Cynthia McKinney
By Callimachus | Related entries in General Politics, In The NewsAlternate title: “He can’t do that to our pledges. Only WE can do that to our pledges.”
Marc Cooper notes an article in “The Nation,” perhaps America’s most prominent leftist publication, taking Cynthia McKinney on an obligatory trip behind the woodshed. Cooper writes, “it’s infinitely more important that McKinney be challenged by The Nation than, say, National Review.”
This is how a bipolar political culture works. We police our ranks, you police yours. We’ll defend our creeps from your attacks, even if you’re right. If they need to be dressed down, we’ll do the down-dressing.
A legitimate, principled, fearless, robust center would have the authority to flash red cards in both directions. As Cooper indicates in his coda: “How long, by the way, until we see a South Park episode dedicated to the free-swinging Georgia Congresswoman?”
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April 8th, 2006 at 12:52 am
I’m a Democrat, but I believe she deserves to be grilled about this. No judgment until proven guilty, but…
April 8th, 2006 at 8:55 am
We police our ranks, you police yours. We’ll defend our creeps from your attacks, even if you’re right. If they need to be dressed down, we’ll do the down-dressing.
Interesting. The immediate parallel is how, these days, you’re not supposed to correct or say anything to other people’s children, even if they do something right in front of you when their parents aren’t around.
This is in contrast to back in the day, when every adult saw it as his or her duty to police the unruly and disruptive. Generally, no hard feelings ensued; it was seen as a cooperative effort to maintain a certain order.
Shared standards in certain areas really aren’t such a bad thing, when you think about it. More unifying, too.
April 8th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Arrogance should be dealt with swiftly and assertively. She was out of line … there was no evident racism here with the exception of C Macs’ s inference.
Common courtesy and adherence to protocols of security are needed. And … this deal got too much press …. it could have been handled in chambers.
April 8th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
How long, by the way, until we see a South Park episode dedicated to the free-swinging Georgia Congresswoman?
At their current rate, about a week and a half.