Censure The Race Baiter
By Frank Salvato
April 7, 2006

How many nanoseconds do you think it would take for a police officer to crack you up-side the head if you punched him in the stomach after he apprehended you for ignoring his command to stop? Add to the mix that you live in a post-9/11 world and the location was a government building in Washington DC? My guess is that it wouldn't take but a fraction of a second before bad things started to happen to you, but then I grew up during the 1960s in the first Mayor Daley's Chicago, when disobeying a cop was an invitation to meet his baton...sometimes repeatedly.

That US Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) was arrogant enough to expect the Capitol Hill Police to exempt her from displaying proper identification when walking through a security check-point designed to protect her is disturbing. But that she is trying to justify violence against a police officer by charging racism when she blatantly ignored procedure is despicable and worthy of an official reprimand if not censure by her colleagues and, if the Georgia constitution permits, impeachment by her constituents.

Let me make this perfectly clear, those who falsely claim racism, who use the charge opportunistically, are twice as offensive as those who employ racism. Race baiters set the civil rights movement back years each time they bastardize the true meaning of the cause to mollify their selfish, self-centered, me-first egos. They are purely repugnant and are a scourge on our society. Cynthia McKinney is just such a stain.

In the first statement issued by McKinney, she intimated that the scuffle was nothing more than a case of miscommunication and mistaken identity. She even praised the Capitol Hill Police for the important role they serve in securing the nation's capitol and protecting our elected officials.

"I know that Capitol Hill Police are securing our safety, and I appreciate the work that they do. I have demonstrated my support for them in the past and I continue to support them now," McKinney said initially in a statement on her Web site.

But, as is often the case with entitlement mentality narcissists, her story changed when her moral relativism kicked in...that and after she talked to her race-card playing attorney, James Myat.

"The whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me -- a female, black congresswoman," McKinney said as she played not only the race-card but the abused-female card as well.

Then it was her lawyer's turn as the mainstream media microphone.

"Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, like thousands of average Americans across this country, is, too, a victim of the excessive use of force by law enforcement officials because of how she looks and the color of her skin," Myat said.

Myat proved his credentials as a hypocrite on Hannity & Colmes when he referred to out-going US Rep. Tom DeLay as a, "rich white boy."

McKinney continued her disingenuous screed by saying, "It is, however, a shame that while I conduct the country's business, I have to stop and call the police to tell them that I've changed my hairstyle so that I'm not harassed at work."

Interestingly, the important business she conducts for our country includes House Resolution 4968 titled, "Tupac Shakur Records Release Act of 2006," which seeks, "To provide for the expeditious disclosure of records relevant to the life and death of Tupac Amaru Shakur."

My, what pressing business this model Congresswoman engages in. How on earth could our country function if the "records relevant to the life" of a gang-banging rap thug were to remain obscure? Yes, by all means, let's see his arrest record! I am sure it will illuminate the reasons why he should be nominated for a Nobel-freaking-Peace-Prize.

Just as ridiculous is the notion that in the post-9/11 world anyone -- congressman, senator or even the President of the United States -- would try to justify assaulting a police officer because they were "inconvenienced" by security measures restricting access to a sensitive location.

As noted civil rights activist Ward Connerly has said many times, the only way to move forward in the battle against racism is to "erase race." When one uses racism, especially in tandem with moral relativism, it serves as a retardant to race relations, racial harmony and everyone's civil rights.

Cynthia McKinney is not a victim of racism or gender bias. If anything, she is feigning victimization to escape being held responsible for her actions. Her insincere apology on the floor of the House, especially in the face of a possible Grand Jury adjudication, was predictable given the transparent and stunted mindset of the entitlement mentality currently plaguing our country.

That Cynthia McKinney is a race baiter is reprehensible enough; that she is race bating in her official capacity as an elected official is legitimately worthy of Congressional censure. Someone should make sure that Russ Feingold is paying attention to this.

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Frank Salvato is the managing editor for The New Media Journal.us. He serves at the Executive Director of the Basics Project, a non-profit, non-partisan, 501(C)(3) socio-political education project. His pieces are regularly featured in over 100 publications both nationally and internationally. He has appeared on The O'Reilly Factor, numerous radio shows coast to coast and his pieces have been recognized by the Japan Center for Conflict. He can be contacted at oped@newmediajournal.us

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