(Anti-American) Cynthia McKinney Announces Bid For Reelection to Congressional Seat

Cynthia for Congress ^ | 3/29/04

[areafiftyone]

Cynthia McKinney Announces Bid For Reelection to Congressional Seat

"George Bush has given us answers that don't answer, explanations that don't explain, and conclusions that don't conclude."

Decatur, GA - Today Cynthia McKinney Announced her bid to retake the 4th Congressional District seat now held by Denise Majette and released the following statement. 

"Four years ago, candidate Bush made promises to the American people that he has failed to keep.  This jobs Presidency has lost jobs at a record pace; the Leave-No-Child Behind Presidency has failed to put our children first; and this fiscal conservative has presided over record national debt.

"This week, in explosive but sad testimony, the world watched as this country's top counterterrorism advisor Richard Clarke, in public and under oath, apologized to the American people for having failed them on September 11th.  Richard Clarke said, 'Your government failed you.  Those entrusted with protecting you failed you.  And I failed you.'  I would like to commend Richard Clarke for speaking truth to power.  But sadly, Mr. Clarke will now see how virulent the Republican smear machine can be.  I know.  It was unleashed on me.

"Two years ago I asked, 'What did the Bush Administration know, and when did it know it, about the events of September 11th?'  Today, the Bush Administration continues its refusal to tell the American people how it was that all fail safe mechanisms and standard operating procedures failed to operate for the four separate hijackings that took place on that single day.  Furthermore, the American people only have assurances from the Bush Administration that the measures put in place since September 11th will actually protect us from another such tragedy.

"But now, we are painfully aware that we cannot trust the assurances coming from the Bush Administration.

"Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, appearing before the 9-11 Commission, in trying to explain how September 11th happened stated, 'I just don't think we had the imagination required to consider a tragedy of this magnitude.'

"If we accept this as an official explanation from the Bush Administration on how September 11th happened, then it is painfully clear that it is time for the George W. Bush presidency to end.

"Instead, the Bush-Cheney campaign has already begun its reelection efforts using images of the September 11th tragedy.  New York City's firemen have complained; the families of the victims have complained.  And incredibly, the American people will have to endure the spectacle of the Republican Party Convention being held in New York City, just minutes from the Sacred Ground of Ground Zero.

"It is clear that the Bush Administration would rather posture publicly on friendly media than face the American people in public and under oath at the Commission.

"Furthermore, our children are fighting and dying in Iraq on George Bush's worthless assurances; it's time to bring them home now.

"Two years ago Republican Party votes attempted to silence the voice of Georgia's Fourth Congressional District.  They may have changed the face, but they didn't change the fact that the Democrats of the 4th Congressional District will not allow Republicans to select their representatives.

"While in Congress, I authored legislation to deny a tax break to companies who move their plants overseas.  I voted to support the Clinton budget surpluses.  And I tried to stop the pernicious effects of globalization on America's working families. 

"I continued to point out that America must speed up equal access to the American dream and that waiting 1,664 years (according to the State of the Dream Report, 2004 produced by United For A Fair Economy) to close the home ownership gap between America's black and white families is too long for America to wait.  And, I never stopped speaking out on human rights issues at home and abroad.

"I will resume the fight for economic development in the Fourth District, focusing on technical assistance so our businesses can grow and succeed.

"I will continue to tackle the problems of foreclosures and landfills.

"I will work to reignite debate on the issue of comprehensive medical insurance coverage for all.

"I will resume work on transportation alternatives that will unclog our streets and decrease pollution in the air that we breathe.

"I will work with the District's school systems to help them acquire the best teachers possible so that we never leave any children behind in education.

"And I will resume work to celebrate the rich diversity of the 4th Congressional District and to protect the right of all Americans to live rich and full lives, free from discrimination.

"And finally, I will continue to be a voice for justice and peace at home and abroad.  Since I have been out of office, I have seen more than what was done to me; I have seen what was done to the people.  George Bush has given us answers that don't answer, explanations that don't explain, and conclusions that don't conclude.

I am pleased to launch this bid to invigorate the public debate and help get more power to the people.

[Catspaw]

Sorry, here's a link about Majette's 2002 Republican opponent. Jihad Cindy was Majette's Dem primary opponent.

http://webarchivist.org/minerva/catalog/1273.html

[leadpenny]

Thanks

[Wolfhound777]

"George Bush has given us answers that don't answer, explanations that don't explain, and conclusions that don't conclude."

This statement alone shows how ignorant she is. It's high time that we make potential electees pass a "stupid" test to run for office. At a minimum, they need to understand basic economics, American History (non-revisionist version), and have a command of the english language. We need to have a "No Pass, No run" program in place.

[RJayneJ]

She has definitely passed that point of no return. The last primary election was a real big clue, but she seems to have missed the point that her predominately white district is willing to vote for a black woman, but not her any longer. She carried-on, for over a year, on the floor of the House about her district being redrawn to make it predominately white and how unfair she was being treated, but was then reelected. She then became more and more anti-Semitic and that just doesn't fit with an enlightened public. There was also a lot of crossover voting to defeat her.

[AngrySpud]

Huh? Is she running against Majette, or the President?

[backhoe]

OMG, she's back

Here's an old file:

-Jihad Cindy? McKinney won't go quietly... indeed, she may not go away at all...--

Guess I need to start another on this disgrace to her race and her sex.

[SpinyNorman]

Psycho Cindy is back!!

[cyborg]

I thought Maxine Waters was bad.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"The last primary election was a real big clue, but she seems to have missed the point that her predominately white district is willing to vote for a black woman, but not her any longer."

Not to nitpick, but Georgia's 4th congressional district is hardly "predominatlely white", unless they've changed it.

Quite the oppostite is true...

Zipcodes located in the 4th congressional district of Georgia

ZIP	City/Community	County
30002	AVONDALE ESTATES	DEKALB	Mostly Black
30021	CLARKSTON	DEKALB	Tossup
30027	CONLEY	DEKALB	Tossup
30030	DECATUR	DEKALB	Mostly black
30032	DECATUR	DEKALB	Mostly Black
30033	DECATUR	DEKALB	ditto
30034	DECATUR	DEKALB	ditto
30035	DECATUR	DEKALB	ditto
30038	LITHONIA	DEKALB	Slight black majority
30049	ELLENWOOD	DEKALB	tossup
30058	LITHONIA	DEKALB	Slight black majority
30071	NORCROSS	GWINNETT	Slight white majority
30079	SCOTTDALE	DEKALB	?
30083	STONE MOUNTAIN	DEKALB	Slight white majority
30084	TUCKER	GWINNETT	ditto
30084	TUCKER	DEKALB	tossup
30087	STONE MOUNTAIN	DEKALB	Slight white majority
30088	STONE MOUNTAIN	DEKALB	ditto
30092	NORCROSS	GWINNETT	ditto
30093	NORCROSS	GWINNETT	ditto
30136	DULUTH	GWINNETT	Mostly white
30247	LILBURN	GWINNETT	Mostly white
30306	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Black
30307	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Black
30316	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Black
30317	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Ditto
30317	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Ditto
30317	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Ditto
30319	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Ditto
30324	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Ditto
30329	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Ditto
30338	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Ditto
30340	ATLANTA	GWINNETT	Had no clue Atlanta stretched into Gwinnet county.
30340	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Black
30341	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Black
30345	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Black
30346	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Black
30360	ATLANTA	DEKALB	Black
30360	ATLANTA	GWINNETT	No clue.

Not only did Mckinney lose in a majority black district, she lost in a heavily democrat district that mostly lies within the city limits of Atlanta.

She had no one to blame but herself.

[Blessed]

but she seems to have missed the point that her predominately white district is willing to vote for a black woman, but not her any longer

It is a predominately BLACK district.Their are a handful of Republicans that were geremandered into her district.The problem is the Republicans may prefer to stay in their own primary because that is where US Senate race will be decided as Dems do not have a creditable canidate.She and her dad are good at rallying the "HATERS".

[Vigilantcitizen]

" "This week, in explosive but sad testimony, the world watched as this country's top counterterrorism advisor Richard Clarke,

Suuuure he is..and I'm General Patton.

"Two years ago Republican Party votes attempted to silence the voice of Georgia's Fourth Congressional District. They may have changed the face, but they didn't change the fact that the Democrats of the 4th Congressional District will not allow Republicans to select their representatives.

What, Jihad Cindy wants us to believe she lost her seat because all 36 republicans in the fourth district came up with a VRWC approved plan to cross over vote?

The fourth is majority black, majority democrat, and mostly lies within the Atlanta city limits.

Jihad Cindy's whine is akin to an NFL team losing at home to "West central high school for the deaf, blind, and metrosexuals", and then crying about it to the media.

Denise Majete can just sit back and relax, Mckinney's mouth will do all of Majete's campaining for her, for free.

[FreedomPoster]

>>BTW, Majette won the last time with 77% of the vote.

That was the general election. The primary against McKinney was the race, and it was a lot closer than that.

[FreedomPoster]

Oh, just damn.

[RJayneJ]

I stand corrected. I was going by the year of bellyaching that she did on the House floor. Sometimes late at night. She did get reelected, at least a couple of times. Is it possible that the redistricting lines have been redrawn? I do recall that there was a supreme court decision that affected her. She lost whatever was in dispute.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Oh, just damn.

She's a pesky hemmohroid, ain't she?

I guess Nader squished her Green party presidential run, which was doomed to failure anyway. How "green" is "Cynthia Mckinney Highway"? The only green Jihad Cindy worships is the green donated by her Wahhibi buddies.

Ah well, I don't give her a chance in hell of winning the seat back, so let her waste all of the money and breath she wants. The more she talks in public, the more people become convinced of her "mental acumen".

[Vigilantcitizen]

You're correct in stating the districts are being redrawn, but I believe we are returning to the pre-1996(RE:Not set up to ensure democrats get elected)district lines, which will negatively affect Mckinney. The fourth district was tailor made for Mckinney, and any change to it will take votes away from Jihad Cindy.

[FreedomPoster]

Her original district was pretty much all black. The revised disctrict from that court case was largely so, but much more diverse. As an incumbent, she was able to hold onto it. As a challenger, in the face of an electorate that has become much more aware of where she stands, in a post-9/11 context, I don't think she stands much of a chance.

The district has not been recently revised.

[Sender]

Check out her "Cynthia McKinney On The Issues" page...it's blank!

[areafiftyone]

ROFLMAO - Like her brain!!

[Blessed]

Districs will not be redrawn until 2011.