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McKinney Wants Two Investigations
WXIA-TV ATLANTA (Channel 11) ^ | May 19, 2002 | Jon Shirek

Posted on 05/19/2002 5:28:19 PM PDT by Jen

Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney seemed unmoved by President Bush's insistence Friday that he did not ignore warning signs about the Sept. 11 attacks.

McKinney, who spoke as she tried to escape reporters in DeKalb County, said Congress should launch not one, but at least two investigations.

McKinney, who was widely criticized after insisting in March that Bush ignored warnings of an impending attack, said Friday that all she ever wanted was an investigation.

11Alive's Jon Shirek asked McKinney about critics who called her reprehensible for suggesting that President Bush might have allowed the attacks so his friends in the defense industries could profit from a war.

"Well, you know, I never said that, and it's very important that we understand, I called for an investigation," she responded.

On March 25, McKinney told listeners of KPFA-FM in Berkeley, Calif., that former President Bush might be making money from the defense industry during this war.

McKinney said, "Former President Bush sits on the board of the Carlyle Group. The Los Angeles Times reports that on a single day last month, Carlyle earned $237 billion selling shares...the army's fifth largest contractor."

McKinney asked Friday why Congress should not investigate the former president, his son, and the defense industries.

"And that's an investigation also that could take place along the lines of the Enron investigation," she said.

Denise Majette, a retired state judge seeking to unseat McKinney in Georgia's 4th District, said McKinney succeeds only at making inflammatory statements she can't back up to get attention and votes.

"Trying to divert attention from the real issues. The fact that she's been a totally ineffective legislator in the ten years that she's been in Congress," said Majette.

McKinney says only that she is gratified that so many others, including Majette, have joined her in calling for an investigation of what the president knew before the attacks.


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: bush; investigation; mckinney
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1 posted on 05/19/2002 5:28:27 PM PDT by Jen
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To: freedomposter
I think Channel 11's talking about YOU! hahahaha

Somebody please post the source of her quote that shows she DID say this.

2 posted on 05/19/2002 5:29:41 PM PDT by Jen
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To: AFVetGal
That woman is sick!
3 posted on 05/19/2002 5:30:06 PM PDT by joyce11111
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To: robfromga; dansangel; .45man; benotafraid, whiskeypapa; apple pan dowdy; linniebeth...
More coverage...
4 posted on 05/19/2002 5:31:41 PM PDT by Jen
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To: AFVetGal
Why should she quit when she is getting all this attention.
5 posted on 05/19/2002 5:33:02 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: AFVetGal
Bump.
7 posted on 05/19/2002 5:33:07 PM PDT by Vigilantcitizen
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To: AFVetGal
Just as the Undertaker from Maine said of Iran-Contra "the lack of evidence is the reason there must be an investigation!"
8 posted on 05/19/2002 5:34:11 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: AFVetGal
Oh yeah, and I want her to get medical attention, but is it going to happen?
9 posted on 05/19/2002 5:40:56 PM PDT by habs4ever
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To: AFVetGal
COOTIES! Man, those people are sick!

A little sample.

Pathetic!

Oops, I forgot, the Dems are still as stupid and evil as ever!

10 posted on 05/19/2002 5:40:59 PM PDT by tet68
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To: AFVetGal
Cindy has a track record that leads even the most disinterested of observers to conclude that she actually is part of AlQeada.

That's why most folks don't really care what she says - only that she be kept out of anything important.

11 posted on 05/19/2002 5:41:18 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Senator Pardek
The good news is that all of the idiots living in her district will have to deal the consequences of her representation.
13 posted on 05/19/2002 5:42:21 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: AFVetGal
Denise Majette, a retired state judge seeking to unseat McKinney in Georgia's 4th District, said McKinney succeeds only at making inflammatory statements she can't back up to get attention and votes.

"Trying to divert attention from the real issues. The fact that she's been a totally ineffective legislator in the ten years that she's been in Congress," said Majette.

McKinney says only that she is gratified that so many others, including Majette, have joined her in calling for an investigation of what the president knew before the attacks.

Is it just me, or does McKinney not get what Majette said?

14 posted on 05/19/2002 5:42:21 PM PDT by TxBec
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
They also have a mirror site at globalresistance.com.
15 posted on 05/19/2002 5:42:23 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: AFVetGal
McKinney said, "Former President Bush sits on the board of the Carlyle Group. The Los Angeles Times reports that on a single day last month, Carlyle earned $237 billion selling shares...the army's fifth largest contractor."

$237 billion!!?!?!?! That would give it a market value in the neighborhood of ExxonMobil. General Dynamics, the largest defense contractor has a market cap of $20 billion. If this isn't a typo, she either told a whopper on the level of Klintoon's "I didn't have sex with that woman", or she remembered it wrong and she's so stupid she doesn't understand how ridiculous the number is.

16 posted on 05/19/2002 5:42:35 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: AFVetGal
Why don't the other members of Congress shut this woman up. She is an embarassment to Congress! She is insane!
17 posted on 05/19/2002 5:43:00 PM PDT by areafiftyone
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To: AFVetGal
"Somebody please post the source of her quote that shows she DID say this."

There are numerous articles in the FR archives referencing the occasion. Here's one of them, from the Washington Times.

McKinney made her comments on March 25, in a show called "Flashpoint", broadcast by KPFA in Berkeley, CA.

And we think some of the posters are FR are "conspiracy kooks"...

18 posted on 05/19/2002 5:43:36 PM PDT by okie01
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To: AFVetGal

Typical officer - only warning us to disinfect when you should have told us MOPP4.

heh heh heh

19 posted on 05/19/2002 5:44:12 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob
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To: AFVetGal;tet68

20 posted on 05/19/2002 5:44:27 PM PDT by TxBec
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