Posted on 02/02/2006 2:51:12 PM PST by WestTexasWend
Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) returned home to Georgia on Sunday from a triumphant weekend at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, where an award-winning documentary about her life premiered.
Her mood quickly soured, however, when she found the front yard of her district home littered with VCR tape in an apparent act of vandalism.
“Obviously, someone wants to send a message that they know where I live and can have access to my front yard to do unkind things,” she said in a statement released by her office.
The incident has been reported to police.
According to a release from Sundance, the film, “American Blackout,” is a “stylish hard-hitting documentary that recounts the fascinating career of Rep. Cynthia McKinney and the suppression of the black vote historically and during the recent presidential elections in Florida and Ohio.”
The film is directed by Ian Inaba, the creator of Eminem’s controversial “Mosh” video, released only days before the 2004 elections.
Appearing in the film are Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.), John Conyers (D-Mich.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio).
On Saturday, the documentary won a Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award for documentary films.
“We are pleased with the success of ‘American Blackout’ at Sundance Film Festival and hope everyone who cares about our country will make a point to see it,” McKinney said.
another right wing conspiracy.
But then the police made him get back into his car.
Oh no. Litter in the front yard. This is too horrible for words.
ROTFLMAO!!!
My whole neighborhooood is bbbblack at night, this is getting series!!
Anyone know where Karl Rove was Saturday night? Hmmmmm . . .
Did she play the tapes? There might have been a message for her on them.
She probably did orchestrate it because we wouldn't have heard about her lousy movie otherwise. She will do anything for attention.
I wonder why Sheehan wasn't there.
Didn't she also sit in Harry Reid's seat at the SOTU address knowing full well that she would be asked to move??
IMO .. I'll bet Cindy knows who put the video tape on her front lawn
Sorry, I can't find any pics. The AJC won't report on this story for at least 4 days.
Yes, she did!
Sheila Jackass-Lee has to be fuming that a film wasn't made about her.
What does this say about Sundance?
Must have been The JEEEEWWWWSSSSSSSS./sarc
A Rovian plot.
Film critics these days.....
Something tells me her film forgot to mention these tidbits relating to her career:
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : (ABDUL RAHMAN ALAMOUDI DONATES TO DEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN CYNTHIA MCKINNEY) On 9/11/01,while the United States was reeling from the attacks of violent Muslims,al-Amoudi was one of several influential Muslims who rushed sizeable contributions to the Cynthia Mc Kinney for Congress campaign: earning her lone opposition to American retaliation. - "Clinton Era "Good Will Ambassador" Arrested," multi-sourced, 9/29/03 , vanity VIA FREEREPUBLIC
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : (ALAMOUDI DONATION TO DEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN CYNTHIA MCKINNEY - HER SECOND LARGEST FUNDRAISING DAY IN 2001) Alamoudi also gave Cynthia McKinney $2,000 on Sept. 11, 2001, according to a Federal Election Commission (FEC) report. His donation was part of the total of 24 donations worth $13,850 on Sept. 11, 2001—her second-biggest fundraising day of the year, according to FEC records. - source : FEC reports via freeper Browardchad
2002 : (AL AMOUDI CONTRIBUTES $2000 TO CYNTHIA MCKINNEY CAMPAIGN) In 2002, Mr. [Abdurahman] Alamoudi contributed the maximum $2,000 to the campaign of Representative Cynthia A. McKinney, a five-term incumbent from Georgia who received substantial financial backing from Arab-Americans. The contribution caused outrage among voters in McKinney's district, because Mr. Alamoudi was among those named in a suit filed by families who lost members in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. After the attacks, Ms. McKinney suggested that President Bush had ignored warnings because a fight against terrorism would be good for businesses allied with his family. -- NY Times [spinning]
JANUARY 9, 2002 : (ALAMOUDI OF AMC ON HAMAS & HEZBOLLAH) AMC on terrorism: "We are all supporters of Hamas! Allahu Akhbar! ... I am also a supporter of Hezbollah" (AMC founder Abdurahman Alamoudi, Associated Press, Jan. 9, 2002). -freeper TLBSHOW
AUGUST 16, 2003 : (LONDON, UK : ABDULRAHMAN ALAMOUDI IS DISCOVERED AS HE ATTEMPTS TO FLY TO SYRIA WITH LIBYAN CASH; ALAMOUDI ADMITS HE INTENDED TO LAUNDER LIBYAN MONEY THROUGH SAUDI BANKS AND INTO THE US) It began on Aug. 16, when British authorities at London's Heathrow Airport discovered Alamoudi with $340,000 in sequentially numbered $100 bills as he attempted to fly to Syria. British officials say Alamoudi admitted he had received the money from the Libyan government [see "British Special Branch Report: Alamoudi Received Cash From Libyan 'Jihad Fund.'"].
...During his detention with British authorities, Alamoudi said specifically that he intended to launder the Libyan money back into the United States through Saudi banks, according to a summary provided by Special Agent Gentrup: "Alamoudi told officers that he intended eventually to deposit the money in banks located in Saudi Arabia, from where he would feed it back in smaller sums into accounts in the United States." According to reports of the questioning, Alamoudi said he believed it was against the law for anyone to bring more than $10,000 in cash to the United States at any single time, and used the Saudi cutout. In reality, U.S. law sets no limits on cash entering the country but does require the bearer to report amounts of $10,000 or more.
"Alamoudi was adamant that this was the only such transaction in which he was involved," according to the criminal complaint. However, under further questioning by the Special Branch of New Scotland Yard, Alamoudi "conceded he had been involved in other similar cash transactions involving amounts in the range of $10,000 to $20,000." - "Alamoudi and Those Bags of Libyan Cash," by J. Michael Waller, Insight, 10-13-2003
Of course it won an award at Sundance. We would have expected nothing less.
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