Maybe this will clear up the confusion..
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.
Maybe this will clear up the confusion..
You've got a million of 'em! 
~ Blue Jays ~
She is the hired help .... that's what being a Representative is all about.
Row to hoe! Or Road to Ho! Take your pick!
** snicker **
LOL!!
"I pity the fool that touches me!"
Carolyn McCarthy is a first-class imbecile.
just a FRiendly FReeper comment
... I think you're talkin' 'bout a ChurchKey
... don't wanna spill that holy water
I hope she didn't PAY someone for that hair style!!!!!!
I can see why the officer might take her for a mentally ill person. LOL Cameras don't lie. :o)
LOL!!! She makes a good looter girl.
LOL! Yep, she sure is! :o)
"be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same;"
Key word being "During their attendance". She wasn't arrested then. Nothing in that statute says she or any other member can't be arrested after their session is over.
Excellent post. Thanks for providing some real perspective.
Perfecto! Nice photochop.
Humor is good.
Liberal idiots at least DO bad things far too often.
Then . . . some of them seem to have been bad for a long time--evidently through active, earnest, willful practice at it.
Of course, Hillary looked at our Marines. . .and saw her WhiteHouse wait staff. . .but of course, that was not accidental.
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