Who besides U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., would seek to spread the inflammatory notion that President Bush may have known in advance about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but did nothing because he wanted a war to enrich his friends in the energy and defense industries?
The answer is, organizations or individuals sympathetic to extremist Islamic or pro-Palestinian groups. So perhaps it should be no surprise - although it is still shocking - to learn McKinney's campaign war chest is awash in money from Arabs or Arab groups, but not a dime from Jews or Jewish groups (check out opensecrets.org).
In fairness, it shouldn't be assumed all her donors with Mideastern names are linked to extremist anti-Israel, anti-American causes. Some could be Arab-Americans or black Muslims with pro-American views.
But many clearly aren't, such as the American Muslim Council and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Both of those groups have ties to Hamas and Hezbollah, the radical anti-Semitic Palestinian groups that are most certainly terrorists.
It also should be noted that McKinney wasn't the only politician to receive contributions from Muslim organizations or individuals with ties to terrorism, but other politicians - including George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton - returned the money not long after they received it. McKinney has not.
And what do you make of this? McKinney received nearly $3,000 from radical Arabs and Arab groups on the very date of the terrorist attack, Sept. 11. The congresswoman says she wants to know what President Bush knew and when did he know it regarding the events of Sept. 11. Wouldn't it be more appropriate for her to answer the question: Why did Arab groups feel the need to pay her thousands of dollars on the day of the worst attack ever on our country?
Disclosure reports supplied by the Federal Elections Commission and the Georgia Secretary of State's Office show that of 397 contributors who gave more than $101 each to McKinney's 2000 re-election campaign, 83 were Arab or Mideast connected. That means a whopping 21 percent of her most generous donors are Arab connected, says the Southeastern Legal Foundation which recently exposed her radical ties.
No wonder she's becoming an America-hating apologist for Mideastern terrorism. It's what's keeping her political war chest stocked - with blood money.
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