Marathon Pundit: Moonbat McKinney visits her home planet: "Truther" World

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Moonbat McKinney visits her home planet: "Truther" World

Media coverage of Cynthia McKinney's Green Party presidential campaign has been quite favorable to the former Democratic congresswoman from Georgia, despite her whacked out and repugnant views.

McKinney lives in California now, but spiritually her home just might be Madison, Wisconsin--one of the most liberal cities in America. Today Mothership McKinney touched down in Wisconsin's capital, and AP reporter Scott Bauer didn't ignore her infamy.

McKinney supporters brought plenty of moonlight to her Madison press conference, foremost among the pack was Kevin Barrett, a 9/11 "truther"; he believes the attacks on that day were an "inside job." In 2006 Barrett, who was then a part-time instructor at UW, taught a course on Islam that incorporated some of his "revisionist theories" about what occurred on that horrible morning.

From Bauer's AP story:

Supporters held signs that said "9/11 Truth Now" and "Impeach."

McKinney accused President Bush of ignoring warnings of the Sept. 11 attacks because friends in the defense industry would profit from a war. She has hosted numerous panels on Sept. 11 conspiracy theories, which Barrett champions.

"I asked a very innocent question," McKinney said Tuesday. "I asked what did the administration know and when did it know it about the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. And I was excoriated."

And she deserved it. During a March, 2002 interview for a radio station in Madison's sister city, Berkeley, California, Moonbat McKinney had this to say:

We know there were numerous warnings of the events to come on September 11th. . . . What did this administration know and when did it know it, about the events of September 11th? Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered? . . . What do they have to hide?

And there is this statement, made a few weeks later, which Bauer hinted at in his story:

It is known that President Bush's father, through the Carlyle Group, had–at the time of the attacks–joint business interests with the bin Laden construction company and many defense industry holdings, the stocks of which have soared since September 11.