McKinney is distraction, say the Dems

The Hill ^ | 4/4/06 | Josephine Hearn

[RetiredArmy]

She and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) no longer speak, not even to exchange greetings when encountering each other in the Capitol hallways, said two House Democratic sources. Pelosi twice turned down McKinney’s request to regain her seniority after she was defeated and then reelected in 2002 and 2004. McKinney first came to Congress in 1992.

Howling out loud. Children at play. On the same liberal, conservative, America hating team and cannot play well together. Two rabid dogs that fight on sight. Love those liberal-socialist-communist-puke-homosexual loving-leftist-pro Al Qaeda-pro Islamic homicide bomber loving-Democrats.

[wmileo]

What about that jackass, Conyers? I thought he was caught in a scandal last month. Isn't that worth reporting anymore?

[summer]

I happened to catch her live interview with Wolf Blitzer yesterday. He actually did a pretty good job

I saw most of that interview, too. I actually wanted to hear her side of the story, because I really didn't know much about her, except that she's from GA. Here's what I noticed: a) at the beginning of the interview, she profusely thanks Wolf, only to then turn on him later, when his questions became more pointed; b) as to the question of why she wasn't wearing her pin, which would have identified her to the officers, she never addressed that directly; and c) she made the claim that she is "known in airports around the world" and thus, they should have known her, too. Finally, a person's face may not change, but hairwstyles do change the way a person is perceived. She would not budge on that point, which really lost me.

So, I think this: she should have worn the pin which is what the officers look for, and not rely on her fame as a celebrity, which is what she seems to want to do.

Even in a small town in this country, where everyone knows each other, you still a driver's license to legally move through the roads while at the wheel of a car; you can't just say: "Well, Joe Blow and everyone ELSE knows me in this town, so I don't need to show you any driver's license, officer."

It seemed to me she put the officers in a bad spot, as even the Atlanta Constitution editorial noted. There were many other ways to solve this, and, to avoid it in the first place.

[Semper Paratus]

Assault of a law enforcement office by a member of Congress is a 'distraction' but when VPOTUS accidently hits a hunting buddy with buckshot it's the end of civlization as we know it.

[lady lawyer]

You need to repeat that post, in caps. I think that is the most important lesson of this whole thing.

[summer]

I happened to catch her live interview with Wolf Blitzer yesterday. He actually did a pretty good job

I saw most of that interview, too. I actually wanted to hear her side of the story, because I really didn't know much about her, except that she's from GA. Here's what I noticed: a) at the beginning of the interview, she profusely thanks Wolf, only to then turn on him later, when his questions became more pointed; b) as to the question of why she wasn't wearing her pin, which would have identified her to the officers, she never addressed that directly; and c) she made the claim that she is "known in airports around the world" and thus, they should have known her, too. Finally, a person's face may not change, but hairstyles do change the way a person is perceived. She would not budge on that point, which really lost me.

So, I think this: she should have worn the pin which is what the officers look for, and not rely on her fame as a celebrity, which is what she seems to want to do.

Even in a small town in this country, where everyone knows each other, you still need a driver's license to legally move through the roads while at the wheel of a car; you can't just say: "Well, Joe Blow and everyone ELSE knows me in this town, so I don't need to have/or show you any driver's license, officer."

It seemed to me she put the officers in a bad spot, as even the Atlanta Constitution editorial noted. There were many other ways to solve this, and, to avoid it in the first place.

[OKIEDOC]

Was somewhat amused to see the number of so-called black civil rights leaders who placed themselves by McKinney's side trying to get a photo opt.

This poor excuse for a human being is now the poster child for everything that is wrong about the NAACP, ACLU, Congressional Black Congress and the Democrat party leadership.

It blew my mind at the number of comments that the "Sista was put down by a Whitey conspiracy against a congressman while a woman and black"

To me, McKinney epitomizes all that the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Dick Durbin, Tom Harkin, Murdering Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, Babs Boxer, Howweird Dean and many other really stand for.

God please don't let the mentally ill Democrats ever get back into power, PLEASE.

[summer]

Also, the current internal discrimination complaint may be valid -- but take race out of the current situation with her. What if those officers involved in this matter with her were black? What kind of discrimination charge exists then in her situation? It really comes down to her simply following the rules of wearing that pin so there is no confusion. Does everyone else or no one wear their congressional pin? I would like to know that. If everyone else does, and that is the accepted mode, as per the regulations, well, then, she needs to do it, too. Forget about hair. Follow the law.

[summer]

i meant: law/rules/whatever...

[G Larry]

"gutsy leader"

1) There are no Leadership qualities about her.
2) There is nothing "gutsy" about her.

Arrogant, offensive, antagonistic, race-baiting, not-too-bright, opportunistic......these terms fit better.

[GovernmentShrinker]

We don't know what McKinney's resume looked like at the time she was admitted to Yale. But it's quite plausible that her academic credentials were mediocre, and that she was already a loud-mouthed radical nut spouting stuff that would get any white student kicked off the campus. If so, it was the same "politically correct", pseudo-intellectual amorality that got both McKinney and Hashemi admitted.

[Zeppo]

I sure hope it takes more than a lapel pin to circumvent the metal detectors. There are more than 600 elected officials working in the Capitol.

I had a similar concern - a major security hole has now been exposed for the world to see. Simply wait for a new Congress to be in session so that there will be a lot of unfamiliar faces, or wait for a new police officer to be posted, wear a counterfeit lapel pin, walk with an air of authority and entitlement and arrogance and breeze right past the metal detectors...

[twigs]

She avoided all personal responsibility for what happened and changed the subject during the entire interview to the broader issue of the history of racism in the past and present. IOW, because of that history, no person of color need take any responsibility for their lives today. Anyone who opposes anything she wants to do automatically becomes part of that larger view she paints of racism. It becomes proof that she is the victim. Both of her attorneys did the same thing. That's the racist movements' MO.

[doug from upland]

Democrats, throw out your garbage.

[Fintan]

“She’s a gutsy leader who gets out in front of important issues,” he said. “She demonstrates bold and responsible leadership for the people who elected her to office.”

 

Damn right!

[twigs]

You're right. The internal CH Police complaint may well be valid, but it's an entirely separate issue. It has nothing to do with whether or not she hit this officer. But it's important to her and her attorneys. They do not want to address her criminal behavior. They need to paint a history of racism in the past that continues in the present. That simply provides a context which explains Ms. McKinney's actions--never the actions themselves. I suspect that all racists are using this rhetorical strategy. I've never paid that much attention, but I will from now on.

[manwiththehands]

“This isn’t the view of Democrats that we want to project in the tough races, one of victims and race-baiting,” the strategist said.

FLIPFLOPFLIPFLOPFLIPFLOP

[twigs]

I had never listened to this woman speak before, but I have to admit that it does not surprise me that she went to Yale. She speaks very well and is not an unintelligent woman. In fact, she reminded me of the way intellectuals take things and distort them to fit into their ivory-tower world that people who work in the everyday world see through instantly. It's a shame, really. This woman, though a real embarrassment to her party, her gender and her race, has a good mind that could have been used for good. Instead, she has wasted it on hate mongering.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I don't think Eleaner Holmes Norton is a "guy". And frankly, that silly non-statement was pretty appropriate for the situation -- essentially refusing to dignify McKinney's howlings with a response.

[aShepard]

....."McKinney has said the officer inappropriately touched her.
He obviously grabbed a Boob!".........


Obviously, that's the implication that she's trying to connect.

But I bet that she considers touching any part of her (or even getting into her "space" ala Lazio/Hitlery) she considers inappropriate.