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Home Front: Politix
McKinney incident referred to U.S. Attorney's Office
2006-04-04
Capitol Hill police have referred a scuffle between one of their officers and U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., a spokesman for the office said Monday. "We are working with Capitol Hill police to fully understand and appreciate the incident," principal assistant U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "Pending review, it is inappropriate for us to comment any further at this time."
"Except that she's a barking moonbat, but you didn't hear that from me."
Phillips would not say whether a warrant was issued for McKinney's arrest.

McKinney spokesman Coz Carson on Monday also acknowledged the investigation. "We're aware that the wheels are turning in Washington," Carson said. "We have no control over what they decide to do. We will make the appropriate statement and take the appropriate action once we know where they're going."
"And then the spittle will fly."
At a press conference Monday morning, black clergy and lawmakers came the defense of the firebrand congresswoman. 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.

Speaking during a meeting of the Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, McKinney did not mention last week's altercation, which happened after a Capitol Hill officer failed to recognize her as she entered a House office building. Instead, McKinney's supporters did the talking, calling her face and record internationally famous.
Which is not necessarily a compliment.
Her supporters tried to minimize the incident _ which they called political, not criminal _ but they also suggested it was an example of racial profiling. They called publicity surrounding the episode a distraction that is being used by "her enemies" to keep the congresswoman from performing her elected duties.

Immediately after the news conference, McKinney was ushered out of the building and into a black SUV, smiling and keeping silent when reporters questioned her as she made her exit.

Officials have said McKinney could be charged with striking the officer. McKinney said last week the incident was initiated by the officer's "inappropriate stopping and touching" of her.

The Rev. Reverend Darrell D. Elligan, president of Concerned Black Clergy, called McKinney, competent, courageous and committed. "She has our support unconditionally," Elligan said. "She is not a threat to the security of our country."
Well, he's right about that.
Several Georgia black lawmakers spoke of similar treatment at the Georgia Capitol _ specifically referring to an incident where they said they were relegated to a balcony during the viewing of the body of Coretta Scott King in February.

State Rep. Tyrone Brooks, who has represented Atlanta for 26 years, said he was treated like "a country bumpkin" the day of the viewing. "I was offended, I was angry," said Brooks, head of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials. "If it happens to us in Atlanta, it happens to Cynthia McKinney in Washington. This is real."

State Rep. "Able" Mable Thomas, corroborated the Feb. 4 incident _ where she and other black lawmakers said they were relegated to the balcony of the Capitol and unable to participate in the procession. She said she did not mention the incident at the time out of respect for King.
Hard to buy this: any state pol who opens his/her mouth gets what he/she wants in such matters.
With her parents looking on in the audience, McKinney spoke at the end of the press conference, touting her service to her district. "Rest assured, I am doing the work they sent me to Washington to do. Nothing is going to keep me away from my responsibilities," she said.
More's the pity.
Posted by:Steve White

#57  I would love to see you brave souls tell her that to her face or tell her supporters what youre posting in here anonymously.

At any rate, from reading the comments in here
EVERYONE that opposes President Bush, particularly Democrats, their leaders, anti-war activists and liberals are all "unhinged lunatics" suffering from some type of mental illness. I think that says a lot more about YOU than THEM.
Posted by: Elmash Phing8221   2006-04-04 16:52  

#56  Bottom line:

Cynthia Mckinney is STILL in Congress.
your attempts to get rid of her have FAILED.

GET OVER IT.
Posted by: Elmash Phing8221   2006-04-04 16:11  

#55  Thats your opinion, not a fact.
Evidently her supporters dont think so.
I doubt seriously they would keep re-electing a "unhinged lunatic".
Posted by: Elmash Phing8221   2006-04-04 13:58  

#54  McKinney is also a prominent critic of President Bush. I have seen some very snide/nasty comments directed at her by people that disagree with her
accusations about him regarding 9-11, such as calling her a "unhinged lunatic" who suffers from some sort of mental illness. Yet her constituents keep re-electing her. You may "think" you know her well but eveidently her supporters dont think so. I will withold judgement on this particular case until all of the evidence comes out.
Posted by: Elmash Phing8221   2006-04-04 13:44  

#53  Funny, thing is that none of you were actually there to witness the incident and yet you have assigned guilt to Rep. McKinney. Your snide comments about her remind me off the anger she touched off among repubs/conservatives with her accusastions against Prez Bush about 9-11.
Perhaps among Rantburg regulars if one doesnt agree with their dogma, one is guilty until proven innocent.
Posted by: Elmash Phing8221   2006-04-04 13:11  

#52  Too funny, whahahahaa.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-04-04 22:16  

#51  once more with feeling..

Cox and Forkum
Posted by: RD   2006-04-04 21:59  

#50  Cox and Forkum
Posted by: RD   2006-04-04 21:57  

#49  Frank G, great deer in headlights comment lol.

For McKinney to not be wearing her ID and still expect to gain entrance is wrong. For her to ignore the guard's first 3 attempts to stop and question her, then worse yet striking him. She needs to be punished, and shouldn't be allowed to get away with this horrible behavior. How dare she feel she should have special rights to gain entrance, she should be glad that the guards are so good at their job in protecting and standing watch.
This guard needs to be honored for doing his job well, and should press charges. It's not an easy job when you have the likes of McKinney acting like she's above the law.
Besoeker, I'll drink to that. Although I don't think she's a very nice person. The Guinness would help the person having to deal with her, I don't think it would help her a bit. ;)
Posted by: Jan   2006-04-04 21:41  

#48  Thank God she's not in Congress.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-04-04 21:15  

#47  I'm sure she is a very nice young lady once you get to know her. She does however, always look a bit pissed... er, rather she generally always looks pissed and bitter about something. A few pints of Guinness can help that. I highly recommend finding a nice friendly pub and ordering some Guinness, maybe a meat pie as well. It's good for what pisses you.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-04-04 20:34  

#46  Brit Hume said that's a new hairdo she's sportin'.

Imagine that.
Posted by: Spomble Threanter5259   2006-04-04 19:37  

#45  McKinney's got a jaw of steel ... looks like it weighs about ten pounds and could take a solid upper cut.
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-04-04 19:35  

#44  LA, BD, CS...?

Speaking of barking moonbats on the government teat...
Posted by: Pappy   2006-04-04 19:35  

#43  nice pic too - I've seen deer in headlights that were more intelligent
Posted by: Frank G   2006-04-04 18:48  

#42  what Secret Master said, Cynthia McKinney is a gift!!
Posted by: RD   2006-04-04 18:23  

#41  EP, if you'll be so kind as to arrange a face-to-face meeting, I'll be happy to tell Rep. McKinney what I think of her.

I'll even be polite. At first.

I don't post anonymously, either. That's my name. And I'm a moderator here (the one with the salmon-colored background).
Posted by: Steve White   2006-04-04 18:20  

#40  Cynthia Mckinney is STILL in Congress.
your attempts to get rid of her have FAILED.
GET OVER IT.

Hell, kid: we like having her in Congress. She's a living advertisement for our side. If it werenÂ’t for Democrats like her, we might start losing elections. I hope your party runs her for the presidency!

Does anybody know Georgia well enough to know whether she keeps getting reelected because her family has a lock on the political machine, or because she brings home some kind of bacon for the district, or because she gives them a vicarious thrill in "standing up to the man?" (God help the district if its the latter.)

Maybe they just like to be entertained. Not everybody takes politics as seriously as we do.
Posted by: Secret Master   2006-04-04 18:10  

#39  I, for one, spent most of my life in and around the districts where she serves, and "barking moonbat" IS what she is. I know this from personal experience, along with Billy McKinney and John Lewis. Her constituents keep re-electing her because they are the same, sadly enough.
Posted by: jay-dubya   2006-04-04 18:08  

#38  I happen to be a Democrat, and have stated that numerous times on the 'burg. Pardon me if I haven't drank enough of the DailyKos Kool-Aid to give her, Cindy Sheehan, the Clintons, Howard Dean, and other people in the party an automatic free pass on stupid behavior.

Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-04-04 17:31  

#37  EP,

You can discount what we're saying - your own eyes and ears for that matter. Listen to the leaders of your party

1. Not one member of congress stands by her at the press conferences
2. Nancy Pelosi refuses to even acknowledge her in the hallways (HT Drudge)
3. Pelosi also refused to re-instate her senority upon return to Congress

Bottom line - the liberal wing of her own party would like nothing better than to see her leave.

Other than the free ride and harm she does to the country, I'd like to keep her right there. A better example of a "useful idiot" and race baiting tool cannot be found
Posted by: Warthog   2006-04-04 17:14  

#36  It isn't too easy to unseat an incumbent these days either.
Does anybody know Georgia well enough to know whether she keeps getting reelected because her family has a lock on the political machine, or because she brings home some kind of bacon for the district, or because she gives them a vicarious thrill in "standing up to the man?" (God help the district if its the latter.)
Posted by: James   2006-04-04 17:14  

#35  Make an ap[pointment for us. I'd show to let her know.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-04-04 17:09  

#34  Yes.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-04-04 16:38  

#33  LA, BD, CS...?
Posted by: SR-71   2006-04-04 16:32  

#32  They elected her, they can keep her, they deserve her...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-04-04 16:28  

#31  EP, you appear to be proud the Democrats send a racist lunatic to Congress.

Why?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-04 16:27  

#30  Sure, EP, once you get over that Bush won.

Twice.

GET OVER IT.
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-04-04 16:15  

#29  Sorry but no one here has made any attempts to get rid of her, as far as I know. I certainly haven't. I don't live in Georgia, but that still doesn't prevent me from identifying a bigoted, weasely congresscritter when I see one.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-04-04 16:14  

#28  Cindy and Charles Taylor actually have quite a lot in common.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-04-04 14:30  

#27  I remember one of her gerrymandered districts. Ran along I-20 from east Atl to West Augusta. It was the interstate for over 80 miles.

ISTR the Supremes threw that one out.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-04 14:23  

#26  Right, EP, right. We're all picking on her for not being a big Bush fan, and we're all racists too.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Now, please, go back to living under a bridge. Thanks.
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-04-04 14:22  

#25  RC you are exactly right. I remember one of her gerrymandered districts. Ran along I-20 from east Atl to West Augusta. It was the interstate for over 80 miles.
Posted by: C Kramer   2006-04-04 14:17  

#24  I doubt seriously they would keep re-electing a "unhinged lunatic".

Really? Why?

We're talking about a person who has blamed Jews and Hindus for her political failures. Someone who falls squarely into the "MIHOP" school of "thought" about 9/11. Someone who kisses the ass of every tyrant she can, treats people like crap, and yet plays herself as being the champion of the people.

She's a bleeding loon; if she had an (R) after her name instead of a (D), her every insane utterance would be fodder for the late night comedians, and every damned politician in her party would be held to task for the lunacy that drips from her lips.

Unfortunately, she's one of the ultimate protected -- a black Democrat woman -- and the press does its best to cover up her insanity while her party supports it.

Why does she win elections?

Because she drew the boundaries of her district!

She gerrymandered a district in which her brand of racism, conspiracism, victimism and outright hatred would go over well enough to win elections.

You can defend her all you want, you can take the position that she's disliked because she "asks questions about 9/11" -- the rest of us will realize she's one of the nastier warts on the American body politic -- a dark-skinned David Duke with slightly different plumbing.

And we'll remember that when Duke tried to run as a Republican, they endorsed his Democrat opponent instead and ran commercials against him. And we'll wonder why Democrats keep supporting McKinney.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-04 14:09  

#23  That's the problem with Gerrymandering. It allows unhinged lunatics to continue to be re-elected in safe districts. For both sides.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-04-04 14:03  

#22  I have seen some very snide/nasty comments directed at her by people that disagree with her
accusations about him regarding 9-11, such as calling her a "unhinged lunatic" who suffers from some sort of mental illness.

Nothing snide or nasty about that. She is an unhinged lunatic -- or a blatant manipulator who plays off the ignorance and prejudices of her electorate.

You remember who her father blamed for her losing her office very briefly?

Or who *she* blamed?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-04 13:47  

#21  Oh, look, an anonymous coward coming to the moonbat's defense.

She's a race hustler, idiot. If she were white and male, you'd be screaming "Klansman!" over the comments she makes.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-04 13:42  

#20  Here are a few examples.
During a nasty 1996 congressional campaign with racial tension on both sides, she called supporters of her Republican opponent "holdovers from the Civil War days" and "a ragtag group of neo-Confederates." Never mind that her opponent was Jewish. And during the 2000 presidential campaign, she wrote that "Gore's Negro tolerance level has never been too high. I've never known him to have more than one black person around him at any given time." Never mind that Gore's campaign manager was black.
Around every corner, McKinney sees a secret cabal plotting her demise. 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. She 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. (Never mind that she was re-elected in a white majority district two years later.) During her next election, she declared that Georgia's kaolin industry engineered the case that eliminated her district, as payback for her fights against the industry in Congress. (Kaolin is a white clay that is used in a number of products, including porcelain.) And last fall, she tried to solicit money for black Americans from a Saudi prince who said U.S. policy in the Middle East was partly to blame for the Sept. 11 attacks, then she wrote in a Washington Post op-ed, "Why such a negative reaction to my letter? I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard." (To which the National Review's Jonah Goldberg retorted that "she needs to explain why I keep finding these quotes in my morning paper by Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell.")
And this isn't the first time she has had a run-in with the Capitol Police. In August 1993, during her first term in office, a Capitol Hill police officer tried to prevent her from bypassing a metal detector, as members of Congress are allowed to do. For years afterward, The Hill reports, the Capitol Police pinned a picture of McKinney to an office wall, warning officers to learn her face because she refuses to wear her member's pin. (And because officers are innately suspicious of a black woman with braided hair and gold shoes.) Five years later, she blasted White House security after guards thought her 23-year-old white aide was the congresswoman.

Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-04-04 13:41  

#19  She's a piece of work. But she came by it honest. Never forget when she was beaten in 2002 by Denise Majette dad blamed the JOOOOOS.
He also pulled a knife on a fellow GA state congresscritter and threatened to cut him, in the capital. She carries Castro's water.....
Posted by: C Kramer   2006-04-04 13:40  

#18  EP8221, we just know her too well. Read her past speaches and listen to her other public announcements. She is an avowed racist and justifies her position because of the past discrimination against black Americans.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-04-04 13:28  

#17  "Wow-rather ugly comments from a couple posters today on rantburg."

Jules, I don't know if your referring to my sarcastic comments but it was in response to a deleted comment that didn't even make it into the sink trap. Without it they take on a much different tone. Mods, please delete previous comments.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2006-04-04 13:08  

#16  She did not stop when verbally requested to do so, so what would make you think that she would have responded to a request to provide ID?

Well, EP, speaking as a former civilian with a police department.....if you have someone who just decides that she does not need to wear her security badge/pin in order to avoid going through security checkpoints, because, hey, she's special....and this same special person is ignoring requests to stop as she is heading towards a known terrorist target, even though she does not fit the profile of an al-Qaeda operative (male, middle eastern descent, etc.), hell yeah, the officer had every right to restrain her physically.

He did not toss her to the floor, body slam her, or put her in a headlock. He grabbed her arm, while in uniform, and she decided to strike out at him with her cell phone. Welcome to your assault charge, Rep McK.

What makes her whining and bitching about this incident even more of a joke is the fact that her own father was a police officer (duty or REMF behind a desk, I know not). Growing up in a cop family, she damn well knows better. She just doesn't give a rat's ass.

I guarantee if this same officer had not physically restrained any other person from reaching the chambers of Congress, and that person was carrying explosives or anthrax or some other kind of nasty terrorist toy into those hallowed halls, your darling Rep McKinney would have been the first one baying for that officer's blood.

And you would have been chanting along in her amen corner, EP.

Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-04-04 12:40  

#15  Wow-rather ugly comments from a couple posters today on rantburg.

Of course she is stirring up trouble for nothing-it's what she does best.

I read that the security guard asked her three times for id and she ignored him; that's when he placed his hands on her. Who knows where; I highly doubt that restraint was inappropriate.
Posted by: Jules   2006-04-04 12:38  

#14  She must have the same problem as Hillary:

"A woman should be past her sexuality when she runs. Hillary still has sexual power"

Sharon Stone
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-04-04 12:33  

#13  You knowÂ…just like that airport security guard that had the nerve to pat down Dianna Ross.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2006-04-04 12:28  

#12  "...why the officer put his hands on her instead of asking her for her I.D"

I'm assumming he felt it was his only chance to cop a feel from an assertive black woman.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2006-04-04 12:25  

#11  ht michelle malkin




Posted by: RD   2006-04-04 12:12  

#10  Not the brightest bulb, but she does know how to play the card. If it wasn't so embarrassing it would make a great farce.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-04-04 11:19  

#9  State Rep. Tyrone Brooks, who has represented Atlanta for 26 years, said he was treated like "a country bumpkin" the day of the viewing.

So complain to the King family, ya bumpkin...
Posted by: mojo   2006-04-04 10:53  

#8  Why the double standard for this bigoted thug? Is being female and minority give you an exemption from the laws and from civility?

No, but toss "Democrat" into the mix and you're immune from all laws.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-04 09:45  

#7  Now - put this as a white conservative souther congressman bulling his way past a security checkpoint, acting abusively toward a female security person, and then striking her with his cell phone.

The press woudl ahve forced his resignation already.

Why the double standard for this bigoted thug? Is being female and minority give you an exemption from the laws and from civility?

Censure McKinney, and force her to resign.
Posted by: OldSpook   2006-04-04 09:44  

#6  When did Sideshow Bob start doing her hair?
Posted by: tu3031   2006-04-04 09:35  

#5  My sis noted...it's an election year.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-04-04 07:50  

#4  "We are working with Capitol Hill police to fully understand and appreciate the incident,"

Like one would "appreciate" a rabit dog, or a com mon criminal. Thank you fine citizens of Atlanta for electing this outstanding member of your community to public office. She represents you well.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-04-04 07:49  

#3  At a press conference Monday morning, black clergy and lawmakers came the defense of the firebrand congresswoman.

So "firebrand" is press code for "black supremacist antisemite"?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-04-04 07:35  

#2  Some icing for the cake:

McKinney Admits Misusing Taxpayer Money
Posted by: Angomp Omang4072   2006-04-04 04:55  

#1  Right. The Race Card. Last refuge of Black Scoundrels.

Originally she was just another supercilious Member of Congress and this was comical because she's the perfect clown.

Not now. This racist BS taints the good guys goddamnit, the decent blacks, just to save her sorry skin. What a racist asshole. Same for all the other clowns who echoed her BS.
Posted by: Angomp Omang4072   2006-04-04 03:34  

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