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Grand Jury to Hear McKinney Case (tomorrow)
WXIA-TV Atlanta ^ | 04.05.06 | Michael King

Posted on 04/05/2006 3:46:35 PM PDT by mhking

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To: bitty
Brian on Fox and Friends did not allow McKinney to play her games. When she would not answer his questions he just kept asking. He had the real no spin zone.

I saw the catfight with O'Brien (I think she's a ditz, but she did pretty good this morning), and McKinney's dance on "Today" (those are the tapes we had in house), and after the calls I made today, I'm pretty sure she's losing what little ground she had.

61 posted on 04/05/2006 6:19:13 PM PDT by mhking ("I make my livin' on the evening news...")
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To: mhking
bump.

Thanks for the ping. Ping away. Your country needs you. The tide is turning thanks to you and entities such as P 21.

Cynthia isn't getting away with her crap as easily any more.

62 posted on 04/05/2006 6:21:51 PM PDT by groanup (Shred for Ian)
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To: mhking

Wonder if the fix is allready in? They didn't need a grand jury to do this....but it will sound very convincing.


63 posted on 04/05/2006 6:28:24 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: Peach; Mo1

ping, if you haven't seen this already


64 posted on 04/05/2006 6:37:20 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Censure Feingold!!)
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To: Klatuu

LOL!


65 posted on 04/05/2006 6:39:10 PM PDT by T Lady (The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
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To: mhking

What's your take on this Mike, will they charge her?


66 posted on 04/05/2006 6:41:13 PM PDT by mystery-ak (Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
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To: All

McKinney's lawyer is on H&C right now


67 posted on 04/05/2006 6:42:52 PM PDT by mystery-ak (Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
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To: prairiebreeze

I saw this and think it's disgraceful that the prosecutor punted this to the GJ because he didn't want to make what would likely have been an unpopular decision to prosecute.

He's paid the big bucks to make those decisions and now he's letting some lowly female staffer who witnessed McKinney hit the police officer testify. So much for this prosecutor's manliness, imo.

McKinney originally apologized for hitting the police officer. The police officer says she hit him. At least one if not two witnesses said she hit him. There was no reason to send this to a GJ except for politics.


68 posted on 04/05/2006 6:45:01 PM PDT by Peach
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To: mhking
An An AP link to the story has these tidbits:

"Cynthia McKinney is a racist," Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends," a day after abandoning his reelection bid under a cloud of ethics charges. "She has a long history of racism. Everything is racism with her. This is incredible arrogance that sometimes hits these members of Congress, but especially Cynthia McKinney."

Good for The Hammer!

But she said Wednesday: "Face recognition is the issue .... The pin doesn't have my name on it and it doesn't have my picture on it, and so security should not be based on a pin ... People are focused on my hairdo."

"Something that perhaps the average American just doesn't understand is that there is a heightened sense of a lack of appropriateness being there for members who are elected who happen to be of color," McKinney said, "and until this issue is addressed by the American public in a very substantive way, it won't be the last time."

Meaning the average WHITE American, I presume. Well McKinney, your threats don't work with me. You're no darned better than anybody else. I hope they hang you out to dry.

69 posted on 04/05/2006 6:47:57 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Censure Feingold!!)
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To: Peach

Weak hand-slaps are at most what we ever see for RATS. Berger, Clintoon, now McKinney.


70 posted on 04/05/2006 6:49:44 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Censure Feingold!!)
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To: mhking
She's made enemies on both sides of the aisle -- notice that Democrats outside of her personal friends here in Georgia and the Congressional Black (Liberal) Caucus are noticeably quiet on this one. She also got the ire of columnist Cynthia Tucker in her latest editorial, calling Cynthia a 'second-rate member of congress.'
71 posted on 04/05/2006 6:51:01 PM PDT by T Lady (The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
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To: Peach

See my post 69. Tom Delay called Cynthia a racist on FoxNews.

LOL!

sorry for the extra post


72 posted on 04/05/2006 6:51:08 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Censure Feingold!!)
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To: MizSterious

I have to believe that she will never have to be held responsible for this.

This whole thing is just a way to push their responsibility onto the Grand Jury.

I'd like to see all Congress Critters get in line and wait to be screened by the metal detector like all Americans.

It's about time for the Congress to understand that they are not privileged like they think. They are elected to serve the people of their districts. They need to learn to just do their jobs.


73 posted on 04/05/2006 6:51:44 PM PDT by Semperfi.Ex.USMC
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To: prairiebreeze

No problem with the extra post; good for DeLay. Now that he's getting out of politics, he'll play ball harder than ever before, imo, and he played plenty hardball before. Unlike the rest of our spineless Republicans.

I'm sick and tired of her claims of racist; she's skated this far because of her minority status, so she's got some nerve claiming that.


74 posted on 04/05/2006 6:55:33 PM PDT by Peach
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To: Logical me
If you hit a cop in my town of Pasadena TX, your remains would resemble a vehicular/pedestrian accident involving a dump truck.
75 posted on 04/05/2006 6:56:01 PM PDT by TXBSAFH (Proud Dad of Twins, What Does Not Kill You Makes You Stronger!!!!!!)
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To: learner

How could she not be indicted? I thought a grand jury's job was basically to determine if there is a question of guilt. The woman hasn't even denied she hit the officer. So how can they not indict?


76 posted on 04/05/2006 6:58:39 PM PDT by Proudcongal
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To: prairiebreeze

I've never been prouder of Delay. About time someone said it IN Washington. Not just here.

They play the race card and think they are above being what they decry. Ha.

ITA with Delay. The woman is a Racist. A Racist that slugged a cop charged with her safety. That is inexcusable.

I realize folks in Washington seem to think everything should be about politics, but I don't. Neither do most Americans. You hit a cop in the context in which she did, you deserve severe consequences. Certainly a booking and night in jail number in the LEAST of those consequences.

I have NO faith in Democrats getting what they deserve according to law, but for the sake of that cop she slugged and maligned and all that serve, I want this to be the exception.


77 posted on 04/05/2006 7:04:46 PM PDT by Soul Seeker ("The Republican Party is now principally moderate, if not liberal!" Arlen Specter (R-Pa))
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To: NeoCaveman
no matter how cynical I get, I can never keep up

This is your last chance Neo.After this, there is no going back.

You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe.

You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

Should have taken the Blue pill instead....

78 posted on 04/05/2006 7:14:45 PM PDT by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you dont have to...." ;)
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To: hobbes1

Red


79 posted on 04/05/2006 7:15:29 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (the freeper formerly known as dubyaismypresident)
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To: randog

The GJ throws it out, game over.


80 posted on 04/05/2006 7:35:25 PM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis
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