Sat 9 Dec 2006
Not content to be known as a complete crackpot, Cynthia McKinney must be looking to establish a political legacy for something other than being known as the Representative who hits Capitol police officers when they dare ask her to submit to security procedures. Since adopting “sore loser” status after being defeated in this summer’s Democratic primary with Hank Johnson, she’s mostly just been an absentee “Representative”.
The Associated Press is reporting that yesterday she introduced a bill to impeach George Bush. But not even content with that, she also wants Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice removed from office.
The Democratic Party must be so proud after their November election victory. They have not yet even taken control of the House and Senate, and already they have members proposing establishing a draft in order to try to hurt the military, controversy about whether or not an impeached judge should chair the Intelligence Committee, and now this. Doesn’t sound like Democratic “leadership” controls much of the agenda yet.
The election in 2000 seems to have triggered some logic imbalance that appears to have become a sickness infecting the entire Democratic party. I fear that there may be no cure. What if this feverish thinking continues on after Bush’s second term ends?
“With a heavy heart and in the deepest spirit of patriotism, I exercise my duty and responsibility to speak truthfully about what is before us,” McKinney said Friday night.
“To shy away from this responsibility would be easier, but I have not been one to travel the easy road.”
But, you see, the hard road travelled by Rep. McKinney is largely one of her own making:
She has hosted numerous panels on Sept. 11 conspiracy theories and suggested that President Bush had prior knowledge of the terrorist attacks but kept quiet about it to allow friends to profit from the aftermath.
Georgia can be quite proud to be associated with such a stalwart legislator. Sigh.
