Cynthia McKinney has served in congress since 1992 (with two years off between 2002 and 2004), and yet it is only the other day that she found herself suddenly a victim of “being in congress while black.”

The official statement that she first issued about the incident where she allegedly punched a Capitol Police officer in the chest with her cell-phone states:

I know that Capitol Hill Police are securing our safety, that of thousands of others, and I appreciate the work that they do. I deeply regret that the incident occurred. I have demonstrated my support for them in the past and I continue to support them now.

That was then (March 29th, so very long ago). This is now:

“This whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me, a female black congresswoman. I deeply regret that this incident occurred and I am certain that after a full review of the facts, I will be exonerated,” McKinney said at a press conference at Howard University.

Mostly, I’m glad that this incident led me to go to Cynthia’s very own web site, and read her very own bio. It includes these priceless lines:

Cynthia McKinney’s political career can be traced to 1986, when she won 40% of the popular vote when her father, state representative Billy McKinney, submitted her name as a write-in candidate for a Georgia state house district, despite the fact that she lived in Jamaica at the time. Two years later she ran for the seat herself and won, thus making the McKinneys the first father-daughter duo to serve simultaneously in the Georgia House.

At least we know she’s paid her dues, huh? That chip on her shoulder is nothing if not well earned.

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