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| 2006-04-08 |
 Anyone who has the smarts and the tenacity to be the first black woman elected to Congress from Georgia clearly understands the visual politics of wearing milkmaid braids and gold tennis shoes into the corridors of power. Her choices drive home the point that she is exceptional. She rolls hair, clothes and race into a tight ball. And it becomes impossible to talk about one without getting tangled up in the others.I'm gonna toss |
| Posted by:KBK |
| #6 Gee, thanks for nothing, #5 ryuge. Now I have to go scrub my mind's eye with Brillo. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-04-08 23:51 |
| #5 The braids made her look as though she should be hiking up the Alps wearing a gingham dress and carrying two milk pails. McKinney as Heidi - wouldn't that make a lovely addition to the Rantburg image library? |
| Posted by: ryuge 2006-04-08 21:24 |
| #4 Rules? They don't apply to Meeeeee. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-04-08 19:31 |
| #3 B-B-BB-But I'm SPESHUL.(Misspelling deliberate) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-04-08 19:29 |
| #2 Caption, I just said the truth? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-04-08 19:27 |
| #1 caption: Here Rep. McKinney (D-GA) demonstrates what it looks like to be hit in the forehead with a 2x4. alt caption: Whoa. Head rush |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-04-08 16:57 |