Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (57696)	4/8/2006 1:55:18 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

You got your bad nukes...and you have your good nukes. You have your bad intelligence leaks and you got your good intelligence leaks. You have your bad wire taps and you have your good wire taps. You really need a program to keep up with what is good and bad. Orca

To: stockman_scott who wrote (57696)	4/8/2006 4:26:38 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Democrats call off rally McKinney was to attend HeraldTribune.com ^ \| 4/8/06 \| Jeremy Wallace Days ago, Cynthia McKinney was a heroine to local Democrats because she was standing up for disenfranchised voters everywhere. The controversial congresswoman from Georgia was even worthy of taking center stage at a rally at one of area's most identifiable events: the Sarasota Film Festival. But that was before McKinney was accused of striking a Capitol police officer and became this week's target for late-night comedians. Now, Democrats are doing everything they can to distance themselves from McKinney, including canceling the rally. It wasn't public pressure that caused the cancellation, said Democratic Party Chairman Henry Bright. It was the fact that McKinney was becoming too much of a distraction from the original reason they put on the rally: fair elections. McKinney is in town to promote "American Blackout," a movie she stars in that accuses Longboat Key Republican Katherine Harris of helping Republicans steal the 2000 presidential election for President George W. Bush. But the message of the movie was going to be overshadowed by McKinney's recent troubles, Bright said. Since March 29, McKinney has been defending herself for striking a police officer who tried to prevent her from walking past a security checkpoint. Members of Congress usually don't pass through the checkpoints, but McKinney wasn't wearing an identification pin that members of Congress are issued. McKinney called a press conference after the event in which she said she was a victim of racial profiling. McKinney is black. "This whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me -- a female, black congresswoman," she said at a press conference. Federal prosecutors are investigating the encounter. On Thursday, McKinney took to the floor of the House to apologize for the incident. "I am sorry that this misunderstanding happened at all, and I regret its escalation," McKinney said. But the latest apology wasn't enough to stop Bright from canceling Saturday's rally. Bright also said earlier press releases that called McKinney a heroine and included her name in big bold print didn't mean the rally was going to be all about her. It was the message of the movie she was involved in that was being celebrated, he said. Republican Party Chairman Bob Waechter said he was disappointed that Democrats were canceling their event with McKinney. "The Democrats choose odd heroes, and those heroes always seem to energize Republicans," Waechter said.