This woman turns my stomach, but she is always a joke. When are they going to investigate Nation of Islam? She was constantly surrounded by their goons when she was ousted from her seat in Georgia for slapping the Capitol policeman, remember?

Updated: 10:28 a.m. December 30, 2008

McKinney relief boat hit by Israeli ship
By CRAIG SCHNEIDER

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Monday, December 29, 2008

A boat carrying international peace activists, including former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip sailed back into a Lebanese port on Tuesday after being turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy, organizers of the trip said.

The crowds on the docks in the Lebanese port city of Tyre were jubilant and cheering as they welcomed the vessel.


Petros Karadjias/AP

Cynthia McKinney is aboard the yacht Dignity, which set sail from Cyprus on Monday. • Photos: Activists, supplies on Dignity


Cynthia McKinney relief boat reportedly attacked
The boat, which set off from Cyprus Monday wanted to make a statement and deliver medical supplies to embattled Gaza. The trip’s organizers said the boat was clearly in international waters, 90 miles off the coast of Gaza, at the time of its close encounter with the Israeli navy.

“Our boat was rammed three times, twice in the front and one on the side,â€