ATLANTA, Dec. 20, 2007
Cynthia McKinney To Run For President
Former Congresswoman Announces Bid To Be Green Party Candidate
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Cynthia McKinney, a former Georgia congresswoman, talks at a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, in Madison, Wis. where she is seeking the nomination of the Green Party for president. (AP)
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In a video posted on the Internet on Tuesday, McKinney criticized the war in Iraq and complained about Democrats and Republicans, saying both parties are beholden to corrupt corporate interests. She called the Green Party "my new political home."
McKinney, 52, registered to vote in California after a group called Run! Cynthia! Run! began drafting her as the Green Party's candidate there. Since then, she had made campaign appearances in Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
In the more than seven-minute video first posted on her Web site on Sunday, then on YouTube on Tuesday, McKinney had particularly harsh words for her former party.
"The Democrats do not speak for us," she said. "The Democrats are no different than their Republican counterparts."
McKinney served six terms representing a suburban Atlanta district but was defeated in 2006 by DeKalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson. She had been the first black woman elected to Congress from Georgia.
One of her final acts in Congress was to introduce a bill to impeach President Bush, saying he misled Congress into approving the war in Iraq and violated the law by secretly spying on citizens. She once claimed Mr. Bush had been warned of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
McKinney is one of at least seven Green Party candidates for president. The party will select its presidential nominee at its July 10 convention in Chicago.
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Posted by oyharward44 at 01:58 PM : Dec 21, 2007
They would need a large venue to hold their meetings. Maybe . . . the Superbowl?
She is one of the few members of Congress who demanded an investigation of 9-11...someone who can face facts and act in the REAL WORLD...not the ersatz ''media world'' created by the Regime...the one where Iraq threatened our security, had WMDs, could strike London in 45 minutes, send air fleets of drones to attack America and were moments away from a nuclear weapon.
Ms. McKinney was interested in where the $2.3 Trillion went...the trillions that Rumsfeld said was missing from Defense Department accounts on 9-10-01...
If Ron Paul does not make through the corrupt and manipulated primary process or run as an independent, Ms. McKinney like the Libertarian and Constitution Party candidates, will be worth considering...as would Mssrs. Kucinich and Gravel should they continue in the race beyond the primaries.
If you vote for the mainstream candidates in either of the major parties...you might as well keep Bush.
Run, Cynthia, Run...
You can use Hillary as your running mate.