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Let's face it folks. This is what you get from the practice of gerrymandering all the democrat (in this case, black) voters into a few districts, thereby creating safe seats for republicans all across Georgia. Nevertheless, McKinney is horrible reflection on the intelligence and decency of her constituents.

Yeah, that Republican-controlled Georgia legislature sure did a great job of packing the Democrats into those districts in the 1990's. < /sarcasm>

You have to be joking, right?

DWG

"This is what you get from the practice of gerrymandering all the democrat (in this case, black) voters into a few districts, thereby creating safe seats for republicans all across Georgia"

I wish it were so simple. This is what you get for giving everyone a vote. Your theory doesn't explain the elections of Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Barb Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Mister Rangel, Jesse Jackson Jr, Hillary Clinton, numerous governors, and a cast of thousands of local shake and bakes. The fact is that some people by their sheer ignorance do not merit the privelege of a vote in an election. They are unable to weigh the consequences of their vote. Thomas Jefferson was correct in his assessment of the general public's ability to understand the meaning of a constitutional republic. The 17th Amendment was another bad move from a strategic point of view. As we move from republic to empire I am profoundly disturbed by the similarities to the "Bread and Circus" syndrome that so badly afflicted the Romans.

What are the chances that this woman will be thrown out on her a** in the next election b/c of this disgraceful episode?

the sad truth is, considering her district and the poor record of black voters in tossing out Democratic incumbents for ANY REASON, that there's very little chance of this.

Now here's a much more frightening thought. Perhaps she saying this b/c it's what her constituency believes? or what they want to hear? I sincerely hope this isnt' true.

When thinking about this, we might do well to remember the polling data from a few years ago that revealed that a sizable proportion of the black community (33%?) believed that AIDS had been created by white doctors in an effort to destroy the black race.