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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:57 AM
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McKinney camp blames Jews again!
Despite a landslide loss in Tuesday night's primary runoff against Hank Johnson, the controversy just keeps coming out of the Cynthia McKinney campaign.

First there was a scuffle between McKinney's bodyguards and an 11Alive news photographer, then there were remarks made to a cable network news crew, in which members of McKinney's entourage allegedly made shocking anti-Semitic remarks.

The Anti-Defemation League says they want to hear from McKinney – they want her to disavow the anti-Semetic remarks reported by the network crew, remarks that recall the scandal that cost her the election in 2002.

“We’re seeing some Cynthia McKinney supporters are resorting to anti-Semetic and racist language and again blaming the Jews for her loss in this campaign,” said ADL southeast Associate Director Shelley Rose.

The remarks were allegedly made just moments after McKinney's entourage passed out of earshot of 11Alive cameras, as the congresswoman left her campaign headquarters on Tuesday night.

Someone reportedly said quote, “You wanna know what led to the loss? Israel. The Zionists. You. put on your yarmulke and celebrate."

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=83191
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:01 AM
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1. No, Cynthia, this kind of classlessness is why you lost.
Period.
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shadow knows Donating Member (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:02 AM
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2. Saw it on film. Wow
McKinney has surrounded herself with a group of people that would give any Jewish person second thoughts about Democrats. It was pretty vile. A lot of accusations that it was the Jews that caused her to lose the race, the "put on your yarmulke" statement was absolutely uncalled for.

Of course, I am Jewish so maybe I am just getting overhyped....again.
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formernaderite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 10:16 AM
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37. Unfortunately she used Nation of Islam people to guard her
I still will miss Cynthia, she brought an openess to the congress, even if her statements were hyperbolic at times.
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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 10:58 AM
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42. She makes Dean look like the poster boy for self-control
I won't miss her. Sure, she questioned Junior in public on hot issues like 9-11 and the war when nobody else would, but she did so in such a scatterbrained and ungrammatical way that she made herself and any who agreed with her look like idiots. She's had so many semi-coherent outbursts and missteps over the years that she had it coming to her.

As for consorting with the Nation of Islam, that's just pure bigotry at its worst; they're a hate organization. This gentile is disgusted.

Besides all that, just how damned powerful can the Jews be in Georgia of all places, anyway? That's like something out of a comedy sketch. Next thing we're going to hear about how the Jews control Oklahoma.
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formernaderite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:00 PM
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61. I think it has more to do with jews controlling the media than
the state of georgia. They were attacking the media...and no, it was an unnecessary comment. I'll give the nation of Islam a pass on this...they're religious whackos....not much of what they believe in is coherent anyway.
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formernaderite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:15 PM
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71. and I don't mean that I believe this...
but that the muslims etc have always used that line.
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PurityOfEssence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 06:53 PM
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124. What media? This is nuts.
Edited on Thu Aug-10-06 07:00 PM by PurityOfEssence
Admittedly, the jews have more influence proportionately than any other group, and some of the more scurrilous strains within the group account for the PNAC, AIPAC and a host of other reckless ills, but for her and her people to kvetch about being done in by them is ludicrous. Allying herself with the racist assholes of the Nation of Islam shows her to be a fool and a tool.

How hurt was she by the supposedly jewish-dominated national media? Aren't most Representative races more influenced by local media? Is local Georgia media jewish-dominated? Methinks not. Having roots in the south, I know that the general drift is to hate the tribesmen even more than the darker-hued offspring of former property. This is just plain silly.

Yes, the PNAC and other pro-Israeli forces helped goad us into stomping on Saddam, and they're doing their best to grease the skids for further lunacy in the current Lebanese situation, but to simply blame the jews for this is lunkheaded and unfair. She is her own worst enemy: she acts and speaks with wild inaccurate abandon, doesn't take responsibility for her actions, doesn't do her homework, slashes at any opponents, rages with self-aggrandizing aplomb, can hardly form a presentable sentence, struts and frets endlessly, and sucks far too much time for her starring role than for the underlying issues for which she supposedly cares. Flame out and go away.

More than anything else--including reality--her actions and those of her supporters show childish idiocy, stewed in a hearty broth of racism and served hot with a side of reckless selfishness.

She's an embarrassment, a supreme lightweight and a narcissistic gadfly. Good riddance.
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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:25 PM
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77. Link to where we can view the film?
If true, not acceptable.

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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:34 PM
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78. Don't wait for a reply. He's just a "shadow" of his former self. ;--)
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:36 PM
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79. There's a link in post number 19 in this thread. n/t
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-11-06 10:41 PM
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148. I was going to ask you, shadow knows, for a link to footage
Edited on Fri Aug-11-06 10:49 PM by Kurovski
as the news team is not reporting that they actually got the "quotes" on tape.

But I do see that your stay at DU has been cut short.
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CTLawGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:08 AM
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3. Cynthia
go away and take Joe with you.
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ce qui la baise1 Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:09 AM
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4. I'm glad the Democrats don't mind "refreshing" the party
My optomistic word for getting rid of liabilities or dead wood. Jesus, what is she on?
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:33 AM
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12. Welcome to DU!
Glad to have you on board!! :grouphug: :toast:
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ce qui la baise1 Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:17 AM
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24. Thanks, I come & go. Lose my handles if I don't keep up.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:13 AM
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5. Yes of course she should disavow such statements
but in all fairness she wasn't the one who uttered them
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MemphisTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:48 AM
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16. Sure, let here cronies do it for her so she can say I never said that
c'mon
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:14 AM
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6. Is there a video or an audio link...or has Cynthia McKinney been
...swift-boated by the right wing? Rumors and innuendo are not facts!

On the other hand, the MSM of Georgia has been opposed to Rep Cynthia McKinney throughout her term in office with numerous falsehoods and comments that border on being racist and most certainly appeal the the systemic racism throughout the country.

Here is what Cynthia McKinney actually said:

<snip>
August 10, 2006
Cynthia McKinney's Election Night Remarks
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
Remarks Election Night
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
After Listening to Pink's Dear Mr. President

I wanted you to hear this song because it says so much about why *this* election in Georgia was so important.

In the film American Blackout, you saw that I say that my district needs jobs. And so, in partnership with faith-based organizations and labor, I put together a program to train my constituents to acquire the skills for jobs that won't be outsourced overseas, and that pay more than a living wage, with health and retirement benefits. Last month, we took in 500 students. Who at the end of their training will have transportable skills, internationally- recognized certification, and a chance to live the American dream, supporting their families and our community.

The news media didn't tell you about that because they wanted you to focus on my hair!

Tonight my mother was hurt by someone in this room, a member of the press. My staff assistant was hurt by someone in this room, a member of the press.

I first got into trouble when I was compelled in 1991, while serving in the Georgia Legislature, to speak against George Herbert Walker Bush's war against Iraq. And during a point of personal privilege, I declared that I could not support *any* of George Bush's reasons for war.

My colleagues got up and walked out on me, I was vilified in the press, and compared to Julian Bond, who too had spoken out against an unjust war.

Ladies and gentlemen, there comes a time when people of conscience are compelled to dissent.
<more>

http://www.cynthiaforcongress.com/
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:05 AM
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19. There's a video at the link the OP posted. NT
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JohnyCanuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:14 AM
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7. This is probably why.
Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s primary run-off opponent has tapped into the pro-Israel fundraising network that helped her virtually unknown challenger Denise Majette topple McKinney and Artur Davis beat then-Rep. Earl Hilliard (D-Ala.) in a pair of hotly contested 2002 primaries in black-majority districts.

Hank Johnson collected at least $34,100 on Tuesday from individuals and political action committees (PACs) that supported Majette, Davis or both, including several pro-Israel PACs. Overall, Johnson reported receiving $63,100 on Tuesday.

The contributions were recorded in a filing with the Federal Election Commission that requires only donors of $1,000 or more to be identified, meaning Johnson’s haul could have been larger.

Seven pro-Israel PACs gave to Johnson on Tuesday: MOPAC in Michigan, Washington PAC in D.C., SUNPAC and National Action Committee PAC in Florida, CITYPAC in Chicago, Mid-Manhattan PAC in New York and Louisiana for American Security PAC. Five of the seven contributed to both Majette and Davis four years ago, according to FEC records. SUNPAC gave to Majette in 2002 and to Davis in 2004, while Mid-Manhattan PAC gave only to Davis in 2002.

http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/080206/mckinney.html
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:16 AM
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8. The Supreme irony here
is that there are two groups of white voters who have reliably voted for black candidates over time. One is gays the other Jews. Why any black politician would alienate Jews is beyond me.
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Sam Odom Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:06 AM
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20. Let's don't forget Jesse "Hymetown" Jackson n/t
n/t
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Totally Committed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:24 AM
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9. I am as "Left" as almost anyone on these boards, but McKinney's
behavior has, at times, concerned me. When I saw that she has associated herself with Louis Farrakhan, I just knew this sort of "anti-Semitic outburst" was not far off. These boards have (pardon the irony...) crucified (and, rightly so, imo) Mel Gibson for the same thing in the past week, and he was drunk when he said what he did.

I, personally, am saddened and disappointed by this development. I expect more from those who earn elected office.

TC
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:25 AM
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10. "Someone reportedly said ..."
Someone also reportedly said that the Ku Klux Klan was disbanding and turning their Klaverns into miniature African-American History museums.

Someone also reportedly said that Matisyahu was becoming the head of the American Nazi party.

Someone also reportedly said that the sun shines out of Condi Rice's pinched little ass.

Someone also reportedly said that Drew Barrymore is a space alien.

Someone also reportedly said that Fox News causes cancer of the tushie.

Someone also reportedly said that William Shatner is the secret dictator of the world.

Someone also reportedly said that Janet Reno and Jean Reno are the same person.

Someone also reportedly said that LSD cures ulcers, blackheads, and bad sex.

Someone also reportedly said that George Bush is an intelligent, insightful, and wise leader.

However, they were wrong.

--p!
The one about Drew could go either way, though.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:32 AM
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11. There have
been multiple reports about this kind of stuff coming from those connected to or supporting Cynthia McKinney. I don't think it can be so easily dismissed.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:42 AM
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13. Cynthia has, indeed, gone beyond the limits occasionally
And it's the kind of "beyond" that can really kill a reputation. She has only herself to blame for that.

BUT ... there's also been a lot of rumors and exaggerations about McKinney. And in any event, unsubstantiated, second-hand, maybe-coulda-possibly quotations are the journalistic versions of idle gossip.

No matter who is under scrutiny, I think we should hear the truthful version of things, not the artificially amplified version. Much more of this nonsense, and CMcK's reputation will be destroyed, and no one will be able to tell whether she did it to herself, or whether she was victimized by gossip.

--p!
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3dman Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:59 AM
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17. Maybe the apple doesn't fall far from the tree?
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16502

"...But there are other explanations. Her father, Georgia state legislator Billy McKinney, shared his version with an Atlanta television reporter on August 19, 2002, the night before she lost. The reporter had asked Billy McKinney about his daughter's use of a years-old, moth-balled endorsement from former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young. Such endorsements were worthless, the elder McKinney replied, because "Jews have bought everybody. Jews." In case the reporter didn't understand, he spelled the word: "J-E-W-S." (A few weeks later, in a runoff against a political neophyte, Billy McKinney became a former Georgia state legislator.)"
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laugle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:11 PM
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136. Well it sounds like the
apple doesn't fall far from the tree!

She lost because of character issues and obviously people were right on the money.

Good riddance you won't be back a third time!!
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sabbat hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:56 AM
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34. hey now
dont be dissing my future gf drew like that! lol

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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 11:47 AM
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48. Some of those are rather far-fetched
But I don't believe that the Drew Barrymore one has been conclusively debunked yet.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:45 PM
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82. No someone DEFINITELY said... finding out exactly who that someone
is would be nice. A disciple, a staffer, a crony, some shmuck supporter they let hang around. But a man definitely insulted reporters on the recording I heard. There is a link to the vid in this thread. Perhaps someone familiar with the campaign could say who the dude is.
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Stockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:44 AM
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14. This from Haaretz and The Hill
Edited on Thu Aug-10-06 08:52 AM by Stockholm
Too much allegedly and reportedly in that article for my liking...

"Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s primary run-off opponent has tapped into the pro-Israel fundraising network that helped her virtually unknown challenger Denise Majette topple McKinney and Artur Davis beat then-Rep. Earl Hilliard (D-Ala.) in a pair of hotly contested 2002 primaries in black-majority districts."

http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/080206/mckinney.html

"I was watching the returns from the Lieberman-Lamont race with two very smart - and very Jewish - professionals. One of them summed the night thusly: So we traded Lieberman for Cynthia McKinney?"

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=748353&contrassID=25&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=1&listSrc=Y&art=1

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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:11 AM
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21. we aren't allowed to acknowledge any of this.
we get called names if we do.
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 11:14 AM
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43. Hey walks like a duck and all that jazz.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:46 PM
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83. But it's hard to call something alleged when you have both audio
and video. The only think we don't know is the speaker's identity and if he is indeed a part of the McKinney campaign.
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 11:15 AM
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44. How about video evidence?
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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 01:53 PM
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51. I'm with you on that. Clearly a "hit piece."
AIPAC also threatened my representative and I am way more wary of that group than I am of McKinney.
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MemphisTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:47 AM
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15. In Memphis we had the same kind of campiagnes tactics
for the seat being vacated by Harold Ford Jr. A good man who happens to be a white Jew ran for his seat but some of the other candidates blatantly stated that a white non-Christian can't represent a majority black Christian district. I guess they missed that part in the constitution about no religious test required for office or they are anti-semites/racists.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:04 AM
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18. Wow! Lot's of innuendo and false accusation there, eh? Which words came
out of McKinney's mouth now?
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 11:16 AM
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46. So why add disinfo?
No one has said McKinney has said these things and there are links to videos all over this thread.

My guess is the New Black Panther party which has been hanging around her rallies were likely responsible.



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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:13 AM
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22. SOP for McKinney...
Edited on Thu Aug-10-06 09:14 AM by SaveElmer
Thank God 4th District voters came to their senses! Lets see the folk who were claiming those opposed to McKinney were racist spin this away.
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KKKarl is an idiot Donating Member (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:13 AM
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23. ..
She lost by a bigger margin than Lieberman did. This year the democratic party voters are out in full force to say we will not take this anymore. We want a party that is focused on taking down the Bush agenda. They are also going to turn out in the november elections in large numbers to ensure no more republican rule in the Congress. Cynthia Mckinney cannot effectively oppose the administration because of things like this.
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CrushTheDLC Donating Member (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:01 PM
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108. She lost by a bigger margin than Lieberman because.....
1) AIPAC didn't target Lamont like they did McKinney (probably assumed Joe would win)

2) Connecticut doesn't use Diebold machines.
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beaconess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:15 PM
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138. Or maybe more people in her district wanted her out . . .
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northernsoul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:25 AM
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25. "Someone" "reportedly said..."
I'm not a big Cynthia fan, but this is an allegation that does not appear to be supported by anything other than some fuzzy second-hand hearsay.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:31 AM
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26. Just as she said "someone" reportedly said
That her (McKinney's) name did not appear on a ballot the other day.

It cuts both ways.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:39 AM
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28. Please see post 19. n/t
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northernsoul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 10:26 AM
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39. That's all I'm asking for
Thank you for pointing me towards a shred of substantial evidence.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:54 AM
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32. Exactly and the news reportinf staff throws in the suggestion
...that the Black Panthers are involved as well.

<snip>
Someone reportedly said quote, “You wanna know what led to the loss? Israel. The Zionists. You. put on your yarmulke and celebrate."

Rose said, "We're really astonished that in 2006, anti-Semitism once again rears its ugly head.”

The ADL lists the New Black Panther Party as a hate group, and questioned their affiliation with the McKinney campaign as well.

“We're really concerned that she continues to include the New Black Panther Party in her entourage, because we see them as one of the largest anti-Semitic and racist black hate groups in America today,” said Rose.
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Snivi Yllom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:32 AM
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27. Classy. Really classy.
Don't let the door hit your racist ass on the way out the door Cynthia.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:44 AM
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29. two videos... on in the OP link from the NBC affiliate and one here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Qo5s7ZBz4

This one is fron FOX News. I'm sure someone will make an issue that a video was posted from FOX, but the content of it speaks for itself.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:49 AM
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30. Ok
I just watched, and that was pretty disgusting. She really does have some people close to her who are completely beyond the pale.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 10:02 AM
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36. That was not Cynthia McKinney who made the comments about Israel
...That does not excuse the Zionist comment but it appears that it was made by only one person in the crowd who may or may not have been part of the Cynthia McKinney staff. It also appeared that FOX News staff in the field were pressing for confrontation by blocking the way and pushing their cameras right into their faces. Could this have been a FOX News plant? Just asking.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 10:23 AM
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38. A Fox News plant?
Now that's really stretching it.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 10:48 AM
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41. who said it was Cynthia McKinney?
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 01:34 PM
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49. Yes, it was just one of some guys who were following her around
:eyes:
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T Town Jake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 01:56 PM
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52. LOL...a "FOX News plant"? That's rich...
"Who ya gonna believe, me or your lying eyes ears?"

:rofl:
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cigsandcoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-12-06 01:22 AM
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150. That's repulsive.
Hate speech. Racist hate speech.
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Peace Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:51 AM
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31. BushWorld, where the control mechanism is the Bigotry Button, implanted
in every citizen's intestines, which triggers primitive tribal survival fears, and is electronically activated, much like the "voting" system, from a console in the White House basement.

Each of us reacts, and is judged by, our tribal connections, and all three Father God dominationist religions involved are used to bestow righteousness or anathema, depending on which Male Land Grabber dominationist is speaking and stands to benefit--in war profits or new power. "Buzz-buzz!" goes the White House basement console, and we're all at each other's throats. "Kike, Nigger, Raghead, Papist, Orange Man, Redskin, Pagan Devil worshipper, Pelagian, Nestorian, Eutychianist" all gain new currency. The key is Divide. And. Conquer. And the Dividers are. laughing. all. the. way. to. the. bank.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:54 AM
Response to Reply #31
33. Not everything can be blamed on bushco.
In this case, McKinney's supporters made some really vile statements, and they're the ones responsible for it.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:57 AM
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35. I'm in awe that you could find anything in that rant comprehensible
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 10:32 AM
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40. LOL! Looks like the poster has been honing his Mike Malloy impression.
;-)
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 11:16 AM
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45. be nice, I think Cynthia is a DUer now
Be nice WW, I think Cynthia is a DU member now. There's a new Duer who says Cynthia is her "hero"!! From reading her glowing posts about Ms. McKinney I wouldn't be surprised if it were Cyn herself! I'd ask, but I might get hit by a cellphone!!


(written semi-tongue in cheek)
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 11:36 AM
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47. If she is McKinney...
She just called another Democrat a "jerk," which is really funny coming from a racist.
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T Town Jake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 01:48 PM
Response to Reply #45
50. Either that, or Mel Gibson posting from rehab....
(n/t)
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:36 PM
Response to Reply #45
80. I've been wondering where the pro-Cyndi camp is myself. nt
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:10 PM
Response to Reply #80
88. I dunno, perhaps a DU poster advised them to move on, we Dems have
work to do in getting Hank elected. Great advice. ;-)
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 02:40 PM
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53. Also something about this not being Lebanon, and about Uncle Tom
that would be Hank(ercheif Head) Johnson I guess, and how they should stick the cameras in his face.

Then someone else saying they'd pray for someone, but I don't know if that was the McKinney camp or not.

Or was that recording I heard a hoax?
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 02:51 PM
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54. C'mon, Cynthia. The only acceptible scapegoats
in todays world are liberal extremists and Islamofasicsts / muslims.

For god's sake, don't blame Zionists.

They are a sensitive group.

Next time, stick to slamming people that don't matter.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 02:53 PM
Response to Reply #54
55. I hope that you're not implying that the only problem with the comments
is that the group being commented on were just too "sensitive".
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 02:59 PM
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59. ok, first, Zionists and Israel do not equal all Jews
secondly, why is this type of remark the only one that gets press?

People scapegoat liberals, muslims, immigrants, homosexuals, and hispanics all the time. No one seems to care. Nobody, nowhere.

Hell, muslims are called Islamofascists and moslems.

Homosexuals are reminded daily that they are going to hell. And they are used as fodder in almost EVERY RW political campaign.

Candidates in both parties remind people that things are getting worse not because of Republican incompetence and their lack of concern for the middle and lower class, but because of immigrants (sometimes even legal immigrants).

And every day, Dick Cheney or Karl Rove or somebody reminds me just how dangerous I am since I am left wing and I obviously should be tried for treason.



So why is one offhand comment about a group of people with a very clear agenda that involves death and war such big news?


She should have stuck with blaming one of the groups that it is still appropriate to scapegoat and slander.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:03 PM
Response to Reply #59
62. I certainly won't deny that the
the right wing scapegoats Muslims and gays and liberals, but that doesn't mean I want to see progressives scapegoating jews or anyone else. It's that simple, and it seems to be a concept you fail to grasp. That makes you similar to those you hate.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:08 PM
Response to Reply #62
66. I did not condone her scapegoating.
Its just an offhand comment.

While I don't think scapegoating is right, she needs to learn that if she wants to scapegoat, she should pick the right targets to avoid scandal.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:12 PM
Response to Reply #66
69. There are no "right" targets.
And it sure does sound like you think certain types of scapegoating are okey doke.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:22 PM
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128. obviously i don't. But much of America does. That's my point.
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T Town Jake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:17 PM
Response to Reply #66
73. I'm curious: what kind of "liberal" is so casual about bigotry?
...not any kind I've ever heard of. Methinks you're posting on the wrong board.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:24 PM
Response to Reply #73
90. "wrong board"? I doubt if he'll have half of his posts knocked down.
Edited on Thu Aug-10-06 04:27 PM by oasis
;-)
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T Town Jake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:19 PM
Response to Reply #90
112. Yeah, simpering little crybabies always wear out that alert button...
...good thing no one we know fits that description, eh?

;-)
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:32 PM
Response to Reply #112
117. I never alert on posters during an argument. I use their dopey statements
for reference and i can't do it if they're deleted.

Posters can be their "own worst enemies". Oh, wait a minute, those words of wisdom only apply to Cynthia.;-)
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:23 PM
Response to Reply #73
129. guess ive been posting on the wrong board for over three years
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:04 PM
Response to Reply #59
63. If Mel Gibson had been ranting about "fags" I don't think it would have
gone much better for him.

The media is a different issue.

What the RW uses for campaigns is a different issue.

Bigotry is bigotry. I'm not worried about who's covering it, or who's using it, except to say that all of it is wrong.

And if there is a difference between saying Jew and saying Zionist then perhaps someone should have told the staffer, as he was referring to both, calling the reporters Jews and ranting about Zionists.

She should have stuck to blaming no one but her damn self.

It's never appropriate with any group. Ever. Don't excuse her and her staff. Ugly is ugly.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:07 PM
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65. Deleted message
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:11 PM
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68. There was a RW who supported him in his Jew rant as well
I'm not interested in the approval of such people. I would reckon most of them would be Republicans.

Wrong. is. wrong. Sorry.

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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:14 PM
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70. Then you weren't paying attention
Phelps did indeed get condemnation prior to his picketing soldiers funerals, but of course, that was what catapulted him into national attention. To which one might say, so? There are lots of nutty fringe groups saying hateful things in this country; and any given group has to do something really spectacularly stupid to garner much attention.

As for your claim about Mel Gibson, had he made the same comments about any other group, it would undoubtedly have attracted a like amount of attention.

And oh, that you think I'm pious, bothers me not one whit.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:19 PM
Response to Reply #63
75. And what did she say exactly? "She" being Cynthia.
:shrug:
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:57 PM
Response to Reply #75
84. I was echoing the poster above me's reference to she
and what "she" should have stuck to.

It was someone we don't have an identification for yet, though we have him on audio and video, so one would think that someone familiar with the campaign could say that this person was either a staffer, an aide, or a nobody. He's being identified as an aide, but that could be RW spin. I'd appreciate a definite ID.

For the moment all we know is that someone on the night of McKinney's concession speech started ranting at the reporters, calling them Jews, saying they got what they wanted, that they should take their cameras and go film their Uncle Tom, since they got what they wanted.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:06 PM
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87. They look to be all males to me. They are throwing out plenty of slurs
"crackers, Jew, Zionist, Uncle Tom". Equal opportunity I'd say. I don't condone their reaction but i'm sure Cynthia will advise them to "cool it".
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:33 PM
Response to Reply #63
94. That is totally false
and the treatment Ann Coulter recieved for calling Gore a total fag on Hardball proves it. Sorry, but ranting against gays, even calling them fags and child molesters is considered A OK by our media. That doesn't excuse the likes of McKinney's body guards but to say all bigots are treated the same is just plain false.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:38 PM
Response to Reply #94
97. I didn't realize that anyone expected something normal
Edited on Thu Aug-10-06 04:38 PM by LittleClarkie
to come out of Ann's mouth. I don't think people expected it out of Mel. That was the shock.

Ann, on the other hand, is expected to make an ass out of herself. For something to make the news, it has to be new.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:44 PM
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99. Then you can look at Mel's own history
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=221&topic_id=39083&mesg_id=39083




"They take it up the ass." (pointing to his own ass) "This is only for taking a shit."


"(W)ith this look, who's going to think I'm gay? It would be hard to take me for someone like that."


"Do I sound like a homosexual? Do I talk like them? Do I move like them?"


(on the above remarks) "I don't think there's an apology necessary, and I'm certainly not giving one. ... If someone wants my opinion, I'll give it. What, am I supposed to lie to them?"


(after GLAAD brought his homophobia to light) "I've been chased by automobiles doing dangerous things on the freeway. People have tried to spit on me. It's made me totally paranoid."


(claiming he had been confronted by a "gay group") "They had signs, they were screaming and frothing at the mouth -- pure hatred. It was wild."


All of the above were said by Gibson over the years.

They aren't quite as directly on point as what Coulter said, but they do help show my point.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:54 PM
Response to Reply #99
104. Ah, I was unaware. Doesn't look like the comments were tolerated
very well either, if his own reports are correct.

I wonder how many people only know his films, but not stuff like this. That certainly describes me.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:55 PM
Response to Reply #104
105. I don't recall even one serious discuss that his movie career
would be over for saying the anti gay stuff. I also don't think he was nearly as targetted as he said he was by gay groups either.
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union_maid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:45 PM
Response to Reply #99
118. Did he really say all those things?
Sounds like a self-hating gay to me. Something I hadn't thought of before. But then, I haven't spent a whole lot of time thinking about him.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 06:02 PM
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119. He most certainly did
He had gotten in trouble with gay groups for that and for Braveheart where he portrayed Edward III as limp wristed and had the lover thrown out a window to the cheers of many audiences.
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laugle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:22 PM
Response to Reply #63
140. Amen to that!!
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-12-06 01:04 AM
Response to Reply #63
149. Really? He's been ranting about fags for *years* and ....
...apparently it's escaped at least *your* notice:


This from wikipedia.org.:

>>>>Accusations of Homophobia

Some gay rights groups accused Gibson of homophobia, after a 1992 interview in the Spanish magazine El Pais. Asked what he thought of gay people, he said, "They take it up the ass." Gibson gestured descriptively, continuing, "This is only for taking a shit." When the interviewer recalled that Gibson previously had expressed fear that people would think he is gay because he's an actor, Gibson replied, "Do I sound like a homosexual? Do I talk like them? Do I move like them? I think not." He later defended his comments on Good Morning America, saying, " to a direct question. If someone wants my opinion, I'll give it. What, am I supposed to lie to them?"<24><25> In the Playboy interview, he responded to GLAAD's protests over his comment with "I'll apologize when hell freezes over. They can fuck off".<22> Eventually, however, he was forced to make ammends with the gay community. In January 1997 Gibson and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation hosted ten lesbian and gay filmmakers for an on-location seminar on the set of the movie Conspiracy Theory.<26>>>>>>

In fact, "it would have ( and *has*) gone much better for him.
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laugle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:20 PM
Response to Reply #59
139. Obviously you are not
JEWISH!! It's all offensive!!
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 02:54 PM
Response to Reply #54
56. How about not slamming any group?
Your post sounds like a sick excuse.
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 02:59 PM
Response to Reply #56
60. I don't hear anyone asking for that.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:06 PM
Response to Reply #60
64. You implied
that Jews were being too sensitive about the anti-semitic comments heard on the audio tape. And btw, they were about Jews, not merely the ever so convenient "zionists".
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:09 PM
Response to Reply #64
67. "somebody" said Zionists and Israel
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 02:54 PM
Response to Reply #54
57. don't forget - they said "crackers" and "uncle toms," too.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 02:56 PM
Response to Reply #57
58. Don't forget Hank(erchief Head) from Black Commentator
Will they call him Aunt Jemina next?
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:15 PM
Response to Reply #57
72. ""They said"?. 60+posts on this thread and it's still "someone else said".
But keep trying.
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T Town Jake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:19 PM
Response to Reply #72
74. No need to try when your smarmy hero keeps such scummy company...
...and is obviously PROUD OF IT.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:23 PM
Response to Reply #74
76. There ya go, proving my point.
:yourock:
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:41 PM
Response to Reply #72
81. several links to the video and you still feign ignorance?
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 03:59 PM
Response to Reply #81
85. The links and video fail to prove Rep. McKinney said anything about Jews.
That's what I'm talking about.

Btw, still "somebody else said". What 80+ posts now?
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:00 PM
Response to Reply #85
86. Rep. McKinney didn't. Not saying she did. A staffer seems to have.
Do you recognize this person? Is it one of her aides or no?
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:17 PM
Response to Reply #86
89.  Her daddy said something too, way back when. That's just as relevant.
Edited on Thu Aug-10-06 04:21 PM by oasis
:eyes:
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:33 PM
Response to Reply #89
93. It wasn't someone across the street. It appeared to the reporters to be
Edited on Thu Aug-10-06 04:43 PM by LittleClarkie
someone in her entourage. It likely wasn't some random shmuck poking his head in to say a racist thing and then leave, with no connection to Cynthia whatsoever. It damned well IS relevant.

And why wouldn't her own father expressing similar sentiments not also be interesting.

Pretend these comments were coming from a Bush aide. Would you be defending them then?

And there is a seperate incident where Steve Mohammed, her bodyguard, got into a fight with reporters, twice in the same evening. A physical fight, that appears on video to have been started by Mohammed.

It was a bad night in general for relations between the Cynthia camp and the press.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:24 PM
Response to Reply #72
91. I could post a thread asking Georgia Dems to identify the dude
that might help clear up the unclear bits.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:33 PM
Response to Reply #91
92. Yup, maybe the Georgia Dem'll testify that Mckinney's a ventriloquist.
Because if she didn't say anything, you got nada.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:37 PM
Response to Reply #92
95. I NEVER SAID SHE DID. PAY ATTENTION.
One poster commented that she should stick to commenting on acceptable groups, which didn't make sense, since she wasn't the one to make comment in the first place.

The thread is about a man the McKinney camp making comments. If the person is one of her aides, then guess what, She has racists on her staff. THAT damned well is relevant.

Stop trying to obscure the issue, insisting on proof of something that wasn't even the OP's point.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:52 PM
Response to Reply #95
102. Let's say Bodyguard/Staffer John Doe made a nasty comment. What's
the big deal since Cynthia's on her way out anyway? That's my point. The OP can raise any issue he wishes, it doesn't mean that it's going to get him anywhere.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:57 PM
Response to Reply #102
107. Would you see the big deal if it were Bush, a Bush staffer
or Bush's dad?

I just don't understand the double standard, is all. Surrounding oneself with racists is fine as long as that person speaks truth to power?

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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:09 PM
Response to Reply #107
111. Big deal maybe, should she continue on as 4th dist. rep.Like the
Edited on Thu Aug-10-06 05:35 PM by oasis
cop "set up" incident, "Much ado about nothing".

edit for grammar.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:38 PM
Response to Reply #92
96. Rightly or wrongly
people, particularly people in the public sector, are judged by the company they keep.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:56 PM
Response to Reply #96
106. On her way out. Is this the beginning of the Clintonization of Cynthia?
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Lurking Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:38 PM
Response to Reply #92
98. Just a question.
If someone in Bush's entourage said, "Those media owning Jews cost him his Senate vote!" How would you react?

NO ONE here said that McKinney said those hateful things. BUT she has said hateful things in the past and she has surrounded herself with a group of people known for saying hateful things.

Apparently that is okay with some here.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:44 PM
Response to Reply #98
100. Perhaps they even agree
which would be sad.
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Lurking Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:45 PM
Response to Reply #100
101. I shouldn't be so sensitive.
:sarcasm:
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:05 PM
Response to Reply #98
109. Could be her bodyguards were irked because the press shoved her mom
earlier. Most folks get pissed when their mom is manhandled.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:07 PM
Response to Reply #109
110. Why are you finding excuses for racism?
If someone shoved my mom, I'd say alot of things, but Zionist, Jew, Cracker, or Uncle Tom wouldn't be among them.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:21 PM
Response to Reply #110
114. I would say nothing. I would kick their asses to a fare thee well.
BTW, I condemn racism, but heaven forbid if I should hear of a John Edward's staffer; a Hillary staffer; a Kerry staffer getting cut off in traffic and yelling an ethnic slur in anger.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 06:05 PM
Response to Reply #114
121. Not the same thing
And I suspect you know that. Or, even more sadly, perhaps you don't.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 06:47 PM
Response to Reply #114
123. I bet if one does
He or she will be fired the day after his or her boss finds out about it. It is impossible for McKinney to argue that she doesn't know these people said these things. Yet, presumedly they are still gainfully employed.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:02 PM
Response to Reply #123
125. Cynthia may or may not counsel them about their conduct. At any rate,
she's done as 4th Dst. rep. so it's much to do about nothing.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:17 PM
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127. No it isn't
Imagine if the day of Delay's resignation from Congress one of his guards called some press people niggers and then had another one who told a Jewish reporter to wear a Yamaka (sp). If I am going to have the moral authority to critise right wing bigots I must also critize left wing ones.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:24 PM
Response to Reply #127
130. My feeling. Cynthia's out, case closed. Her bodyguard's "bigotry"
is of no consequence now because he's just Joe Citizen.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:26 PM
Response to Reply #130
131. So you would accept this from Delay's body guard?
If not, why not?
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:30 PM
Response to Reply #131
133. Delay is out of office , but he is still "a mover and a shaker". Cynthia
will be out of commission for a long spell.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:13 PM
Response to Reply #133
137. She won her seat one term after losing it the frist time
Either it is morally reprehensible to hang with racists or it isn't. It doesn't become morally reprehensible when one become a Republican.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 08:31 PM
Response to Reply #137
141. I'm sure the anti-Mckinney crowd will bring this incident up when/if the
Edited on Thu Aug-10-06 08:31 PM by oasis
occasion arises. Meanwhile, if she's smart she'll look for a more savvy crew to roll with.
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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-11-06 10:39 AM
Response to Reply #141
143. Fuck that. MckInney supporters dragged Johnson thru the mud
because 3 republicans donated to his campaign.

From now on McKinney is a known associate of anti-semitites.

You wanted to play the taint game.

Now you lost because your candidate out crazied even our expectations.
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 04:53 PM
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103. sore f*cking loser
BOO HOO, Ms. McKinney. Blame YOURSELF.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:24 PM
Response to Reply #103
115. Read who made the comments. Or does that matter?
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 06:03 PM
Response to Reply #115
120. Well, you said it doesn't matter. So why read who made the comment
When I suggested finding out for sure, you ridiculed the idea.

She's on her way out, like you said, so who cares. Of course, she was on her way out in 2002 too, when her dad made his racist comments. Oh, but that's not relavant either, since it wasn't Cindy herself.

But she came back. She can come back again. And she will probably still be surrounding herself with Nation of Islam people who are prone to anti-Semetic slurs.

Oh well, I guess if you're not Jewish it doesn't matter, eh?
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 06:43 PM
Response to Reply #120
122. My first post ever on DU was to scold a poster for making an anti-semetic
remark about Chandra Levy. I lurked at DU for about 2-3 weeks prior to that first posting.

Just an FYI. ;-)
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-11-06 10:44 AM
Response to Reply #122
144. Let me call Oslo
And nominate you for a Nobel Peace Prize.
:sarcasm:
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:20 PM
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113. AMERICAblog has it about right.
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 05:28 PM
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116. I am shocked, shocked to discover there is illegal gambling going on....
Remember, the McKinney whoopsters have angrily denied over the years that she's an antiSemitic loony.
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:12 PM
Response to Original message
126. Don't go away mad, Cindy. Just go away. nt
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:26 PM
Response to Reply #126
132. Always glad to see Kingshakabobo!
That handle just knocks me out, as i have said on more than one occasion.
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Kingshakabobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:49 PM
Response to Reply #132
134. Hey Mr. B
:hi:

Funny thing, I was in need of some entertainment the other day so I did a search of your name to read your "Greens" and "Gun-loonies" thrashings.......ah, good times, good times.
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:54 PM
Response to Reply #134
135. Thanks.
Hope all is well with you. Keep up the good fight.
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 09:26 PM
Response to Original message
142. Everybody sing now!
So long, Cyndie
So long, Cyndie
So long, Cyndie
It's great to see you go!

:kick: :bounce: :party: :beer:
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FILAM23 Donating Member (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-11-06 12:15 PM
Response to Original message
145. Ahh Cynthia,
what a racist swine you are.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-11-06 06:28 PM
Response to Original message
146. If she didn't make the comments, then why attack and blame her
for the off-camera comments of someone else? She can only be responsible for her own comments. Sheeeeeeeeeeesh
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-12-06 10:33 AM
Response to Reply #146
151. If one of Delay's bodyguard had done this
would you be saying the same thing?
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-11-06 07:28 PM
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147. This woman no longer matters
She lost the primary. Time to move on.
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