Posted on 04/23/2006 5:11:39 PM PDT by Ken in Eastman
Move over Britney Spears, Cynthia McKinney's oops! done it again.
The flap-plagued congresswoman, who has been in the media spotlight since she scuffled with a Capitol Hill police officer last month, was caught bad-mouthing a senior staffer Saturday.
Unfortunately for McKinney, a DeKalb County Democrat who is running for re-election in the 4th Congressional District, a TV microphone she was wearing picked up her indelicate grumbling.
"Crap!" an irritated McKinney is heard saying after ending an interview with CBS 46 in which reporter Renee Starzyk repeatedly asked about the fallout from the police dust-up. "You know what? They lied to Coz and Coz is a fool."
McKinney, apparently realizing her blunder, then returned to face the camera and tell the reporter that comments about her communications director, Coz Carson, were off the record.
But the TV stationed aired the footage Saturday and the story later was picked up by CNN.
Mike Machi, Channel 46's assistant news director, said McKinney's office was aware Starzyk would ask about the fuss in the one-on-one interview.
"Congresswoman McKinney has been in Washington for a long time and she has handled the media for most of her public life," said Machi, who was unapologetic about airing the interview outtakes. "There were lots of ways to handle this and I was absolutely surprised that she handled this situation in that fashion."
McKinney, who is expected to qualify for her U.S. House race today, could not be reached Sunday for comment. But Carson, who said he began working for the congresswoman a week before the pushing incident, seemed unbothered by the public upbraiding.
"I share her frustration with the media's insatiable appetite for controversy and unimportant issues," said Carson, a former newsman who said he has known McKinney . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
CBS 46 Video Clips page
2nd link down in the middle
McKinney Speaks Again
http://www.cbs46.com/Global/category.asp?C=13816
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"I love it when the liberals eat one of their own."
Oh yuck I got a disturbing mental image when I read that.
By the way - when did she get arrested for her crime of assaulting and officer? I missed it
Wow! If that woman is a member of the Congress of the United States,it makes you want to lower the flag and call it a day.
But wait, that's just the icing on the cake. Here's the cake: the congressional districts were designed by a group of Democrats and among the most prominent of those Democrats was a state representative named Billy McKinney, Cynthia's Daddy.
So her press conferences are supposed to be controlled? In other words - just publicity/propaganda sessions?
National Review has an article about Cynthi McKinney called "Nutty While Black".
Oh and, I love her referring to the "incident" of of punching an officer as a "discreet incident" - LOL
As Ron White would say, "You can't fix stupid...Stupid is forever."
"...I love it when the liberals eat one of their own. I wonder if they taste like chicken?bwahahahahaha!...
Liberals. The other (putrid) white meat.
What happened? Did they turn on the microphone? She has an chronic case of foot-in-mouth disease.
Ms Braun was a one-term senator. No gerrymandering caused her to win that office.
Cynthia McKinney is a fool. Mr. T could whoop her ass.
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