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Home Front: Politix
McKinney Heads to Runoff in Georgia
2006-07-20
Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney couldn't avoid a runoff in her first election following a scuffle with a Capitol Hill police officer, and now faces a second contest against her main challenger, Hank Johnson. In the Republican primary for lieutenant governor, former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed was unable to overcome his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and conceded defeat to state Sen. Casey Cagle. In Georgia's Democratic primary for governor, Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor won 52 percent of the vote to defeat Secretary of State Cathy Cox, and will move on to face Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue in November.

McKinney, the state's first black woman elected to Congress, is seeking her seventh term after a scuffle in March with an officer who stopped her when he didn't recognize her as she entered a House office building. A federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict the congresswoman, but she had to apologize on the floor of the House. Johnson, a former county commissioner, has roots in McKinney's core constituency. With 95 percent of precincts reporting, 1,540 votes separated the two. They face an Aug. 8 runoff, and the winner will face Republican nominee Catherine Davis in the heavily Democratic district. "The battle's engaged and I intend to win," said McKinney early Wednesday.
Posted by:Fred

#10  This district was gerrymandered in 2005 to be even more Democratic than it was in 2002 when this bitch was voted out.

McKinney is good for Republicans. The Pelosi of the South.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-07-20 16:20  

#9  Bill Number: HR 2116
Issue: Veterans Issues
Date: 09/21/1999
Sponsor:Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6]

Roll Call Number: 0427
Bill Passed (House)
How members voted


Representative Cynthia Ann McKinney did not vote.
Read statements Representative McKinney made in this general time period.

Official Title of Legislation:

HR 2116: An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance programs providing health care, education, memorial, and other benefits for veterans, to authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Posted by: Besoeker   2006-07-20 15:56  

#8  This district was gerrymandered in 2005 to be even more Democratic than it was in 2002 when this bitch was voted out.
Posted by: Iblis   2006-07-20 13:06  

#7  Ah, but then again, maybe not. Look at Marion Berry.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-07-20 12:56  

#6  Geez, this has nothing to do with her voting record. This is a holocaust-denying anti-semitic anti-American anti-military egomaniacal stark raving lunatic. Getting into a debate over her voting record won't defeat her, because she's a black congresswoman from a predominantly black district and in most cases, her constituency agrees with her voting record. Confront them with her racism, her anti-semitism, her bigotry, her psychotic conspiracy theories, and law-breaking instead. If they ever get it that she's an evil f*ck, maybe they will vote her out.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-07-20 12:55  

#5  
If you check Cynthia's voting record, you'd realize that 'us' is her name of her personal welfare.
And that is short-term only. I doubt that she wants to be able to see past November 7.
Posted by: Korora   2006-07-20 11:40  

#4  Poll dance?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-07-20 10:25  

#3  Anyone see that dance Cynthia did at her pep rally? Also dancing at the same rally: Cindy Sheehan. Yeech!
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-07-20 10:24  

#2  If you check Cynthia's voting record, you'd realize that 'us' is her name of her personal welfare. She's on the wrong side of every issue.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-07-20 10:08  

#1  Gosh, I wonder who she means by "us" in that poster... Would that be an inclusive big tent "we all be God's chilluns" us -- or an exclusive pimped limo "fuck-off crackers" us?
Posted by: Omusing Angong1547   2006-07-20 07:00  

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