Meet Cynthia McKinney's opponent! (FReepers welcome!)

Talkradio 1340 (WALR-AM/Atlanta) ^ | 6.11.02 | Michael King/Mike Rose

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Is it time to end Cynthia McKinney’s time in Congress? Meet her opponent.

On Saturday, June 15th, Noon to 2pm,
*Rescheduled from last week

Talk Radio 1340 will once again rock the airwaves by
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It’s Free Speech Radio Day again in Atlanta…
LIVE from The Landmark Diner on Roswell Road.

Talk Radio 1340 continues Free Speech Saturday on Saturday, June 15th, 2002; live at the Landmark Diner in Buckhead on Roswell Road at Piedmont Road. Free Speech Saturday is from Noon to 2. Denise Majette was scheduled to be on last weeks Free Speech Saturday but had to cancel because of a death in her family.

Denise Majette is a Democratic candidate for Congress in Georgia’s 4th District. The 46-year-old native of Brooklyn, New York earned her bachelor’s degree in history at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1976 and her juris doctor degree at the Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina in 1979.

After law school, she was a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she also was a clinical adjunct professor of law at Wake Forest University. Since moving to Georgia in 1983, Denise served as a law clerk for Judge R. Keegan Federal of the Superior Court of DeKalb County; law assistant to Judge Robert Benham of the Georgia Court of Appeals; a special assistant attorney general for the state of Georgia; and was a partner in the law firm of Jenkins, Nelson & Welch in Atlanta.

On July 1, 1992, Denise was sworn in as an administrative law judge for the Atlanta office of the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation. Less than a year later, on June 8, 1993, Governor Zell Miller appointed her to the State Court of DeKalb County. In nearly 10 years on the bench, she presided over hundreds of civil and criminal jury trials, bench trials, and hearings. Her constituents twice returned her to office. In the last election, her 66 percent of the votes enabled her to defeat two opponents without a runoff. On February 1, 2002, Denise stepped down from the bench and, on February 5, 2002, announced her candidacy for Congress.

Free Speech Saturday starts with the Real Estate Today Show with Carl Kogan from 10am to Noon. He answers your questions about buying and selling your home.

Talk Radio 1340 simulcasts 24 hours per day on 1230AM (WFOM/Marietta).

[Dakmar]

go west to Piedmont and hang a right. Peachtree is about a half-mile

The last time I was in Atlanta it seemed like every street was named Peachtree. :-) bttt

[section9]

Jeez, is this lady for repeal of the Estate Tax?

Holy smokes!

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[WIMom]

A message from Jim Robinson regarding the fundraiser.

[What Is Ain't]

If I lived in her state, and if I lived in her district, she would have my vote over that...that...other person.

[BillyBoy]

Has everyone forgotten about the Republican candidate?

Catherine Davis (R), Nominee for Georgia's 4th District.

Naturally, you'll probably respond that a Republican has no chance in this liberal district, and sadly you're probably right. On the other hand, it's almost certain she'd be better than EITHER Democrat. I'd rather stick to my principles and vote GOP in the general than switch to the Dem primary just to select lesser of two evils.

We kinda had a race like this in Illinois 1st district during the 2000 election, where a "moderate" mulatto state rep. was challenging ultra-liberal socialist incumbant Bobby Rush in the 'RAT primary. But there were far more deserving candidates in the GOP primary (like Alan Keyes), so that's where my vote went. Bobby's been redistricted into a more conservative district after that election anyway...he could be vunerable to a real black conservative somewhere down the road. ;-)

[RobFromGa]

A Republican has no chance in this Socialist district, at least in the primary by voting Dem you can help get rid of McKinney, then vote GOP in the general where you cast your vote of conscience...

[pray4liberty]

I hope she gets the "Reagan Democrat" votes.

[Anamensis]

Wow, I just read the "woman jail speeding" thing and I don't know if I like that. I mean, it looks as though she really WAS punished for contesting the ticket, and the courts want people to just meekly pour money into their racket and meekly go away.

She may be another McKinney in the making.

Still, better to unseat them one by one. If she wins and is awful, she can be unseated too.

[Liz]

Sounds like an impressive candidate. What are her positions on the social issues?

[Coop]

Sad thing is, Cynthia will probably win hands down.

For what it's worth, there was a poll floating around here last week showing Majette leading McKinney by six or seven points. Small sample, if I recall correctly. I'll see if I can find it and post a link.

[Coop]

Okay, here's the gist:

Although her name recognition is only 28 percent, Secrest says, Majette led McKinney 41 percent to 37 percent, with 22 percent undecided.

The first salt to pour on what Secrest acknowledges to be a "dramatic" finding is that, in the words of state Rep. Ron Sailor Jr. (D-Decatur), it's "very, very, very, very, very, early," and the high undecided number leaves McKinney plenty to work with.

The poll of 509 "likely Democratic primary voters" was conducted May 5-7, so it was taken before the latest round of stories about FBI warnings prior to 9/11, which McKinney has claimed as vindication for her comments suggesting President Bush withheld information about the attacks to enrich his friends.

Four-point lead. I was close. Granted, this poll was commissioned for Majette's camp, but it's something to stimulate discussion at the water cooler.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/692441/posts

[steve-b]

Sad thing is, Cynthia will probably win hands down.

Even if she garners votes the hard way (without cheating).

[backhoe]

Liz, buried within this:

The McKinney Files....

are excerpts from Majette's position papers, links to articles about her, etc. She looks pretty good to me, FWIW. A vast improvement.

[Liz]

You have a good thread on McKinney.

However, I didn't catch Majette's positions on abortion, gun control, same sex civil marriages, etc. Anybody know.

[mhking]

However, I didn't catch Majette's positions on abortion, gun control, same sex civil marriages, etc. Anybody know.

Her issues page is at: http://www.majetteforcongress.org/issues.php?PHPSESSID=3dc1612491acf7e7a39b063abeca5e81

[Liz]

I'm disappointed that a formidable candidate like Majette has a link to an
abortion rights groups on her web site. That will turn off conservative support.

IMHO, she'd get more support if she had a pro-life link, and perhaps a link
to groups that offer unplanned pregnancy counseling or adoption services.

[dalebert]

please ping me.

[Theodore R.]

One does not register by party, I believe, in GA. He selects his party at the time of the primary election. He votes in the party primary of his choice. I think that he can even switch from a first Democrat primary to a Republican runoff primary two weeks later. That's what happened in GA in 1966, when some Republicans got into a Democrat runoff to nominate Lester G. Maddox. The rest is history.