Six more US soldiers have died in Iraq within the last 48
hours. For what? The neo-con wet dream of a Three
Stooges Reich. There have been over 900 US military
deaths in the increasingly unhinged and incredibly
shrinking _resident's foolish military adventure in
Iraq. Al Jazeera is now reporting the deaths of US
soldiers more accurately and more promptly than the
"US mainstream news media," which is a very disturbing
commentary on what is going on in this
country...MEANWHILE, the 9/11 Commission may have
wimped out, but Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), who lost her
Congressional seat to a Lierberman clone in the
Democratic primary after she dared to ask the
9/11-related questions that you and I and Michael
Moore and the 9/11 Families want answered, has been
VINDICATED. Her STUNNING political comeback is further
evidence (BLOCKBUSTER "Fahrenheit 911," and Bubba's
BESTSELLING "My Life," etc.) of the Electoral Uprising
that is coming in November 2004...Those who live in
denial in Beltwayistan, personified by the 9/11
Commission's apparent "bi-partisan" cowardice and the
"US mainstream news media" propapunditgandists that
enable it, had better come to grips with
reality..."The hour is getting late."
KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press: Former congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney danced to hip-hop music and shouted
"I'm back!" after surprising many by winning the
primary outright in her old congressional district.
The state's first black congresswoman, McKinney served
10 years in the House before losing the seat two years
ago. While in Congress, she dished out brash remarks
to both Republicans and Democrats she saw as too
conservative, and political watchers doubted she would
escape a runoff in her comeback bid in a crowded field
of six candidates.
In the end, as the primary results came in Tuesday night, she danced with a throng of supporters and declared that she was vindicated for her controversial remarks about President Bush in 2002. McKinney was
harshly criticized when she said on a talk radio show
then that Bush had advance warning of the Sept. 11
attacks but ignored them because his friends would
profit from a war.
Repudiate the 9/11 Cover-Up and the Iraq War Lies,
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Posted on Wed, Jul. 21, 2004
McKinney moves closer to congressional comeback
KRISTEN WYATT
Associated Press
ATLANTA - Former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney danced
to hip-hop music and shouted "I'm back!" after
surprising many by winning the primary outright in her
old congressional district.
The state's first black congresswoman, McKinney served
10 years in the House before losing the seat two years
ago. While in Congress, she dished out brash remarks
to both Republicans and Democrats she saw as too
conservative, and political watchers doubted she would
escape a runoff in her comeback bid in a crowded field
of six candidates.
In the end, as the primary results came in Tuesday
night, she danced with a throng of supporters and
declared that she was vindicated for her controversial
remarks about President Bush in 2002. McKinney was
harshly criticized when she said on a talk radio show
then that Bush had advance warning of the Sept. 11
attacks but ignored them because his friends would
profit from a war.
"The American people appreciate being told the truth,"
McKinney said before claiming victory.
McKinney lost the 2002 primary to Denise Majette,
another black Democrat who previously was a
little-known state court judge. Majette left this year
to seek the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Zell
Miller, and she received the most votes in that race's
Democratic primary Tuesday, advancing to a runoff Aug.
10 against businessman Cliff Oxford.
McKinney said she never doubted she could win her
party's nomination outright, even though two of her
opponents raised more money and she did not run
television ads.
"I told you I'd be back. Tonight, I am back," she
said.
In the general election, she will face Republican
Catherine Davis, who is also black, in the heavily
Democratic district.
McKinney's comeback campaign appeared wobbly before
the primary. She raised just $214,000, much less than
opponents Cathy Woolard, a former Atlanta City Council
president, and state Sen. Liane Levetan.
McKinney concentrated on working the heavily black
neighborhoods that sent her to Congress for five
terms. Light turnout among her base was blamed for her
upset in 2002.
The tactic worked. Many voters said she was unfairly
drubbed for her comments about Bush.
"She did a great service and she's an extremely
courageous woman by calling George Bush on the
carpet," said 54-year-old Patricia Kilpatrick, a
Lithonia yoga teacher who voted for McKinney. "I know
a lot of people think she's out on the edge but I
think we need that. We need someone who looks out over
the precipice to see what's going on to forge that
path for us."
Emory University political scientist Merle Black said
there was a "huge sentiment that she was deprived of
her seat." He credited stronger black turnout and
McKinney's more positive campaign approach for her
win.
"She really changed her style. It wasn't
confrontational Cynthia McKinney. It was
representative-of-all-the-people Cynthia McKinney," he
said.
McKinney finished with 51 percent of the vote. Levetan
had 21 percent, while Woolard had 19 percent.
McKinney's impressive victory didn't soften criticism
from some.
"She's an embarrassment to our county," said DeKalb
County homemaker Vicki White, who considers herself a
Republican but voted in the Democratic primary Tuesday
just to vote against McKinney.
Bill King, a 19-year-old college student in Decatur,
said he felt McKinney would be ineffective in
Washington.
"I don't think any of the other congressmen take her
seriously," he said.
Two of Georgia's other open seats for Congress were
headed to runoffs.
In a Republican-leading district north of Atlanta,
state Sen. Tom Price will face state Sen. Robert
Lamutt. In another GOP district, running from the
southern suburbs of Atlanta to Columbus, voters will
pick between State Rep. Lynn Westmoreland and Dylan
Glenn, a former aide to Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue.
The other active race in Georgia was a Democratic
contest in the 12th District, which runs from Athens
to Augusta to Savannah. Former Clarke County
commissioner John Barrow defeated former state Sen.
Doug Haines to win without a runoff.
The 12th District is being closely watched by national
Democrats because they see it as their best chance in
Georgia to knock off a GOP incumbent. The district,
created by redistricting in 2002, is held by
Republican Rep. Max Burns, although the district was
thought to lean Democratic.
Democratic Rep. David Scott, who holds a suburban
Atlanta district, handily defeated challenger William
Ogletree with no Republican challenger in the fall.
With 102 of 165 precincts reporting, Scott led
Ogletree 82 percent to 18 percent.
The rest of Georgia's congressional delegates did not
face challenges in the primaries. Those are:
Republican Reps. Nathan Deal, Phil Gingrey, John
Linder, Charlie Norwood and Jack Kingston; and
Democrats John Lewis, Sanford Bishop and Jim Marshall.
Linder, Lewis, Deal and Kingston don't have opposition
in either the primary or the general election.