First, a long, long, seemingly endless tribute to Cynthia McKinney, the wacko anti-semite who is, at any rate, smarter than Sheila Jackson Lee:
Time for change (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-09-09 07:53 PM
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The Vilification of Cynthia McKinney
It makes me sad and angry to hear Cynthia McKinney accused of bigotry. It’s bad enough to hear right wingers do that – that’s to be expected. But to hear charges like that spread on progressive web sites is depressing.
Blah, blah....
The right-wing focused on a lengthy radio interview she did in 2001, where she commented on the Bush administration’s objections to there being an official investigation into 9/11.
Blah, blah, blah, troofer blah...
McKinney was pilloried in the press, called a “wacko†and worse...
As a result of McKinney’s many high profile words and actions, her primary opponent in her 2002 bid for re-election to Georgia’s 4th District House seat “was massively assisted by a national media campaign of slander against McKinneyâ€. She won her seat back in 2004, but in 2006 her seat was targeted again, thus ending her Congressional career (apparently), as she was the only Congressional Democrat to lose her seat that year. It’s a shame that some on the left have bought into the right wing slander against her.
A few words about anti-Semitism
Blah, blah, Jew-hating blah....
Derogatory comments against Israel are NOT anti-Semitic
Blah, blah, more antisemitic blah...
On the claim that Cynthia McKinney is anti-Semitic or bigoted
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And what about the complaint that McKinney shouldn’t give interviews with interviewers like that, or that she should have argued with him when he made statements that could have been construed as anti-Semitic?
First of all, progressives are often interviewed by FOX News or other bigoted or corporate news organizations. Wesley Clark was even a commentator for FOX News. How many liberals have appeared on news shows with Pat Buchanan or other like-minded talking heads, for example? Do we accuse them of being bigots because of that?
Is there not a double standard operating here?
The most important reason for right wing hatred of Cynthia McKinney
McKinney’s questioning of the Bush administration’s role in the 9/11 attacks on our country, and her opposition to the Iraq War were probably the biggest reasons why she became a right wing target. Indeed, it is fair to say that her words about George Bush in this 2002 speech “crossed a line†that many Americans consider sacred, especially with regard to Bush’s role in the 9/11 attacks on our country, and also with regard to McKinney’s adamant opposition to the Iraq War.
Blah, blah, LIHOP blah....
Let’s Not Help the Far Right in their Efforts to Destroy Cynthia McKinney’s Reputation
Blah, blah, BS blah...
Our country desperately needs politicians like Cynthia McKinney – politicians who will not shrink from protecting the vulnerable or criticizing the powerful.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6026346#6026638As you would expect, most DUmmies defend this nutcase:
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-09-09 07:56 PM
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1. Increasingly, "progressive" voices on websites are being drowned out
by disenchanted republicans who for the time being like our party better than they like theirs at this point in time.
They are doing everything they can to marginalize the progressive message and the messengers.
It happens everywhere. Even here.
cali (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-09-09 07:59 PM
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2. What would you think of a progressive politician who gave an extensive interview
to an anti-Muslim hate site? What if that person just sat there and didn't challenge the ugly bigotry that the interviewer was spewing? Would you condone that?
Cynthia McKinney did just that when she gave an interview to Iamthewitness which is blatantly and hideously anti-semitic. She's earned the title of bigot.
baldguy (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-09-09 08:03 PM
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5. A lot of anti-Israel statements; no bigoted anti-Semitic statements.
Try again.
LWolf (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-09-09 08:24 PM
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18. Outstanding post. Thank you.
She is a sad loss for the party, imo.
Then, DUmmy OMC cuts to the chase:
OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-09-09 08:20 PM
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15. She's More Than Just A Bigot. She's A Dumb As Dirt Delusional Attention Whore As Well.
His donor star must be for much more than the minimum amount.
