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 . . .
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McKinney is a total idiot. "Off the record" only works if it is agreed to in advance. You lip off without that pre-agreement, anything you say is fair game.
Or at least, that's the way it worked when I was studying journalism. These days, who knows?
You have to realise that congress critters know that a news story is only good for a few days, If you survive those few days its old news. I am sure if the case isnt already dropped it will be. Probably the cop got a raise or a good promotion and agreed to drop the whole thing.
usually goes hand-in-hand.
Sheeeeeit, did she really say "crap?"
It's hard to gerrymander Senate seats, since each election is statewide.
"But the TV stationed aired the footage Saturday and the story later was picked up by CNN."
Probably a plot to get our darling girl...you know, by them Joouuuzzzz.
/s
We're all gonna miss her comedy value if she gets dumped in the election.
This idiot hardly qualifies for dogcatcher IMHO.....
McKinney seems to think she can say anything she likes as long as she grins like a skunk eating Sheet.
She covers her temper with a Sheet eating grin.
But they share the same hair stylist!
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This is a calculated move by the dems. McKinney makes them look bad...very bad. They are throwing her under the bus hoping she is out of congress and not starring on GOP campaign literature as the face of the Democratic party.
LOL.
That there is funny! I don't care who you are! Then she made herself look like a bigger fool by the "is that understood" comment! Bhuuwhahahahahahaha!
Who are the bigger idiots? McKinney or those of us who have to pay for her existence?
Funny, but just damn.
This is a ch__ch. What's missing?
---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.---
That was my reaction, too, but then Congress always has had it's share of moral degenerants and lunatics.
What I'm wondering is will Coz stand up like man about this or is he just a little bitch. And where is that grand jury?
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