It has nothing to do with pessimism - it's more of a fact. Unless the Republicans come out in force on election day, McNinney is a shoo-in. Even at that, she's the favorite. There's no hiding the fact that Republicans are disproportionately underrepresented in District 4.
We are in P'Tree Corners (Gwinnett) which was gerrymandered into the mostly-Dekalb district. I can't for the life of me figure that one out.
From Neal Boortz:
GET READY FOR THE RETURN OF CYNTHIA MCKINNEY
The Islamic world .. and this includes those who don't exactly wish us well .. is celebrating today. Radical Islamic causes have now achieved a meaningful election victory in the United States. It looks almost certain that Cynthia McKinney will be returning to the United States Congress representing Georgia's 4th District. Yesterday McKinney took more than 50% of the votes in a Democratic primary election. Her Republican challenger in the November election stands little chance of an upset.
You do remember Cynthia, don't you? She is the one who said that Bush knew about 9/11 before it happened. When a Saudi prince's offer of $10 million for the victims of 9/11 was turned down because of the Saudi's anti-American remarks, it was Cynthia who said "Hey, give the money to me!" It was Cynthia McKinney who, during her previous stint in Congress, spent far more time representing the interests of various African despots before the federal government than she did her own constituents.
Cynthia's last campaign received most of its funding from Arab and Islamic interests. Last night one of the first messages of congratulations came from Abed Hammoud of the Arab-American Political Action Committee. The Islamic Jihadists are about to celebrate the return of their friend.
In the New York Post Erick Stakelbeck wrote "McKinney has long associated with militant Islamic groups whose members have openly supported terrorism." Daniel Pipes, the director of the Middle East Forum, took a brief look at McKinney's campaign finance disclosures .. here's a partial list of Cynthia's campaign contributors:
Hani Y. Awadallah – president, Arab American Civic Organization, New Jersey.
Jesse Aweida – co-founder, American Task Force on Palestine.
Belal Dalati – a vice president of Arab-American Broadcasting Co. (Orange County Register, February 19, 2002) associated with the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Hasan Elkhatib –member, board of directors, American Islamic Educational Foundation (MetroWest Jewish News, October 10, 1996)
Yaser Elmenshawy - chairman, Islamic Council of New Jersey.
Rafeeq Jaber – president, Islamic Association for Palestine, a Hamas offshoot.
Oussama Jammal – president, Bridgeview Mosque.
Samer Khalaf – chairman, American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee's Political Outreach Committee in New Jersey.
Faroque Khan – president, Islamic Center of Long Island, also connected to the American Muslim Alliance and Islamic Society of North America.
Mahmoud A Nimer - member, board of directors, Islamic Academy of Florida, Tampa (an Islamic school established by Sami al-Arian; al-Arian's indictment indicates the school was used as a base of support for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad).
Ayman Osman - member, board of directors, Islamic Academy of Florida, Tampa; employer of Hatem Fariz, arrested on terrorism charges and charged with being a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Talat Othman - former chairman of the Islamic Free Market Institute; secretary/treasurer of the American Task Force on Palestine.
Khalid Qazi – former president, American Muslim Council of western New York State.
Hareth Raddawi - member, board of directors, American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, Chicago.
Allam Reheem - former member, board of directors, Islamic Academy of Florida, Tampa.
Talal Sunbulli – former chairman, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago.
James Zogby – president, Arab American Institute.
Cynthia McKinney is a functionally incompetent far-left nutcase ... and come next January she'll be back in Washington. Now Corinne Brown, Sheila Jackson-Lee and Maxine Waters will have some good company. Residents of Georgia's 4th Congressional District have every cause to be both ashamed and embarrassed.