Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15228590.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mercurynews.com/mld /mercurynews/news/politics/15228590.htm</a> >>Cynthia McKinney, the state's first black congresswoman, blamed the media and electronic voting machines for her defeat. Her campaign manager blamed white voters and Republicans who crossed over to vote in her Democratic runoff. Once all the votes were counted, it was apparent McKinney also had plenty of fellow Democrats to blame. They came out by the tens of thousands Tuesday to vote for Hank Johnson, the black attorney and former DeKalb County commissioner who is now the general-election favorite in the predominantly Democratic district east of Atlanta. He will face Republican Catherine Davis, a black human resources manager who ran against McKinney in 2004. Some voters - both Democrats and Republicans - interviewed by The Associated Press at polling places in McKinney's district said they were fed up with her controversial behavior, including her scuffle in March with a Capitol Hill police officer. "I'm getting tired of being embarrassed. She's an embarrassment to the whole state," said Republican James Vining, a 72-year-old retired electronics repairman from Tucker, who crossed party lines to vote for Johnson. Johnson soundly defeated McKinney by more than 12,000 votes, winning 59 percent of the total vote. More than 70,000 votes were cast - 9,000 more than in the three-candidate primary three weeks ago, when Johnson came within 1,700 votes of McKinney. McKinney had looked for a surge of support from voters in her base of south DeKalb County, but election results showed Johnson easily won the county with more than 57 percent of the vote. Even some voters at White Oak Hills Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, the precinct where McKinney votes, voted against her. As a county commissioner in DeKalb County - home to one of the country's most affluent black populations - Johnson's constituency included some of McKinney's biggest backers in her elections. The county makes up most of the district, which also includes parts of Gwinnett and Rockdale counties - where Johnson won even larger margins. Though her supporters and staff were teary-eyed early Wednesday as she conceded, McKinney remained defiant. She blamed her loss on the news media, which she said failed to "tell the whole story," and echoed her previous criticism of the Bush administration and the war in Iraq. McKinney also said electronic voting machines, which have been used in all of Georgia's precincts since 2002, "are a threat to our democracy." "Let the word go out. We aren't going to tolerate any more stolen elections. ... We want our party back!" she said. She ended her concession speech, which sounded more at times like a campaign stump, by wishing her successor well, but without naming him. Her campaign manager, John Evans, blamed the loss on the ABC - Anybody But Cynthia - movement. "It's over," he said. "Folks just beat us. They got a lot of white votes, a lot of Republican votes and they took some of our votes where we have been stable."<<
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom The guy who won the primary is going to be just another Democratic Patry clone. He's going to get his marching orders from the Black Congressional Caucus and do "their" bidding. This was always a no win situation for Georgia.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper "This was always a no win situation for Georgia" Isn't that the case in many races these days? Frankly, Bush/Gore was a no win situation for the country. Here in Florida, Katherine Harris (of the voting debacle fame) is running against three loses for the Republican primary Senate race. The seat will ultimately go to the Democrat by default. It is a shame that good people are staying away from politics as if it were the plague. Yet, the machinery just keeps bobbing along.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I guess the last ditch puh by claiming outright she would champion a movement to impeach Bush if the people only re-elected her backfired also as she then fell further behind....maybe there is some hope for moderate Americans to get their government back
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder She'll know who to really blame if she ever looks in a mirror.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom The fact that EVERY Democratic politician supported her opposer I'm sure NEVER entered her mind. I suggest she go work for Air-America. Or perhaps there is some room for her in the cave at moveon.org All she had to do to get reelected was utter 20 words. "I'm sorry officer. My name is Rep Cynthia McKenney. I have a new hair-do perhaps you didn't recognize me". Instead she held a press confrence and called a man ( who is willing to put himself between her and a bullet ) a racist.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Being born, raised, (having moved away as an adult but coming "home" to raise my family) and now living in the great state of Georgia... um...on second thought, I think I will just say, "No comment." I cannot for the life of me understand how this woman was ever elected in the first place.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I think her ability to gerrymander is what got her elected. Remember how her discrict stretched from Dekalb county ( in Atlanta ) 150 miles down a river ( but never including the land on either side of the river till it reached Augusta, Georgia. Lets just say her district was comprised 90% of a certain ethnic background.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Not according to Cynthia McKenny. McKenny claims it was all voter fraud.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 She's wrong, barring any proof to the contrary on fraud. The voters turned her out.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Here is some information on the subject matter. This from Neil Boortz today. <<Wednesday, August 9, 2006 LADY! WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU! Well, Cynthia. I tried. Lord knows I tried. I tried to tell my conservative and libertarian friend out there that they would be better off with a barking moonbat Democrat such as yourself in office than with a liberal Democrat who might actually be taken seriously. Some listened ... but not enough. Just wondering: Are you eligible for unemployment benefits if you're fired by voters? Anyway ... we'll all be listening today as you rail against electronic voting machines and those crossover Republicans. Is your dad going to step forth and say anything about those J-E-W-S? They did pretty much desert you, didn't they? I guess that at a time when Jews are listening to Muslims talk about wiping Israel off the face of the map, it's probably not such a good idea to receive the bulk of your campaign contributions from Muslims. But, those are the people who wanted to pour money into your campaign ... so what are you going to do? Send it back? You have a few months now to pay back your Muslim contributors by continuing to rail against the President's determination to fight the Islamic Radicals. Oh ... and about the next few months. Can we count on you to show your butt at least once or twice before the next congress is sworn in? I know the temptation to slither off somewhere and just pout will be strong ... but how about an encore or two? Maybe you could do a joint press conference with that Alex Jones character and that university professor from Wisconsin or Minnesota (sorry .. I forgot) about how 9-11 was some sort of an inside job! What the darn ... might as well go out with a bang. Just think about it ... If you had just said "I'm sorry officer, I'm Cynthia McKinney. I've changed my hairdo, perhaps you didn't recognize me." Just 15 words. All you had to do was just be a little human for just a moment -- to show some courtesy to a man who's job might require him to stand between you and a bullet --- but you just couldn't pull it off, could you? You had to turn it into a racial incident. You had to call this man who was just doing his job a racist .... and now can you imagine how he and his fellow Capitol Hill cops are celebrating! One bad moment --- and you're out on year ear.>> You want to keep in mind that in Georgia you can vote accross party lines. That means you can be a registered Republican and still vote in the Democratic primary. You can't vote in both party primaries. So you have to decide which political party you are going to vote for. Many Republicans votes as Democrats did to get rid of Cynthia McKenny. So for the record she was NOT voted out by people of a certain ethnic background. She was voted out by Democrats discussed with her ongoing outrageous behaviors as well as Republicans who voted in the Democratic Party primary.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Its all legal. Both partys complain about it. But neither party is willing to do anything about it.
Originally Posted By DAR It's always something with these people(politicians). Maybe Floyd Landis can supply her with some excuses.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I'm not sure I explained that all that well. So in actuality McKenny is telling the true. She lost as many people crossed over and voted in the Democratic Party primary.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <So for the record she was NOT voted out by people of a certain ethnic background. > You still have to live in the district to vote in that district. It was you who said that district was 90% "of a certain ethnic background." So yes, those people voted her out.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/elections/entries/2006/08/09/election_offici.html?imw=Y" target="_blank">http://www.ajc.com/metro/conte nt/shared-blogs/ajc/elections/entries/2006/08/09/election_offici.html?imw=Y</a> >>In 2002, McKinney alleged that some black voters were denied the right to vote because their precincts were intentionally overcrowded, Lattimore said. “It was a bad situation that went from bad to worse,†she said. “We had the police out there, all my board members out there.†The Justice Department had investigators come to the county and take depositions from various election officials, but they found no irregularities, Lattimore said. “We probably provided them 10 oak trees worth of paper of everything we had here,†she said. †They [the McKinney campaign] wants to accuse us of stuff they don’t have any proof of or that can’t be proved.â€<<
