I'm trying to imagine Congress without Cynthia McKinney . . . it must have been very quiet that term when she lost to Majette.

What sort of job will she get if she loses?

Librarian - nah, that's out, ya gotta be quiet and be able to read.

Desk Clerk, Holiday Inn Express, maybe? No, they have to be helpful and friendly.

Rocket scientist? Don't know if we can let her too close to highly flammable stuff.

Cook, McDonald's? The Health Dept. will have something to say about that . . .

I just don't know what she could do with herself if she loses.

I hope Cynthia gets her comeuppance. There are quite a few Democrat (and Republican) politicians like her that I would like to see lose in November. And I'm not talking race at all....just whacked out idealogy.

8:50 pm - the GA election board reports 12% of precincts reporting, Johnson 73.9% - McKinney 26.1%.

Doesn't look good for the Bugeyed Berserker, but the early returns could be from a Johnson stronghold.

Cynthia will be counting on a big vote from the prisons and asylums, and they always report late.

Per NRO The Sixers

McKinney Staffer Grabs 11Alive Photog

An unidentified staffer of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney who had a minor altercation with 11Alive photojournalist Kathy Bourn on Tuesday, August 8.

http://www.11alive.com/specials/local/decision2006/decision_article.aspx?storyid=83098

10

With McKinney, any scale you have will have to be calibrated like Nigel Tufnel's amp. Because with Cynthia, her amp is always turned up to eleven.

James beat me to it. Definitely 11. According to Fox News, Mckinney's campaign is already alledging voter fraud.

That'll be hard to prove when she loses by double digits in a heavily democratic district -- in the democratic runoff.

Congress gains about ten points of respectability the day she steps down.

Congress gains about ten points of respectability the day she steps down.

Well, maybe 9.8 points, but I won't quibble. Without her, Congress definitely gets a step up!

I don't think it's a good idea to say anything close to "10." Like Olympic judges, we should leave room for a better score later. CK often surprises, no matter how long you've known she's nuts.

With 51% in, Johnson 17,947 58.1%
McKinney 12,945 41.9%

This women represents, in theory, over 680,000 people, and only about 60,000 of them are going to vote?

Pitiful.

If Hammerin Hank's lead holds up -
The real screaming will start, it was the voting machines, the whites (remember Hank is also African-American), the Jews, ...etc, etc..

This is a chance for the 4th district to get a respectable representative in Congress.

don't think it's a good idea to say anything close to "10." Like Olympic judges, we should leave room for a better score later. CK often surprises, no matter how long you've known she's nuts.

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These go to eleven.

Last time McKinney lost, her father said it was because of the Joooooos. I wonder what the excuse will be this time?

Well, it's time to whip up the excuses, because with 98% in, it's Johnson 58.8% to McKinney's 41.2%. Still, there are over 28,000 people in that district willing to vote for that fool woman.

Maybe Cynthia could open up a public relations firm? Yeah - there's the ticket! She could represent celebrities who screw up, like Nick Nolte and Mel Gibson and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

I'll miss Cynthia. Heck, I still miss Traficant.

The Democratic tidal wave is coming, and the chicken hawks haven't even rolled up their pant cuffs.

"I am very glad to know that the majority of Democratic voters in Georgia's 4th district are not insane."

As a Georgia 4th Democrat who is glad to see McKinney go, let me take this opportunity to let you know that I don't give a 2-penny damn what you think about us. McKinney's ill-conceived comments concerning 9/11 not withstanding, it's not her positions in general or voting record but her combativeness, arrogance and lack of tact that so ill serve her constituency. The primary winner, Hank Johnson, is still a liberal, in one of the most liberal congressional districts in the nation, and I don't think that, should he win election this fall, you'd be particularly thrilled with his positions on most of the issues. I also don't care for your lumping McKinney with Murtha and Conyers. They've been instrumental in bringing to light this administration's total lack of competence regarding Iraq and the deceitful way in which it was sold as the frontline in the WOT.

R. Mutt-
I may have the wrong idea about what a "2 penny damn" is, but if that is the case, why are you reading and commenting here?

I am glad to see McKinney replaced with anyone, regardless how liberal, who will not spread 9/11 kook conspiracy theories, ignore Capitol Hill security measures and assault officers.

As for Conyers, I don't think he deserves to be there if he is using taxpayer paid employees as personal babysitters. I also think it is a disgrace that he is being paid by taxpayers to spout kook theories. As for Murtha, I don't care for him playing prosecutor, judge and jury to our "cold blooded murderer" troops. Even if they are eventually found guilty of crimes, U.S. soldiers and Marines deserve at least what every criminal in this country has -- the presumption of innocence, especially in a time of war. People like my husband who served six years in the Corps do not care for Murtha's political grandstanding.