Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young Endorses McKinney

U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, flanked by members of the local clergy, speaks at a news conference she held Thursday to announce former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young’s endorsement of her. Her opponent, former DeKalb Commissioner Hank Johnson, dismissed the endorsement.

AJC: Young backs McKinney

‘Congress needs controversy,’ former mayor says

The day a poll showed her trailing in a 4th Congressional District runoff race, U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney rallied Atlanta ministers, including former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, to her cause.

Young’s endorsement Thursday could help in McKinney’s uphill battle to keep her office. A close aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and an ordained minister, Young also endorsed Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor earlier this year, helping him win the Democratic nomination for governor by appealing to black voters.

What McKinney needs win is stop being a MORON, debate Hank Johnson and adopt more mainstream Democrat Party talking points. The problem is:

McKinney is a MORONIC EXTREMIST

“Congress needs controversy,” Young said in his endorsement, a recording of which was played at the news conference. “The last thing we need in a democracy is people who don’t think for themselves. … I don’t always agree with Cynthia McKinney, but I always agree with her right to express her opinions because that creates a dialogue that makes democracy work.”

And, of course, this is BULL.

What Andrew Young is saying is that Cynthia McKinney IS a MORON but a lefty nutter like myself and it is OK that you vote for her because she WILL march in lock-step with the left – while sometimes trying to hide it – just like me.

Campaign manager John Evans (in white T-shirt) escorts U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney after her news conference Thursday at Elegance restaurant in Decatur.

Johnson dismissed Young’s endorsement, saying, “Nothing that Andy Young does surprises me anymore. The ultimate endorsement will come from the voters on Aug. 8.”

A new poll by InsiderAdvantage shows Johnson leading McKinney 46 percent to 21 percent, with one-third of voters undecided. The survey recorded the responses of 480 likely voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.

McKinney has a large Johnson lead to surmount. Will she win?

Probably not…..

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