Cynthia McKinney To Run For President

Former Congresswoman Announces Bid To Be Green Party Candidate

(AP)  Former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who was ousted from office last year after a headline-grabbing scuffle with a Capitol Hill police officer, has decided to seek the presidency - as a Green Party candidate.

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.

[sgtrds]

Why not? She has as much chance as Ron Paul.

[hwy71so]

Green Party? Who are these? Spinach gardeners? lol

Run, Cynthia, Run...

You can use Hillary as your running mate.

[prinzowhales]

Cynthia McKinney had the courage to confront Donald Rumsfeld on the DoD''s contracts with the white slavers at Dyncorps...for trafficking in women and children, Rumsfeld said they were ''put in the penalty box'' for a few months...which meant they would not be eligible for contracts during that time...

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.

[sbb2211]

What a wasted excuse for human life!

[oyharward]

Cynthia McKinney needs to get together with Congressman Jefferson of Lousiana and "wantabee" Charlotte (Mecklenburg County), NC Sheriff candidate Nick Mackey and some of the other corrupt Democrats to form their own personal political committee to operate the entire Democratic Party leadership. Fact is, they may choose to invite all the corrupt elected and candidates within the Democratic Party.

[gunnerv1]

Good Luck, Wack Job!

[sbb2211]

Cynthia McKinney needs to get together with Congressman Jefferson of Lousiana and "wantabee" Charlotte (Mecklenburg County), NC Sheriff candidate Nick Mackey and some of the other corrupt Democrats to form their own personal political committee to operate the entire Democratic Party leadership. Fact is, they may choose to invite all the corrupt elected and candidates within the Democratic Party.

Posted by oyharward44 at 01:58 PM : Dec 21, 2007

They would need a large venue to hold their meetings. Maybe . . . the Superbowl?

[pelagon]

I use to listen to Hannity and Bill O''Reilly but then I discovered by accident this web site here: Dubya Dubya Dubya Letsroll911 org. Scroll down to the pictures of the jets slamming into the walls of the wtc. They slowed the video down to very slow mode. I then went to Barnes and Noble and bought up all the video of this event to verify if true. It is.