If Cynthia McKinney didn't exist, karl Rove would have to invent her. Consider....
Cynthia McKinney: The New Face of the Left?
by Lowell Ponte
[...] Although nominally a Roman Catholic, Rep. McKinney had a 100 percent pro-choice voting record, according to the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), which strongly backed her for re-election in 2002.
In 2000 she voted against legislation to ban partial-birth abortions.
...In 2000 Cynthia McKinney was one of only 15 Members of Congress to vote against the âBorn-Alive Infants Protection Act.â This measure required that if during the procedure commonly called a "partial birth abortion" a nearly-born infant slipped entirely out of its mother before its brains were vacuumed out, it acquired the human rights of a person already born and could no longer be killed by abortion
...In 1998 she voted against ending racial preferences in college admissions.
...During the 2000 presidential campaign, wrote journalist Michael Barone, âfollowing a complaint by black Secret Service agents, [McKinney's] office issued a statement attacking [Democratic candidate] Al Gore's low 'Negro tolerance level' and accused him of rarely having more than one black agent with him.â
...In 2001 McKinney voted for legislation to impose nationwide same-day voter registration on election days.
This would have eliminated most checks and safeguards that prevent fraudulent voting.
...In 2001 the United States withdrew most of its diplomatic participation in the United Nations' World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia And Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa after it became clear that the gathering would give prominence not only to anti-American but also to anti-Israel and anti-Semitic leaders. Despite this, Rep. McKinney and six other members of Congress attended, and they, plus another seven congressional Democrats, lent their prestige to what became an anti-Jewish hatefest.
...Many Jewish leaders had given support to her opponent after it came to light that McKinney had taken huge political campaign contributions from radical Muslims, including some with links to terrorist-supporting organizations. McKinney also had the support of Minister Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam.
...When a Saudi prince tried to use his $10 million 9-11 charity donation as a platform from which to criticize U.S. support for Israel, New York Mayor Rudi Giuliani returned Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's check... ...Congresswoman McKinney then immediately wrote to the Prince to offer her services in helping him spend his $10 million.
...On Berkeley Pacifica Radio station KPFA, McKinney even implied that President George W. Bush knew in advance that the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon were coming â declaring that the President let thousands of innocent people die because this would somehow profit the Bush family's wealthy friends.
...McKinney also wants to confiscate the property of American whites (most of whose ancestors never owned slaves, or who were not even here when slavery existed) via tax-supported reparations to black Americans.
.... âThe selection of Cynthia McKinney as a Class of '56 professor is an affront to the intellectualism of Cornell University,â wrote Professor Emeritus Peter Swartz; âMs. McKinney is a racist and anti-Semite of the first rank. If she were white and male, she would be David Duke. It is unfortunate that the selection committee was so open minded that its collective brain fell on floor.â
..."I'm attracted to fights,â McKinney has said
...McKinney supposedly represents the 4th District of Georgia. But in 2001-2002, 73 percent of her campaign contributions came from outside the state of Georgia.
...In October 2005 McKinney was ordered by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to pay a fine of $33,000 and reimburse as much as $72,000 to political donors after she accepted excessive contributions in the 2002 election.
