Inconceivable!
24 April 2006 :: By Andy Tunnicliffe
Cynthia McKinney, a congresswoman from Georgia, fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous of which is never get involved in a land war is Asia, but only slightly less well known is this one. Never walk away from an interview, without removing or turning off your microphone! As Frank Drebin was caught once, so now is the congresswoman, who was heard making a disparaging remark about an aide. The remark was not as bad as some might have you believe. The real best part is that after that, she tried to go back and tell the interviewer that the slip up was off the record. Of course the newspeople essentially said “T.S.”, and now we all get to hear the gaffe. You can enjoy the delightfulness here.
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April 25th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
As nuts as she clearly is, and as funny as this is, the whole thing is really a non-story. I think the fact that such a big deal is being made of this is in itself a bigger deal than the actual story.
April 25th, 2006 at 8:11 pm
Yes, I think the media is jumping all over her for not much of a reason. Whether or not we count as the media…not sure on that one.
April 26th, 2006 at 8:34 am
Oh, don’t get me wrong, it’s perfect Crap Filter material. More than anything, however, it Illustrates how CNN and the generally awful local network affiliates types will jump on stupid stuff like this when there’s actual news they could be covering.
This is certainly worth some coverage, but not nearly the amount it has gotten.