Accusations and Apologies

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It is interesting to me how quikly someone changes their mind about the validity of an accusation they have made when their peers refuse to stand behind them. I believe this is the case behind the belated apology of Cynthia McKinney to the capitol officer which she physically assalted.

I was quite puzzled earlier in the week to read that racial profiling accusations had been made by McKinney towards a capitol officer. As I read the article, I could not believe that she had the audacity to make such accusations. When McKinney was stopped from going around a metal detector and into the Capitol Building, she was stopped for legitamate reasons. She was not wearing the Congressional pin that would allow her special access to the Capitol. The accused capitol officer was simply doing his job by keeping someone who was not appropriatly labeled away from the designated areas for congress men and women. The officer only touched her on the shoulder and told her that she could not go around the metal detector with out being properly identified.

I think the only thing irrational about the entire situation was McKinney's reaction to being stopped. She punched the officer! I believe that her cries of racial profiling were simply a means of justifying her own hot headedness. I was quite pleased to see that such a Red Herring was ignored by her peers. It seems that McKinny's accusation fooled no one, and she was given no support in continuing allegations against the officer.

In a post September 11 world, there is certainly no room for such behavior. For all that officer knew, McKinney could have been someone dangerous. He was simply doing his job by keeping undesignated people form sliping thourgh undetected.

I think it is a shame that it took such peer pressure to get Cynthia McKinney to apologize at all to this poor officer. And I cringe to think what could have happened to him and his career if people had stood behind McKinney and her accusations. That capitol officer could have lost his job because of her irrational temperment. Thank goodness most of our Congressmen and women have a little good sense.