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McKinney's arrogance crosses line
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | April 4, 2006

Posted on 04/04/2006 1:50:57 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

In her embarrassing confrontation with the U.S. Capitol Police, U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney has demonstrated that while she may have changed her trademark hairstyle, her personal style remains as offensive as ever.

McKinney has been sharply criticized — and deservedly so — for allegedly striking a Capitol police officer who stopped her from going around a security checkpoint, a perk allowed members of Congress.

According to police accounts, the officer asked McKinney three times to halt before putting his hand out to restrain her. That's when Capitol Hill police — who asked a federal prosecutor Monday to approve an arrest warrant for McKinney — say the outraged congresswoman hit the officer.

The officer apparently failed to recognize the DeKalb Democrat, who was not wearing a special lapel pin given to the 435 House members to help police identify them. In addition, McKinney sports a new hairdo.

A smarter, less arrogant politician would have smiled at the officer who stopped her, extended a hand and explained: "I'm Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney from the great state of Georgia, and I appreciate your diligence in keeping the Capitol safe. Next time, I hope you'll recognize me." She would have had a pal for life.

But why make friends when you can make headlines? Two days after the scuffle, McKinney faced TV cameras and stayed true to form, charging the officer with racism.

"The whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me — a female, black congresswoman," she said.

McKinney's haughty position — that every Capitol employee ought to know her by sight and that she should never have to endure checkpoints like the riffraff — evinces the arrogance and ego that voters expect from elected officials. It may be inconvenient for self-important people such as McKinney to stop and show their IDs, but it's essential in these scary times of terrorist bombings and anthrax attacks.

In 1998, two Capitol officers were killed by a mentally ill man who opened fire at the main tourist entrance to the Capitol.

In the past, McKinney has complained that she's mistaken for the "hired help" in Washington. In the next election, DeKalb residents can help clear up that confusion by putting an end to McKinney's employment with them.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: 109th; arrogance; congress; cynthiamckinney; mckinney; security; wot
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To: GreyFriar

Rep. Foxx has some class no doubt. As do Condoleeza Rice, Kay James, Frances Rice, and countless other conservative and Republican black American women. None of them have gone out of their way to attack law enforcement officers.

The RNC and NRCC ought to make a stronger effort to find black women to run for Congress. If a few are elected they would stand out in great contrast to mckinney and her ilk.


61 posted on 04/04/2006 5:34:05 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

She looks like a deranged chipmunk who just survived an encounter with a high voltage line!


62 posted on 04/04/2006 5:35:52 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (Kennedy and Kerry, the two Commissars of the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!)
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To: papertyger

How about Sheila Jackson Lee...the one who can't tell the difference between our Moon and the planet Mars.


63 posted on 04/04/2006 5:36:43 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (Kennedy and Kerry, the two Commissars of the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Maxine Waters weighs in with advice - "Don't...*belch*...give an inch, Cymfia!"
64 posted on 04/04/2006 5:38:31 AM PDT by memorandum1
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Cynthia McKinney is an outstanding example of why those southern planters should have picked their own damn cotton.


65 posted on 04/04/2006 5:40:26 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
If I'm the prosecutor, I may have to think hard about issuing a warrant. From Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution:

[Senators and Representatives} shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; ....

What she did was obviously neither Treason nor a Felony. Whether or not it was a "breach of the peace" as defined at law is something unknown to me. But what she did will have to qualify as such for a warrant to stick, as she was certainly going to attend a session of the House.

66 posted on 04/04/2006 5:43:00 AM PDT by RonF
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To: Acts 2:38

Lok, since a Dem will always be elected from that district, from the GOP's POV, it's better if the Dem is McKIney..


67 posted on 04/04/2006 5:43:33 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)
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To: Gopher Broke

I wrote her a little note, thanks! Maybe Tom DeLay needs to move to Georgia and help redraw those district lines so this b*tch can't get elected again.


68 posted on 04/04/2006 5:44:00 AM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are familiar bedfellows)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
In the past, McKinney has complained that she's mistaken for the "hired help" in Washington. In the next election, DeKalb residents can help clear up that confusion by putting an end to McKinney's employment with them.

Amen to that!

69 posted on 04/04/2006 5:46:12 AM PDT by Coop (Proud founding member of GCA - Gruntled Conservatives of America)
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To: jk4hc4
People in Dekalb County love this kind of behavior as it runs in the family of these poverty pimps. They voted her out of office a few years ago and turn around and put the idiot back in. The Democrats are proud of this kind of behavior.

Bingo! Cynthia's race baiting victim sideshow is for the benefit of her constituents only. She doesn't give a hoot how she is perceived in the rest of the country.

70 posted on 04/04/2006 5:47:00 AM PDT by randita
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

"duh, look at dat shinny tang"

71 posted on 04/04/2006 5:52:06 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF ...7th AF...408MMS..Ubon ,Thailand..."69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO!!)
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To: ishabibble

"In the past, McKinney has complained that she's mistaken for the "hired help" in Washington. . ."

As you point out, she is a black female member of Congress.

She (and every other elected official) needs to understand that she IS INDEED the "hired help." She is supposed to be a public SERVANT.

I wish someone would tell her that in public so I could watch her pitch another hissy fit.


72 posted on 04/04/2006 5:55:21 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: papertyger
It's a tie between Connie, Cynthia and Meeks, and Shella Jackson Lee, where do these moron's come from?
73 posted on 04/04/2006 5:55:36 AM PDT by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

http://leaningstraightup.com/2006/04/03/mckinney-fires-back/


74 posted on 04/04/2006 5:56:47 AM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts ("Liberals see what they believe... Conservatives believe what they see")
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To: jk4hc4

Of course, the AJC did not mention that during the last election, the paper endorsed McKinney over an intelligent and well-qualified Republican.


75 posted on 04/04/2006 5:57:44 AM PDT by quadrant
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

It is my hope that she will be charged but I doubt that she will.


76 posted on 04/04/2006 6:06:51 AM PDT by sport
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To: papertyger
Does this mean Corrine Brown (D - Floriduh) is no longer the undisputed stupidest member of Congress?

Don't forget Sheila Jackson Lee! Remember, she's famous for publicly asking whether the Mars rovers would be able to photograph the flag the astronauts left in '69......

77 posted on 04/04/2006 6:11:10 AM PDT by Thermalseeker
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To: papertyger
Does this mean Corrine Brown (D - Floriduh) is no longer the undisputed stupidest member of Congress?

I thought Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Mars)held that distinction.

78 posted on 04/04/2006 6:12:28 AM PDT by jslade (Liberalism ALWAYS accomplishes the exact opposite of it's stated intent!)
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To: quadrant
Of course, the AJC did not mention that during the last election, the paper endorsed McKinney over an intelligent and well-qualified Republican.

Bingo.

And I assure you that that idiot Cynthia Tucker (her and Mckinney were separated at birth, I think) did not sign onto this particular editorial.

That equally racist bigot would not dare to speak against her hero.

79 posted on 04/04/2006 6:13:13 AM PDT by OldSmaj ( Illegals OUT, and take the damn RINO's with you!)
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To: SheLion

A botched electrocution (we should be so lucky).


80 posted on 04/04/2006 6:14:23 AM PDT by libstripper
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