They Said It Flashback! Obama On Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

Republican National Committee ^ | 9/04/08 | RNC

[Red Badger]

“That’s not the Kwame that I knew”........

[tsmith130]

Obama: “We’ll be needing another bus. The underside of the first 3 are full.”

[Morgan in Denver]

Ut oh..... Here comes the bus....

[technically right]

Mmmm. Looks like Barry should have vetted Kwame a little better.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Detroit Economic Club? What an oxymoron that is

[cdga5for4]

Nice judgment, Barry.

[Glenn]

Remarks At Detroit Economic Club, Detroit, MI, 5/7/07

I give Obama a pass. Would he have said the same thing after all was known? I doubt it.

[newheart]

I hear they both share a fascination with text messaging.

[nclaurel]

Seriously, Kilpatrick fairs as a NORMAL friend of Obama—crime doesn’t repel Obama. And of course Kilpatrick is only a mayor and Obama has made clear how little he values mayors.

[Born In America]

I'm grateful to call him a friend and a colleague and I'm looking forward to a lengthy collaboration in terms of making sure that Detroit does well in the future." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At Detroit Economic Club, Detroit, MI, 5/7/07)

What is a Kwame?

I would suggest a bus with a suspension kit to elevate the wheels so the bus can run the fat slob over....

[savedbygrace]

Zerobama is such a stellar judge of character, isn’t he?

Seems to me, that’s one talent we need in our President - the ability to quickly size people up and know who and what they are.

[ltc8k6]

Quite a bit was known well before 5/7/07...

[VMIPubby36]

“years to come”....

In the slammer! Maybe he can rally the inmates.

[newheart]

[Always Independent]

Caylee Anthony’s mom Casey better hope Obama doesn’t compliment her on how good a mother she is.

[RC2]

Add another one that Obama holds up as his friends. He sure is giving his race a good name.

[tioga]

he needs a train now.........like in throw mama from the train.........a bus just can’t handle all the roadkill anymore

[Always Independent]

Obama is turning out to be quite the fine judge of character! Do you here laughter Pharoh?

[wideawake]

In January 2006, seventeen months before Obama made these remarks, Kilpatrick was stripped of his special administrative discretion over Detroit city funds because he awarded over $150MM in no-bid contracts to a number of groups and individuals, including his own campaign manager.

The investigation into those transactions was still ongoing.

This was fairly well-covered in the press.