McKinney vs. metaphors
Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney has filed a libel suit against the AJC.
Atlanta Progressive News reports the suit lists five “false and defamatory” statements about McKinney penned by Pulitzer Prize-winning AJC op-ed columnist Cynthia Tucker in a July 2006 column.
Fifth on the list:
McKinney takes issue with a statement by Tucker that McKinney “doesn’t have the power or prestige to pass a resolution in support of sweetened iced tea.”
I hope this gets to trial, if only to hear McKinney’s attorney attempt to prove she was indeed powerful and prestigious enough to legislate on behalf of sweet tea.
It’s too bad legendary attorney Lionel Hutz is no longer with us. It’s the case he was born to argue.