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| McKinney whines about free speech |
| 2001-10-30 |
Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who wrote an America-bashing letter to Saudi Prince Alwaleed in hopes of snagging the $10 million donation Rudy Giuliani turned down on principle, pens a whiny op-ed in the Washington Post in which she claims to be the victim of censorship. "I have been attacked for speaking. I am heartened by those who have defended my right to speak." McKinney wouldn't know free speech if it bit her. In fact, it did. National Review Online's Jonah Goldberg gets it just right: "Criticizing people for saying or writing stupid or wrong things is not a violation of free-speech rights but a celebration of them. Ms. McKinney thinks she's a hero for saying unpopular things. But a bad idea doesn't become a good one simply because it is unpopular." McKinney's utterly lacking in principle and severely deficient in love of country. The only things she has going for her is a safe congressional district, which says little for the collective intellect of the people who live there. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |