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February 4, 2008 at 22:05:39 Permalink
Cynthia McKinney and Dr King's Legacy

Diary Entry by Michael Cavlan (about the author)

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Only One Presidential Candidate Talks of True Legacy of Dr Martin Luther King. While there is a lot of talk of the legacy of Reverend Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., there is only one presidential candidate who is actually speaking on the issue that drove Dr. King. That issue, of course, is the right for black people to vote in America. She is also the only presidential candidate speaking of the violations of the 1965 Voter Rights Act that were seen during the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.

Rep. Cynthia McKinney goes into this issue on the campaign trail and in her movie American Blackout. It is also true that Cynthia McKinney is the only candidate who is truly looking out for the interests of the poor in our nation. Cynthia McKinney is willing to face the military industrial complex on the issue of the war also and stand up to the war profiteers. In all these aspects, McKinney is the only candidate for president who actually follows the legacy of Dr. King.

We progressives must note a sense of irony in that Rep. McKinney is getting no coverage by the mainstream media on this issue, which is central and critical to the future of our democracy. We also notice, with a further sense of irony, that while Rep. McKinney is talking about the very direct violations of the 1965 Voter Rights Act, there are other candidates for president who are not. That includes Barack Obama, John Edwards who was the vice-presidential candidate who "conceded" in Ohio 2004, and, sadly, even Dennis Kucinich, whose own constituents in Ohio were targeted and disenfranchised in the 2004 election.

Just as there was an American Blackout on the issue of Voter Fraud in the 2000 and 2004 elections and the issues surrounding it by the corporate, so-called mainstream media, now that blackout is surrounding the Cynthia McKinney for President campaign.

For far too long, progressives have been aware of the corporate bias of the so called "liberal" corporate media. These is now a way to break past that corporate media blockade on information to the American public. There is only one candidate, with the integrity and courage to tell the American people the simple, unvarnished truth about where we truly are in our democracy.

There is only one presidential candidate who has the moral fortitude to actually work on getting our nation and our democratic republic back on track. That candidate is Cynthia McKinney.

If you believe in the integrity and future of our democracy, if you want to end the war on the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, if you want a new independent investigation into the events of September 11th, if you want accountability and Impeachment for the criminals in the Bush Regime, then your only presidential candidate is Cynthia McKinney. Have the courage to support her if these issues are important to you. Stop letting the media and corporate shills run the elections. Let us decide the future direction of our democracy.

For more information on the McKinney for President campaign, visit www.runcynthiarun.org/ and meet a presidential candidate with the courage, integrity, smarts and organizing skills to make a real difference instead of giving us rhetoric and corporate tested, empty slogans such as "change" or "experience." Then join us, as we work on building a better tomorrow. For all of us.

Michael Cavlan , RN, was an Official Green Party Observer for the 2004 Ohio Re-Count.

He was the Green Party Candidate for US Senate 2006. A long time dissident peace, justice and media activist, he is committed to creating a truly open and (more...)

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