Posted on 07/31/2006 8:16:40 PM PDT by tlb
Atlanta, GA (AHN) - Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) is suing an Atlanta newspaper for libel, after printing comments stemming from her run-in with police at the Capitol building.
J.M. Raffauf, her attorney, has filed charges against the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, editor Cynthia Tucker, and its publisher John Mellott following an article the paper ran on Sunday, July 30, 2006.
According to Raffauf, Tucker's editorial column "was untrue, defamatory and libelous" when it read "'she (the Congresswoman) slugged him (the officer) with her cell phone.' This false allegation is not supported by any witness or any other evidence. Additionally, Tucker is maliciously attempting to spin this into a felony by falsely alleging that she assaulted the officer with a deadly weapon."
The suit alleges that other misstatements were made, including the statement that Congresswoman McKinney "suggested that President Bush had known in advance about the Sept. 11 attacks but did nothing to stop them so his friends could profit from the ensuing war," and "She doesn't have the power or prestige to pass a resolution in support of sweetened ice tea."
Now McKinney wants an "immediate retraction in writing these false and libelous statements" and "demands that your retraction and correction be accompanied by an editorial in which you specifically repudiate your libelous statements."
I hadn't heard that one.
So could we sue her for Libel against Bush? One good turn deserves another...or would that not fit her agenda?
I thought sweet tea was already mandatory in Georgia.
Cynthia tucker ? My gosh she's eating one of her own....
This will be great. Truth is an absolute defense. Grab some popcorn and watch the show.
I think she is worried about her re-election chances.
Is this a joint suit or will her hair be filing a separate suit?
I think McKinney knows who the AJC will endorse in the run-off and is doing a "pre-emptive strike."
Lessee . . . get into a verbal war with an opponent that buys ink by the gallon. That ought to be a real winner. Especially since Cynthia is getting into a battle of wits only half-armed.
I rarely root for the press, but this is one time I'm going to break out the popcorn, and enjoy the fun.
LMAO! Cat fight!
The Tucker column is here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1674570/posts
Well I wonder if the security video of the incident will be entered as evidence, and we will finally get to see it. Cynthia Mckinney better be careful of what she wishes for, she just might get it. Unless of course the Urinal and Constipation buckles and settles "out of court"-maybe just another way for Tucker to slide her buddy McKinney a little more "walkin around money".
She's suing Cynthia Tucker? Oh, that's rich. Even better is the claim that a cellphone is a "deadly weapon." I suppose if you talk somebody to death with it, it is.
OMG McKinney wants this in the headlines some more? She is a glutton for punishment.
Yup. She knows she's goin' down and wants to find a scapegoat (JOOOOs was used last time, the AJ-C is this year's model).
I love to watch liberals eat one another.
I am so sick of having to tell college students that come to the door that I wouldn't have that liberal rag in my house. They always sigh and say "Everyone around here says that."
: )
Judge's considered opinion of the suit.
This is fun! Cynthia Tucker is to the left of Che Guevara and she gets sued by McKinney!
Of course Tucker writes COLUMNS ie opinions not articles. McKinney must really be trailing in the polls to pull this stunt.
She won't be able to prove either of those. She will continue to look like a braying jackass with frizzies.
The Atlanta Constipation has been successfully sued before by Richard Jewell. Having said that, McKinney will probably lose this one, just based on her nuttiness. The jury takes a look at the picture with the wild hair and shes toast..
Yep. Good luck suing an OPINION pundit.
McKinney is reduced to lashing out, which means she knows she's screwed.
Cynthia McKinney just won a huge Hollywood movie deal for her script: Stupidity Unleashed.
...it's based on a true story.
This will be Rich, Satisfying and FUN!
TT
That looks like something I capped in the rafters in my garage.
All your zombies are belong to us!
From Tucker’s column as posted on FreeRepublic:
... a Capitol police officer. He says he didn't recognize her; she was wearing a new hairstyle but was without the lapel pin usually worn by members of Congress. When he stopped her, the officer said, she slugged him with her cellphone.
An important difference, McKinney’s lawyer claims Tucker states something, while the version of Tucker's column on FR, she simply quotes the Capitol police officer.
Truth is an absolute defense in a libel case, no?
The battle of the Cynthias. Mckinney versus Tucker. Should be a great lib catfight.
Seriously, McKinney may lose her primary if her rep. is bad enough for Tucker to jump her. Maybe her district has had enough.
Which one is the Clown?
So she's saying that she DOES have the power or prestige to pass a resolution in support of sweetened ice tea?
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| "She doesn't have the power or prestige to pass a resolution in support of sweetened ice tea." That's funny. You can't sue someone that funny. |
"The Man"
Cynthia McKinney Sues Atlanta Newspaper For Libel Publicity.
And don't forget her role model:
We now have "Sideshow McKinney".
She looks like a deer something caught in the headlights.
But it was in the aftermath of the terrorist atrocities of Sept. 11 that she gained national prominence with reckless and paranoid pronouncements. She suggested that President Bush had known in advance about the Sept. 11 attacks but did nothing to stop them so his friends could profit from the ensuing war.Should we search around FR and find something on this and, umm, make it a bit more frontward?
Looks like she doesn't have much of a case here. She said it.
Not unless a 35 year old version of Sophia Loren showed up at my door tonight, and unfortunately that "ain't gonna" happen.
And yet MORE.
It's been a good few weeks since I've heard anything outrageous from Limerick Woman.
I am reminded of that quotation from Winston Churchill in which he said that if Hitler were to invade Hell, that he would at least make a favorable mention of the Devil in the House of Commons.
In that spirit, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution makes FINE bird cage liner!
I'm not surprised she's suing. Publicity through controversy is all McKinney has left. It's her last hope to still seem powerful, or even relevant.
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