--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 3, 2006, at 12:58 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > > > No, there was no caption. > > > > In light of current events I thought the picture would speak for > > itself. > > > > I was wrong. > > > > The point was: this is a picture of a racist and anti-semite and, > > like former Klansman Robert Byrd, is a member of the Democratic > > Party. > > Oh. Is she an elected representative?
Yes, from Georgia (elected in 2004 by 64 percent in a majority white district; she'd already served 10 years in Congress but was defeated in 2002). She's something of a fringe-left nutcase, and she's a favorite target of right-wingers like Shemp. Google "Cynthia McKinney" and "racist" and you'll see what kind of company Shemp keeps. Here's a fairly balanced piece on her antics from Slate: http://www.slate.com/?id=2064530 She has something like a 95 percent ADA voting record, and she has fought hard for many progressive causes (pro-union, pro-education, pro-abortion rights, etc.). The Capitol Hill police, it seems, have a history of great difficulty recognizing her as a member of Congress. She's currently embroiled in a dispute in which she apparently smacked a Hill officer in the chest after he grabbed her to stop her from entering the building without passing through the metal detector (members of Congress don't have to). They say she doesn't wear her official pin. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
