Cynthia McKinney comes to Amherst

[Insurgent]

She can be against Bush all she wants... and I will agree and support her in that realm... however doesn't she just want to raise taxes and 'help people'?

I wasn't able to attend her Amherst gig, but saw her in Hartford Saturday when she introduced William Pepper at the 9-11 Family Members, First Responders and Experts Speak Out conference. Her strength and spirit were inspiring. I think the attraction to libertarians is to meet and talk to someone who has faced down evil-doers like Donald Rumsfeld and has filed resolutions to impeach the shameful war criminal and rights-destroying George Bush. She is awake and aware that there is a criminal gang that has taken over the United States government and has bravely fought them, at the expense of her Congressional career. That's the kind of courageous person I'd want to learn from - where they draw their strength, how they managed to endure the stress and pressure, etc.

That's the glory of the libertarian coalitioning strategy. We've learned enough to acknowledge that the 2 party paradigm is the enemy and we can ally with whoever is fighting against the enlargement of state power, the vile, murderous practices and the agressive war promoters. (ie, if one is stuck in the 2-party paradigm, they'll tend to think one of the parties is "good" and the other "bad". By jumping into the libertarian movement, conceived of in the late 60's with a coalitioning strategy as the modus, we can oppose evil, no matter whom it's perpetrated by and ally with those opposing that evil, no matter what party they're beholden to.)

You know that some of your favorite politicians don't have 100% of their positions in total agreement with yours and with your favorite friends. You ARE "free" to support them on the positions you agree with them on and oppose them on positions you abhor because you are free.

We can also oppose McKinney's positions and practices that threaten our freedoms, when that happens - she's just not the greater evil right now, whereas the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Gonzales-Wolfowitz-etc. cabal TOTALLY IS. Let's see... 3 of those down, 2 to go! - now to empanel the grand juries and construct the gallows!

We're fighting some nasty evil-doers here and we need all the allies we can get in that fight, regardless of whether you like their hairdo or not. 

Outstanding post, jaqeboy--great content to chew on! 

[jaqeboy]

Thanks, Insurgent.

Yeah, it's not often you get to meet someone who has gone toe-to-toe with the devil and spit in his eye! Not many lily-livered congressmen have. Besides, she was a charming, witty character, too. Opportunities like this to share idealism with an actual doer are rare. And, given the higher level of understanding of history and economics that we have, we're likely to be able to have an effect on her views and strategies - talk about subversion!