Excerpts from the article on Cynthia McKinney that Ed links:
 

By Matthew Cardinale, News Editor and National Correspondent, Atlanta Progressive News (July 18, 2006)

[snip]

About the author: Matthew Cardinale is the News Editor and a National Correspondent for Atlanta Progressive News ... This article contained additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor.

Made me chuckle, anyway.
 
-Brad Smith

 
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