Rocem Socem Congresswoman

Okay … I’m sick and tired of Rep. Cynthia McKinney and her antics. Oh … I don’t just mean over the issue that’s had her face in the news for the last couple of weeks … I mean in general.

On the one hand I am amazingly grateful that I don’t live in the area of Georgia that she represents, and therefore am not represented by McKinney. Not that any of the people that actually DO live in her district are actually receiving any representation anyway … but they were the ones that foolishly sent her BACK to capital hill (she lost her seat to a fellow democrat in a previous election, but the person that beat her decided to run for senate and lost in a senate race that she never had a hope in Hades of winning). McKinney is viewed in congress as loose cannon and a loon … she’s not taken seriously and as such has no political pull. All of the other Georgia representatives have said that they have NEVER once had a substantive discussion with McKinney over ANY issue.

On the other hand, it means that I can’t vote to get her out of office.

For many in the country this is their first exposure to ‘the cutest little Jihadist in congress’ (a nickname by local talkshow host Neal Boortz based on the fact that a large percentage of her campaign funds in the election that she lost came from Middle Eastern contributors.) but it is not the first time McKinney has caused waves. I’m not going in to her history here though … a good write up can be found on Town Hall Congresswoman Cynthia "Zsa Zsa" McKinney's greatest hits.

The fact of the matter is simple … she struck a police officer that was just doing his job. He did not over step his authority; a woman that he did not recognize was bypassing a security checkpoint. He called out to her three times before reaching out and grabbing her to prevent her from continuing. She turned and struck him in the chest.

Okay … if she really felt she was being ‘profiled’ then file a complaint, hold a press conference (she IS a congresswoman she has the power of the bully pulpit), call the NAACP. No, she can’t do any of that she has to hit him. With the plethora of appropriate responses she goes straight for the inappropriate one.

She could have stemmed the tide early on with an apology, but her first press conference wasn’t to say that ‘she was sorry’ or that she made a mistake … no … it was to ‘regret that the incident occurred’ and to tell the media that the officers there are ‘required’ to know the members of congress on sight. (she latter changed that statement to ‘expected’ rather than ‘required’.)

And she couldn’t leave it there … rather she had to reach for her tried and trusty trump card and made it an issue of race.

So know this terrorists and criminals alike! If you are black (or Hispanic) security guards are not allowed to stop you if you try to bypass a security checkpoint! Due to your minority status you get a free pass in that area. If they don’t recognize you then they should either assume that, since you’re trying to bypass the checkpoint, you’re supposed to be there, or they should quake in fear at the fact that you MIGHT accuse them of *gasp* profiling!

McKinney (and many of the black ‘leaders’ in this country) need to realize that the more they through the ‘race’ card around the less weight it carries. They are hurting the issue more than they’re helping.

McKinney is a disgrace. She needs to be charged with felony assault and pay the price of her actions.