My voice in Washington

If you’re not from Georgia’s 4th District, you may not have heard of Cynthia McKinney... but those of us around here have. She’s back in the news for slugging a Capitol police officer who had the gall not to recognize her. Her “official” statement makes it all sound like a big misunderstanding, sung to the tune of Kum-Ba-Yah. More telling, though, is the statement she released yesterday. Apparently it matters that the police officer was white.

And for those of you who have no idea who this woman is*, let’s take a moment to revisit what dear old dad Billy McKinney said in 2002. Apparently she comes by it honestly.

*Lucky devils.