The Crazy Woman
Jul 5th, 2008 at 10:10 am by Susie
Avedon reminds us why former U.S. Rep. and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney is so CRAZYYYY!!! Why, she said things like this:
The need for an investigation of the events surrounding September 11 is as obvious as is the need for an investigation of the Enron debacle. Certainly, if the American people deserve answers about what went wrong with Enron and why (and we do), then we deserve to know what went wrong on September 11 and why.
Are we squandering our goodwill around the world with what many believe to be incoherent, warmongering policies that alienate our friends and antagonize our allies? How much of a role does our reliance on imported oil play in the military policies being put forward by the Bush Administration? And what role does the close relationship between the Bush Administration and the oil and defense industries play, if any, in the policies that are currently being pursued by this Administration?
We deserve to know what went wrong on September 11 and why. After all, we hold thorough public inquiries into rail disasters, plane crashes, and even natural disasters in order to understand what happened and to prevent them from happening again or minimizing the tragic effects when they do. Why then does the Administration remain steadfast in its opposition to an investigation into the biggest terrorism attack upon our nation?
News reports from Der Spiegel to the London Observer, from the Los Angeles Times to MSNBC to CNN, indicate that many different warnings were received by the Administration. In addition, it has even been reported that the United States government broke bin Laden’s secure communications before September 11. Sadly, the United States government is being sued today by survivors of the Embassy bombings because, from court reports, it appears clear that the US had received prior warnings, but did little to secure and protect the staff at our embassies.
Did the same thing happen to us again?
She is crazy. She just said something sensible this one time.
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0619-12.htm
Agree with MrSnrub…and let’s not forget that she once threatened to SUE the Atlanta Journal-Constitution FOR LIBEL when it dared to allude in print that she had made these statements she’s being celebrated for here.
Hey, let’s slap a cop for Cynthia, then deny we did before apologixzing for having done so!
Wrong, wrong, wrong. NO ONE has ever shown that McKinney made the statement that has been attributed to her. Like so much of what you read in the media, it’s based on an erroneous statement, repeated often.
The Atlanta Journal DID in fact libel her by attributing FALSE quotes. And she never slapped the cop, and if she did she was within her constitutional rights as a Congressman to do so, as the police are PROHIBITED from arresting a Congressman on the way to chambers. PERIOD. It’s in the body of the constitution, not even in the Bill of Rights.
Thanks Bob and Susie,
I’m beginning to wonder if I’m crazy myself when the only people that make sense to me anymore are the one’s villified as nuts by the media, the blogs, and uh, their mindless followers and apologists.
I just want that 5 percent for McKinney and the Greens because we need someone to push and ask the inconvenient but obvious questions.