Volume I No. 10
 08-22-02
 "Careful, What You Say"
 author: Vance Cureton
 © Copyright 2002

 Tuesday night, August 20th, 2002, was a fateful night for Congresswoman
 Cynthia McKinney. She lost her reelection bid by a surprising margin 
 to a political neophyte. Soon to be ex-Congresswoman McKinney has 
 no one but herself to blame.

 It appears that many people in this country, and not just in the state of 
 Georgia, are weary of politicians who are elected to Congress, proceed 
 to the Nation's Capital and immediately become idealogues for countless, 
 wacky, conspiracy theories. As an example, Cynthia McKinney actually
 proposed publically that George W. Bush possessed personal knowledge 
 about Sept. 11th, before it happened, and did nothing to prevent the 
 murder of those almost 3,000 innocents. Supposedly, in Cynthia McKinney's 
 view, because he stood to make a financial gain from the tragedy.

 The people of the 4th district in Georgia deserve more responsible
 congressional representation than that. Not only was Congresswoman's 
 McKinney's statement proposperous, but it by default proposes that 
 our current President is an evil man beyond measure.

 Is this what the people of  her district deserve in their Congressional 
 representative? They were wise to vote her out of office. Denise Majette,
 the congresswoman-elect, will learn on the job just as Cynthia McKinney 
 once did. And the people in her district will support her if she earns their 
 respect.

 There is another angle to Congresswoman McKinney's defeat. Because
 of her freqently pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel positions, the congresswoman
 inevitably made enemies. Money from outside the state poured into the
 Majette campaign to strengthen that candidancy, and hopefully defeat
 McKinney. On her own behalf, McKinney has received money from 
 various organizations with ties to Palestian and Islamic concerns in the 
 Middle East.

 This is as it should be. Congresswoman McKinney had the right to 
 speak forthrightly and powerfully about issues in the Middle East
 that were of concern to her. This is what she was elected to Congress
 to do. And those who were oppossed to her positions had an equal 
 right to rally to defeat her. 

 There have been many angry voices in Georgia stating that outside money
 influencing their election has a taint to it. This is an area where perhaps 
 an intense political discourse -- in Georgia and elsewhere is warranted. 
 But as for the recent election. As long as the state election codes were 
 not violated by either side. And the correct procedures were followed.

 It is a non-issue.
 

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