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In the Penal Colony
Cynthia McKinney
won the Green Party's presidential nomination yesterday,
bringing the number of former Georgia congressbeings in the race to
two:
|7.13.08 @ 2:42PM|#
Let no one say there's no choices in this election: A quasi-communist, a lefty posing as a centrist, a left-centrist posing as a centrist, an alleged ex-conservative running as a right-lib, whoever the Constitution party nominates, and a has-been who hates Corvairs.
|7.13.08 @ 2:46PM|#
As a Georgian, I offer our great state as home to the nuttiest
group of politicians in the USA.
Lest ye forget, we also claim Lester Maddox, Newt Gingrich, Zell
Miller, Ben Jones (of Starsky and Hutch), Larry McDonald (died on
KAL 007 - the McCarthy of the 80's) - there were others I have
suffocated in memory.
|7.13.08 @ 2:55PM|#
Starsky and Hutch? You were joking, right?
Don't you know what show Cooter was on?
|7.13.08 @ 2:57PM|#
thanks, mng.
oops. Ben Jones was 'Cooter' on Dukes of Hazzard before he was
elected to Congress.
My ectasy flashback kicked in.
|7.13.08 @ 3:02PM|#
The Green party needs to repackage themselves. A new, more
accurate name is obviously in order.
I nominate the "Off Our Meds" party for truth in advertising
reasons.
Anybody got a better one?
SIV|7.13.08 @ 3:02PM|#
Billy McKinney has a rather thin wiki bio.
Interestingly, he always got an A+ rating from the NRA (while his
daughter got a "F").
He literally threatened "to cut" people on a regular basis so he
probably had a good rating from the National Razor Association as
well.
I'm proud of Georgia's colorful political figures. Shrike left out
(among others) the late great Hosea Williams.
|7.13.08 @ 3:02PM|#
Don't you know what show Cooter was on?
You caught my error. The "Cooter" bit made him a shoo-in amongst
the electorate here.
This is the state where Larry Flynt was on trial for obscenity -
then shot by a redneck on the courthouse steps.
Larry is still a "great American"!
|7.13.08 @ 3:10PM|#
yes, Hosea is a good one.
And two-term mayor of Atlanta, Bill Campbell, is still in federal
prison.
Yes, Georgia! We're the fucking Peach State!
SIV|7.13.08 @ 3:13PM|#
I early voted in the Primary on Friday.Democrat ballot-thank God
for open primary States!(I was able to vote the Republican ballot
in the Presidential Preference Primary for Ron Paul back on Super
Tuesday).
I voted for Joe Bembry, who once served felony time for standing up
for private property rights by smashing the windows of a county
zoning inspectors car with a rifle while 2 inspectors cowered in
fear inside. Bembry is running for DeKalb County CEO as a
replacement for the US Senate Candidate Vernon Jones, who once
responded to a rape charge against him with the defense of "It
wasn't rape, it was three-way sex gone bad"
GA politics rules!
SIV|7.13.08 @ 3:20PM|#
Weigel gonna "liveblog" our Primary?
It has at least one contest of libertarian interest,
the 10th District Republican Primary race.
robc|7.13.08 @ 3:20PM|#
After seeing the photo of Barr petting UGA (instead of kicking
it in the head), Im not sure I can vote for him anymore.
THWG
robc|7.13.08 @ 3:21PM|#
strike,
Ben Jones (of Starsky and Hutch)
Are you 12? There is only one reasonable Ben Jones reference -
Cooter.
robc|7.13.08 @ 3:22PM|#
I see that everyone else beat me to the Cooter bit. I dont see how piling on hurts any, that was a major gaffe.
|7.13.08 @ 3:24PM|#
Don't forget Maynard Jackson, who managed to get his name attached to Hartsfield International Airport for no good reason (sorry, being the first < insert group, etc. here > to attain a high political position does not count, especially if you egregiously abuse said position).
robc|7.13.08 @ 3:24PM|#
Which Atlanta politician was it that during a governor election in late 80s/early 90s (when I lived there) that had the "**** fo guvna" signs all over town?
|7.13.08 @ 3:34PM|#
Don't forget Maynard Jackson, who managed to get his name
attached to Hartsfield International Airport for no good reason
(sorry, being the first < insert group, etc. here > to attain
a high political position does not count, especially if you
egregiously abuse said position).
It does when said group exerts its will on Atlanta politics in the
way that it does. :)
Franklin Harris|7.13.08 @ 3:35PM|#
It's no wonder the Natural Law Party just gave up and dissolved. I mean, seriously, how are they supposed to top Cynthia McKinney's inspired looniness.
Franklin Harris|7.13.08 @ 3:36PM|#
I see that everyone else beat me to the Cooter bit. I dont see how piling on hurts any, that was a major gaffe.
Not knowing what TV show Cooter was on is even worse than thinking
"there is no Soviet domination in Poland" in 1976.
|7.13.08 @ 3:41PM|#
Let no one say there's no choices in this election: A quasi-communist, a lefty posing as a centrist, a left-centrist posing as a centrist, an alleged ex-conservative running as a right-lib, whoever the Constitution party nominates, and a has-been who hates Corvairs.
McCain/Obama, McCain, Obama, McCain, to be determined, and
Nader?
SIV|7.13.08 @ 3:43PM|#
Jesse Walker,
Georgia was not established, nor did it serve, as penal
colony for debtors or convicts.I will refrain from
challenging you to a duel.
|7.13.08 @ 4:06PM|#
"I nominate the "Off Our Meds" party for truth in
advertising reasons.
Anybody got a better one?"
I think the Green Party is a perfectly good name, assuming you roll
your eyes and casually simulate jacking off whenever you say
it.
|7.13.08 @ 4:29PM|#
@madmikefisk:
It does when said group exerts its will on Atlanta politics in
the way that it does. :)
Well, maybe there is a more thematically appropriate landmark on
which we could confer his name. I personally like the Rev. Hosea
Williams' Bail Bonding. Since there is no going back to HIA,
we'll just have to think of the airport as being named after 2
Atlanta mayors who were significant in their own ways.
As an Atlantan I was impressed that the Feds managed to convict
Bill Campbell. That man pulled out every trick in the book to try
to get free. I wish the Feds the best of luck convicting Shirley's
Franklin's son-in-law in connection with the
Black
Mafia Family.
|7.13.08 @ 4:34PM|#
Is there a reason she's holding two yellow objects, or is that just one of the other things about her?
|7.13.08 @ 4:39PM|#
Is there a reason she's holding two yellow objects, or is that just one of the other things about her?
mmm...caption contest.
Rimfax|7.13.08 @ 5:05PM|#
Wow! SIV is right! There was a proposal for a debtors colony in Georgia, but it was never executed. What a waste of a great Kafka reference.
|7.13.08 @ 5:58PM|#
McKinney has no chance. I heard the Republicans are going to make race an issue this year.
Caption Contest|7.13.08 @ 6:10PM|#
Invited to a Congressional hearing on "Yellowcake," Ms. McKinney thought it proper to bring the "Yellowsoda" and a bag of "Yellowchips."
|7.13.08 @ 6:18PM|#
Well, I guess the greens decided to go for laughs this time.
Maybe they'll nominate Ilona Staller next time.
-jcr
|7.13.08 @ 6:19PM|#
Larry McDonald (died on KAL 007 - the McCarthy of the
80's)
Whatever happened to his wife...I remember right after the KAL007
shootdown when she said (with a perfectly straight face, mind you)
that the Russkies shot down that plane just to put her husband out
of commission...
|7.13.08 @ 7:07PM|#
mmm...caption contest.
"I tried to stick the object in my left hand into the round hole
first. Strangely, that did not succeed. I shall now crush the
object in my right hand against my forehead."
"The woman claiming to be from housekeeping had these 2 unknown
devices in her hands when she entered my office to kill me."
|7.13.08 @ 7:30PM|#
Do you think Cynthia McKinney would consider a Playboy
spread?
I'm reminded of one recently by Shari Belefonte. I bought that
issue, and still enjoy it. She was dyn-o-mite!
|7.13.08 @ 7:31PM|#
Whatever happened to his wife...I remember right after the
KAL007 shootdown when she said (with a perfectly straight face,
mind you) that the Russkies shot down that plane just to put her
husband out of commission...
Jim Walsh,
I see from his wiki entry that she lost her bid to replace him in
the special election held after his death. Apparently she wasn't
the only one making such absurd claims as I noticed a reference to
this quote from Jerry Falwell in The Washington
Post.
There is a real question in my mind that the Soviets may have actually murdered 269 passengers and crew on the Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in order to kill Larry McDonald.
|7.13.08 @ 7:33PM|#
My caption suggestion:
"You'll stop paying the elbow tax
when you start cleaning with Ajax!"
|7.13.08 @ 8:02PM|#
Do you think Cynthia McKinney would consider a Playboy
spread?
Playboy's been in a pretty sharp decline lately. Something like
that might sink them for good.
-jcr
Dan Clore|7.13.08 @ 9:39PM|#
Something I've written before:
In a study that ranked congress-critters by their degree of
libertarianness, Ron Paul predictably topped the list, but other
Republicans are few and far between until you reach the bottom.
Democrats identified with the "left" wing of the Democratic Party,
such as Dennis Kucinich, ranked near the top of the list.
Independent "socialist" Bernard Sanders also scored near the top of
the list.
Another who scored near the top of the list is Cynthia McKinney,
who was booted out of the Democratic Party. She is now running for
president with the Green Party.
(The study is available here: http://tinyurl.com/3oenjh )
I would say that Cynthia McKinney is probably the best choice for
libertarians in the 2008 presidential election.
Readers might want to check out a brief article I wrote on who
libertarians should vote for in the 2008 presidential
election:
http://tinyurl.com/3l6tds
Guy Montag|7.13.08 @ 9:52PM|#
Awsome! My election entertainment prayers have been
answered!
Thank goodness for the Constitution the two Georgians can not merge
their campaigns.
Please, npbody tell that woman that we landed humans on the Moon
rather than Mars!
Perhaps she can get Pat Buchanan for a running mate?
SIV|7.13.08 @ 10:11PM|#
Please, npbody tell that woman that we landed humans on the Moon
rather than Mars!
What? Do they all look alike to you?
Rep.Sheila Jackson Lee of TX is the one who thinks we landed on
Mars.
Cynthia is the one who cuts sugar cane in Cuba and beat on a Capial
security guard
SIV|7.13.08 @ 10:15PM|#
I would say that Cynthia McKinney is probably the best
choice for libertarians in the 2008 presidential
election.
The H&R blog comments do draw a lot of lunatics.
Add Dan Clore to the list.
GILMORE|7.13.08 @ 10:45PM|#
I would say that Cynthia McKinney is probably the best
choice for libertarians in the 2008 presidential
election.
...
...
i think i get it. You've confused "libertarian" with "lunatic
fringe". It happens all the time. It's kind of a drag.
KenK|7.13.08 @ 11:47PM|#
Red Green would have made a MUCH better candidate for the Green
Party.
His show is off the air so Red should be available.
|7.14.08 @ 5:50AM|#
This talk of Georgia politicians reminds me of the 1991
gubernatorial election in Louisiana... you know, the one won by the
highly corrupt (and since jailed) Edwin Edwards. His opponent in
the runoff? None other than David Duke.
That election gave rise to the classic bumper sticker, "Vote for
the crook. It's important."
Guy Montag|7.14.08 @ 6:34AM|#
SIV,
The reason she should be told is so that she does not make the same
mistake as her Leftie friend.
Is the whole world an excuse for racism accusations to you?
Perhaps the first plank in Ms. McKinney can propose a solution to
the Fannie/Freddie issue, like the federal government taking over
all of the property they have mortgages on and create affordable
housing with it.
economist|7.14.08 @ 9:44AM|#
Newt wasn't insane when he first became Speaker of the
House.
However, Zell Miller always had a few problems. He also convinced
me to sit out the 2004 election. When a party has an insane member
of its opposite give the keynote address at its convention, you
know they have problems.
|7.14.08 @ 10:24AM|#
Nice nasty anti-Barr article at the American Spectator here:
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13508
(I'm still voting for the guy.)
the innominate one|7.14.08 @ 10:57AM|#
SIV, just because Georgia didn't originate as a penal colony doesn't mean that living there isn't a punishment.
B|7.14.08 @ 11:01AM|#
robc--
Right there with you on THWG, but don't take it out on Uga. It's
not his fault he's used as the mascot for evil.
|7.14.08 @ 11:33AM|#
After seeing the photo of Barr petting UGA (instead of
kicking it in the head), Im not sure I can vote for him
anymore.
THWG
Is that the UGA who just died? Maybe Barr slowly poisoned that damn
dog. One can dare to dream.
Georgia Tech Student|7.14.08 @ 12:38PM|#
But if I had a son sir,
I'll tell you what he'd do,
He'd yell "TO HELL WITH GEORGIA"
Like his daddy used to do.
thoreau|7.14.08 @ 12:50PM|#
So, I'm assuming that Georgia will indeed be a swing state then,
with the winner likely to poll below 50% thanks to third party
candidates.
This will be an interesting election to watch.
|7.14.08 @ 1:26PM|#
This will be an interesting election to watch.
If McKinney gets any debate time at all I will have to agree with
you. I'd love to see her slap Bill Maher.
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