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Ignacio Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 05:33 PM
Response to Reply #59
60. There are 435 Congressmen and 100 Senators
I wouldn't recognize every one of them instantly either. Although he could have been new.
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  -U.S. Rep. McKinney Accused of Hitting Officer orleans  Mar-29-06 04:14 PM   #0 
  - how odd  mdmc   Mar-29-06 04:16 PM   #1 
  - At least she didn't shoot anybody...  Blaq Dem   Mar-31-06 10:25 AM   #211 
  - Oh gosh... who's the source? House Repub Conference member?  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 04:17 PM   #2 
  - LOL Wonkette says: Cynthia is a BadAss  OKNancy   Mar-29-06 04:18 PM   #3 
  - I love it! LOL!  sfexpat2000   Mar-29-06 05:05 PM   #43 
  - Sounds about right  slackmaster   Mar-29-06 04:19 PM   #4 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 07:56 PM   #131 
  - More -  OKNancy   Mar-29-06 04:21 PM   #5 
  - "When the officer caught up to McKinney, he grabbed her by the arm."  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 04:24 PM   #8 
  - I noticed that a comment was left on that site  OKNancy   Mar-29-06 04:27 PM   #10 
  - cnn reported that the officer "tapped" her  orleans   Mar-29-06 04:42 PM   #24 
  - Yeah, who OWNS the media?  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 04:59 PM   #38 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 06:40 PM   #96 
     - There are other ways to get a person's attention....  Media_Lies_Daily   Mar-29-06 08:25 PM   #148 
  - Didn't recognize McKinney or see her member pin  alarcojon   Mar-29-06 05:14 PM   #49 
     - I believe it was a setup. After appearing on the Carlyle Group  0007   Mar-29-06 06:57 PM   #107 
     - what carlyle group video?  orleans   Mar-29-06 11:18 PM   #174 
     - I agree.  Jawja   Mar-30-06 07:16 AM   #187 
     - of course not.  HuffleClaw   Mar-29-06 08:41 PM   #155 
     - She wasn't wearing her pin.  NaturalHigh   Mar-29-06 11:09 PM   #172 
     - Since you didn't provide a link, I will  alarcojon   Mar-30-06 09:31 AM   #199 
        - Thanks.  NaturalHigh   Mar-30-06 10:17 AM   #203 
           - You're quite welcome  alarcojon   Mar-30-06 10:23 AM   #204 
     - She was not wearing her congressional membership pin  Freddie Stubbs   Mar-30-06 07:21 AM   #189 
     - Yeah, you wouldn't want to run up behind Tom Delay and grab him  donkeyotay   Mar-30-06 10:10 AM   #202 
     - she wasn't wearing her member pin.  onenote   Mar-30-06 11:34 AM   #206 
        - Yes, I believe I've been made sufficiently aware of this  alarcojon   Mar-30-06 11:43 AM   #207 
  - I wish her well (whatever happened)  rodeodance   Mar-29-06 04:22 PM   #6 
  - Didn't Stephen Colbert interview her? n/t  IanDB1   Mar-29-06 04:22 PM   #7 
  - Did what they should have  peaches2003   Mar-29-06 04:25 PM   #9 
  - I never saw the part where she did NOT have her badge on?  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 04:27 PM   #11 
  - Wrong!  peaches2003   Mar-29-06 04:30 PM   #14 
     - She did NOT breech security. The officer is an idiot at the very least  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 04:31 PM   #15 
     - He allegedly did not recognize her...Since he did not properly  rustydog   Mar-29-06 04:50 PM   #33 
        - He grabbed her first....and she reacted as would anyone....  Media_Lies_Daily   Mar-29-06 05:28 PM   #55 
           - by punching a cop in the chest (while talking on a cell phone)  Charlie Brown   Mar-29-06 07:17 PM   #116 
           - She obviously didn't know who grabbed her. Are you saying she did?  Media_Lies_Daily   Mar-29-06 08:17 PM   #144 
              - Riiiiiggggghhtttt - she didn't see the uniform  Psephos   Mar-29-06 08:24 PM   #147 
                 - She was walking AWAY from the officer and had her BACK to him....  Media_Lies_Daily   Mar-29-06 08:35 PM   #151 
                    - Heh heh...  Psephos   Mar-29-06 09:55 PM   #165 
                       - WTF? Are you seriously saying....  Karmakaze   Mar-29-06 11:27 PM   #176 
                       - Especially if you've been publicly defamed, harassed, threatened  LostinVA   Mar-30-06 09:19 AM   #198 
                       - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-30-06 12:07 AM   #182 
                       - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-30-06 12:38 AM   #185 
                       - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-30-06 07:54 AM   #192 
           - She reacted as anyone would?  lynne   Mar-30-06 08:26 AM   #194 
     - Oh come on! This is nothing more than being  blazinjason   Mar-29-06 04:53 PM   #34 
     - I'm with you  alarcojon   Mar-29-06 05:16 PM   #50 
     - Thirty years ago when I worked on Capitol Hill, we were  Benhurst   Mar-29-06 05:54 PM   #74 
     - Yo, thanks for that bit  zidzi   Mar-29-06 06:15 PM   #83 
     - Yeah, 'cause those so many black, female members of Congress  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 06:35 PM   #91 
     - That is what I was thinking and shouldn't be that difficult...  LiberalFighter   Mar-29-06 11:22 PM   #175 
     - Agree.......  pfitz59   Mar-29-06 07:53 PM   #130 
     - nice try, peaches!  jukes   Mar-29-06 05:42 PM   #69 
     - You have the facts all wrong  Radio_Guy   Mar-29-06 05:58 PM   #77 
     - It most certainly very well may be assault  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 06:33 PM   #90 
     - The Officer FUCKED UP  stepnw1f   Mar-29-06 07:11 PM   #113 
  - Members are not required to pass through metal detectors  OKNancy   Mar-29-06 04:28 PM   #12 
  - Just because he didn't SEE her badge was no excuse to grab her...  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 04:30 PM   #13 
     - No badge  peaches2003   Mar-29-06 04:34 PM   #17 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 04:49 PM   #31 
     - Yes, indeed...we all know CNN is a paragon of truthfulness.  Media_Lies_Daily   Mar-29-06 05:29 PM   #58 
     - She showed the police her Congressional ID  me b zola   Mar-30-06 11:32 AM   #205 
     - How do you stop someone who doesn't stop when they are asked  Freddie Stubbs   Mar-30-06 07:24 AM   #190 
        - Right. All he did was approach her from behind and grab her arm....  Media_Lies_Daily   Mar-30-06 08:02 AM   #193 
           - I have enough brains to know not to hit a police office  Freddie Stubbs   Mar-30-06 08:30 AM   #195 
  - "McKinney often is an embarrassment".??? Like when? If you please.  oasis   Mar-29-06 04:36 PM   #18 
  - That's just wrong. McKinney is a national treasure.  sfexpat2000   Mar-29-06 04:41 PM   #23 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 04:59 PM   #39 
     - Strange week at DU. We have them, you know.  sfexpat2000   Mar-29-06 05:03 PM   #42 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 04:45 PM   #27 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 04:47 PM   #29 
  - Wow....you swallow it whole huh?....  stillcool47   Mar-29-06 04:57 PM   #35 
  - Darn I missed the -- what ever it was, I see Still cool is defending  FogerRox   Mar-29-06 10:31 PM   #171 
  - Always have cop supporters -- no matter what the cops do.  DELUSIONAL   Mar-29-06 06:00 PM   #80 
  - Cynthia McKinney is no  zidzi   Mar-29-06 06:21 PM   #86 
  - McKInney si NEVER an embarrassment... al thought many in the RW  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 06:36 PM   #93 
  - These officers are that fucking stupid, what are you talking about.  0007   Mar-29-06 06:59 PM   #108 
  - Has anyone interviewed the Honorable Cynthia?  goclark   Mar-29-06 10:10 PM   #166 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-30-06 12:04 AM   #181 
  - IF the Capitol Policeman did not recognize her, he did the right thing.  rinsd   Mar-29-06 04:33 PM   #16 
  - That is so wrong on so many levels ...  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 04:37 PM   #19 
  - Exactly! They want to beat this woman down publicly yet again  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 06:38 PM   # 
  - Right. We all know McKinney would never be the target of....  Media_Lies_Daily   Mar-29-06 05:35 PM   #62 
  - No, I also haven't forgotten her father's comments either...  rinsd   Mar-29-06 05:56 PM   #76 
  - Then why did you bring it up? Sounds like you have an agenda.  Media_Lies_Daily   Mar-29-06 08:22 PM   #145 
  - What did her dad have to say about the incident? Got a link maybe?  oasis   Mar-29-06 08:32 PM   #150 
  - Well, that explains why she's been targeted.  The Wielding Truth   Mar-29-06 08:38 PM   #153 
  - any man touches me ..he is getting kicked , punched, or slapped  flyarm   Mar-29-06 10:11 PM   #167 
  - This is the point - I don't blame the officer - I also dont blame McKinney  Karmakaze   Mar-29-06 11:34 PM   #178 
     - Sanest post in this entire thread...  silvermachine   Mar-30-06 08:53 AM   #197 
  - Hilarious!  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 04:39 PM   #20 
  - You're stereotyping women. Too obvious. She punched him in the  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 04:42 PM   #25 
  - Via Sludge Report:  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 04:44 PM   #26 
     - Ok, I give up until there is more information ...  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 04:50 PM   #32 
     - You're totally right  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 04:59 PM   #36 
     - Now you have made me giggle ...  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 05:01 PM   #40 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 06:42 PM   #98 
        - Fuckin' A.  Jim Sagle   Mar-29-06 06:51 PM   #104 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 06:53 PM   #106 
           - I don't buy your slant on this.  Jim Sagle   Mar-29-06 07:15 PM   #114 
           - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 07:17 PM   #115 
           - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 07:18 PM   #118 
           - David Duke, is that you?  Jim Sagle   Mar-29-06 07:41 PM   #126 
           - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 08:05 PM   #135 
           - Pretty good German accent, buddy.  Jim Sagle   Mar-29-06 08:12 PM   #141 
           - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 08:39 PM   #154 
           - Well Said, Mr. Sagle!  The Magistrate   Mar-29-06 08:58 PM   #159 
           - Your racial bias is showing as clearly as the beam from a lighthouse.  Media_Lies_Daily   Mar-29-06 08:27 PM   #149 
        - Not the best AT ALL  Charlie Brown   Mar-29-06 07:10 PM   #112 
     - Oh yeah, Drudge -- nice source there, boyo  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 06:39 PM   #95 
        - What about The Hill?  TheVirginian   Mar-29-06 07:17 PM   #117 
        - Drudge is not a legit source -- I have no knowledge of  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 08:09 PM   #138 
           - Wonkette the conservative shill  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 08:22 PM   #146 
           - The only thing that might keep this story alive  TheVirginian   Mar-29-06 11:53 PM   #180 
        - You're right!  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 08:06 PM   #136 
  - I have the honor  oneighty   Mar-29-06 05:03 PM   #41 
     - I've had the honor...  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 05:24 PM   #54 
     - Been there done  oneighty   Mar-29-06 05:55 PM   #75 
     - I would hit someone who grabbed me from behind  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 06:42 PM   #97 
  - Saturday she's supposed to be speaking at Atlanta at Antiwar event  Terran1212   Mar-29-06 04:40 PM   #21 
  - No  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 04:47 PM   #28 
     - Do you have a link to that "pissed off and on edge" BS statement  me b zola   Mar-29-06 05:05 PM   #44 
     - Nope.  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 05:14 PM   #48 
        - You have one of those too?  Rex   Mar-29-06 05:16 PM   #51 
           - An opinion?  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 05:22 PM   #53 
     - Oops! Be careful! Your agenda's showing  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 06:43 PM   #99 
        - Lay off LostinVA  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 08:50 PM   #157 
  - this whole thing stinks...  SeattleRob   Mar-29-06 04:41 PM   #22 
  - It's stinks. I think you're right. n/t  sfexpat2000   Mar-29-06 05:08 PM   #46 
  - "a member of the House Republican Conference, confirmed...."  Lars39   Mar-29-06 04:47 PM   #30 
  - Didn't recognize her as a member of Congress because she's not a smug...  mitchum   Mar-29-06 04:59 PM   #37 
  - She also is bald impaired.  sfexpat2000   Mar-29-06 05:07 PM   #45 
  - Why is she not in Gitmo yet?  Rex   Mar-29-06 05:08 PM   #47 
  - They're looking for her ID. n/t  sfexpat2000   Mar-29-06 05:20 PM   #52 
  - I'll Wait for the tape..  Pavulon   Mar-29-06 05:28 PM   #56 
  - I'm sure she was just defending herself  bluestateguy   Mar-29-06 05:28 PM   #57 
  - It seems really strange that he didn't recognize her  Sinti   Mar-29-06 05:31 PM   #59 
  - There are 435 Congressmen and 100 Senators  Ignacio Upton   Mar-29-06 05:33 PM   #60 
  - Atlanta Journal Consitution reports  OKNancy   Mar-29-06 05:33 PM   #61 
  - Hairstyle change  Sinti   Mar-29-06 05:43 PM   #71 
  - Hairstyle pics  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 05:51 PM   #73 
     - Never mind charging Mckinney with assault.  D__S   Mar-29-06 06:00 PM   #79 
        - Agree  gorekerrydreamticket   Mar-31-06 09:25 AM   #210 
  - There are 435 congresscritters  tritsofme   Mar-29-06 05:35 PM   #63 
  - Hair  peaches2003   Mar-29-06 08:02 PM   #133 
  - Maybe because she was violently and falsely vilified  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 08:14 PM   #142 
  - Right and there are not many that look like  goclark   Mar-29-06 10:16 PM   #168 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-30-06 12:20 AM   #184 
  - Atlanta paper - a little more ( not much)  OKNancy   Mar-29-06 05:36 PM   #64 
  - That's why all of this could have been avoided IF the Officer in  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 05:41 PM   #68 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 08:11 PM   #139 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 08:38 PM   #152 
  - who is the 'officer'? the local Oklahoma news blurb didn't say ...  cosmicdot   Mar-29-06 05:38 PM   #65 
  - Police or security guard?  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 05:38 PM   #66 
  - Capitol Police  Freddie Stubbs   Mar-30-06 07:19 AM   #188 
  - This smells  Mr.Green93   Mar-29-06 05:39 PM   #67 
  - Why?(nt)  Pavulon   Mar-29-06 05:42 PM   #70 
     - Because the Right Wing and Neo Cons have targeted her ...  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 05:49 PM   #72 
        - Yes  Pavulon   Mar-29-06 06:00 PM   #78 
        - This is a set-up, otherwise the Officer in Question would NOT ...  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 06:06 PM   #81 
        - It is a stupid issue  Pavulon   Mar-29-06 06:16 PM   #84 
        - If she'd behaved more like a Republican...  dchill   Apr-01-06 12:31 PM   #215 
        - It's Georgia. Every Vote Is On Diebold ReThuglican Electing Machinez  AndyTiedye   Apr-01-06 03:27 AM   #212 
        - No more corruption. ( Halliburton )  sattahipdeep   Apr-01-06 07:42 AM   #213 
  - Really doesn't matter who's to blame here.  D__S   Mar-29-06 06:10 PM   #82 
  - Nope, if he grabbed her from behind and she reacted instinctively  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 06:16 PM   #85 
     - Deatils are lacking but...  D__S   Mar-29-06 06:49 PM   #102 
        - Glory, halleluiah!!!! You remember the shooter.  recidivist   Mar-29-06 08:41 PM   #156 
           - Flash cards aren't really the solution here.  D__S   Mar-29-06 09:03 PM   #161 
              - Exactly right.  recidivist   Mar-29-06 09:07 PM   #162 
  - oooo I can't wait to see the video.  aikoaiko   Mar-29-06 06:23 PM   #87 
  - I don't think ole Zsa Zsa was GRABBED from BEHIND ...  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 06:25 PM   #88 
  - It was a joke....  aikoaiko   Mar-29-06 06:31 PM   #89 
     - OK, Sorry ...  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 06:38 PM   #94 
  - Zsa Zsa slapped a cop in a traffic encounter -- not the same thing  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 06:46 PM   #101 
  - Whatever the truth is about what happened  Cookie wookie   Mar-29-06 06:36 PM   #92 
  - Whatever McKinney did or didn't do to the officer  brentspeak   Mar-29-06 06:44 PM   #100 
  - Oh yeah, cops can  zidzi   Mar-29-06 06:49 PM   #103 
  - Did I say that?  brentspeak   Mar-29-06 07:00 PM   #109 
  - I agree  Charlie Brown   Mar-29-06 06:52 PM   #105 
  - More things to consider  Pavulon   Mar-29-06 07:06 PM   #110 
  - How are people defending this?  TheVirginian   Mar-29-06 07:07 PM   #111 
  - The radio is on but no one is broadcasting.  D__S   Mar-29-06 07:22 PM   #121 
  - Clever.  TheVirginian   Mar-29-06 07:28 PM   #123 
     - Perfect example of a misunderstanding (as in the McKinney situation).  D__S   Mar-29-06 07:50 PM   #128 
        - No problem.  TheVirginian   Mar-29-06 08:01 PM   #132 
           - I've been accused of being a lot worse.  D__S   Mar-29-06 08:12 PM   #140 
  - Nice memes... you must have been working out  LostinVA   Mar-29-06 08:15 PM   #143 
     - TheVirginian meets LostinVA  truthInCO   Mar-29-06 08:52 PM   #158 
  - George W. Bush has killed thousands of civilians in an illegal war.  onehandle   Mar-29-06 07:18 PM   #119 
  - If people were comparing the two, you might have a reasonable point.  TheVirginian   Mar-29-06 07:21 PM   #120 
     - This is an issue because "the officer" is pressing charges.  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 07:27 PM   #122 
        - The only way you can make a point  TheVirginian   Mar-29-06 07:33 PM   #124 
           - OK, everything is transparent in the RW and Neo-Con's agenda ...  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 07:41 PM   #125 
              - I don't understand...  TheVirginian   Mar-29-06 07:44 PM   #127 
                 - Yes, I think people are often stopped and checked twice ...  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 07:51 PM   #129 
                 - Honestly, I don't fault her either  TheVirginian   Mar-29-06 08:03 PM   #134 
                 - You know what - I think we both understand the complexity of this  ShortnFiery   Mar-29-06 08:07 PM   #137 
                 - I totally agree. That is exactly what I would do if grabbed from  freefall   Mar-29-06 09:00 PM   #160 
                 - Check out link in post #117. She has been harassed.  The Wielding Truth   Mar-29-06 11:32 PM   #177 
  - So the officer grabbed her; so she turned around and put her hand  spacelady   Mar-29-06 09:22 PM   #163 
  - one day a cop ordered me out of the pond at the state park because  wordpix2   Mar-29-06 09:40 PM   #164 
  - You got that right!  goclark   Mar-29-06 10:18 PM   #169 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-06 10:26 PM   #170 
  - malloy talked about this tonight on his show  orleans   Mar-29-06 11:16 PM   #173 
  - Crush them, Cindy, crush them!  AngryAmish   Mar-29-06 11:49 PM   #179 
  - This issue is done and over!  Rainscents   Mar-30-06 12:15 AM   #183 
  - How, exactly, did the GOP "spin" this?  TheVirginian   Mar-30-06 05:14 AM   #186 
  - "One of the sources, a member of the House Republican Conference"  ShortnFiery   Mar-30-06 07:45 AM   #191 
     - Funny, I read the story from The Hill,  TheVirginian   Mar-31-06 09:08 AM   #209 
  - Did anyone post a link to her Press Conference?  goclark   Mar-30-06 09:55 AM   #201 
     - Site Statement  peaches2003   Mar-30-06 01:43 PM   #208 
        - US Constitution, Article 1, Section 6  fknobbit   Apr-01-06 09:55 AM   #214 
  - i love cynthia!  cleofus1   Mar-30-06 08:33 AM   #196 
  - This girl had the Cajones to stand on the floor of congress and accused  fknobbit   Apr-01-06 04:56 PM   #216 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-30-06 09:43 AM   #200 
  - funny stuff this  cyanide   Apr-03-06 11:27 AM   #217 
 

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