# I hereby pit Cynthia McKinney...she of the raging ego and race card **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 5, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417 "2006-04-05T15:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/1 "2006-04-05T15:56:47Z")
It’s been a week since [the incident](http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/05/mckinney.scuffle.ap/index.html) where 4th Distict Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney attempted to enter the capitol without wearing the lapel pin that identifies her as a member of congress. Since she walked around the metal detector, bore no identifiable identification and refused to stop when commanded to…she hit the capitol police officer that forced her to stop. And, according to her, he didn’t stop her because she violated security procedures in one of the most symbolic targets in the country. He didn’t do it because she had no visible ID. He didn’t do it because she refused to stop. She says he did it because she’s black. This is apparently a change of heart for her. On the day of the incident, she issued [this statement](http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ga04_mckinney/incidentstmt.html) on the House of Representatives website. So what changed in a week? Did she get upset that she didn’t get a free pass, now that a federal prosecutor is contemplating filing assault charges against her? Or is she simply putting on the holy hat of victimhood as a knee-jerk reaction? And yes, the Republicans are taking a cheap shot by sponsoring a “the capitol police are doing a wonderful job” resolution in response to the furor. Would they have still done it if she had apologized and moved on? Who knows? But anyone who criticizes them and gives McKinney a pass is being intellectually dishonest in favor of blind partisanship. Here’s a thought for you, Cynthia. If you don’t want to be bothered by following the security procedures of the little people, wear the ID pin they gave you. If asked to stop by an officer, stop and act like a grownup. And have some damned personal pride by owning up to your wrongdoing instead of playing the race card. Doing so cheapens the impact for those who fight back when actually discriminated against. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/2 "2006-04-05T16:01:30Z")
> [@Evil One](#): > > It’s been a week since [the incident](http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/05/mckinney.scuffle.ap/index.html) where 4th Distict Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney attempted to enter the capitol without wearing the lapel pin that identifies her as a member of congress. Since she walked around the metal detector, bore no identifiable identification and refused to stop when commanded to…she hit the capitol police officer that forced her to stop. > > And, according to her, he didn’t stop her because she violated security procedures in one of the most symbolic targets in the country. He didn’t do it because she had no visible ID. He didn’t do it because she refused to stop. > > She says he did it because she’s black. > > This is apparently a change of heart for her. On the day of the incident, she issued [this statement](http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ga04_mckinney/incidentstmt.html) on the House of Representatives website. > > So what changed in a week? Did she get upset that she didn’t get a free pass, now that a federal prosecutor is contemplating filing assault charges against her? > > Or is she simply putting on the holy hat of victimhood as a knee-jerk reaction? > > And yes, the Republicans are taking a cheap shot by sponsoring a “the capitol police are doing a wonderful job” resolution in response to the furor. Would they have still done it if she had apologized and moved on? Who knows? But anyone who criticizes them and gives McKinney a pass is being intellectually dishonest in favor of blind partisanship. > > Here’s a thought for you, Cynthia. If you don’t want to be bothered by following the security procedures of the little people, wear the ID pin they gave you. If asked to stop by an officer, stop and act like a grownup. And have some damned personal pride by owning up to your wrongdoing instead of playing the race card. Doing so cheapens the impact for those who fight back when actually discriminated against. day late and a dollar short. this pitting is in progress over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365902) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/3 "2006-04-05T16:06:07Z")
D’Oh! I looked for a thread and missed it. Would a mod please delete this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/4 "2006-04-05T16:08:12Z")
Me, I’d prefer them leave this one open and close the other one: this is an honest, nuanced pitting of Cynthia in a fashion that she absolutely deserves. The other thread? Not so much. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/5 "2006-04-05T16:10:21Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Me, I’d prefer them leave this one open and close the other one: this is an honest, nuanced pitting of Cynthia in a fashion that she absolutely deserves. The other thread? Not so much. > > Daniel Seconded. Can we vote the other thread off the island? ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/6 "2006-04-05T16:19:40Z")
Thirded, that other thread was a trainwreck from page 1. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/7 "2006-04-05T16:26:22Z")
I’m touched. I really am. Through popular acclaim, please let my thread live! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/8 "2006-04-05T16:26:33Z")
Yeah, well, what McKinney did may be bad, but DeLay does worse stuff! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/9 "2006-04-05T16:33:28Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Yeah, well, what McKinney did may be bad, but DeLay does worse stuff! > > 😉 Yeah! And GWB started an illegal war and Clinton got a blow job and Bush Sr increased taxes even though he promised not to and Reagan was a senile old fool and Carter was just an idiot peanut farmer and… There, that should cover it. ---
**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/10 "2006-04-05T16:38:21Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Yeah! And GWB started an illegal war and Clinton got a blow job and Bush Sr increased taxes even though he promised not to and Reagan was a senile old fool and Carter was just an idiot peanut farmer and… > > There, that should cover it. It’ll be a cold day in hell before I let you trail off before cussing out President Johnson! ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/11 "2006-04-05T16:40:40Z")
> [@Blackclaw](#): > > It’ll be a cold day in hell before I let you trail off before cussing out President Johnson! children these days. how on **earth** can such a list **not** mention Nixon? Hmmm?? ---
**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 5, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/12 "2006-04-05T16:42:18Z")
Meh. This is nothing compared to what DeLay did. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/13 "2006-04-05T16:57:46Z")
[McKinney rebuked by her leader](http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/040506/news3.html) > [@](#): > > Speaking at a news conference, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said of McKinney’s explanation, “I don’t think any of it justifies hitting a police officer. I don’t know if that happened, but if it did happen, I don’t think it was justified. … I find it hard to see any set of facts that would justify striking a police officer.” > … > House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.) was even more emphatic. > > “I think it is the responsibility of every member [of Congress], every visitor to the Capitol, every staff member, every member of the press and anyone else who comes in and out of the Capitol and the House or Senate office buildings to cooperate fully with the Capitol Police… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/14 "2006-04-05T17:03:41Z")
She’s an asshole, and a crazy one at that. And since McKinney and DeLay’s scandals are now kinda linked on this board, I’ll add that The Daily Show did a good job tearing into both of them last night. ---
**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 5, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/15 "2006-04-05T17:07:55Z")
Seriously, though, Ms. McKinney is a perfect example of why I rarely pay attention to what goes on in the House. There’s always some loon on one side or the other making a fool of himself/herself. She’s just the latest of a long string of nut cases, and she’s doing an excellent job of carrying that banner. I don’t expect anyone on this board is going to defend her. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/16 "2006-04-05T17:11:59Z")
> [@Blackclaw](#): > > It’ll be a cold day in hell before I let you trail off before cussing out President Johnson! I wasn’t alive when he was President, so he gets a pass from me. But I’ll take your word for it if you want to call him a goat-feltching fuckhead from Hades. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/17 "2006-04-05T17:12:09Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Yeah! And GWB started an illegal war and Clinton got a blow job and Bush Sr increased taxes even though he promised not to and Reagan was a senile old fool and Carter was just an idiot peanut farmer and… …and Jefferson was a revolutionary hothead with no clue how to run a country once he had one and Adams was a reactionary who signed a law to silence his political enemies and Washington was rather too aristocratic to be a proper founder of a republic. Now, **that** should cover it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/18 "2006-04-05T17:20:21Z")
Fuckin’ Chester A. Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/19 "2006-04-05T17:21:54Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > I wasn’t alive when he was President, so he gets a pass from me. But I’ll take your word for it if you want to call him a goat-feltching fuckhead from Hades. That’s “goat-felching [beagle-torturing](http://www.anecdotage.com/pics/lbjbeagle.jpg) fuckhead from Hades,” if you please. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417/20 "2006-04-05T17:32:00Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [McKinney rebuked by her leader](http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/040506/news3.html) None of that happened. [Michelle Malkin says so.](http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/05/michelle-malkin-unhinged/) 😃 **SteveMB** - how could you forget the [Congress of the Confederation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederation)? 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-pit-cynthia-mckinney-she-of-the-raging-ego-and-race-card/351417.md?page=2)