In today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young says a recorded telephone message with him endorsing Rep. Cynthia McKinney is “a fudge.”
The message, coupled with recorded endorsements by actor Robert Redford, former basketball star Magic Johnson and former President Bill Clinton, played to thousands of homes in the Fourth Congressional District over the past weekend.
However, the popular former mayor and U.N. ambassador did not record the endorsement this year and said Monday he told the campaigns of McKinney and challenger Denise Majette that he was going to sit this primary election out.
“It must be recycled,” he said of the recording. “I really didn’t want to get involved.”
“A fudge” isn’t quite how I’d describe it. Rep. McKinney has blatantly misled voters in choosing to use an old endorsement recording without verifying that she had Andrew Young’s endorsement for THIS campaign. There is no excuse for that. I hope Denise Majette doesn’t let the voters forget that. Unfortunately, there is no Libertarian in this race.