Excellent primary results
First, the deranged loon McKinney lost her seat in Congress.
Cynthia McKinney, the fiery Georgia congresswoman known for her conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11 attacks and the scuffle she had earlier this year with a U.S. Capitol police officer, lost a runoff election Tuesday for her district’s Democratic nomination.
Attorney Hank Johnson, a former county commissioner, won the nomination with 59 percent of the vote, surpassing McKinney by more than 11,000 votes.
McKinney, her state’s first black congresswoman, has long been controversial. Her suggestion that the Bush administration had advance knowledge of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks helped galvanize opposition and she lost her seat in 2002, but won it again two years ago.
In her latest brouhaha in March, she struck a Capitol police officer who did not recognize her and tried to stop her from entering a House office building.
A grand jury in Washington declined to indict her, but she was forced to apologize before the House. She drew less than 50 percent of the vote in last month’s primary.
While it was useful for a while to have an absolute imbecile like her around, as it refelected so poorly on the Democratic Party, in the long run it’s a liability for the nation as a whole, and for her constituents. Good riddance to bad garbage as the saying goes.
And, Joe Lieberman has lost the Democratic primary in CT. While I like Lieberman, and it bothers me that the Democrats are so intolerant of anyone that doesn’t toe the party line, it’s good news for the GOP. Lieberman will run as an independent, and in a three way race the odds are good that the GOP candidate can win, or Lieberman will be re-elected. In either case, the Dems lose a seat in the Senate.
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August 9th, 2006 at 7:35 am
I can accept the notion that a Liebeman win as a third party candidate would be a net loss for liberals, but a net gain for the GOP? Hardly, unless all the flac he has taken causes him to switch parties and he joins the Republicans outright.
August 9th, 2006 at 8:19 am
If he wins re-election, the number of Democrats in the Senate decreases by one. That is a gain for the GOP. He won’t vote any differently as an independent than he did as as a Dem, but as far as committee make up goes, it may make a difference. And, it also lowers the chances of the Democrats taking control of the Senate in November.
August 9th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
He won’t vote any differently as an independent than he did as as a Dem, but
I don’t agree. He will be less beholden to the dems, so I think he’ll vote more conservatively. He acted much differently when he was algore’s mate, even going so far as to say he’s ambivalent about abortion. As soon as the election was lost, he was pro-life again. I admit, this waffling isn’t exactly something he should be proud of, but it could turn out good for us.
August 10th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
Okay, I hope you’re right. So much the better if you are. In either case though, the GOP comes out the winner.