C-SPAN has announced:
Debate
Democratic Primary Runoff Debate
Atlanta Press Club
Georgia Public Television
Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
July 31, 2006 7:30 PM EDT
McKinney, Cynthia
U.S. Representative, D, Georgia (State)
Johnson, Hank
Commissioner, D, DeKalb County, GA
Rep. Cynthia McKinney and DeKalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson will debate for the Democratic nomination in Georgia's 4th Congressional District.
Voters in Georgia's 4th District will vote on Tuesday, August 8th in this primary run-off. Neither candidate received the required majority in the July 18, 2006, Democratic primary.
While Mr. Johnson's supporters have been quite outspoken in attacking Representative McKinney, instead of putting forward a positive agenda, The Black Commentator's publishers, Glen Ford and Peter Gamble, refer to her as
Our Brightest Light.
Cynthia McKinney is a unique presence in the Congressional Black Caucus: a genuine "movement" activist. For that reason, she is hated and feared by white racists, for whom she is the epitome of the uppity Black; by corporate America and its vicious media, whose power she does not respect; by Democratic House leadership, which abhors activist Black lawmakers more than it does Republicans; and by cowardly African Americans who feel threatened by her example of principled speech and action for social justice and world peace. That's why it is imperative that all people of good will assist McKinney in keeping her seat from Georgia's 4th district, just outside Atlanta.
The racists and cowards smell blood. McKinney was forced into a runoff election, set for August 8, after failing to win a clear majority in this month's Democratic primary. Turnout was abysmal -- only 60,000 voters showed up, versus 95,000 in 2004 when she took back her seat after a two year absence.
Watch the debate tonight and judge for yourselves.