[hssmw] Congratulations....time to celebrate.... we need to do more of this often....

[Guest guest]

Namaskar,

This is

incredibly good news, and proof of what people can do when they unite to

defeat evil. Just one important clarification, however,

McKinney was a Democrat who lost the Democratic Party primary to another

much more moderate Democrat. She's not a Republican.

Frank

At 11:14 PM 8/21/02 +0000, vishwa vijaii wrote:

Indian

numbers & Israelie money helps unseat anti-indian & anti-israel

pro-muslim republican US lawmaker ...Cynthia McKinney

TIMES NEWS NETWORK [

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2002 10:15:41 PM ]

WASHINGTON: The headlines credit the Jewish lobby for the defeat of

lawmaker Cynthia McKinney in the Congressional primaries on Tuesday. But

a neophyte Indian-American activists group, which co-wrote the script for

this unusual Georgia election that attracted nationwide attention, is

happy with just the footnote that recorded their role.

They like to do it quietly. They are not as political or as established

as the Jewish lobby.

Congresswoman McKinney outraged a lot of people with some bizarre

remarks. Among her more provocative comments was her theory that

President Bush purposely ignored warnings about 9/11 to help the US arms

industry. The comment angered not just the Jewish groups, but regular

Americans as well.

The African American incumbent was not shy of expressing her opinion on

the subcontinent either – mostly ill-informed repeats made at the behest

of the Pakistani and Khalistani lobby, according to

Indian-Americans.

A sample: The Indian government is responsible for terrorism against its

own people. It engineered the massacre of bus passengers in Kashmir and

the blowing up of a passenger airliner.

Community leaders said she recorded that kind of "unsubstantiated

nonsense, usually peddled by disgruntled and discredited conspiracy

theorists," in the Congressional Record.

But it was when she began talking about the imminent breakup of India

because of its “17 different separatist movements” that the Indians of

Georgia lost it for her and banded together.

One prominent activist sent out an e-mail to 3400 Indian-Americans in the

area reporting her remarks (under the subject line — "Balkanisation

of India — advocated by Rep. Cynthia McKinney") and urging them to

work for her opponent, a local judge named Denise Majette.

Led by a prominent dotcommer in the area, they were soon holding

fund-raisers for Majette, who like McKinney is also African-American.

They chipped in with $20,000, although much larger sums came in later

from Middle East groups — the Jews backing Majette and Arabs and Muslims

supporting McKinney.

Indian-Americans contributed in other ways too. Several volunteers worked

full week for Majette’s campaign. She was invited as the chief guest for

an Indian-American beauty pageant. A motel owner turned his electronic

billboard next to the main highway into her campaign sign.

It was much after the Indian-American effort began that the Jewish lobby

rolled into town. But the two sides joined hands for a phono-thon and

pooled other resources for the campaign.

When the results came in on Tuesday, Majette had polled 58 per cent to

McKinney;s 42 per cent. The Indian bush telegraph – e-mail – was buzzing.

“Money is important. But volunteer and other efforts are equally

important. Even more important is that we need to be on the radar screen

of the candidate we are supporting. Ms. Denise Majjette hopefully knows

that we made a difference in her bid. Please keep in communication with

her to further the relationship between IA (Indian Americans) and her,”

one prominent activist wrote.

“The good news is that we offered our support before the poll numbers and

Jewish money transpired. Thus, we got noticed,” another group leader

responded.

In keeping with the low-profile effort, none of them were eager to be

identified.

The Indian embassy also quietly celebrated McKinney's loss, although,

sticking to the principle of non-interference in local elections, it

declined any comment. The embassy has been accused in the past of being a

little too interested in the Congressional races.

Democrat Majette will now go up against the winner of the Republican

primary for a seat in the Congress in the main elections due in November.

But for now, Indians and Indian-Americans can breathe easy that they do

not have to hear Cynthia McKinney's conspiracy theories in

Congress.

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