Is the Cynthia McKinney incident being overblown on DU?

[LSK]

Poll question: Is the Cynthia McKinney incident being overblown on DU?

There seems to be thousands of threads on it here in GD.

[bemildred]

1. No sense of irony, I take it? nt

[LSK]

3. yes, I know I just added another McKinney thread.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

2. Brazilians of them ........

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[Darknyte7]

4. It's not just being overblown in this forum either...

It's being overblown everywhere! But hell, what else do the repugs have to talk about these days...

[blondeatlast]

13. Current events aren't looking too good for them right now...

:bounce: Tom Delay Defeated! :bounce:

[WillyT]

5. Oh HELL Yes... And We Ain't Lookin Too Good As A Group Right Now...

Cripes...

:banghead:

[no name no slogan]

6. Does the Pope shit in the woods?

No, waitaminute-- is a bear Catholic?

[MazeRat7]

18. well some are "bare", at least in the woods... *wink

[bemildred]

7. I've decided it's a sort of DOS attack on DU. nt

[high density]

8. Troll/freeper infiltration

That's almost what it looks like to me.

[radio4progressives]

19. Absolutely Freeper Infiltration to the Max

Amazing Racists thugs... coming here making like this is an issue that needs to be held up on the same level as Delay and the freak child molesters in the Home Land Security ...

un-freaking-believable.

[Hobarticus]

9. 139 McKinney threads ten minutes ago, fer cryin' out loud...

Let's lock 'em down and MOVE ON!

[radio4progressives]

22. I'm with you, but how were you able to get a thread count?

but i agree, let's lock these suckers down and be done with it..

[Hobarticus]

24. Did a search, see the icon along the top?

...quite a powerful tool, I must say.

[Freedom_Aflaim]

10. Yes and No

Is it overblown in the media? Sure it is.


However I think that the reason that DU is discussing it, is because the media is discussing it.

Heck, alot of the threads are discussion of how its being overly discussed.

So I think the reaction here is simply a reaction to the overreaction -there-

[Jigarotta]

34. shouldn't a little bell be going off in your head?

"""However I think that the reason that DU is discussing it, is because the media is discussing it.""""

[Llewlladdwr]

11. Voted no....

I think we've all learned quite a bit from this.

[Ariana Celeste]

12. Yup.

Along with a lot of overreaction.

[The Magistrate]

14. Yes, Sir, It Is, And Hugely So

[Karenina]

15. It's an administrative matter

that NEVER should have entered the realm of public discourse.

[radio4progressives]

20. Is there anything we can do to stop it?

other than not reply to them?

[LSK]

23. ignore them and post relevant topics

I posted about massive Defense spending and it sunk like a rock. :shrug:

[The Magistrate]

25. Not A Thing, Ma'am

Forgive the bluntness.

Clearly, a great many people want to talk about it. Just as clearly, some think her St. Joan reborn while Ms. Borden of the axe comes into other minds. As it is quite possiblr for persons who are Democrats, progressives, and leftists, even all at once, to hold either view, of this matter and of this figure, a great deal of heat is inevitable in the discussion of it.

Fatigue and boredom cure all, eventually....

"I prefer the wicked to the foolish: the wicked sometimes rest."

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

31. "Fatigue and boredom cure all, eventually"

That line is brilliant and I absolutely love it. Is it your own?

You are hands down consistently one of my favorite posters to read. You have a style all your own that I couldn't even begin to ever master. Is it wrong that when I try and picture what you look like I get an image in my brain of a guru on a mountaintop? LOL

[K-W]

33. Why other than not replying to them?

Which is by far and away the best way to send non-constructive threads to page 2 and beyond.

[bemildred]

28. Impressive brouhaha over it, I must say.

It has been a long time since I've seen a McKinney eruption here. Feels a bit nostalgic.

And you must admit Sir, we have a large number of people now passionately involved in political debate, that can't be entirely a bad thing.

[-..__...]

16. Where are the "Cindy" avatars?

Surely, at least one of her supporters here would have one?

But, yes... it's overblown and distracting.

The whole episode has become a non-news joke.

Why can't both sides own up to their mistakes and move along with their lives?

Unfortunately, it's too late for that now.

(With the addition of this one, how many McKninney threads are active now)?

[Liberal In Texas]

17. It's a "Tempest in a teapot". This keeps our attention distracted.

It really is NBD. The war in Iraq and the corporate/religious take-over of America is much more important.

[savemefromdumbya]

21. The GOP don't have anything else to push but this

[BeFree]

26. She is now quite famous

And for doing something most any brave person would do.

People who never knew she was alive are talking about her.

An old political saying: Print anything you want about me, just make sure you spell my name right.

[Swamp Rat]

27. Tom DeLay eats cockroaches!

:D

[RagingInMiami]

29. Yeah, whatever happened to the immigration issue?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

30. Oh God Absolutely. Here, By Her, By The MSM, We're All Guilty.

I wish to hell she would've just apologized up front, walked away, and had the whole thing dissipate.

Even regardless, this is definitely getting blown out of proportion.

[Pryderi]

32. And now Tom DeLay is going to file ethics charges against her as a last

gambit.

[Justice Is Comin]

35. That's as credible as

Charles Manson complaining Sharon Tate got blood on Squeeky Fromme. That sleazy bastard is the original mold for despicable ethics.