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I am going to be accused of buying into the Republican spin and frame. I am going to be accused of being politically incorrect. I am going to be accused of being insensitive towards women and minorities and victims across this land. Some may even call me a racist or a sexist.
I don't care.
Cynthia McKinney is an embarrassment, she was wrong, and she should have simply apologized for the "incident," said it was an honest mistake, that she overreacted, and that that would have been the end of it.
I agree, with your assesment.
I also was before today a solid liberal, gay man. I was against the death penalty, for free access for reproductive services, universal health care and try to not prejudge people for any reason. It won't prevent my new label as GOP puppet.
Today, I stated my disapproval of Rep. McKinney's behavior since her over-publicized incident. I know the right is using this minor incident to counter-balance their stream of much more serious problems.
None of us know the unfiltered specifics of the confontation. I'm begining to doubt the two parties memomories remain unfilitered.
This confrontation has been milked by the right because Rep. McKinney has supplied the cow. She may have felt mistreated, and maybe the police were too aggressive. Making any assesment of the motivation of the cop is nearly impossible.
However, at this point, McKinney has squandered her credibility. I have seen her bahavior with my own eyes - and it is pretty clear that if anyone was throwing punches, it was her. She cannot control herself. She can't shut up to hear a question, and she is full of contempt.
I don't care if she a loyal democrat and she has crossed that point where democrats should give her the benefit of the doubt. She needs to end her rants and settle this the the police in private. McKinney's transgession is nothing compared to the string of GOP crooks. I expect that for the party she makes sure that this incident won't be abused by GOP assasins.
I say this because I am a loyal democrat, and one democratic Congresswoman is risking the entire party to soothe her bruised ego. Harsh yes, but some of you are going to trash me with attacks much worse.
I challenge those who disagree to refrain from one tactic. Try and defend her behavior without using the bad behavior of the right to mitigate or deflect democratic folly.