If McKinney loses, she can blame herself

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: ^ | 8/14/02 | Cynthia Tucker

[Nat Turner]

and this from Cynthia Tucker no less . . . McKinney is TOAST

[Norman Conquest]

That was Ed Rollins, who claimed that the Whitman campaign paid (normally Democrat-boosting) black ministers to curb their enthusiasm for opponent Jim Florio, not backing him from the pulpit and not encouraging a big turnout.

He was later forced to recant and said he was just talking trash, that a Republican campaign would never attempt to bribe the clergy and that the clergy would never accept such contributions, that the whole story was completely made up.

A Philly newspaper went so far as to interview churchgoers on what was heard in their pulpits the Sunday before Election Day. Oddly enough, the story never saw print.

On a wholly unrelated note, black turnout for the Democratic candidate in that election was the lowest in decades in New Jersey.

[Norman Conquest]

By the way, "walking-around" money to campaign workers is not at all illegal or improper. Usually it's a few bucks to buy lunch, gas up the voter transport wagon, defray incidental expenses.

I've received a few twenties as a precinct captain in my time. I imagine my ward leader took in a lot more than that.

[TC Rider]

In my college days, we had a dorm resident advisor who's daddy was a Dem county commissioner in KY.

Our RA's job was to load up Daddy's caddy with cases of half pints of whiskey. That was GOTV then.

[Irene Adler]

Thanks for the answer to my question about the Congresswoman who gets driven two blocks to work. Now, I think it was Sheila Jackson Lee, too, but I just couldn't come up with who it was, before. I halfway didn't think it was Cynthia McKinney, but I halfway did, too.

[Irene Adler]

Thanks for the answer to my question about the Congresswoman who gets driven two blocks to work. Now, I think it was Sheila Jackson Lee, too, but I just couldn't come up with who it was, before. I halfway didn't think it was Cynthia McKinney, but I halfway did, too.

[Irene Adler]

Thanks for the answer to my question about the Congresswoman who gets driven two blocks to work. Now, I think it was Sheila Jackson Lee, too, but I just couldn't come up with who it was, before. I halfway didn't think it was Cynthia McKinney, but I halfway did, too.

[Irene Adler]

Very sorry about the triple post. It just wasn't posting, honest.

[rdb3]

You're welcome! #45.

You're welcome! #46.

You're welcome! #47.

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