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July 26, 2006
By: THE UNDERCARD....Ed Kilgore writes today about the other primary on August 8: Cynthia McKinney vs. Hank Johnson for the championship of Dekalb County, Georgia.
Since Ed is originally from Dekalb County, he probably knows what he's talking about here. I have a feeling we're going to (once again) have a McKinney-free Congress when 2007 dawns. —Kevin Drum 7:09 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (32)Comments
I thought the Democrats were going to take back BOTH Houses of Congress this time? Posted by: Thomas on July 26, 2006 at 7:12 PM | PERMALINKI also thought Ralph Reed was going to be the nest Lt. Governor of Georgia. IOW, I'm an idiot. Posted by: Thomas on July 26, 2006 at 7:16 PM | PERMALINKThe fake "Thomas" must be a Dodo bird (get it, "nest" = "bird"?) Posted by: Thomas on July 26, 2006 at 7:22 PM | PERMALINKThe real Thomas must also be a Dodo bird. Runoffs are *within* a party. Posted by: Thomas on July 26, 2006 at 7:24 PM | PERMALINKwhat the buck!? innocent perhaps, but did kilgore just compare mckinney to an alcoholic? it's also nice to know that kilgore leans so heavily on the weekly standard for his opinions: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/079tehyf.asp she may or may not be a conspiracy nut, but what a joke this kilgore chap is sometimes. note to kilgore: if you want to endear yourself to the democrats you supposedly represent, USING THE TALKING POINTS OF THE OPPOSING TEAM'S PROPAGANDA ORGANS IS ILL-ADVISED. Posted by: Marc on July 26, 2006 at 7:25 PM | PERMALINKGreat . . . I have a doppelgnger now, too. Just when we thought one was more than sufficient.... Posted by: Global Citizen on July 26, 2006 at 7:53 PM | PERMALINKTrust me, the fact that a Democrat will win a Democratic primary means that the Democrats won't take back Congress. And George Bush is a bold and decisive leader. And I'm not a complete moron. And don't forget all the money you'll be forced to spend in that Georgia Lt. Governor's race. The one that's even more irrelevant now that Ralph Reed was booted in the primary. Posted by: Thomas on July 26, 2006 at 7:54 PM | PERMALINKAnd there's only one real Thomas here--me. The other one is just Charlie/Cheney/etc. Posted by: Thomas on July 26, 2006 at 7:55 PM | PERMALINKI'll answer that question, Cheney, as soon as you answer mine: How many of those 60 million would have been Democrats?! Posted by: GOP on July 26, 2006 at 8:25 PM | PERMALINKIt doesn't matter, GOP. We can always let the Democrats die later by quashing stem cell research. They deserve it for being Democrats. Posted by: Charlie on July 26, 2006 at 8:26 PM | PERMALINKNo party registration in Ga., but it's my understanding that your choice of primary as declared when you go to vote (Dem. or Rep.) carries through the run-off (logically enough). Any Dem. who asked for a Rep. ballot to vote against Reed, for example, won't be able to vote now in the Dem. run-off against McKinney. Posted by: Shem on July 26, 2006 at 8:53 PM | PERMALINKThe DLC guy shilling for AIPAC. I'm shocked. Shocked. Posted by: Carl Nyberg on July 26, 2006 at 9:11 PM | PERMALINKwhat the buck!? innocent perhaps, but did kilgore just compare mckinney to an alcoholic? it's also nice to know that kilgore leans so heavily on the weekly standard for his opinions: Drink up, man. The parties just started. Posted by: America, Fuck Yeah! on July 26, 2006 at 10:44 PM | PERMALINK婚纱摄影 I did mention 60 million. Right before I made that joke about dead kids. Posted by: Thomas on July 26, 2006 at 10:53 PM | PERMALINKCongresswoman McKinney has been an often lone brave voice for progressives. Have any of you looked at her record? It's funny....she stands up for herself and is fiercely stubborn (and consistent). And that's viewed as uppity and nutty and unladylike. But when Incompetent -in-Chief behaves the same way shrilling about a nonreality, he's at least given a head nod to his resoluteness. I'm sorry, for the most part the reaction to Congresswoman McKinney is sexist and racist. It just is. Posted by: sarah on July 26, 2006 at 10:53 PM | PERMALINKJeez would you guys ban that chinese site? Sarah, I guess I don't have a dog in this fight, but ... McKinney's assault on that capitol guard and subsequent delayed apology was over-the-top. Entitlement is entitlement is entitlement. Bob Posted by: rmck1 on July 26, 2006 at 11:41 PM | PERMALINKI wonder why everyone loves to pick on McKinney when there are so many other louses and crazies out there in Congress. Does she love inflamatory rhetoric? Of course, but at least she doesn't make sh** up relating to Natl Security like Curt Weldon with his infamous and missing Atta chart or like Hoekstra with his joint press conference with Santorum declaring WMD found in Iraq or how about that fellow who put a crown on Rev. Moon and the list goes on. McKinney loves to use inflamatory rhetoric about race and seems to have difficulty keeping her cool, however if I had to sit in a body everyday where just getting the Voting Rights Act renewed is a controversy and where other members claim that there is no more racism or discrimination, maybe I too would think that the whole world was like that. That there were boogeymen behind every corner. You know, just because you are paranoid does not mean that people are not out to get you. Posted by: Bubb Rubb on July 27, 2006 at 12:36 AM | PERMALINKCouldn't happen to a nicer (batshit crazy) loon. If Dems are to maintain a extraordinary majority of blacks in the Dem Party they'd do well to get rid of extremists like McKinney. Most blacks are pretty conservative, all in all, issue by issue. Posted by: Birkel on July 27, 2006 at 12:43 AM | PERMALINKGod forbid a black woman should stand up for herself--scares the suburban white voters--maybe that's why so many Dems view her with apprehension. BTW, do double check any controversial quotes you hear attributed to McKinney; they often seem to have the same accuracy as those attributed to Gore (e.g. "invented the Internet", Love Story). For an alternate perspective, check out the link: I live in the district. McKinney has real problems in Dekalb north of I-20 because she has never made ANY EFFORT AT ALL to reconcile with her significant Jewish constituency. There was some long gone contriversy having to do with Farakhan, and then her father, an important figure in Georgia politics, made some antisemitic remarks in 2002, which McKinney has never addressed. This makes Democratic unity difficult in my precinct. Jewish Democrats in Dekalb express the feeling that they don't have any representation. McKinney seems to have completely written off North Dekalb. She never comes out here at all. I'm actually neutral in the primary. Hank Johnson, a long-time County Commisioner from South Dekalb, has really let my neighborhood down on the Commision. After watching uninformed and indifferent performances from Hank Johnson time after time at Commission meetings with 500 angry homeowners on one side and 500 realtors and developers on the other, I just can't bring myself to pull the lever for him. Posted by: wetzel on July 27, 2006 at 5:04 AM | PERMALINKBless you Sarah, Brian, BubbRubb and Dazir. As a southerner, I'm not a fan of McKinney's uncivil behavior, but there's a point at which being polite stops working and you have to fight. Especially when the DLC and its fellow travelers are preaching submission, compromise and self-emasculation to Democratic candidates, we desperately need a bull in the china shop like McKinney to wake everybody up and remind us of the real issues. Posted by: YellowDog on July 27, 2006 at 9:39 AM | PERMALINK2002 Primary Votes Cast: ~117,000 (McKinney Lost) In both 2002 and 2004, McKinney had approximately 49,000 votes while in 2006 she had 29,000 votes. So it seems, there are still quite a few potential voters out there for McKinney. Which candidate can shake the trees better for votes not cast in the primary? I'm a liberal white male living in the city of Decatur (north-central DeKalb) and I voted for McKinney in the general election in 2004 (good voting record; why put another Republican in the House?). I voted for Johnson in the primary. I did stay up to listen to her post-election speech at 1 am after the election and I do have to say that I was impressed. She's kooky but like Bubb Rubb said, there are many other (and worse in my opinion) louses and crazies and corrupted in Congress already. She's no MLK (obviously) but she had the similar speaking style of black ministers/political activists. Her speech was a populist radical critique of the status quo. And you know what? - Who cares! If more people stood up to Bush, his cronies, and his policies like McKinney, maybe we wouldn't have the messes that we have now. Unfortunately, people have already tuned her out. And I guess that's why I voted against her in the primary. Anyway, my 2 cents . . . . Posted by: jpsagen on July 27, 2006 at 10:30 AM | PERMALINKBless you Sarah, Brian, BubbRubb and Dazir. As a southerner, I'm not a fan of McKinney's uncivil behavior, but there's a point at which being polite stops working and you have to fight. 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