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Posted on 04/23/2012 7:57:57 AM PDT by Prov1322
Former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is preparing to run for her old 4th Congressional district seat on the Green Party ticket.
Andy Manis, AP Cynthia McKinney, a former congresswoman, ran for president as the Green Party candidate in 2008.
McKinney was defeated by 4th district incumbent Hank Johnson in 2006 after serving six terms in Congress and has kept a low profile since returning to Atlanta from the San Francisco area where she moved in 2007.
Since February she has made a few public appearances in her old district but stayed low key with her plans. She filed paperwork April 2 with the Federal Elections Commission declaring her intention to run.
Tracked down at her mother’s home Thursday by a reporter from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, McKinney declined to comment and ordered the reporter off the property.
Last week she was recruiting volunteers to collect the 18,860 signatures of registered voters she’ll need by August 6 to get on the newly redrawn 4th district ballot, according the Georgia Secretary of State’s office.
A lightning-rod political figure, McKinney, 55, was defeated in 2006 by Johnson after a much-publicized run-in with a U.S. Capitol police officer and her accusations that the Bush administration may have known beforehand about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
In 2008 she won the Green Party nomination and ran for president. McKinney and running mate Rosa Clemente were on the ballot in 31 states, but not Georgia.
The party had hoped with McKinney's name recognition to get at least 5% of the vote so the party would automatically be on the 2012 ballot in all 50 states. She got less than 1 percent of the vote.
In the summer of 2009, McKinney made international news for her involvement in the Free Gaza Movement, during which she was detained after a ship she was aboard carrying humanitarian supplies was stopped by the Israeli Navy for allegedly running a blockade.
Back in Atlanta, McKinney’s associates in the Green Party – which she joined in 2007 after quitting the Democratic Party – have closed ranks in support.
Her former Green Party campaign manager, Hugh Esco, said Wednesday he could not confirm McKinney plans to run, as first reported by the Atlanta Progressive News. “I would call that report a wild rumor,” said Esco.
Frank Redding, a friend of McKinney’s late father, former state legislator Billy McKinney, who has known Cynthia since childhood, said Thursday he’s not surprised to hear she’s back in her old district and making the rounds for a political rebirth.
“She’s been around and been more visible and I believe she’s going to make a run, though I’ve not had a personal conversation with her,” said Redding. “But anywhere she runs in South Dekalb County she’s going to be viable.”
The new District 4 contains about two-thirds of DeKalb County including the cities of Stone Mountain and Scottdale, and portions of Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale counties.
Other former supporters question whether McKinney has the resources or enough remaining clout and presence in the district she left six years ago to get the signatures needed to get on the ballot.
“That’s going to be the real challenge for her,” said John Evans, who handled McKinney’s last congressional campaign, in 2006.
Jan Selman, a Decatur political consultant and former McKinney supporter who backed Hank Johnson in 2006, said she still supports Johnson, and doubts most voters will "get off the rail" and vote Green Party, no matter the candidate.
She said she would never underestimate McKinney. "She's a very determined person," said Selman. “But we need someone in the 4th district with tenure. Hank’s been in there three terms. I can’t see that changing right now.”
Oh, just damn.
Some of us in the DeKalb delegation were talking about this wench at the 6th District Republican convention, wondering what had become of her. Little did we suspect that she would soon be returning to haunt us.
I read somewhere that she has the Mars delegation all wrapped up! You go girl!
They both represent the majority of the 4th district voters pretty well. Stupid, arrogant, loudmouthed, racist lunatics. Actually Johnson is an improvement of McKinney - he's not quite as crazy. She needs to find something she's qualified for other than Democrat in Kongress - like cleaning the bathrooms at MacDonald's or holding an "I will work for food." sign at an interstate ramp.
North DeKalb is in the GA 6th Congressional District, and has been again for some time. There was only about a 4 year period that it was not.
With the 2010 census redistricting, even more is in the 6th this year than two years ago. Thank Fran Millar, among others, for that.
I think you’re confusing Cynthia with her currrsin, Shelia Jackson Lee.
“...Stupid, arrogant, loudmouthed, racist lunatics....”
Damn, you just pretty much described the Democrat Party in general...sums ‘em up nicely.
Ya know, I used to bash the 10th CD Texas voters for returning Queen Shelia to orfice, but her district is not all po angry black folk-and the people in those district are not all stupid like her. I think what we have here is entrenched corruption—machine politics as bad as 19th century New York or pre-1960s in the south. As long as we can’t touch the machine, we can’t shake them.
No, they're both nuts!
I would say that she is a prime example of what happens when there is no brain to engage before putting one's mouth in gear.
“12 years ago a black GOP female candidate came within 6 points of McKinney”
But in 2012 the GOP has an excellent black, female conservative Republican running in GA-04: Catherine Davis. http://www.catherinedavis4congress.com/ It would take a miracle for her to win the general election, especially with Obama on the ballot increasing black turnout in that district (Davis would need each of Hank Johnson and Cindy McKinney to get between 30%-33% and get 34% herself, in a district that, as redrawn, gave McCain less than 20% IIRC), but at least our odds of winning are not 0% anymore.
Even a raving nutbag like McKinney couldn’t live in Pelosi’s district for too long.
Back, and every bit as crazy a ‘psycho bitch’, as she has always been
"..look at that shinny thang"
“DNC” + “moron” = “oxymoron.”
She wants to keep feeding at the public trough...
Hahaha, good one.
I just had a “procedure” and my doctor looked for her supporters. The scattered when exposed to light and nothing was found in the search!
Like insects to a picnic, they just never seem to go away
I'm in that no-man's land just west of Tucker, inside the perimeter. We're considered North DeKalb but the 6th hasn't made its way down here yet, but it's coming. They initially had drawn the 6th southern line down LaVista, which would have moved me, but the usual racist suspects went berserk and so they moved it up two miles.
The woman is unemployable. Probably cannot even get job as a lobbyist as no one she has ever met would ever open a door to her again.Eventually she will end up on the welfare rolls.
Hard to believe this NUT JOB hasn’t been committed YET.
Clearly, you haven't heard Rep. Bobby Rush speak. Bigger moron than Hank and Cynthia put together.
"Hey! I resent that remark!"
If that isn’t the classic look of an ACORN/crack ho, I don’t know what is.
Ah, Ms. McKinney...
...one of the four candidates endorsed for president by Ron Paul, in 2008...
...along with Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, and Ralph Nader....
Green Party = FAIL.
It is the "last resort" option for losers and Nit Wits politicians with a soft spot for Communism. This woman is an irrelevant hack racist.
,,,,, they always head for the tall grass when the search is on .
If ever a bounty was warranted.
I told's ya... she crazy!!!
I don't believe Rockdale will take to jihad Cindy very well.
Instead fear the countless idiots within the body politic that believe these scoundrels are their representatives.
Aside from their vote......also fear that these idiots are allowed to drive on the same streets as you.
That’s a pretty big could. Johnson won in ‘10 with 75-25; John Lewis in the neighboring 5th won with 74-26, and David Scott won with 69-31.
How do you figure Vaughn (or any R nominee) needs anything below 35%? And that’s only if Johnson and McKinney split the remaining vote equally.
What was the lowest percentage to win a Congressional seat?
Off the top of my head NM-2 1980: Joe Skeen 38%, David King 34%, Dorothy Runnels 28%.
(I recall the race — had to look up the numbers)
I dunno, it could be that kind of ABO year.
Just like our own Sheila Jackson Lee. Hard to imagine a whole district of folks dumber than she is. (unless you’ve been to that district)
Yep. She’s the perfect poster child for the Democrats.
Ugly, angry, ignorant, and stupid.
I think both of them have flickering porch lights......
Corrine Brown?
It looks like only because it was a special election did Juanita Millender-McDonald (CA-37) win a 9-way race in March 1996 with 27%.
However different rules govern general elections.
Remember when she lost in 2006 her and her boys were caught on camera blaming her loss on the Jews? And I bet you nobody brings that up when she is running again.
I think the more serious fact is that she has *no* relationship with *morality or decency*.
As ignorant & camera hog as Queen Sheila is, she is far more vocal & engaged than my own District 22 Representative, Pete Olson. ...so disappointed in this guy, there just isn't any fight in him.
I live in Atlanta, and offer the following word of caution: Do not, under any circumstances, underestimate the stupidity of her constituents.
The bish is crazy and dangerous. A combination that plays to her district of ebonic speaking peoples.
Isn’t that your district? Sadly I think she would have a good chance of winning.
No, I’m in GA-6th, Newt’s old seat, now held by Dr. Tom Price, who is pretty good.
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