Through diligent research and tireless effort, Melanie Eversley of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has uncovered a story that we bloggers have known about for weeks: A lot of Cynthia McKinney's campaign contributions are coming from the Muslim community.
I shouldn't denigrate the work: Ms Eversley has done some math that I didn't do, and identified some names I didn't recognize. The end result is an appropriate payback to the woman who suggested that Bush allowed the 9-11 attack to happen so that his family and friends would profit from it financially. (The same woman, you may recall, hit up Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia for that $10 million check that Mayor Giuliani turned down.)
It all looks very straightforward, perfectly legal. Certainly our Muslim citizens have every right to have their voices heard. But one third of McKinney's individual contributions are coming from the Muslim community, a much larger percentage than other congresspeople who have larger Muslim constituencies.
In an ideal world, Ms Eversley should have cited her sources for the financial information (almost certainly OpenSecrets.org, or the same sources they draw from). She did, to my glee, include a quote that represents McKinney's typical response to criticism of any kind:
As African-Americans, we understand what it's like to have our values, institutions and leadership berated or delegitimized.
It's all about being black, isn't it, Cynthia?
(Oh, wait, there's a primary this summer, isn't there?)
LATER: Why, yes there is. Dick Williams at the Atlanta Business Chronicle has a score card.
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