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Cynthia McKinney To Run For President
Former Congresswoman Announces Bid To Be Green Party Candidate
ATLANTA, Dec. 20, 2007
(AP) Former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who was ousted from office
last year after a headline-grabbing scuffle with a Capitol Hill police
officer, has decided to seek the presidency - as a Green Party candidate.
In a video posted on the Internet on Tuesday, McKinney criticized the war
in Iraq and complained about Democrats and Republicans, saying both
parties are beholden to corrupt corporate interests. She called the Green
Party "my new political home."
McKinney, 52, registered to vote in California after a group called Run!
Cynthia! Run! began drafting her as the Green Party's candidate there.
Since then, she had made campaign appearances in Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa,
Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
In the more than seven-minute video first posted on her Web site on
Sunday, then on YouTube on Tuesday, McKinney had particularly harsh words
for her former party.