Posted on 04/23/2002 3:13:05 AM PDT by kattracks
Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - A black conservative group is calling for the removal of Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) from the House Armed Services and International Relations Committees for allegedly having ties to terrorists or terrorist allies.
"Dick Gephardt should remove her from those committees and launch an investigation into her donors," said Kevin Martin, director of government affairs for the African-American Republican Leadership Council (AARLC).
In a statement issued Monday, the group challenged McKinney because she has allegedly "refused to disavow support of known terrorist supporters including Hezbollah and Hamas protagonist Abdurahman Alamoudi."
As CNSNews.com previously reported, McKinney received $1000 from Alamoudi, the founder and former executive director of the American Muslim Council.
"I have been labeled by the media in New York as being a supporter of Hamas. Anybody supporters of Hamas here?" Alamoudi asked, to cheers from the crowd at an October 2000 White House protest of U.S. policies in the Middle East.
"Hear that, Bill Clinton? We are all supporters of Hamas ... I wish they added that I am also a supporter of Hezbollah," he added.
Both Hezbollah and Hamas are on the State Department's official list of terrorist organizations.
Alamoudi's contribution is one of 45 McKinney received during the 1999-2000 election cycle that did not list the occupation of the donor as required by the FEC. Those donations totaled $24,000 and included contributions from other groups and individuals that have made statements considered supportive of terrorist organizations.
"Given the sensitive nature of the committees on which [McKinney] sits, the American people would be better served and rest easier at night reassured that [information from] the briefings this congresswoman might be privy to, does not end up in the wrong hands," the group's statement continued.
The AARLC is calling for a House Ethics Committee investigation into whether McKinney has "compromised her committees' assignments, is a friend of terrorists, has accepted funds from terrorists, aids and abets terrorists, committed treason in her oath to defend and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic."
Martin says AARLC is also asking Rep. Eddie Bernie Johnson (D-Texas), chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, to suspend McKinney from that group.
The AARLC is the second group to formally request a congressional ethics probe into McKinney's conduct. The first was requested by the Southeastern Legal Foundation April 12. That request, made to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, also concerned contributions McKinney has received from alleged terrorist supporters.
SLF also sent a letter to House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) Monday requesting McKinney's removal from the two committees that receive intelligence briefings concerning the war on terrorism.
"The factual evidence is clear: McKinney has taken money from some very dangerous people who have publicly supported terrorist organizations," said Phil Kent, president of SLF.
"Congress must not tolerate the appearance of impropriety at a time when America is engaged in the war on terrorism. The stakes are too high, and she has too much access to classified information, to take this lightly," Kent said.
The letter argues that removing McKinney from the two committees is the "prudent course of action" until an investigation can be completed.
Multiple calls to McKinney's office requesting comment on this story were not returned prior to publication.
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Congratulations and another bump for you! I've enjoyed reading your posts in the past.
Now, as a PR/media relations guy myself, I have a small tip for you. Call them "news releases".
Press releases are for press. News releases are for media.
My best to you and good luck.
I'm glad we got to talk about this one on the phone yesterday.
Let me know if there is anything we can do to boost the word and rustle the foliage down here in Peach country to get this moving faster.
M
Unfortunately, even if we do have one (I'm not sure if Georgia has one or not), her district leans SO far to the left that there wouldn't be a snowball's chance for her to get recalled in a popular vote.
The only shot that we've got is her opponent in the July Democratic primary, former Georgia state court judge Denise Majette. Majette is a black woman who caters to McKinney's core constituency - poor & middle-class blacks in south DeKalb County, intellectuals around Emory University, and soccer moms in south Gwinnett County. However, Majette at least has some sense; especially when compared with McKinney.
Although, considering that McKinney and her father have a history of protesting vehemently when they don't get their way, I wouldn't be surprised if this summer's election is a sordid and contested affair after the fact. McKinney and her father, Georgia state senator Billy McKinney are charged with campaigning within a polling place during the 2000 election. The charge is under investigation.
If it comes out that the charges are able to stick (and I'm sure they will ultimately), then that is yet another mark against McKinney. Not only that, but it is a charge that the House Ethics Committee can not afford to ignore. McKinney will try to hide behind her race, but there are too many black folks (like Kevin Martin and myself with Project 21 and many others) who won't stand for it.
I don't know how long the state election board is due to sit on this though (with the state leadership under Democratic control who knows?).
I would guess other hosts have figures in proportion to that- if they claim "5 million listeners" the actual number tuning in for a particular show is about a sixth of that.
The 20 million is all of the listeners over the course of a week's broacasts. It is a metric that is very relevant to the advertising folks. A typical ad campaign is 3 weeks or more and they want to know how many people are ultimately reached.
Yes, and she shares it with an amoeba.
Ditto for Sheila Jackson-Lee,
ditto for Maxine Waters,
ditto for Alcee Hastings....etc.
1992 (old 11th District - which went from Atlanta nearly to Savannah): McKinney 73%, Woodrow Lovett 27%
1994 (old 11th District): McKinney 66%, Woodrow Lovett 34%
1996 (after redistricting, and now in the new 4th District): McKinney 58%, John Mitnick 42%
1998 (4th District): McKinney 61%, Sunny Warren (black woman who is now the former head of the Gwinnett GOP) 39%
2000 (4th District): McKinney 61%, Sunny Warren 39%
As it stands now, there is NO announced GOP candidate for the 4th District. So it isn't as easy as you make it sound, unfortunately. Also as an unfortunate situation, I would much rather have a Democrat that makes even a modicum of sense than the court jester. Right now, she is doing nothing but make all of us in Georgia look like mindless hicks (although I'll admit that her core constiuency DOES fall in that category).
Failure to close the borders of America,thereby letting untold numbers of Islamic terrorists cross over.
Failure to quickly round up the over 58,000 ME illegal aliens and deport them immediately.
Those are just two of the failures that sone say are "Treasonous".
I was at home documenting my next allagation to the FBI.
Have you given your thoughts to them yet?
Do you devote hundreds of hours to research re:the terrorists?
Have you read any articles here on FR about Al-Amoudi and Alamoudi?
Have you read the ones about Bush inviting Alamoudi to his White House over and over?
Go to the archives and search and read.
Maybe then you will have a clearer understanding of my opinions.
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