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Cynthia McKinney: Guilty of Being Black While In Congress
Could it be that one of my fondest wishes is about to come
true? According to the Al Jazeera-Constitution (er, excuse me,
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- can't imagine how I made
that mistake), Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney may be
arrested soon for her part in a recent incident during which she
allegedly struck a Capitol Police officer who tried to stop her
from going around a security checkpoint.
This has especial relish for me since I am one of her many
long-suffering constituents, which is to say, a resident of her
Congressional district who isn't among the brain-damaged
minions who actually voted for this clinically disturbed woman.
But first things first. McKinney is said to have hit a Capitol
Police officer in the chest when he stopped her from entering
the building without going through a metal detector. As usual,
and ever thumbing her nose at authority, she wasn’t wearing a
lapel pin identifying her as a House member.
Not wearing that pin doesn’t sound like a particularly big
deal, but for most of her other colleagues, it’s not too big a
concession to make to “the Man” in exchange for security that
could possibly save their lives. But then, most of her colleagues
aren’t hopeless racial victimhood addicts whose immutable
perception of "the Man" involves white robes and pointed
hoods.
McKinney's lawyer, James Myart Jr., whose every word was
as predictable as the movements of the stars in the firmament,
said that "Ms. McKinney is just a victim of being in Congress
while black."
I don't want to say that strains credulity, but if anybody is
really being mistreated for "being in Congress while black,"
then one would expect to see members of the Congressional
Black Caucus getting gang-tackled on a regular basis by racist
security officers. Funny, no video or evidence of such incidents
have surfaced.
"Congresswoman McKinney," Myart said further, " in a
hurry, was essentially chased and grabbed by the officer. She
reacted instinctively in an effort to defend herself."
The problem with McKinney "reacting instinctively" is that
the Congresswoman is a walking, talking bundle of racial
paranoia and emotional pathologies on an interminable hunt
for any excuse to accuse someone of racism. So ate up with this
malady is she that she once said that "Al Gore's Negro
tolerance level has never been too high. I've never seen him
around more than one at a time." I don't know what the
context was, but is it even possible there could have been one
such that the statement was anything other than crazy?
One can only imagine what important business she was in
such a rush to get to when security stopped her. Here's a
couple of examples of the kinds of urgent matters she's dealt
with for the American people in the last year or so:
1.) She chaired a Congressional hearing last year "on
whether the Bush administration was involved in the terrorist
attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."
2.) Introduced into the House of Representatives the Tupac
Shakur Records Release Act of 2006 "for the purpose of fully
informing the American people about the history surrounding
the life and death of [gangsta rapper] Tupac Amaru Shakur."
So naturally, you can see the urgency in the kinds of things
McKinney is constantly working on, such as enlightening the
American people to the fact that their president knowingly
allowed 9/11 to happen in order to enrich his defense industry
buddies. Or trying to convince them that Tupac was anything
other than a despicable criminal who happened to be able to
rhyme some words to a drum beat.
In addition, she has long been known for things like
advocating for disastrous Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe
who ran white farmers off their land, turning the country from
a breadbasket to a basket case; cozying up with and receiving
campaign donations from all kinds of terrorist sympathizers;
indulging in the anti-Jewish hatefest at an infamous
conference in Durban, South Africa in 2001 even after the U.S.
withdrew most of its participation; and for having a blatantly
anti-Semitic father in the Georgia State Legislature whose
prejudices just may have rubbed off on her.
And that’s just scratching the surface. Think of any position
on any issue that the vast majority of Americans would be
appalled by and it’s a lead pipe cinch she’s for it. Or name
something that most Americans would be in favor of and, yep,
she’s against it.
Just as a random for instance, she voted against the “Born-
Alive Infants Protection Act,” a measure that required that if
during a partial birth abortion a nearly-born infant slipped out
of its mother before actually being aborted, it acquired the
rights of a person and could no longer be killed.
Notwithstanding her egregious record, it could very well be
the case that whatever she did in the incident with the Capitol
Police wasn’t really that serious. If that’s the case, don’t worry,
she’ll get out of it without any serious legal consequences. But
if a molehill can be made into a big enough mountain to get her
voted out of office later this year, I’ll be one happy resident of
the Fourth District of Georgia.
Could it be that one of my fondest wishes is about to come
true? According to the Al Jazeera-Constitution (er, excuse me,
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- can't imagine how I made
that mistake), Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney may be
arrested soon for her part in a recent incident during which she
allegedly struck a Capitol Police officer who tried to stop her
from going around a security checkpoint.
This has especial relish for me since I am one of her many
long-suffering constituents, which is to say, a resident of her
Congressional district who isn't among the brain-damaged
minions who actually voted for this clinically disturbed woman.
But first things first. McKinney is said to have hit a Capitol
Police officer in the chest when he stopped her from entering
the building without going through a metal detector. As usual,
and ever thumbing her nose at authority, she wasn’t wearing a
lapel pin identifying her as a House member.
Not wearing that pin doesn’t sound like a particularly big
deal, but for most of her other colleagues, it’s not too big a
concession to make to “the Man” in exchange for security that
could possibly save their lives. But then, most of her colleagues
aren’t hopeless racial victimhood addicts whose immutable
perception of "the Man" involves white robes and pointed
hoods.
McKinney's lawyer, James Myart Jr., whose every word was
as predictable as the movements of the stars in the firmament,
said that "Ms. McKinney is just a victim of being in Congress
while black."
I don't want to say that strains credulity, but if anybody is
really being mistreated for "being in Congress while black,"
then one would expect to see members of the Congressional
Black Caucus getting gang-tackled on a regular basis by racist
security officers. Funny, no video or evidence of such incidents
have surfaced.
"Congresswoman McKinney," Myart said further, " in a
hurry, was essentially chased and grabbed by the officer. She
reacted instinctively in an effort to defend herself."
The problem with McKinney "reacting instinctively" is that
the Congresswoman is a walking, talking bundle of racial
paranoia and emotional pathologies on an interminable hunt
for any excuse to accuse someone of racism. So ate up with this
malady is she that she once said that "Al Gore's Negro
tolerance level has never been too high. I've never seen him
around more than one at a time." I don't know what the
context was, but is it even possible there could have been one
such that the statement was anything other than crazy?
One can only imagine what important business she was in
such a rush to get to when security stopped her. Here's a
couple of examples of the kinds of urgent matters she's dealt
with for the American people in the last year or so:
1.) She chaired a Congressional hearing last year "on
whether the Bush administration was involved in the terrorist
attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."
2.) Introduced into the House of Representatives the Tupac
Shakur Records Release Act of 2006 "for the purpose of fully
informing the American people about the history surrounding
the life and death of [gangsta rapper] Tupac Amaru Shakur."
So naturally, you can see the urgency in the kinds of things
McKinney is constantly working on, such as enlightening the
American people to the fact that their president knowingly
allowed 9/11 to happen in order to enrich his defense industry
buddies. Or trying to convince them that Tupac was anything
other than a despicable criminal who happened to be able to
rhyme some words to a drum beat.
In addition, she has long been known for things like
advocating for disastrous Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe
who ran white farmers off their land, turning the country from
a breadbasket to a basket case; cozying up with and receiving
campaign donations from all kinds of terrorist sympathizers;
indulging in the anti-Jewish hatefest at an infamous
conference in Durban, South Africa in 2001 even after the U.S.
withdrew most of its participation; and for having a blatantly
anti-Semitic father in the Georgia State Legislature whose
prejudices just may have rubbed off on her.
And that’s just scratching the surface. Think of any position
on any issue that the vast majority of Americans would be
appalled by and it’s a lead pipe cinch she’s for it. Or name
something that most Americans would be in favor of and, yep,
she’s against it.
Just as a random for instance, she voted against the “Born-
Alive Infants Protection Act,” a measure that required that if
during a partial birth abortion a nearly-born infant slipped out
of its mother before actually being aborted, it acquired the
rights of a person and could no longer be killed.
Notwithstanding her egregious record, it could very well be
the case that whatever she did in the incident with the Capitol
Police wasn’t really that serious. If that’s the case, don’t worry,
she’ll get out of it without any serious legal consequences. But
if a molehill can be made into a big enough mountain to get her
voted out of office later this year, I’ll be one happy resident of
the Fourth District of Georgia.