"Will Work for Muslim Money."
Posted on 08/21/2002 7:04:10 PM PDT by kattracks
Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who will forever be associated with the adjective "loony," thanks to Sen. Zell Miller, a fellow Georgia Democrat, ended her political career in her usual fashion, blaming everyone for her defeat but the culprit: her own big fat mouth.
"It looks like the Republicans wanted to beat me more than the Democrats wanted to keep me," she said early today as the fumed at the GOP crossover vote in the 4th Congressional District.
In reality, plenty of Democrats voted against her too. Winner Denise Majette, an unknown only months ago, "won in white neighborhoods, but she also made inroads in McKinney's south DeKalb stronghold, where most thought the black vote would come out strongly for the incumbent," the Associated Press reported.
McKinney grumbled in her concession speech, "I may not agree with the kind of campaign she ran, but she will need all our prayers to face the coming storm."
Blame Andrew Young
McKinney also blamed former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young. She had lied in claiming his endorsement. As Young made clear, that support was for a previous election, not this one.
"I'm disappointed by your brother Andrew Young, who has left me hanging out there," she said in a phone message to state Rep. Tyrone Brooks, who let a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution listen to his answering machine.
Blame the 'J-E-W-S'
Her father, state Rep. Billy McKinney, blamed another culprit Monday, and this was on television: "J-E-W-S." For those illiterates among the McKinney rabble, that spells "Jews."
The congresswoman's dirty tricks didn't work this time. Linda Latimore, supervisor of elections for DeKalb County, said her staff was repeatedly called to polling places to shoo away campaign workers - mostly McKinney's - who got too close to voters.
"It's all over the place. It's rough, it's rough," Latimore told the Atlanta paper.
And then there was that stunt threatening non-Democrat voters with arrest.
Majette concluded: "We united this district. My opponent had divided it for 10 long years."
In the November general election, Majette faces one of two Republicans, Cynthia Van Auken and Catherine Davis, who on Tuesday night advanced to a runoff.
McKinney's non-victory non-celebration was disrupted late Tuesday when hundreds of vagrants she had hired for the day showed up and demanded to be paid, the Journal-Constitution reported.
"We were just campaigning," said one, a middle-aged man named Adrian Jones. "I'm not sure what the pay was. We were told $70 to $100. I did my part of the bargain. I want my money."
"I want my money." Ah - perhaps he has a future in politics.
Barr None
Contrast McKinney's misbehavior with the graceful concession of Rep. Bob Barr, who appeared at the celebration of the Rep. John Linder, winner of the GOP primary in the newly drawn 7th District.
Barr, described by AP as "a gun-rights advocate whose constant Clinton-bashing made him a talk-show mainstay," said: "We're just here this evening to congratulate John Linder for having run a very good race. We go into the fall race very much a united party."
Wyoming Elections
Elsewhere Tuesday, businessman Eli Bebout won Wyoming's GOP primary to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Jim Geringer. He will face Democrat Dave Freudenthal, a former federal prosecutor, in the fall.
Meanwhile, freshman GOP Sen. Mike Enzi easily won his primary and will face Democrat Joyce Corcoran this fall. Political newcomer Ron Akin won the Democrat nomination to challenge four-term GOP Rep. Barbara Cubin.
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
Seems like the Muslims always blame everyone except theirselves.
Interesting little tidbit, isn't it? In an instant, the "services" of Cynthia's goons became worthless, like the Brownshirts after der Fuhrer came to power. I'll bet they didn't get paid this time...
Just like Condit. Seems to be a real common DemonRat trait these days.
"Will Work for Muslim Money."
What a drolly ironic opening for an article titled "McKinney Blames Everyone but Herself".
She will turn up next as a Professor at some liberal college giving lessons in black culture.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.