberal.
Is it "right wing Jewish" money that determines who represents the Democrats? Because I had always heard that it was "left wing Jewish" money and VOTERS that helped determine who represented the Democrats.
If you want a really fun money trail that is not covert by any means, start by linking right wing neo-nazis in Europe with your militant Islamic terrorist buddies.
http://www.splcenter.org/cgi-bin/goframe.pl?refname=/intelligenceproject/ip-4u3.html
My favorite quote:
"German neo-Nazis, some wearing checkered Palestinian headscarves, rejoiced at street demonstrations while burning an American flag."
Smooches.
Washington | 26-08-2002
There are a number of lessons to be learned and observations to be made following the defeat of Congress Member Cynthia McKinney in a Democratic primary election last week. Her loss and that of Congressman Earl Hilliard earlier this summer provide a great deal for Arab Americans to think about.
Most importantly, Arab Americans should not feel ashamed of their efforts in these two elections. The community did what they had to do – they performed well. We had been called upon to defend two members of Congress who had defended us in the past and we did.
Despite the fact that very few Arab Americans live in either congressional district, hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised and volunteers worked hard and gained rich political experience in both efforts.
What Arab Americans could not do was overcome the real objective disadvantages faced by both candidates. The map of both Hilliard's Alabama congressional district and McKinney's Georgia district had been redrawn this year. As a result both districts were slightly less African American and more affluent.
Since Hilliard and McKinney had their base in the traditional civil rights African American community, both were vulnerable targets for defeat by more moderate candidates who could win moderate blacks and suburban white voters.
It should also be noted that both opponents were aided by the fact that since both Alabama and Georgia allow what are called "cross-over" votes, thousands of Republicans did in fact "cross over" to vote against Hilliard and McKinney.
Sensing the vulnerability of Hilliard and McKinney and knowing how both of these members of Congress had been strong supporters of Palestinian rights, Jewish American supporters of Israel raised well over $1 million to support the campaigns of their opponents.
Armed with substantially more money than either of the two members of Congress, the opponents were able to effectively use their financial advantage to define the campaigns their way.
As a result the Hilliard and McKinney projected in the campaign ads designed by their opponents were gross caricatures of the real candidates. Both were put on the defensive – a recipe for defeat.
Possibly the most troubling aspect of these campaigns, however, was not the targeting of the candidates, but the targeting and caricaturing of their Arab American supporters.
Opposition researchers went through all of Hilliard's and McKinney's contributors and picked out the Arabic sounding names. They then went through the lists to identify those donors who had said or done controversial things.
Finding a handful that had made outlandish statements, efforts were made to paint the entire Arab American donor base of the campaigns as a controversial issue. The effort bore fruit.
Not only the local press, but national media as well commented on, in particular, McKinney's support "from individuals suspected of ties to terrorism." As the campaign wore on, these charges were further exaggerated.
One national television programme advertised a discussion it was to have on the McKinney campaign as a debate over whether "Islamic blood money" had entered congressional politics.
McKinney's opponent latched onto this issue and at a debate asked the Congress person to explain why she would accept funds from persons "known to be Arab terrorists."
While I noted at the outset that Arab Americans need not feel ashamed at how they fared in these two contests, the community, nevertheless, should be concerned.
We did what we had to do. We supported friends and we made our mark. But mistakes were made as well.
Politics is not a game for amateurs. The stakes are serious as are the consequences. Those in the community who glibly spoke of this as an "Arab-Israeli" proxy war or a test of Arab vs. Jew set the community up for defeat. These races were tests of our friendship; nothing more, nothing less, and no one should have been foolish enough to define it as anything different.
Next it is important to recall a lesson Jesse Jackson taught some 25 years ago. As an organisation I had organised, the Palestine Human Rights Campaign, was growing in national prominence, he cautioned me "You are now on centre stage. Every word you say will be heard.
"When you were off stage you could say anything you wanted to say – now you cannot. Your words will be heard and they will be used against you and your entire community."
Just as politicians must be careful and responsible, community leaders must be as well. The Muslim American leader who stood in front of the White House and said, on national television, "We are all Hamas, all Hizbullah and all Jihad" should have known that he put at risk himself, his community and all those elected officials to whom he sent campaign contributions.
Even though over a year later he distanced himself from these rumours it was too late. The damage had already been done.
The danger is that because of the mistakes that were made by a few, the good work of Arab Americans in these elections may be ignored. Now some campaigns may find it risky to accept Arab American support, returning the community to the dark days of the 1980s, when our contributions were rejected and our endorsements returned.
But Arab Americans have substantial political resources and allies and we can work to overcome the impact of these setbacks. It will take hard work, but it is work I know Arab Americans can do.
The lessons we must learn are: to be smarter, to be clear in our objectives, to not allow foolishness to mar our image or harm our advancement and to intensify our political involvement focusing on defining realistic objectives of voter registration and mobilisation, campaign activity and mainstreaming of Arab Americans in the U.S. political process.
While discussing the consequences of these two races, there should be no doubt that there will be other consequences as well. In the short term, the congressional debates on Middle East issues will suffer only slightly.
Some, especially those who feel vulnerable, may be intimidated into silence. But others may be emboldened. In any case the future course of congressional action on important Middle East concerns has yet to be determined – and will not be significantly impacted by these two defeats alone.
A more interesting issue is the impact that these two races will have on relations between the African American community and the Jewish community. Some efforts will be made to try to patch over the wounds inflicted by the substantial amounts of money raised to defeat two African American members of Congress.
But listening to the comments of some African American leaders and the discussion on African American radio programmes, the wounds are deep and for some, they won't heal easily.
Dr. James J. Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute and a Democratic political lobbyist, hosts the weekly radio and television programme 'A Capital View' on the Arab Network of America which is also aired live in the Middle East on MBC. He also writes a weekly column that appears regularly in Gulf News.
There are a number of lessons to be learned and observations to be made following the defeat of Congress Member Cynthia McKinney in a Democratic primary election last week. Her loss and that of Congressman Earl Hilliard earlier this summer provide a great deal for Arab Americans to think about.
Most importantly, Arab Americans should not feel ashamed of their efforts in these two elections. The community did what they had to do – they performed well. We had been called upon to defend two members of Congress who had defended us in the past and we did.
Despite the fact that very few Arab Americans live in either congressional district, hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised and volunteers worked hard and gained rich political experience in both efforts.
What Arab Americans could not do was overcome the real objective disadvantages faced by both candidates. The map of both Hilliard's Alabama congressional district and McKinney's Georgia district had been redrawn this year. As a result both districts were slightly less African American and more affluent.
Since Hilliard and McKinney had their base in the traditional civil rights African American community, both were vulnerable targets for defeat by more moderate candidates who could win moderate blacks and suburban white voters.
It should also be noted that both opponents were aided by the fact that since both Alabama and Georgia allow what are called "cross-over" votes, thousands of Republicans did in fact "cross over" to vote against Hilliard and McKinney.
Sensing the vulnerability of Hilliard and McKinney and knowing how both of these members of Congress had been strong supporters of Palestinian rights, Jewish American supporters of Israel raised well over $1 million to support the campaigns of their opponents.
Armed with substantially more money than either of the two members of Congress, the opponents were able to effectively use their financial advantage to define the campaigns their way.
As a result the Hilliard and McKinney projected in the campaign ads designed by their opponents were gross caricatures of the real candidates. Both were put on the defensive – a recipe for defeat.
Possibly the most troubling aspect of these campaigns, however, was not the targeting of the candidates, but the targeting and caricaturing of their Arab American supporters.
Opposition researchers went through all of Hilliard's and McKinney's contributors and picked out the Arabic sounding names. They then went through the lists to identify those donors who had said or done controversial things.
Finding a handful that had made outlandish statements, efforts were made to paint the entire Arab American donor base of the campaigns as a controversial issue. The effort bore fruit.
Not only the local press, but national media as well commented on, in particular, McKinney's support "from individuals suspected of ties to terrorism." As the campaign wore on, these charges were further exaggerated.
One national television programme advertised a discussion it was to have on the McKinney campaign as a debate over whether "Islamic blood money" had entered congressional politics.
McKinney's opponent latched onto this issue and at a debate asked the Congress person to explain why she would accept funds from persons "known to be Arab terrorists."
While I noted at the outset that Arab Americans need not feel ashamed at how they fared in these two contests, the community, nevertheless, should be concerned.
We did what we had to do. We supported friends and we made our mark. But mistakes were made as well.
Politics is not a game for amateurs. The stakes are serious as are the consequences. Those in the community who glibly spoke of this as an "Arab-Israeli" proxy war or a test of Arab vs. Jew set the community up for defeat. These races were tests of our friendship; nothing more, nothing less, and no one should have been foolish enough to define it as anything different.
Next it is important to recall a lesson Jesse Jackson taught some 25 years ago. As an organisation I had organised, the Palestine Human Rights Campaign, was growing in national prominence, he cautioned me "You are now on centre stage. Every word you say will be heard.
"When you were off stage you could say anything you wanted to say – now you cannot. Your words will be heard and they will be used against you and your entire community."
Just as politicians must be careful and responsible, community leaders must be as well. The Muslim American leader who stood in front of the White House and said, on national television, "We are all Hamas, all Hizbullah and all Jihad" should have known that he put at risk himself, his community and all those elected officials to whom he sent campaign contributions.
Even though over a year later he distanced himself from these rumours it was too late. The damage had already been done.
The danger is that because of the mistakes that were made by a few, the good work of Arab Americans in these elections may be ignored. Now some campaigns may find it risky to accept Arab American support, returning the community to the dark days of the 1980s, when our contributions were rejected and our endorsements returned.
But Arab Americans have substantial political resources and allies and we can work to overcome the impact of these setbacks. It will take hard work, but it is work I know Arab Americans can do.
The lessons we must learn are: to be smarter, to be clear in our objectives, to not allow foolishness to mar our image or harm our advancement and to intensify our political involvement focusing on defining realistic objectives of voter registration and mobilisation, campaign activity and mainstreaming of Arab Americans in the U.S. political process.
While discussing the consequences of these two races, there should be no doubt that there will be other consequences as well. In the short term, the congressional debates on Middle East issues will suffer only slightly.
Some, especially those who feel vulnerable, may be intimidated into silence. But others may be emboldened. In any case the future course of congressional action on important Middle East concerns has yet to be determined – and will not be significantly impacted by these two defeats alone.
A more interesting issue is the impact that these two races will have on relations between the African American community and the Jewish community. Some efforts will be made to try to patch over the wounds inflicted by the substantial amounts of money raised to defeat two African American members of Congress.
But listening to the comments of some African American leaders and the discussion on African American radio programmes, the wounds are deep and for some, they won't heal easily.
Dr. James J. Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute and a Democratic political lobbyist, hosts the weekly radio and television programme 'A Capital View' on the Arab Network of America which is also aired live in the Middle East on MBC. He also writes a weekly column that appears regularly in Gulf News.
For more information:
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/opinion....
Cynthia McKinney is a communist pig bitch.<P>
And Indy Media? Another leftist pig bitch publication.
And Indy Media? Another leftist pig bitch publication.
...you don't admire her?
Probably because she has more intelligence
and courage than most of the rest of congress
put together! And she's a woman and she is
black. I guess that's enough for some.
Feel just a little inferior? You should.
Probably because she has more intelligence
and courage than most of the rest of congress
put together! And she's a woman and she is
black. I guess that's enough for some.
Feel just a little inferior? You should.
of course its because she's a black women. her being a raving lunatic has nothing to do with it.
The fact that you guys are desperately grabbing on to McKinney's coat tails speaks volumes about the Left's acute desperation.
It's more evidence that the Left is devoid of principles and intelligence. But we already knew that.
It's more evidence that the Left is devoid of principles and intelligence. But we already knew that.
McKinney claim crashes and burns:
-------------------------------
Oct 15, 2002
Vote analysis: GOP not key in McKinney loss to Majette
By BEN SMITH and DAVID A. MILLIRON Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff
Writers
U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney believes it was Republicans who defeated
her in the August Democratic primary. But an analysis by The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution shows they weren't the decisive factor.
In fact, it wasn't even close.
Of the 68,612 voters who cast ballots for Democratic challenger
Denise Majette, no more than 3,118 of them were voters who can be
clearly identified as Republicans, based on their voting histories in
state primaries. Majette's margin of victory, in winning 58 percent
of the votes cast in the primary, was six times that amount.
The analysis suggests that most of the people in the 4th
Congressional District who cast ballots in the Democratic primary
either had histories of not voting often enough or of switching
parties so often that they could not be classified as either
Democrats or Republicans.
While an individual's vote is secret, each time a voter casts a
ballot in a primary, poll workers record which party's ballot the
voter selects and that choice becomes public record. Political
parties use that information to build databases of likely voters.
Supporters of McKinney, a five-term congresswoman from DeKalb County,
have filed suit over the race she lost to Majette, a former state
court judge, in the Aug. 20 primary.
McKinney's backers claim Republicans ensured Majette's victory by
taking advantage of Georgia's open primaries to cross over and vote
for McKinney's opponent. They are asking a federal judge to reverse
the election's outcome by erasing those votes.
The crossover vote was, at most, a couple of percentage points higher
than normal based on the newspaper findings. Republican pollster and
strategist Whit Ayres said crossovers in party primaries typically
run between 1 and 2 percent. The GOP crossover in the
McKinney-Majette primary was 3 percent.
McKinney did not return a phone call seeking comment. Mike Raffauf,
the attorney who filed the lawsuit on behalf of five DeKalb County
voters, dismissed the findings.
"I don't have any faith in any analysis you or The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution would do," he told a reporter. "It's still a
violation under the Voting Rights Act."
The plaintiffs plan to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. today. on
the steps of the DeKalb County Courthouse.
In the lawsuit, McKinney supporters claim 37,500 Republicans carried
out a "malicious crossover" into the Democratic primary to oust
McKinney. The lawsuit says the crossover voting violated the Voting
Rights Act by denying African-American voters the right to elect the
candidate of their choice. Black voters went for McKinney by a ratio
of more than 2-1.
Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 due to inconsistencies
of Southern states to enforce the 15th Amendment to The Constitution,
which guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race since 1870.
Stanley Baum, former head of the DeKalb Republican Party, argues
McKinney's defeat was the result of a combination of circumstances.
"I don't think she lost because of the Republican crossover but
because of a lot of factors," said Baum. "There were many different
types of people who felt disenfranchised by her remarks and the
remarks of her father," longtime state Rep. Billy McKinney.
Congresswoman McKinney stirred controversy several months before the
primary when she suggested President Bush may have known about the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and failed to take action so friends and
family could reap wartime profits.
And the night before the primary election, state Rep. McKinney
publicly blamed his daughter's campaign problems on "J-E-W-S,"
spelling out the word on live television.
Baum, who is Jewish, said he cast an absentee ballot for Majette in
the primary because he couldn't stomach the thought of entering a
Democratic voting booth on Election Day. He said he believes the call
to arms by some Republican activists and conservative newspaper
columnists to oust McKinney was heard by many different types of
voters.
The newspaper analysis suggests some evidence that supports that
view. Along with thousands of switch-hitting voters, the primary drew
5,701 new voters and 4,694 people -- mostly dormant Democrats as
identified by their voting histories -- who hadn't voted in at least
four years.
The resulting Majette victory came from a patchwork of voting groups:
independents, white Democrats and crossover Republicans. Joining them
were 18,000 black voters who made up one-fourth of Majette's total.
That estimate is based on Majette's vote totals in predominantly
black voting precincts.
Political experts generally believe McKinney's defeat was rooted in
her alienation of white Democrats. They say she failed to correct a
steady evaporation in recent years of support in the predominantly
white sections of DeKalb County, once bastions of Republicanism that
now lean Democratic.
University of Georgia political science professor Charles Bullock
said it was the erosion of McKinney's white Democratic support that
made Majette's candidacy possible.
Instead of focusing on repairing relations with potential white
supporters, he said, McKinney directed her efforts to bringing out as
many black voters as possible.
But a redrawing of congressional district lines had changed the mix
of McKinney's constituents, he said. It went from being two-thirds
black to a slight African-American majority.
"In the old district, as long as you were the black candidate, that
was enough," said Bullock. "You didn't have to worry about building
biracial coalitions. Some of [McKinney's] behavior suggested that she
was caught in a time warp."
The lawsuit accuses Majette of being a Republican Party plant, noting
that she voted in the 2000 Republican presidential primary for
conservative radio commentator Alan Keyes.
Majette, an African-American, has said she opted to vote for Keyes
because she wanted to cast a vote for a black man for president.
In a review of Majette's voting history, that was the only time she
recorded a Republican vote in the last 10 general and presidential
primaries.
She is not the only Democratic politician to have voted Republican.
In 1996, DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Vernon Jones and state
Rep. Doug Teper (D-Atlanta) crossed over to cast ballots in the
Republican presidential primary.
ANALYZING THE VOTE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's analysis concentrated on the
116,410 DeKalb County voters who cast ballots in the 4th District
Democratic congressional primary Aug. 20.
Their voting histories were traced back to 1990. For a voter to be
considered a Democrat or a Republican, he or she had to have cast
ballots in at least four of seven state primaries and sided with one
party or the other 75 percent of the time.
In an effort to estimate a possible total of Republican leaning
voters, the Journal-Constitution used several scenarios. Among them
was adding the number of consistent Republican voters to those who
don't vote or routinely switch parties in Georgia primaries, but side
more often with the GOP in presidential primaries.
Not included in the study were 2,405 voters from the seven Gwinnett
County precincts included in the district. However, even adding the
2,145 votes Denise Majette collected in Gwinnett County -- on the
highly improbable assumption they are all Republican -- Majette still
prevails by 3,434 votes.
-------------------------------
Oct 15, 2002
Vote analysis: GOP not key in McKinney loss to Majette
By BEN SMITH and DAVID A. MILLIRON Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff
Writers
U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney believes it was Republicans who defeated
her in the August Democratic primary. But an analysis by The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution shows they weren't the decisive factor.
In fact, it wasn't even close.
Of the 68,612 voters who cast ballots for Democratic challenger
Denise Majette, no more than 3,118 of them were voters who can be
clearly identified as Republicans, based on their voting histories in
state primaries. Majette's margin of victory, in winning 58 percent
of the votes cast in the primary, was six times that amount.
The analysis suggests that most of the people in the 4th
Congressional District who cast ballots in the Democratic primary
either had histories of not voting often enough or of switching
parties so often that they could not be classified as either
Democrats or Republicans.
While an individual's vote is secret, each time a voter casts a
ballot in a primary, poll workers record which party's ballot the
voter selects and that choice becomes public record. Political
parties use that information to build databases of likely voters.
Supporters of McKinney, a five-term congresswoman from DeKalb County,
have filed suit over the race she lost to Majette, a former state
court judge, in the Aug. 20 primary.
McKinney's backers claim Republicans ensured Majette's victory by
taking advantage of Georgia's open primaries to cross over and vote
for McKinney's opponent. They are asking a federal judge to reverse
the election's outcome by erasing those votes.
The crossover vote was, at most, a couple of percentage points higher
than normal based on the newspaper findings. Republican pollster and
strategist Whit Ayres said crossovers in party primaries typically
run between 1 and 2 percent. The GOP crossover in the
McKinney-Majette primary was 3 percent.
McKinney did not return a phone call seeking comment. Mike Raffauf,
the attorney who filed the lawsuit on behalf of five DeKalb County
voters, dismissed the findings.
"I don't have any faith in any analysis you or The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution would do," he told a reporter. "It's still a
violation under the Voting Rights Act."
The plaintiffs plan to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. today. on
the steps of the DeKalb County Courthouse.
In the lawsuit, McKinney supporters claim 37,500 Republicans carried
out a "malicious crossover" into the Democratic primary to oust
McKinney. The lawsuit says the crossover voting violated the Voting
Rights Act by denying African-American voters the right to elect the
candidate of their choice. Black voters went for McKinney by a ratio
of more than 2-1.
Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 due to inconsistencies
of Southern states to enforce the 15th Amendment to The Constitution,
which guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race since 1870.
Stanley Baum, former head of the DeKalb Republican Party, argues
McKinney's defeat was the result of a combination of circumstances.
"I don't think she lost because of the Republican crossover but
because of a lot of factors," said Baum. "There were many different
types of people who felt disenfranchised by her remarks and the
remarks of her father," longtime state Rep. Billy McKinney.
Congresswoman McKinney stirred controversy several months before the
primary when she suggested President Bush may have known about the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and failed to take action so friends and
family could reap wartime profits.
And the night before the primary election, state Rep. McKinney
publicly blamed his daughter's campaign problems on "J-E-W-S,"
spelling out the word on live television.
Baum, who is Jewish, said he cast an absentee ballot for Majette in
the primary because he couldn't stomach the thought of entering a
Democratic voting booth on Election Day. He said he believes the call
to arms by some Republican activists and conservative newspaper
columnists to oust McKinney was heard by many different types of
voters.
The newspaper analysis suggests some evidence that supports that
view. Along with thousands of switch-hitting voters, the primary drew
5,701 new voters and 4,694 people -- mostly dormant Democrats as
identified by their voting histories -- who hadn't voted in at least
four years.
The resulting Majette victory came from a patchwork of voting groups:
independents, white Democrats and crossover Republicans. Joining them
were 18,000 black voters who made up one-fourth of Majette's total.
That estimate is based on Majette's vote totals in predominantly
black voting precincts.
Political experts generally believe McKinney's defeat was rooted in
her alienation of white Democrats. They say she failed to correct a
steady evaporation in recent years of support in the predominantly
white sections of DeKalb County, once bastions of Republicanism that
now lean Democratic.
University of Georgia political science professor Charles Bullock
said it was the erosion of McKinney's white Democratic support that
made Majette's candidacy possible.
Instead of focusing on repairing relations with potential white
supporters, he said, McKinney directed her efforts to bringing out as
many black voters as possible.
But a redrawing of congressional district lines had changed the mix
of McKinney's constituents, he said. It went from being two-thirds
black to a slight African-American majority.
"In the old district, as long as you were the black candidate, that
was enough," said Bullock. "You didn't have to worry about building
biracial coalitions. Some of [McKinney's] behavior suggested that she
was caught in a time warp."
The lawsuit accuses Majette of being a Republican Party plant, noting
that she voted in the 2000 Republican presidential primary for
conservative radio commentator Alan Keyes.
Majette, an African-American, has said she opted to vote for Keyes
because she wanted to cast a vote for a black man for president.
In a review of Majette's voting history, that was the only time she
recorded a Republican vote in the last 10 general and presidential
primaries.
She is not the only Democratic politician to have voted Republican.
In 1996, DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Vernon Jones and state
Rep. Doug Teper (D-Atlanta) crossed over to cast ballots in the
Republican presidential primary.
ANALYZING THE VOTE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's analysis concentrated on the
116,410 DeKalb County voters who cast ballots in the 4th District
Democratic congressional primary Aug. 20.
Their voting histories were traced back to 1990. For a voter to be
considered a Democrat or a Republican, he or she had to have cast
ballots in at least four of seven state primaries and sided with one
party or the other 75 percent of the time.
In an effort to estimate a possible total of Republican leaning
voters, the Journal-Constitution used several scenarios. Among them
was adding the number of consistent Republican voters to those who
don't vote or routinely switch parties in Georgia primaries, but side
more often with the GOP in presidential primaries.
Not included in the study were 2,405 voters from the seven Gwinnett
County precincts included in the district. However, even adding the
2,145 votes Denise Majette collected in Gwinnett County -- on the
highly improbable assumption they are all Republican -- Majette still
prevails by 3,434 votes.
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>
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> charge with the death of your spouse, having your children
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>responsible for the death of my wife. On June 6, 2001. Det. Stanfield
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>wife's body. Det. Stanfield went to location and discovered
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>On June 6, 2001. The Dekalb Medical Examiner ruled the death of my
>wife, Mrs. Gina Lynch, as an undetermined homicide. The Dekalb
>County Police assigned inexperienced detectives to handle this type
>of investigation, and because of this, someone may have gotten away
>with the death of Gina. On June 12, 2001. Det. Stanfield interviewed
>a Ms. R. Smith about the arson of Gina's automobile. Ms. Smith inform-
>ed Det. Stanfield that she and a man name T. Nixon were in Gina's car
>during the time she was reported missing. Ms. Smith took Det.
>Stanfield to the location where Gina's body was found on June 6.
>2001. Even though Ms. Smith gave Det. Stanfield this information he
>made me his only suspect and did no further investigation. On June
>12,2001.Det.Stanfield made a false allegation of child neglect my
>children were taken my parental rights were severed, then adopted
>without the child protection agency investigating the charge. On May
>28, 2002. The District Attorney used Det. Stanfield as the state's
>witness to have me indicted in the death of my wife. On August 21,
>2003. After spending fourteen months in jail for something I did
>not do the District Attorney dismissed the charge against me. Now
>I'm appealing to the public to retrieve my children who were
>unjustly taken out of my life and God and your help I will be able
>to hold my babies again and force the police to conduct a proper
>investigation into the death of my wife and children's mother. She
>deserves that. We all do. Although this is just a capsule of my en-
>tire ordeal, all that I say can be legally substantiated. Please
>support me to receive justice, contact my Attorney who has been a God sent
>from the very beginning Mr. Brad Gardner. I was interviewed
>by a reporter Mr. David Simpson who has taken a great interest in publishing
>my story. I'm asking everyone to e-mail, call, or write Mr. David Simpson of
>the Atlanta Journal Constitution, let him know you agree that the public has
>an interest in hearing about this injustice.
>
Dear Readers:
I'm writing this letter to give the public more information on the
injustice that has befallen my family and me. Everything in this
letter can legally be substantiated. On June 4,2001.Det.Stanfield,
of the Youth and Sex Division of the Dekalb Police Department of
Georgia, interviewed a Ms.J.Greer at C.I.D Headquarters. On June
12,2001. Det.Stanfield filed false allegation of parental depriva-
tion using the statement from Ms.J.Greer who at the time was a
fugitive from the state of Mississippi. On June 12,2001.my youngest son was brought to Georgia from New jersey, where he had
lived with my family for two years. He came to mourn his mothers
passing. On June 13,2001.Dekalb Police came to my home and took my
two daughters who were five years of age. This was based on Det.
Stanfield's complaint. On June 13,2001. Ms.M.Nicholas of DFACS
filed a complaint using Det.Stanfield allegation and had my ten
year old son arrested on June 14,2001 also claiming parental
deprivation even though he was not in my custody. On June 19,2001.
before Judge R.Nash of the Dekalb Juvenile court Child Advocate
Ms.D.Murphy introduce the allegation made by Ms.J.Greer as the reason the state was looking to take away my children.Dear Readers
I testified that the statement made by Ms.Greer was false and that
she was a fugitive at the time she was interviewed by Det. Stanfield but Judge R.Nash allowed the procedure to continue
until he terminated my parental rights July 16, 2002.even though
no child protection agency investigated the false charge. Now I'm
appealing to the public to help me retrieve my children who I
have not seen in almost three years and to force the Dekalb Police
to conduct a proper investigation into the death of my wife Mrs.
Gina Lynch. Please support me in recieving justice. I'm asking
everyone to E-mail,write,or call Mr.David Simpson of the Atlanta
Journal Constitution, let him know that the public has an interest
in hearing about the injustice at the hands of public officals.
Keith Lynch Att.Brad Gardner
Phone (973) 374-5927 Phone(404 522-1400
E-mail bigdk [at] acninc.net
Reporter David Simpson
E-mail dsimpson [at] ajc.com
Dear Mr. Lynch,
We sincerely regret receiving your e-mail under such tragic and
unfortunate circumstances, but thank you for respecting "It's Your Call with
Lynn Doyle" enough to call this tragedy to our attention. We will attempt to
help you in any way that we can, although we cannot make any guarantees. In
the event of "It's Your Call!" being unable to cover the unfortunate
incident that you have called to our attention, I have forwarded your e-mail
to our News Department, to increase the possibility of having your issue
covered by that particular department. Again, I apologize but I cannot make
any promises regarding coverage of this topic. I wish you the best of
luck...as you will be in our hearts during this difficult time. Thank you
again for thinking of us, and please take care.
Sincerely,
Adrienne
Production Assistant
"It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle"
PS: My story needs to be aired so that the injustice that has happened to me wont happen to anyone else.
>
>I'm writing this letter to request your support to address a grave
>injustice that has befallen my family and me. Can you imagine being
> charge with the death of your spouse, having your children
>taken away, and having your parental rights severed without any evidence
>against you. That's exactly what happened to me in Decatur,
>Ga. in June of 2001. No investigation was done to determine the one
>responsible for the death of my wife. On June 6, 2001. Det. Stanfield
>of the Youth and Sex Division, stated in supplemental report, that
>he interviewed a Mr. Brewer who gave him information on the location of my
>wife's body. Det. Stanfield went to location and discovered
>my wife's body. Det. Stanfield never interviewed Mr. Brewer again.
>On June 6, 2001. The Dekalb Medical Examiner ruled the death of my
>wife, Mrs. Gina Lynch, as an undetermined homicide. The Dekalb
>County Police assigned inexperienced detectives to handle this type
>of investigation, and because of this, someone may have gotten away
>with the death of Gina. On June 12, 2001. Det. Stanfield interviewed
>a Ms. R. Smith about the arson of Gina's automobile. Ms. Smith inform-
>ed Det. Stanfield that she and a man name T. Nixon were in Gina's car
>during the time she was reported missing. Ms. Smith took Det.
>Stanfield to the location where Gina's body was found on June 6.
>2001. Even though Ms. Smith gave Det. Stanfield this information he
>made me his only suspect and did no further investigation. On June
>12,2001.Det.Stanfield made a false allegation of child neglect my
>children were taken my parental rights were severed, then adopted
>without the child protection agency investigating the charge. On May
>28, 2002. The District Attorney used Det. Stanfield as the state's
>witness to have me indicted in the death of my wife. On August 21,
>2003. After spending fourteen months in jail for something I did
>not do the District Attorney dismissed the charge against me. Now
>I'm appealing to the public to retrieve my children who were
>unjustly taken out of my life and God and your help I will be able
>to hold my babies again and force the police to conduct a proper
>investigation into the death of my wife and children's mother. She
>deserves that. We all do. Although this is just a capsule of my en-
>tire ordeal, all that I say can be legally substantiated. Please
>support me to receive justice, contact my Attorney who has been a God sent
>from the very beginning Mr. Brad Gardner. I was interviewed
>by a reporter Mr. David Simpson who has taken a great interest in publishing
>my story. I'm asking everyone to e-mail, call, or write Mr. David Simpson of
>the Atlanta Journal Constitution, let him know you agree that the public has
>an interest in hearing about this injustice.
>
Dear Readers:
I'm writing this letter to give the public more information on the
injustice that has befallen my family and me. Everything in this
letter can legally be substantiated. On June 4,2001.Det.Stanfield,
of the Youth and Sex Division of the Dekalb Police Department of
Georgia, interviewed a Ms.J.Greer at C.I.D Headquarters. On June
12,2001. Det.Stanfield filed false allegation of parental depriva-
tion using the statement from Ms.J.Greer who at the time was a
fugitive from the state of Mississippi. On June 12,2001.my youngest son was brought to Georgia from New jersey, where he had
lived with my family for two years. He came to mourn his mothers
passing. On June 13,2001.Dekalb Police came to my home and took my
two daughters who were five years of age. This was based on Det.
Stanfield's complaint. On June 13,2001. Ms.M.Nicholas of DFACS
filed a complaint using Det.Stanfield allegation and had my ten
year old son arrested on June 14,2001 also claiming parental
deprivation even though he was not in my custody. On June 19,2001.
before Judge R.Nash of the Dekalb Juvenile court Child Advocate
Ms.D.Murphy introduce the allegation made by Ms.J.Greer as the reason the state was looking to take away my children.Dear Readers
I testified that the statement made by Ms.Greer was false and that
she was a fugitive at the time she was interviewed by Det. Stanfield but Judge R.Nash allowed the procedure to continue
until he terminated my parental rights July 16, 2002.even though
no child protection agency investigated the false charge. Now I'm
appealing to the public to help me retrieve my children who I
have not seen in almost three years and to force the Dekalb Police
to conduct a proper investigation into the death of my wife Mrs.
Gina Lynch. Please support me in recieving justice. I'm asking
everyone to E-mail,write,or call Mr.David Simpson of the Atlanta
Journal Constitution, let him know that the public has an interest
in hearing about the injustice at the hands of public officals.
Keith Lynch Att.Brad Gardner
Phone (973) 374-5927 Phone(404 522-1400
E-mail bigdk [at] acninc.net
Reporter David Simpson
E-mail dsimpson [at] ajc.com
Dear Mr. Lynch,
We sincerely regret receiving your e-mail under such tragic and
unfortunate circumstances, but thank you for respecting "It's Your Call with
Lynn Doyle" enough to call this tragedy to our attention. We will attempt to
help you in any way that we can, although we cannot make any guarantees. In
the event of "It's Your Call!" being unable to cover the unfortunate
incident that you have called to our attention, I have forwarded your e-mail
to our News Department, to increase the possibility of having your issue
covered by that particular department. Again, I apologize but I cannot make
any promises regarding coverage of this topic. I wish you the best of
luck...as you will be in our hearts during this difficult time. Thank you
again for thinking of us, and please take care.
Sincerely,
Adrienne
Production Assistant
"It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle"
PS: My story needs to be aired so that the injustice that has happened to me wont happen to anyone else.
As someone who is intimately familiar with the case of Georgia v. Keith Lynch, I would like to take this opportunity to say that Gina Lynch was one of the most wonderful people Ive ever not had the chance to meet. Everyone who knew Gina would attest to the fact that she was a wonderful, dynamic and intelligent person. The only mistake Gina (and I refuse to call her by her married last name) made was ever getting involved with KEITH LYNCH in the first place. Mr. Lynch is quick to point out the fact that the police unjustly accused him of the murder of Gina, and he attempts to make himself the true victim of this tragic incident. What about GIna? Did Mr. Lynch make it public record that he refused in any way to cooperate with the same "inexperienced" detectives in attempting to clear the unsolved hoimicde? Did he inform the public that Gina was in the process of a divorce and wanted nothing to do with him? He attempts in his poorly written, poorly thought out and self serving book to vindicate himself of a crime there is NO DOUBT he committed. He talks of homosexuality, murder, etc. in his attempt to market this trash he calls injustice. I find it intriguing that NOWHERE in his writings and public outcries does he address his OWN criminal history.
Mr. Lynch attempted to deflect interest in him by pointing out that his cousin, who has since died, committed the murder because he (Orlando) said, "I think she's dead" prior to Gina's body being found. In reality, this statement was made because Orlando KNEW that Gina was so determined to get away from Mr. Lynch that she'd turned to homosexuality and was involved with a woman (emasculating? Motive?).
There is SO much more incriminating evidence against Keith Lynch it would take all night for me to type it.
The bull shit book, pleas for help, and the radio and tv appearances are NOTHING more than an attempt by Mr. Lynch to benefit from the murder of Gina.
In closing, I would like to direct this to Keith Lynch:
Gina's body was found in an advanced state of decomposition and thrown in a field like discarded trash. She was a hundred times the person you could ever be and I hope you burn in hell for what you did. Just because you got lucky, doesn't mean you didn't do it. You and YOU alone are responsible for the death of your children's mother. They're getting older Keith, I wonder what they'll say when they are able to remember what you did to their mother...I wonder if the forensic interviews will reveal the truth...here's an idea...ask mommy, you coward......you know, the one you ran to when the heat was on! Maybe she can put the degree in psychology (or child development....whatever it is, it CERATAINLY didn't work with your murdering ass!) she got from Devry to some good use.
I hope the world sees you fopr what you are. A sociopath who is attempting to benefit off the MURDER of your wife. I hope your children grow up to hate you with an unbridled passion and that you die alone....in a field....
Mr. Lynch attempted to deflect interest in him by pointing out that his cousin, who has since died, committed the murder because he (Orlando) said, "I think she's dead" prior to Gina's body being found. In reality, this statement was made because Orlando KNEW that Gina was so determined to get away from Mr. Lynch that she'd turned to homosexuality and was involved with a woman (emasculating? Motive?).
There is SO much more incriminating evidence against Keith Lynch it would take all night for me to type it.
The bull shit book, pleas for help, and the radio and tv appearances are NOTHING more than an attempt by Mr. Lynch to benefit from the murder of Gina.
In closing, I would like to direct this to Keith Lynch:
Gina's body was found in an advanced state of decomposition and thrown in a field like discarded trash. She was a hundred times the person you could ever be and I hope you burn in hell for what you did. Just because you got lucky, doesn't mean you didn't do it. You and YOU alone are responsible for the death of your children's mother. They're getting older Keith, I wonder what they'll say when they are able to remember what you did to their mother...I wonder if the forensic interviews will reveal the truth...here's an idea...ask mommy, you coward......you know, the one you ran to when the heat was on! Maybe she can put the degree in psychology (or child development....whatever it is, it CERATAINLY didn't work with your murdering ass!) she got from Devry to some good use.
I hope the world sees you fopr what you are. A sociopath who is attempting to benefit off the MURDER of your wife. I hope your children grow up to hate you with an unbridled passion and that you die alone....in a field....
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