Much Ado About Hairdo?

Give cop slapper Rep. Cynthia McKinney credit for this much—she cribs Jesse Jackson’s rhymes as well as anyone:

For her part, McKinney wasn’t backing down from the argument [that her race was somehow a factor in her decision to slap a capitol police officer, even though no other black leaders, staffers or anyone else has had any similar incidents]. She charged anew that racism is behind what she said is a pattern of difficulty in clearing Hill security checkpoints.

“This has become much ado about hairdo,” she said Wednesday on CBS’ “The Early Show.” McKinney, a Georgia Democrat, recently dropped her trademark cornrows in favor of a curly brown afro.

One reference to her awful new do wasn’t enough. So she tried again.

Police also have said that McKinney was failing to wear a pin that lawmakers are asked to display when entering Capitol facilities. But she said Wednesday: “Face recognition is the issue .… The pin doesn’t have my name on it and it doesn’t have my picture on it, and so security should not be based on a pin … People are focused on my hairdo.”

Uh, no. People are focused on the fact that you hit a cop who was doing his job, trying to make your workplace safe. Your hairdo just makes the whole thing a lot more fun.

As for the pin, look, you’re in Congress. If you don’t like the policy, change it. Rearrange it. If you don’t wear the pin, don’t expect the cops to grin.

And if the grand jury indicts, don’t pick another fight.