Comments on: Cynthia McKinney: Too Green

By: My Instant Runoff Voting Ballot | Prose of a Pol

My Instant Runoff Voting Ballot | Prose of a Pol — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:06:33 +0000

[...] who would be my number two choice but neither seem qualified to lead. McKinney, as noted in my review of her, is brash, abrasive and arrogant, which are not the traits of a good [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:51:52 +0000

Thanks for the correction Green, but my overall point still stands, McKinney ostracized herself from the other third party candidates who debated each other that night, and a few more times since then. Sure, prior commitments are important but so is knowing how to prioritize and make last minute adjustments.

It’s admirable that Cynthia was consoling a family that was going through hard times, but in the end voters got to see the other candidates debate while wondering where Cynthia was. I don’t want to knock here for helping the family, but at the same time a president would be asked to help a lot of people and sometimes you simply have to say no.

Honestly, the Nader campaign and theses debates are not the most well organized events either but the facts remain, Nader, Baldwin and Barr debated each other while Cynthia stood alone.

By: GreenGenes

GreenGenes — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:56:41 +0000

Unfortunately the author has the facts wrong about the debates.

The online debate was offered by Trevor Lyman (not she/McKinney) and was done so long before the physically located debate.

The two physically located debates were done with unrealistically SHORT NOTICE.

Cynthia McKinney had made commitments such as this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGdy3s7npdY
She was consoling a family while a loved one was being executed. She offered to appear remotely but her offer was rejected.

By: Mr. Money

Mr. Money — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:50:37 +0000

I, Mr. Money, officially do not endorse Cynthia McKinney. She will not show us the green.