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MCKINNEY PLAYS THE RACE CARD

By Allahpundit · March 31, 2006 04:49 PM

(Updated below with video)
(Updated below with link to Glover/Belafonte video)

You knew it was coming. Ace certainly did.

She alleges, through her lawyer, that her real crime was "being in Congress while black."

I'll try to have video later of her press conference with Danny Glover. Meanwhile, this morning's post is here.

UPDATE: An obligatory flashback. Just for context.

UPDATE: You can watch live here at 5:30. (Use IE.) Meanwhile, here's a statement on McKinney's website, and here's a statement which, according to WSBTV.com, McKinney was thinking of publishing on her website -- before deciding not to.

UPDATE: Couldn't get audio on the webcast, but luckily Fox News was on the case. Short but sweet:

Click for video

Read the two statements linked in the previous update. Especially the second one, which sounds like the sort of thing she would have said at the presser if her lawyers hadn't shut her up.

UPDATE: Ace reads the charging instrument through Cynthia McKinney's eyes.

UPDATE: Bareknuckle Politics has video of Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte expressing solidarity with McKinney. But then, expressing solidarity with violent "progressives" is what they do best.

UPDATE: Danny Glover distances himself from Danny Glover.

UPDATE: And you thought "race card" was just a metaphor. Platinum, too!

UPDATE: Captain Ed notes a report from WSBTV that another Congresswoman, Juanita Millender-McDonald, "intervened" after McKinney's run-in with the cop by having a chat with the sergeant-at-arms. Why is that potentially interesting? Because Millender-McDonald happens to be a member of the House committee that oversees ... the sergeant-at-arms and Capitol police. Stay tuned.

UPDATE: Millender-McDonald denies that she intervened on McKinney's behalf. According to her spokesman, Congressman Mel Watt and a staffer from Speaker Hastert's office were also present during her call with the sergeant-at-arms.

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/013606.php

McKinney: "I'm a Victim!"

Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is in hot water for slugging a Capitol Police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building without going through security. Today her lawyer, James W. Myart Jr., pronounced her a victim of racial prejudice:

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/

McKinney: Guard Molested Me Because I'm Black

Cynthia McKinney may cause a security crisis all on her own in the nation's capital before she gets done with her moment of infamy. Instead of apologizing for failing to wear proper identification, violating a security checkpoint, ignoring a security officer when he asked her to stop, and then assaulting him when he attempted to detain her, McKinney claims that she has been victimized -- by the racist and sexist molesters who guard the government offices in DC: Meanwhile, Fox News reports that a witness to the altercation has essentially corroborated the security officer's report. Comments (29) "McKinney doesn't surprise me a bit - to her, EVERYTHING happens because she's black. McKinney talks to the people who elected her. She's giving them the circus that they want. "

McKinney: "Being in Congress While Black"

Captain’s Quarters sums up the Cynthia McKinney cop-punching tale, as the Moonbat Representative decides to take it to the line: | link: 336 comments | "PC multi-culti gone wild. McKinney is the Professor of Moronics, and she never misses an opportunity to teach." Larry Elder, A.K.A The Sage from South Central, ripped her apart today for playing the race card.

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DanM 4/1/2006 06:51AM PST

No, seriously, look at the list of her political donors. Via Daniel Pipes:

Of particular note is the who's who of radical organizations her donors are associated with:

Hani Y. Awadallah – president, Arab American Civic Organization, New Jersey.

Jesse Aweida – co-founder, American Task Force on Palestine.

Belal Dalati – a vice president of Arab-American Broadcasting Co. (Orange County Register, February 19, 2002) associated with the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Hasan Elkhatib –member, board of directors, American Islamic Educational Foundation (MetroWest Jewish News, October 10, 1996)

Yaser Elmenshawy - chairman, Islamic Council of New Jersey.

Rafeeq Jaber – president, Islamic Association for Palestine, a Hamas offshoot.

Oussama Jammal – president, Bridgeview Mosque.

Samer Khalaf – chairman, American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee's Political Outreach Committee in New Jersey.

Faroque Khan – president, Islamic Center of Long Island, also connected to the American Muslim Alliance and Islamic Society of North America.

Mahmoud A Nimer - member, board of directors, Islamic Academy of Florida, Tampa (an Islamic school established by Sami al-Arian; al-Arian's indictment indicates the school was used as a base of support for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad).

Ayman Osman - member, board of directors, Islamic Academy of Florida, Tampa; employer of Hatem Fariz, arrested on terrorism charges and charged with being a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Talat Othman - former chairman of the Islamic Free Market Institute; secretary/treasurer of the American Task Force on Palestine.

Khalid Qazi – former president, American Muslim Council of western New York State.

Hareth Raddawi - member, board of directors, American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, Chicago.

Allam Reheem - former member, board of directors, Islamic Academy of Florida, Tampa.

Talal Sunbulli – former chairman, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago.

James Zogby – president, Arab American Institute.

In addition, the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee gave $1,000.

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Sheepdogess 4/1/2006 09:09AM PST

#590 Dan M

Incredible post.

OF THE 214 BIG MONEY CAMPAIGN DONATIONS, 161 HAVE ARAB NAMES

Here's how the list breaks down...

Total Numbers of campaign donors - 214
Donors with Arab/ME Names - 161+
Number of Arab donors living in
Georgia - 12
(and six of those reside at the same address)

This is scary stuff.

http://herndon2.sdrd...