# Bing Bong, The Bitch is NOT Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 4, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265 "2006-04-04T15:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/41 "2006-04-04T17:40:21Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > part of her beef is that it was the cop’s supervisor’s responsibility to acquaint him with all members of congress. Of course, the problem is that she not only changes her appearance (she’ s had some very wildly different looks), but there are over 500 Congressmen. So yeah, sometimes Joe Security Guy may not remember them all by sight. McKinney is an asshole, plain and simple, and it wouldn’t be the first time she’s pulled some crap like this. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/42 "2006-04-04T17:41:47Z")
What is it with Democrats and following the rules the ‘little people’ have to live by? Remember this gem? LOS ANGELES (CNN) – Officials from Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday released a video of a March 26 altercation between **Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-Rhode Island**) and airport security guard Della Patton. In the video, Patton is seen telling Kennedy that one of his carry-on bags is too big to fit through the X-ray machine.\*\* He then grabs one of his smaller bags and attempts to rush through the metal detector\*\*, but she blocks his path. As he tries to pass, **he grabs her shoulder and appears to give her a quick shove** , shaking the arch of the metal detector. [http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/05/17/pkennedy.cnn/](http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/05/17/pkennedy.cnn/) “Next up on Fox! When Democrats Attack!” ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/43 "2006-04-04T17:45:55Z")
> [@Hamadryad](#): > > Oh, no - are you serious? Swell. We’ll be one step closer to a “Virginia” tag on FARK. I suspect he’ll be working more out of K Street than an Orkin Van after he moves. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/44 "2006-04-04T17:46:17Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Right. Any all similarities to the title of the DeLay thread (“Ding dong the witch is dead”) are a coincidence. If you think about it, they’ve only got four words and some rhymes in common. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/45 "2006-04-04T17:47:17Z")
> [@smiling bandit](#): > > McKinney is an asshole, plain and simple, and it wouldn’t be the first time she’s pulled some crap like this. From [Slate article](http://www.slate.com/?id=2064530) linked in post #22: > [@](#): > > In August 1993, during her first term in office, a Capitol Hill police officer tried to prevent her from bypassing a metal detector, as members of Congress are allowed to do. For years afterward, The Hill reports, the Capitol Police pinned a picture of McKinney to an office wall, warning officers to learn her face because she refuses to wear her member’s pin. (And because officers are innately suspicious of a black woman with braided hair and gold shoes.) Five years later, she blasted White House security after guards thought her 23-year-old white aide was the congresswoman. > > Incidents like these ground her wilder scenarios in a reality with which many of her constituents are familiar. As McKinney put it in a 1996 interview with the Progressive, “African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us.” Like most conspiracy-mongers, McKinney taps that paranoia to weave facts into a web of fiction. > > She knows that a portion of her constituency is receptive to the allegations she makes, and she deliberately plays on their fears. Her comments aren’t flippant ad-libs. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/46 "2006-04-04T18:00:46Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > What is it with Democrats and following the rules the ‘little people’ have to live by? Remember this gem? I like these threads, it brings the freaks like Steph96 out of the woodwork. Reminds me there are more than just Clothahump, Dave, Shodan and a few others are out there. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/47 "2006-04-04T18:05:07Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > (And because officers are innately suspicious of a black woman with braided hair and gold shoes.) You know, this _is_ disturbingly Wizard of Oz-ish. If she clicks her heels together three times, a house might fall on you. Be very afraid. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/48 "2006-04-04T18:07:43Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > …Los Angeles International Airport…Patrick Kennedy… Add one part Kennedy + one part McKinney, toss in [a cup of hot coffee](http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--senator-harrassme0404apr04,0,5256848.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork) and an abused [United Express flight attendant](http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/66425.htm) and you have the most vainglorious cunt in existence: Ada Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/49 "2006-04-04T18:24:50Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > “Next up on Fox! When Democrats Attack!” Did you know your Vice President shot an old man in the face and then tried to blame the old man? Did you know your President lied his way into an ilegal war which has killed thousands of innocent people on both sides? Did you know that Tom Delay is going to go to prison for actual corruption in office? Do you care? Pathetic. People like you and the OP would have so much more credibility if you ever gave any indication that you sincerely gave a fuck about stuff like right and wrong, integrity in political office, civil rights or human life, but you never do. You think politics is just a game of “us vs. them” where the object is simply to attack the other side and protect your own. The OP’s attempt to equate a Congresswoman’s (admittedly wrong) smacking of an incompetent rent-a-cop with Tom Delay’s deep corruption of office just goes to show how profoundly your ilk doesn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/50 "2006-04-04T18:27:21Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > What a pathetic non-story. You’re right. It’s unfortunate that she made it a story. Otherwise, it could have been handled quietly between her, the cop and the cop’s boss. She’s an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/51 "2006-04-04T18:38:56Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > I assume you’re tapping your head there, **Stephe**. Check out post 6 and the ensuing crickets. > > It’s on, but it’s not working. Try giving it a good kick. > > Daniel Maybe if they had been wearing their official “liberal poster” pins, there wouldn’t have been any confusion. See if you can do something about that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/52 "2006-04-04T18:39:29Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > What a pathetic non-story. What a pathetic non-post. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/53 "2006-04-04T18:42:49Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > The OP’s attempt to equate a Congresswoman’s (admittedly wrong) smacking of an incompetent rent-a-cop with Tom Delay’s deep corruption of office just goes to show how profoundly your ilk doesn’t get it. If there’s any comparison to be made, it’s just to notice that sometimes people who are in a position of authority get a sense of entitlement and feel that the rules don’t apply to them. But, really, you shouldn’t call the Capitol Police “rent-a-cops”. They’re a federal law enforcement agency, over 175 years old, and a number of the Capitol Police have died in the line of duty, most recently Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson, who were shot in 1998 by a gunman who managed to get into the Capitol building. It’s true that what Rep. McKinney was accused to do pales in comparison with what Tom Delay was accused to do, but please don’t insult the Capitol Police officers who were just doing their jobs and trying to keep the Capitol secure. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/54 "2006-04-04T18:43:53Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > “Next up on Fox! When Democrats Attack!” Hell, I’d watch it once. It’d have to be better than _Deal or No Deal_. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/55 "2006-04-04T18:44:16Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Did you know your Vice President shot an old man in the face and then tried to blame the old man? > > Did you know your President lied his way into an ilegal war which has killed thousands of innocent people on both sides? > > Did you know that Tom Delay is going to go to prison for actual corruption in office? Do you care? Did you know that you’re becoming increasingly irrelevant? > [@](#): > > Pathetic. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/56 "2006-04-04T18:53:06Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > You’re right. It’s unfortunate that she made it a story. Otherwise, it could have been handled quietly between her, the cop and the cop’s boss. She’s an idiot. Nooo, I’d say causing the same stupid useless ruckus _five times_ gives you attention whore status, therefore making you exempt from “rational, reasonable behavior.” :rolleyes: Christ, if you’ve been in office long enough to expect security to know you, you’ve been around long enough to know the rules. And since the OP didn’t link the thread this is a parody of, can someone please post one? I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/57 "2006-04-04T18:53:32Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Did you know your Vice President shot an old man in the face and then tried to blame the old man? I’ll give you this one. > [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Did you know your President lied his way into an ilegal war which has killed thousands of innocent people on both sides? Cite? A filing for the indictment of the current PotUS will be sufficient. While President Bush will hopefully go down in infamy for waging what I believe to be a personal war with American troops, calling it illegal is wishful thinking only. > [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Did you know that Tom Delay is going to go to prison for actual corruption in office? My feelings about what should happen to former Rep. Delay aside, your confidence seems to indicate that he has already been tried and convicted. I must’ve missed that. Cite? > [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Pathetic. People like you and the OP would have so much more credibility if you ever gave any indication that you sincerely gave a fuck about stuff like right and wrong, integrity in political office, civil rights or human life, but you never do. You think politics is just a game of “us vs. them” where the object is simply to attack the other side and protect your own. The OP’s attempt to equate a Congresswoman’s (admittedly wrong) smacking of an incompetent rent-a-cop with Tom Delay’s deep corruption of office just goes to show how profoundly your ilk doesn’t get it. The Congresswoman in question has done a bit more than assaulting a Capitol officer, however I’ll grant that she’s no Delay. In addition to his [strike]illegal[/strike] questionable doings, Delay was a bully in his role on the Appropriations committee, Democratic process be damned. While I don’t remember his Democratic counterparts from when Democrats controlled the House, I certainly didn’t hear about their actions to the extent I hear about Delay’s. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/58 "2006-04-04T18:55:09Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > Did you know that you’re becoming increasingly irrelevant? Is that even possible? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/59 "2006-04-04T18:55:48Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > And since the OP didn’t link the thread this is a parody of, can someone please post one? I can’t find it. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265/60 "2006-04-04T18:58:51Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Is that even possible? > > Regards, > Shodan Good question! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-bong-the-bitch-is-not-dead/351265.md?page=4)