I followed this a while back. She would stumble periodically into a tasteless remark, I think more out of insensitivity before the fact and unwillingness to admit a mistake after (understandable, in light of the attacks to which she was subjected). The upshot, unfortunately, is that she made herself too hard to keep defending.
>a friend referred to Cynthia McKinney (who "might be nominated as the >California Green Party's presidential candidate") as an "anti-Semite." > >I checked out and the allegations seem to be entirely based on the >presence of members of the "New Black Panther Party" in her entourage. >In the quotes from the NBPP after McKinney lost an election, they not >only said stuff against Jews, but also stuff against "Crackers." (I >think I might be part of both groups, though only marginally. I do >notice that there's no Cracker Anti-Defamation League, while the ADL >doesn't seem to care about bias against Crackers. > >does anyone have any special insight on this issue? > >-- >Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own >way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
