Posted on 08/15/2002 6:49:41 PM PDT by Pat Bateman
Farrakhan coming to stump for McKinney
By BILL TORPY
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
The already fiery election campaign between Rep. Cynthia McKinney and Denise Majette is likely to get more heated: Louis Farrakhan is coming to town.
The controversial Nation of Islam leader has scheduled a 6 p.m. rally Saturday in DeKalb County to urge support for McKinney, who is in the tightest race in her 10 years in the U.S. House.
The site of the rally had not been announced Thursday.
Steven Muhammad, a Nation of Islam member who heads the metro group Muslims Active Politically, would say only, "He's here to ensure that money does not interfere with a race, that the people's voice is heard in the 4th District, not the money of political lobbies."
According to the online version of Final Call, the Nation of Islam's newspaper, Farrakhan told McKinney during a July meeting, "We are going to fight like hell for you." McKinney's campaign manager, Bill Banks, said he knew little about the visit or why Farrakhan is coming.
"We have a lot of people coming in. They saw what happened to [U.S. Rep. Earl] Hilliard in Alabama," Banks said, referring to a black congressman who was beaten in a Democratic primary by an opponent who raised more than $1 million, much of it from pro-Israel donors concerned about his relations with American Muslims.
Majette has raised more than $1.1 million, more than half of that in the past six weeks and much of it coming from out-of-state Jewish donors.
McKinney has raised about $640,000. More than half of McKinney's donors have Arabic names and live out of state.
McKinney has been vocal in her support of the Palestinian cause. And she has drawn fire for suggesting that the Bush administration had advance knowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks but did nothing so the president's friends could profit from a military buildup.
Jewish leaders have been upset that McKinney refused to distance herself from Farrakhan, whom they criticized for anti-Semitic remarks. Farrakhan said in 2000 he wanted to overcome his differences with Jews, saying he had been softened by a battle with cancer and prayers for his recovery by people of all faiths.
Majette's campaign said in a statement, "Regardless of who comes to town, the voters of the Fourth District want to talk about better jobs, lower taxes, better schools and affordable health care."
The race has drawn national interest and both sides have big-name support. Majette has gotten financial support from U.S. Sen. Zell Miller and former Braves great Henry Aaron.
McKinney has had a visit from the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Banks said she is getting radio ads from former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, basketball great Magic Johnson and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader.
I missed it. Did Rush laugh? I mean REALLY hoot & howl? That support for McKinney has been there for quite some time. All you have to do is read Final Call to know that Louie said he was coming to Atlanta for Jihad Cindy on July 23 in the presence of McKinney. I bet her campaign is dissembling FAST, doing their "I know nothing I see nothing I hear nothing" Sgt. Schultz routine.
Abstract: The Logan Act was intended to prohibit United States citizens without authority from interfering in relations between the United States and foreign governments. There appear to have been no prosecutions under the Act in its almost 200 year history. However, there have been a number of judicial references to the Act, and it is not uncommon for it to be used as a political weapon. Although attempts have been made to repeal the Act, it remains law and at least a potential sanction to be used against anyone who without authority interferes in the foreign relations of the United States.
Actually, what I'm hearing through the grapevine is that we won't, as there are so many absentee ballots out that we may not know Tuesday night, if the election is as close as expected. Grrr - too much room for fraud here.
I just have think hinky feeling that McKinney's going to do to this race like was done a few years back in the Miami mayoral election where dead people voted--including one dead person who voted in person, and that people were being paid to vote by the vanload.
From the same playbook as AlGore.Fight,Fight,Fight---One look at the persons actions,(in all 3 of their cases actually) tells you something about the DemoncRATic party.It's not O.K. to simply disagree with Republicans---we must "Fight them" because "they're evil,want to take away your right to be on welfare,keep you down and kill your children.So we must FIGHT"! This is the type of mindless liberal word drool these 3 believe.I also can't wait to see how many people show up to it,fully covered by C-Span I'm sure.Rally those troops Mr.Farrakhan,Americans are waiting to hear your latest anti-American Islamic spewing.
LOL! Very true, very true!
I watched the McKinney-Majette debate on C-SPAN the other day and it was ridiculous. While they are both obviously Democrats, at least Majette pretends to care about the issues.
I agree 100%
Do you think Jihad Cindy's political days are numbered?
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