Good representation is hard to find
posted by robert - March 30th, 2006 at 7:54 AMCongresswoman McKinney Allegedly Punches Cop (via Drudge)
/sigh
If this is even partially true — and come on, who’re we talking about here? — it makes me want to just up and move somewhere else. So I think we will. As Neal remarked when the apparently-brain dead voters in District #4 voted to send Crazy Cynthia back to DC, this district has essentially lost its representation in Congress. No one but the MSM media pays any attention to her, and only when she’s said or done something wacko. Best part of this apparently nipped-in-the-bud debacle was this statement in her first comments to the press, before her handlers could repackage things:
“Do I have to contact the police every time I change my hairstyle? How do we account for the fact that when I wore my braids every day for 11 years, I still faced this problem, primarily from certain white police officers.”
Lollerskates :D Ah, the race card — when it’s gotten you so far, it’s probably hard not to play it at every opportunity.
To her credit, McKinney’s office has issued a surprisingly levelheaded statement, complete with the obligatory liberal “I deeply regret”. To what can we attribute this odd, rational behavior? Maybe she’s singing a new tune these days — “Georgia (2006 elections) on my mind,” perhaps?
March 30th, 2006 at 2:57:57 pm
‘According to sources on Capitol Hill, U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) punched a Capitol police officer on Wednesday afternoon after he mistakenly pursued her for failing to pass through a metal detector.
Members of Congress are not required to pass through metal detectors.’
At the very least, it appears she supports the use of violence in self defense when confronted by a forceful interloper. A woman’s wrapper is her castle.