Reply #5: I'm in total agreement with you on this.

[Benhurst]

We desperately need people Sylvia McKinney in government.

I would like to see her elected to Zel Miller's seat in the U.S. Senate.

But I'm afraid Andrew Young, who sits on the board of Archer Daniels Midland and of Barrick Gold (see http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=207&row=1 for a good rundown on Barrick its George Herbert Walker Bush connection) is going to be put up as the Bush Crime Family's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Young is a leader of the Atlanta "Black Establishment" which turned its back on McKinney during the last election, ostensibly over comments she made about 9/11 (which were twisted beyond recognition by our "free" press), but more probably over her work in Congress exposing what Barrick Gold is doing in the Congo.

See what Greg Palast has to say http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=210&row=1
and http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=229&row=1

I know there are a lot of DUers out there who will be enthusiastic about a Young run for the Senate (I would have been before I heard Palast talking about him last night -- sorry no link.); but we need a better candidate. McKinney is my first choice. Anybody out there with a better suggestion?