The jackals really are

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The jackals really are out for Cynthia McKinney. But, man, does she give them a lot to work with. A TV station in Atlanta is now reporting that McKinney spent around a $1000 worth of taxpayer money to fly Isaac Hayes to Georgia to help dedicate her new district office in Atlanta. This, as one would expect, is not allowed under congressional rules.

Perhaps there’s a South Park angle too. But who knows?

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