Georgia polls now closed! Results available at link!

[Greeby]

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/election_results/2006_0808/default.htm

Go Cynthia! :bounce:

[bigwillq]

1. I am rooting for McKinney too.

:bounce:

[lonestarnot]

4. Yes McKinney!

[flordehinojos]

7. me too!

I would love to see a presidency of PRESIDENT MAXINE WATERS and VP CYNTHIA McKINNEY.

[greguganus]

32. OMFG! lol n/t

[flordehinojos]

42. maxine waters and cynthia mckinney would transform this country

into the democracy it needs to be in a heartbeat. i would love to see that.

[CottonBear]

2. Thanks Greeby! I'm rooting for Cynthia and Jim Martin among others. n/t

[gademocrat7]

12. I am in your corner, Cottonbear.

[TAPat]

3. Thanks from a former Georgian! nt

[snappyturtle]

5. Thanks & bookmarked! Hope this is a peach of a day in GA!

O.K. that's lame but I do hope McKinney can hold her own after the whack job this administration has done on her.

[napi21]

6. OK, so tell me what I'm missing here?

I realize only 1% of the votes are being reported, but how can there possibly be the samae number of votes for the Dems & the Pubs in each office catagory? That doesnn't make any sense to me????

[jackstraw45]

8. Results being "tabulated" by Diebold as we speak!

nt

[Clark2008]

9. Which district is she in?

It pains me that as a Tennessean, I don't know this, but how else to learn but ask? :)

[bigwillq]

10. District 4 (nt)

[mom cat]

11. Cynthia has had the courage to stand up to the machine!

Cynthia :yourock:

[me b zola]

13. Pulling for McKinney!!!

I want a <fingers crossed> smiley!

[bigwillq]

14. Not good for McKinney right now

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/election_results/2006_0808/02002.htm

:(

[ulysses]

15. 2 precincts, < 200 votes, all in Gwinnett.

Hold the sackcloth and ashes just yet. :D

[bigwillq]

16. I know nothing about

those precincts. I was just reporting the latest results! :hi:

[ulysses]

27. Gwinnett is a very conservative area.

Look to the DeKalb precincts, which constitute most of the district.

[greguganus]

17. Cynthia is a loon. It's time for her to go away. n/t

[RebelOne]

24. Maybe you should go away.

[greguganus]

25. Why? Because I speak my mind? n/t

[T Town Jake]

36. Read it and weep (and then YOU "go away"):

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/election_results/2006_0808/02002.htm

[RebelOne]

44. I'm really not that concerned. I couldn't vote for her anyway,

as that is not my district. But I'm still glad we have a Democrat in office, even though I would have preferred McKinney, so I am not weeping about it.

[bigwillq]

18. 4% in:

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/election_results/2006_0808/02002.htm

[KoKo]

19. Go CYNTHIA! Swift Boater Liars Attacked you and your Dems cut you off

If you Lose tonight I hope you come back in '08 and represent US once again.

I hope that witch Pelosi who trashed you will be gone after '08 and we DEMS once again have a PARTY WE CAN BE PROUD OF!

GO! CNYTHIA...but we've Got your BACK..and will still be a "wind behind it" if you miss this one.

[greguganus]

20. She won't be back. She's history. n/t

[B Calm]

22. Why do you say that?

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[greguganus]

29. a bridge? How so? n/t

[greguganus]

28. She is an embarassment to our party. n/t

[ulysses]

30. vocal progressives seem to be, yes.

[CottonBear]

34. Yeah, just like me: another progressive Georgia Democratic woman. nt

[greguganus]

40. So how many capitol police have you punched? n/t

[CottonBear]

43. So, why don't you debate using facts instead of rumours and untruths? n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

21. Not Sure It's Lookin All That Good Right Now. No Biggie To Me Though.

She lost me with the way she handled the capitol incident. But johnson is no prize either from what I've seen so far. I almost don't mind a new person in her spot, as it might be good for her to take a little break. I just hope to hell that johnson wins in November, and that when he does he represents well and comes off better than he has thusfar.

[greguganus]

23. Agreed. n/t

[TAPat]

31. We're talkin' GWINNETT here - wait for DeKalb... nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

33. We're Talkin Gwinnett And Rockdale Here. I Think She's Toast, Again.

[IndyOp]

45. McKinney was deliberately targeted by white U.S. Capitol Police Officers

You've seen this? I, personally, am unsure as to whether McKinney mishandled the incident. I've still not seen a videotape and I can believe she is a target.

Capitol Hill is ‘Last Plantation’ according to officers

Atlanta, GA – Cynthia McKinney was deliberately targeted by white U.S. Capitol Police Officers, part of the systemic racism of the U.S. Capitol Police Force say four African American Capitol Officers. The startling revelation, coming a week before her primary run-off against Hank Johnson, came in a video released by Ian Inaba, director of the Sundance award winning American Blackout (which will open early in an exclusive engagement this Friday in Atlanta).

The video shows four anonymous African American officers discussing what they see as the systemic racism of the U.S. Capitol Police Force. In particular, they say, is a double standard that exists for both black officers and Members of Congress – something that leaves the U.S. Capitol as what they term the “last plantation.”

“I know the black members are disrespected, I’ve seen instances where black members are disrespected,” said one officer in the video. “They’ll do things to black Members that they don’t do to white Members.”

Another officer in the video recalls white U.S. Capitol Officers actually preparing to confront African American Members of Congress.

“I’ve heard them say, ‘Well when certain members come through here, in particular Cynthia McKinney, she ain’t just gonna run up these steps. I’m gonna stop her,” said the officer. “It’s almost like they be waiting … want confrontation.”

The McKinney incident was just the latest in a long line of questionable situations and occurrences that are part of what the officers call the “good old boy system” in the Capitol Police Force. They term the Capitol the “last plantation”

[T Town Jake]

35. Buh-bye Cynthia: you won't be missed. Congratulations...

...Congressman-elect Johnson, and thank you for ridding our Party of a loon.

[greguganus]

41. Seconded. n/t

[Just Me]

37. She is MY VOICE!!!!

HOld on, lady. No matter what,...YOU ARE THE COME-BACK ADVOCATE FOR "THE PEOPLE"!!!

:patriot:

My spirit is with you,...100%!!!!

[Tsiyu]

38. Yes, she is for the people

And I'm behind her all the way.

She won't bow out of politics for too long, I hope, no matter tonight's outcome.



here's hoping.....:)

[Blue_Tires]

39. i'm sad to see her go

especially after she worked so hard to make her first comeback....sadly, most of her wounds were self-inflicted and it has cost her...

all i can do is hope we're getting a real Dem to take her place...There was a post here a couple weeks about Johnson being propped up by pseudo-libertarian Neil Boortz and those zero-income-tax advocates--i hope that wasn't true

[Stevepol]

46. Are any exit polls being done for this election? Have they stopped that?