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McKinney May Sue Georgia

By stcynic on September 11, 2006.

See Cynthia McKinney lose an election. See Cynthia McKinney whine about how unfair it is and file lawsuits:

Outgoing Fourth District Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was considering a lawsuit against the state of Georgia Friday.

McKinney questioned whether Georgia's primary system violates the Voting Rights Act and hinted on Thursday that her supporters may challenge the legality of laws allowing crossover voting.

The punchline? They already tried that same lawsuit after she lost in 2002. And lost:

A similar lawsuit was filed in 2002 after McKinney lost her seat to Denise Majette.

A U.S. District Court dismissed the lawsuit and the decision was upheld on appeal.

Isn't it funny how the primaries weren't unfair and unconstitutional all the years she won them, but were only unfair and unconstitutional the years she lost them? What a coinkydink. What a buffoon. This is someone who really needs to learn that she can't blame everything she doesn't like on someone else.

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Cynthia McKinney is "[o]utgoing"? Is that journalism-speak for something?

Glenn... "outgoing" meaning she's going out... of the Congress. It's a polite way of saying "lame duck."

Unfortunately, it also sounds like a character trait.