The McKinney Myth?

When someone apologizes, you HOPE that they are sincere. When Rep. Cynthia McKinney apologizes it may be only for appearances sake - behind the scenes she appears to be subtly taking back every word of it. You only have to visit her website to see that for yourself.

Her apology:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Coz Carson, Communications Director
202-225-1605, 404-803-7929 c, cozcarson@gmail.com


Statement on the Floor of the House of Representatives
By Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney
April 6, 2006


Thank you Mr. Speaker,

I come before this body to personally express, again, my sincere regret about the encounter with the Capitol Hill Police. I appreciate my colleagues who are standing with me, who love this institution and who love this country. There should not have been any physical contact in this incident. I have always supported law enforcement, and will be voting for H. Res. 756 expressing my gratitude and appreciation to the professionalism and dedication of the men and women of the U.S. Capitol Police. I am sorry that this misunderstanding happened at all and I regret its escalation. And I apologize.

From her website is this frontpage quote:

From the United States Constitution, Article 1, Sec. 6::

"The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place."

What's up with this? Should the visitor to her site read this as an acknowledgement that she screwed up and was wrong (They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective houses,...), or are we to take it that she is placing the weight of this quote on the part that reads "be privileged from arrest"?

Based on the fact that not a word to elaborate the meaning behind posting this quote from the Constitution has been made by Rep. Vanity McKinney, I find it very hard to believe that her apology had an ounce of sincerity to it. Of course, I stated that from the very first. It appears that I am not the only one out there questioning the validity of her apology.

So the burning question is - was it really an apology or is it a myth?

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