Green at Last, Green at Last, Thank God Almighty She’s Green at Last!!
After years of courtship by members of the Green Party, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney left the Democratic Party and signed on with the Greens. Ms. McKinney was the first African-American Congresswoman elected in Georgia and represented Georgia’s fourth congressional district, from 1993 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2007. Often ridiculed by the mainstream press over a scuffle she had with a Capitol Hill Police Officer, she is renowned amongst Greens for questioning the Bush administration’s involvement with 9/11, despite her own party’s opposition. Her vocal anti-war stance is a platform that Green Party members can rally behind Her ability to present the Green Party as The Party for Peace and one that can bring social and economic justice to minorities will bring an added dimension to Green Politics.