A Funny Thing Happened on Cynthia's Way to the House...

[TomInTib]

But even as McKinney appeared to be trying to put the issue to rest, a bodyguard she hired – reportedly a former Georgia state trooper – was raising another furor when he threatened a television reporter trying to interview McKinney outside the Capitol just minutes before she appeared on the House floor.

When the reporter from Cox Broadcasting tried to ask McKinney about the grand jury, the bodyguard told him, "I'm going to put your ass in jail. I'm a police officer," a videotape of the incident shows.

Asked if he worked for Capitol police, the man said, "I work for Miss McKinney."

Word that McKinney had hired a bodyguard roiled the ranks of the Capitol police who were worried that the guard was carrying a weapon. They said they are concerned about what the bodyguard might do if Capitol police challenged McKinney at a security checkpoint.

McKinney's office did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment.

The article is here:
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/0406natmckinney.html

[IsItJustMe]

1. Thanks for the bad news.

[monarch]

2. Well, she did plant the germ of a justification

"Some People" might think that she had incurred the wrath of the Capitol Police by hiring her own bodyguard prior to the contratemps with the palace guard.

[queenbdem87]

3. This is all such bullshit

The officer that accosted McKinney should not have done so....McKinney was acting as many would although it might not have been appropriate. It was a bad thing on all sides and Im sick of people trying to blame specifically her.

[mikeanike]

6. hey man

I'm guessing you've been to the congressional offices, right? I'm kinda confused you would make a comment like that having been there. If you don't wear a pin, then your going to get stopped and you will have to pass through a metal detector. I like what MCKinney does but damnit there is a protocol there for everyone's safety, not just her's and the other public officials. She disregarded the rules and then got stuffy about it.

[Mugu]

4. They just played the audio clip on WLS radio in Chicago. N/T

[AtomicKitten]

5. Just when we think we're done, they keep pulling us back in ....

One would think the MSM would be ecstatic over the GOP corruption-fest.