PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ARREST HER

[NewHummerGuy]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/03/mckinney.scuffle.ap/index.html

[DDWH]

X2! I hope they arrest this dumbass bish!

[KenP]

They should have arrested her immidiately. Since they didn't, she was able to run that circus. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

Her pic reminds me of this one:

http://victorjr.users.superford.org/roundrockcomputer/aol/buckwheat.jpg

[KenP]

http://elcova.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/5106011751/m/2841001171

[NewHummerGuy]

hahahahaha......Rascal Gang. Buckwheat...everytime i see him i hear...

"I wisht i had a watermelon....i wisht i had a watermelon"......classic episode.

Originally posted by KenP:
They should have arrested her immidiately. Since they didn't, she was able to run that circus. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

Her pic reminds me of this one:

http://victorjr.users.superford.org/roundrockcomputer/aol/buckwheat.jpg

[NJ H2]

Originally posted by KenP:
They should have arrested her immidiately. Since they didn't, she was able to run that circus. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

Her pic reminds me of this one:

http://victorjr.users.superford.org/roundrockcomputer/aol/buckwheat.jpg

LMAO!! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[MarineHawk]

Originally posted by KenP:
Her pic reminds me of this one:
http://victorjr.users.superford.org/roundrockcomputer/aol/buckwheat.jpg

Awesome!!!

[HIHUMMER]

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At a press conference Friday, she and her lawyers declared that she was a victim of inappropriate touching and racism and said they were considering pursuing civil action against the officer.
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He should have just shot her in the leg. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Ipedog]

He should have just shot her in the leg.http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

LMFAO! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[KenP]

Originally posted by HIHUMMER:
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At a press conference Friday, she and her lawyers declared that she was a victim of inappropriate touching and racism and said they were considering pursuing civil action against the officer.
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He should have just shot her in the leg. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif That infuriates me to no end! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif He was doing his GDFing JOB!

[NewHummerGuy]

Ken, you should run for mayor of VA Beach http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

I will help run campaign http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[HIHUMMER]

LMAO! Love the new sig. Ken!!!

[NewHummerGuy]

"Black clergy, lawmakers offer support"

Black clergy and lawmakers came the defense of the firebrand congresswoman on Monday. McKinney smiled as her supporters heaped praise on her leadership and her new look — her trademark cornrows replaced earlier this year by a curly brown afro...(aka Buckwheat)

Her supporters tried to minimize the incident — which they called political, not criminal — but they also suggested it was an example of racial profiling....(HUH http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif They called publicity surrounding the episode a distraction that is being used by “her enemies” to keep the congresswoman from performing her elected duties....(embarrass her state)

[RIC-H0]

Originally posted by NewHummerGuy:
Ken, you should run for mayor of VA Beach http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

I will help run campaign http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif I'll set up a permanent address, and vote for you ten times!
KennyP for Mayor!!!
Free Beer, and loose women for all!
Yeah Buddy! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[ROX]

Originally posted by HIHUMMER:
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At a press conference Friday, she and her lawyers declared that she was a victim of inappropriate touching and racism and said they were considering pursuing civil action against the officer.
___________________________________________


He should have just shot her in the leg. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif LMAO!

[DRTYFN]

Originally posted by HIHUMMER:
He should have just shot her in the head. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Fissed

[KenP]

Her supporters tried to minimize the incident — which they called political, not criminal — but they also suggested it was an example of racial profiling.... She didn't have her ID pin on, so she was stopped for crying out loud. What a fkn POS! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

[Klaus]

Questions Raised Over McKinney Fundraiser

POSTED: 3:17 pm EDT April 4, 2006
UPDATED: 5:46 am EDT April 5, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Cynthia McKinney may have violated congressional fundraising rules.

Channel 2 Action News has learned that McKinney paid for singer Isaac Hayes to fly to Atlanta last March 25 to host a fundraising event at the Stone Mountain home of State Senator Gloria Butler.

McKinney's office used taxpayer money for Hayes $500 airline ticket and his $400 hotel bill.

Congressional rules strictly forbid using taxpayer money for campaign events.

"It's actually breaking the law," says Melanie Sloan of The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

"It's breaking house rules which prevent a member from using travel funds for anything but their own travel. And it breaks federal Election Commission law, which requires that only campaign funds be used for campaign expenses," added Sloan.

McKinney has admitted billing the taxpayers for Hayes' expenses, calling it an administrative error.

Information posted by the House Ethics Committee shows McKinney could potentially face a fine or removal from office, if a government investigation is conducted.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/8465045/detail.html

[PARAGON]

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The Post Chronicle™



<span class="header_category_name">Commentary</span>

<span class="article_title">Cynthia McKinney's New Book: "Avoiding Justice While Black"</span>

By John W Lillpop

Apr 5, 2006







Cynthia McKinney, the congresswoman who claimed she was the victim of racial profiling by Washington, DC, Capitol police after hitting a cop herself, should give up politics. Instead, she should write a book to share her unique perspective as a black female victim with the world.</P>


Her first work could be entitled "Avoiding Justice While Black." Alternatively, she could name it "Overcoming Adversity While Black: Finding the Victim Within You." </P>


OJ Simpson, Kobe Bryant and Barry Bonds could write introductions. McKinney could dedicate the book to the late Johnny Cochran, icon of the "Racism For $$$$$" cult.</P>


Proposed titles for the book chapters:</P>


* Black? You IS Automatically a Victim, Baby!</P>


* Slugging a White Cop: More Fun Than Sex?</P>


* Staying Out of Jail While Black: Become a Victim!</P>


* Guilt-Free Sandbagging of Cracker Cops</P>


* Crackers and Cash Cows: Making the R Word Work for YOU!</P>


* Black Preachers, NAACP: Black Mafia On YOUR Side!</P>


* Too Short for the NBA? Make a Fortune with a Jesse Jackson "Rainbow Shakedown" Franchise! </P>


* If You MUST Confess: Use Ebonics for Plausible Deniablity!</P>


* Reparations: Your Share of American Dream---PAST DUE!</P>


* Truth, Personal Responsibility: Why Bother?</P>


Thanks, Cynthia. This will be a perfect training guide for youth everywhere.</P>
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[PARAGON]

Wednesday, April 5, 2006 9:38 a.m. EDT
Democrats Abandon Cynthia McKinney


House Republicans, reacting to the confrontation last week between Rep. Cynthia McKinney and a Capitol Police officer she is accused of hitting, pressed for a resolution Tuesday to commend the police force for its professionalism.

Democratic leaders did not defend McKinney or her charge of racial profiling.

"I don't think any of it justifies hitting a police officer," said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California. "If it did happen I don't think it was justified."

Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, said all lawmakers, staffers and visitors in the building have a responsibility to obey Capitol Police. "I think we all should cooperate fully," he said.

Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, had no comment, a spokesman said.

As a federal prosecutor considered whether to press assault or other charges against McKinney, Republicans were introducing their resolution.

"I don't think it's fair to attack the Capitol Police and I think it's time that we show our support for them," said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., a sponsor of the measure. Ignoring a police officer's order to stop, or hitting one, "is never OK," McHenry said.

McKinney is alleged to have hit a uniformed police officer who did not recognize her and asked her to stop on her way into a House office building.

McKinney says she took action in self defense after the officer inappropriately touched her. A spokesman for the congresswoman did not respond Tuesday to a request for comment.

The six-term Georgia Democrat says the issue is not about whether to obey a police officer's order, whether she hit him or the fact that she was not wearing the lapel pin that identifies members of Congress.

She and her lawyers have said that a series of confrontations between McKinney and U.S. Capitol and White House law enforcement officers who don't recognize her points to a pattern.

"The issue is racial profiling," McKinney, who is black, told CNN Monday.

The resolution being introduced Tuesday came as McKinney awaited U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein's decision on whether to press any criminal charges against her.

The measure expected to be introduced late Tuesday, co-sponsored by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., would not specifically mention McKinney or the confrontation, McHenry said.

Instead, sponsors said, it would commend the Capitol Police for their professionalism and recognize the challenge of protecting the vast Capitol campus from terrorism and other threats while keeping it open to tourists.

"Every day they exhibit honor, courtesy and professionalism," Diaz-Balart said in a statement.

McKinney says that has not been her experience. She says Capitol Police officers have a long history of failing to recognize her and asking for identification - a pattern she says is racist and in any case highlights a security problem in one of the most well-guarded buildings in the country.

Republicans suggest the incident says something negative about the Democrats. A spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said that a Democratic lawmaker hitting an officer does not support the minority party's claim of a commitment to security.

Pelosi last week called that argument "pathetic." She added that she would not make a big deal of what she termed "a mistake" by an officer.

The lack of Democratic support for McKinney is notable. She and her lawyer, James Myart Jr., said on Friday they expected several members of Congress to join her at a news conference that day at Howard University.

None did. D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton issued a statement of concern about the incident and urged the parties to come to an agreement.

McHenry, who at 30 is the youngest member of Congress, said he is routinely stopped by Capitol Police and asked for identification.

"When I'm not wearing my pin, I am always stopped," McHenry said in a telephone interview. "I accept that as a due course of security."



© 2006 Associated Press

[PARAGON]

”George Bush smirks at us and our Vice President sneers. The smirk is for what they still have up their sleeves and the sneer is because they know we'll let them get away with it…. After all, we let them get away with it in 1963 (that's when John Kennedy's life was taken), and again in 1965 (when Malcolm X was murdered), then twice again in 1968 (when snipers' bullets stole Martin and Bobby from us).”
Cynthia McKinney 2002

[Scouts Out]

At one point I supported her right to speak about her son, now it is all about keeping her 15 minutes going. She is a fool in the same vein as that as* Micheal Moore. the press just cannot get enough of them. Al Franken is another example.

[GLBLWARMR]

NEWS ALERT U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney apologizes for altercation with Capitol Police officer.

Yeah go figure. Just posted to CNN.

[KenP]

I was hoping she'd be arrested by now. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

[DRTYFN]

Back-pedalling POS!!http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif
She must have seen the surveillance video.

[ratesguy]

She did not, I repear NOT apologize for her actions. She said she was sorry for the "misunderstanding" concerning the incident. This implies she still thinks the officer was wrong. She has not admitted anything and I hope she is treated just like any other stupid person who hits a police officer. She is bat shiat crazy.

[DRTYFN]

But even as McKinney appeared to be trying to put the issue to rest, a bodyguard she hired – reportedly a former Georgia state trooper – was raising another furor when he threatened a television reporter trying to interview McKinney outside the Capitol just minutes before she appeared on the House floor.

When the reporter from Cox Broadcasting tried to ask McKinney about the grand jury, the bodyguard told him, "I'm going to put your ass in jail. I'm a police officer," a videotape of the incident shows.

Asked if he worked for Capitol police, the man said, "I work for Miss McKinney."

Word that McKinney had hired a bodyguard roiled the ranks of the Capitol police who were worried that the guard was carrying a weapon. They said they are concerned about what the bodyguard might do if Capitol police challenged McKinney at a security checkpoint.

McKinney's office did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment.

I expect this crazy bitch to NOT be re-elected.http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

[HIHUMMER]

(oh...I'm going straight to hell for this one)

I'z zorry Mizter Offizer....I'z not know what I'z doin...I'z just a poor african-american women who haz her greazy azz buckwheat lookin weave on too tight..

(ok...i'm not too good at the whole "ebonics thing", but you get my point)

[alldunn's chic]

that's ****ing hilliarious http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Klaus]

Challenging Cynthia
By Matt Towery

Apr 6, 2006


Most media have missed the most important aspect of Rep. Cynthia McKinney's alleged assault on a Capitol policeman.

However this plays out legally, and whatever McKinney, D-Ga., may have belatedly offered by way of an apology, she will probably lose her re-election bid this November.

"What?" I can hear the incredulous cry from Washington's expert observers.

"That's insane," they're saying. "She has a heavily weighted African-American district that votes overwhelmingly Democratic!"

True, but let's not forget that she also lost a re-election race in 2002 for similar -- but ultimately less serious -- reasons.

Back then, InsiderAdvantage released a poll that suggested McKinney would lose to a little-known local judge by the name of Denise Majette.

The poll, which came out well before that Democratic primary contest, was doubted by the most seasoned of national and state political experts. But it was correct.

Here's what happened in 2002, and how something like a refrain of that story will probably play out again this year.

In 2002, McKinney made post-9/11 comments that irritated many otherwise liberal Democrats in her district, black and white. She said more or less that President George W. Bush had known the terrorist attacks would happen before they did.

Her ties to the Islamic community, including significant campaign donations from Islamic business leaders, only heightened concerns about her.

It helped Majette in her upset bid that she was an appealing candidate, and African American herself. It was easier for her than it would have been for many others to peel away a certain fragment of the congressional district's black voters from McKinney.

Critically, our early poll indicated a coming crossover vote: Independents and even some Republicans who lived in the northernmost (read: whitest) sections of the district had decided to forego voting in the GOP primary for governor and instead vote in the Democratic primary. Their motive was to defeat Cynthia McKinney, and they did.

For some inexplicable reason, Majette served only one term in Congress before trying a run for U.S. Senate. She lost badly to one of the state's Republican stars, Johnny Isakson.

Make no mistake, McKinney will be up against the same election dynamics when the Georgia Democratic primary is held this summer. It's likely -- though not yet official -- that another appealing black candidate, a county commissioner from the heart of the district, is set to oppose her.

Independent and Republican voters in this district will have few temptations to "stay home" and vote in the GOP primary.

Incumbent Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue is a lock for his party's nomination.

Even the much-discussed race for lieutenant governor -- featuring controversial former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed -- won't stop many voters from skipping the GOP primary for a chance to vote out McKinney in the Democratic one.

That's how intense the ill will is toward McKinney from those she presumably could have won over were her public persona less confrontational, and embarrassing to her district.

What's doubly sad is an even lesser-known fact: In the late 1980s and early 1990s, many Republicans knew McKinney when they served with her in the state Legislature.

To a person, they will attest that she was highly personable. Moreover, they'll tell you that she encouraged them to take on the state's Democratic-dominated "good ol' boy" government.

While most of McKinney's political positions are now totally out of touch with most voters, and her attack on the Capitol officer seemingly impossible to defend, it's still regrettable that the warm and friendly side of McKinney has been totally subsumed by an endless series of increasingly bizarre political statements, accusations and acts of defiance.

Regardless of how one judges her, from a pure polling and strategic standpoint, it appears the media are missing what will most likely be Cynthia McKinney's greatest punishment: She is now consigned to relive the events of 2002.

What could save her in a primary race? Possibly the fact that her opponent will likely be an African-American man and not a woman.

It may well be that some women voters who abandoned McKinney in 2002 will stick with her against a man.

On the other hand, what might make this a more stinging defeat than last time? The fact that her presumptive opponent, DeKalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson, has a set constituency, and that the independent and Republican voters who crossed over to defeat McKinney in 2002 are fired up again.

As usual, only the obvious issue -- whether Cynthia McKinney would be punished inside the Beltway -- caught the eyes of most of national media.

The truth is that her ultimate downfall will happen back home.

http://www.townhall.com/print/print_story.php?sid=19279...06/04/06/192790.html (http://www.townhall.com/print/print_story.php?sid=192790&loc=/opinion/columns/matttowery/2006/04/06/192790.html)

[PARAGON]

As McKinney was apologizing, a federal grand jury was preparing to hear testimony from subpoenaed congressional aides who witnessed her confrontation with the Capitol Hill officer.

Lisa Subrize, executive assistant to Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), and Troy Phillips, senior legislative assistant to Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.), formally notified Hastert late Wednesday that they were testifying before the grand jury.

On March 29, an officer who didn't recognize McKinney tried to stop her from going around a security checkpoint in a House office building, as members of Congress and their staffs are allowed to do. The officer called to the DeKalb County Democrat to stop and, when she didn't, put his hand on her, prompting McKinney to spin around and strike the officer.

The federal prosecutor in Washington turned the case over to the grand jury to determine whether charges should be filed against McKinney. The charge could range from assault on a police officer, a felony, to simple assault, a misdemeanor. The grand jury and prosecutor also could just drop charges.

Meanwhile, the House sergeant-at-arms is investigating Thursday's incident on the Capitol steps. An aide, accompanying McKinney, physically confronted Cox Broadcasting reporter Scott MacFarlane trying to interview the congresswoman. After threatening the reporter, the aide said, "I'm a police officer," according to a videotape of the incident shown on WSB-TV.

On the tape, the man said he was not a Capitol Hill police officer. Off-camera, MacFarlane said the man told him that he worked for McKinney. Her office would not identify the man.

The House sergeant-at-arms is checking whether the man was a police officer amid reports that he was actually a former cop. Claiming to be a police officer is a felony.

The union representing Capitol Hill Police immediately expressed concerns about whether McKinney's aide was carrying a weapon.

"Anybody who has a weapon as a police officer must check that weapon with Capitol Police," said Andy Maybo, head of the Fraternal Order of Police on Capitol Hill.

[Steve - SanJose]

Sorry, don't care.