Thank you very much for posting this. It annoys me that an all women (of color) presidential ticket has not gotten more coverage in the feminist press, regardless of whether or not it's viable.

Great video- I can really believe in her senitments. Especially that having a home shouldn't be a privilege for anyone, let alone one of the richest nations in the world. I, admittedly, have not heard of either of these women. I which our electoral system wasn't so messed up that you really can't vote for a third party candidate :/

"Housing is a right." Woohoo! I also like that she brought up David Walker. What's going on now isn't particularly a surprise - there were quite a few economists who saw this coming, including Walker - but what is a surprise is that to a large extent the people who knew the credit meltdown was going to happen have been excluded from the discussions on how to respond. So big props to her on that count.

It is kind of interesting (er, "interesting") that she hasn't gotten nearly as much attention as Ralph Nader did when he ran as a Green.

I'm in NY, which is safe for Obama, and I'm unhappy enough with the Democrats that I'm strongly inclined to vote for McKinney. I'm torn because as a matter of history I'd like to vote for our first African-American president (I think Obama's going to win) but I just like McKinney a lot, lot more. Hmmm.

Thanks for posting this video, Miriam. I completely agree with feminismforever that is downright weird that the Green party ticket hasn't received more coverage, particularly on the feminist blogs. It is super frustrating. Also, thanks for reminding me of my freedom to cast a vote for these women, since I live in a state that will undoubtedly go Obama.

As a side note: I feel like the themes of your posts are among the most radical on Feministing, and I really appreciate your voice.

Is this the same Cynthia McKinney who is a 9-11 troofer kook and now claims that the Department of Defense murdered 5000 people after Katrina and dumped their bodies in "a swamp?"

I'm sure such a strong woman of color has many critical insights to share about the economic crisis...

She calls for transparency and accountability, but doesn't mention the inherently fraudulent and insolvent fractional-reserve system, nor does she call for the abolition of the Federal Reserve, but instead proposes to nationalize it, which if anything would be worse. The idea of giving money to people with no demonstrated ability to manage it is a big part of what got us into this mess in the first place, and she wants to give the greatest spend-thrifts in the nation, Congress, the power to print the stuff!

As long as money can be printed by anyone, which is usually called "counterfeiting" when anyone but the government does it, Americans will be subject to the ultimate form of taxation without representation: inflation.

"Taxation, however, is often unpopular, and, in less temperate days, frequently precipitated revolutions. The emergence of money, while a boon to the human race, also opened a more subtle route for governmental expropriation of resources. On the free market, money can be acquired by producing and selling goods and services that people want, or by mining (a business no more profitable, in the long run, than any other). But if government can find ways to engage in counterfeiting—the creation of new money out of thin air—it can quickly produce its own money without taking the trouble to sell services or mine gold. It can then appropriate resources slyly and almost unnoticed, without rousing the hostility touched off by taxation. In fact, counterfeiting can create in its very victims the blissful illusion of unparalleled prosperity."

~What Has Government Done to Our Money? by Murray N. Rothbard

"...she is still a bad ass woman and politician."

...seriously? Have you ever read the news ever? I mean, seriously?

She's beyond insane, corrupt, power-mad. And she was never even all that powerful. She's who men point to when they say women shouldn't be in politics. And frankly, if she was the only example available, I would have to agree.

She hit a guard because he didn't recognize her.

On press appearances later that night, she told people (live, on air) that they weren't allowed to ask her certain questions.

At a later press conference, she left her mic on and cussed, then instead of copping to it, tried to tell the press corp that they were NOT allowed to air anything she said while she was not sitting in the press conference seat.

Please don't do this...don't make ANY woman a Feminist Icon, just because they rode into office at an opportune time. Even her own constituents got fed up with her when she dropped federal money on flying in Isaac Hayes to a mansion party.

A full audit of every institution that receives tax money!?!?

Erm...I guess you don't live in Georgia.

McKinney was my Congresswoman for years. I'm a diehard Democrat and she's from my hometown, but I voted for a Republican in an effort to oust her and praised God when she finally lost the Democratic primary.

I've seen her speak on a number of occasions, and she's almost sickeningly egotistical. It's all about Cynthia, all the time. This possibly explains why, in her multiple terms in Congress, she did virtually nothing for the district that she served.

I agree with Spider and Charlotte. As a Georgia Democrat I would NEVER vote for Cynthia McKinney for anything, especially president. In 1996, she ran one of the most negative, race-baiting primary campaigns I have every witnessed, and she has shown no signs of of changing her ways since then. As Sarah Palin has shown, not all female politicians are good for women or good for the country. I would argue that the reason she is not getting the attention Nader did/does has nothing to do with her gender and more to do with who she is.