If you define a "worse choice" for who to vote for in the 2008 US presidential primaries as one who will do more harm to the key interests of more Americans, going forward....than another choice would do, I cannot see that Cynthia Mckinney would do worse. All of the other candidates advocate "more of the same", when it comes to budgeting more money annually, for military spending, than all of the countries in the rest of the world, combined, except Ron Paul.
Ron Paul seems to represent the narrow interests of christian evangelicals, libertarians, and other "small government" conservatives. Paul is on record suggesting the replacement of the existing social safety net with charity from churches, and he points out, that under his reform, there would not be a significant number needing the charitable support.
Mckinney seems to me to be able to view what life is like in the US, from the POV of many more people than any of the other candidates are able to. She has a record of attempting to hold authority accountable, she was the only congressperson to press Rumsfeld and Gen. Meyers on the issue of whether war games were being held during the same time as the 9/11 attacks.
She knows what it is like to attempt to show up and function as a black woman in a US congress dominated by white protestant males, as a single parent, and as a representative suddenly thrust, by a federal judge's order, from representing a largely black populated district in congress, to a largely white, and more affluent, urban district.
Why is the reaction to her, so bitter, so vicious, and so dismissive? Are the other candidates really going to be that much better, in terms of how they affect the interests of most of us?
McKinney was not charged in the 2006 altercation with a capitol police officer.
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http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/5644/1/275
Cynthia McKinney Sues Atlanta Journal-Constitution for Libel
By Matthew Cardinale
7-30-07, 10:39 am
(APN) ATLANTA – Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has sued the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper for libel, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
The lawsuit was filed on July 26, 2007, in State Court of Fulton County, according to a copy of the court filing obtained by Atlanta Progressive News.
The lawsuit focuses on what McKinney argues to be false claims in a July 30, 2006, Editorial written by the AJC’s Editorial Page Editor, Cynthia Tucker. Tucker received a Pulitzer Prize for a series of columns that year including that one.
McKinney claims that she requested a correction from the AJC in a letter dated July 31, 2006, and that the AJC refused to do so in a response dated August 15, 2006. ....
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Conservative media has relentlessly attacked her:
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http://www.nationalreview.com/goldbe...berg041202.asp
April 12, 2002 4:35 PM
Representative Awful
Cynthia McKinney’s insanity and hypocrisy.
By Jonah Goldberg
I don't mean to be such a pain in the ass to Cynthia McKinney (D., Ga.), but it appears this is the fastest route to her brain.....
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Mainstream media has made her look more foolish than they do to other politcians:
My point is, that until we become less dismissive of candidates who major corporations and the military establishment want us to dismiss, there won't be anyone elected who will challenge them, and actually represent our interests. Unless we can begin by actually examining whether the candidate we support is truly a better choice for us than McKinney would be, we won't know if they are truly better, and we won't be aware that the demonization of people like McKinney is only partly a process they inflict on themselves, and even a portion of what looks like self implosion is a result of the process to discredit her.
Convince me that one of the other candidates is better!