Skip to comments.
Kwame Kilpatrick: Scourge of Detroit
City Journal ^
| 14 September 2008
| Justin Torres
Posted on 09/14/2008 8:06:54 PM PDT by Lorianne
The Motor Citys train wreck of a mayor finally steps asidefor now. ___ Kwame Kilpatricks resignation as Detroit mayor is effective September 18, but the city will be dealing with the legacy of his administration for years to come. Kilpatrick agreed to resign as part of a plea agreement on charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, and official misconduct, filed after hundreds of sexually explicit text messages, printed in local papers, proved that he had committed perjury when he testified in a civil trial that he had not had an affair with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty. The case involved more than run-of-the-mill lying about adultery, however. In fact, it was consistent with a continuing pattern of Kilpatricks abuse of office.
(Excerpt) Read more at city-journal.org ...
TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: corruptdems; cultureofcorruption; detroit; kwamekilpatrick; mayor
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-27 next last
1
posted on
09/14/2008 8:06:54 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
The Obambi praised this guy as a great leader and great public figure. Now, Kwame is also under the bus.
2
posted on
09/14/2008 8:12:42 PM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: Lorianne
and Detroiters will probably re-elect him in 5 years.
Kwami is the scourge of Detroit and Detroit is becoming the scourge of the US.
To: Lorianne
No mention of Kwame's best buddy Obama?
4
posted on
09/14/2008 8:17:42 PM PDT
by
BobbyT
To: Lorianne
Soon to be replaced by another as bad or worse who will pander to the teacher’s union, (DPS is the #1 employer in Detroit), AFSCME, and the Democratic party.
5
posted on
09/14/2008 8:21:48 PM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Obama: The Affimative Action Candidate)
To: Lorianne
"King Kwame"
Enjoy jail a$$hat
6
posted on
09/14/2008 8:23:29 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
To: softwarecreator
Kwami is the scourge of DetroitAnd the Lions are the scourge of the NFL.
7
posted on
09/14/2008 8:24:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: softwarecreator
He’ll be back ... Mayor in 2015. You’re right. History repeats ... again and again ........
8
posted on
09/14/2008 8:27:06 PM PDT
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: dfwgator
9
posted on
09/14/2008 8:27:31 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Lorianne
To: mylife
Enjoy jail a$$hat I think he will enjoy "jail". Interestingly, Michigan requires prison for a felony - but I believe that the King is going to mere "jail" - a much comfier venue.
Us peasants would be going to The Big House. "Equal justice", indeed...
11
posted on
09/14/2008 8:39:16 PM PDT
by
an amused spectator
(That would be... harsher punishment for parole violators, Stan.)
To: an amused spectator
12
posted on
09/14/2008 8:40:35 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
To: hsalaw
because he acted more like a “community organizer” than a small town mayor.
13
posted on
09/14/2008 8:42:22 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(We never hide from history. We make history!)
To: Lorianne
Democrats doing what Democrats do.
14
posted on
09/14/2008 8:45:20 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
To: dfwgator
And the Lions are the scourge of the NFL. True, what other teams win all their pre-season games and then lose 90% of the regular season, year after year.
To: Lorianne
Detroit is truly a third world country.
To: Lorianne; xsmommy
True, Kilpatrick resisted some of the wilder excrescences of Detroit racial politics, vetoing a council-backed Africa Town proposal in 2004 that would have spent $40 million on the creation of an African-American business district. Great word, that. Excrescences.
To: martin_fierro
"vetoing a council-backed Africa Town proposal"
What, no "Honkey Town" ?
18
posted on
09/14/2008 8:59:11 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: martin_fierro
Noun 1.
excrescence - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
19
posted on
09/14/2008 8:59:21 PM PDT
by
blam
To: hsalaw
The Obambi praised this guy as a great leader and great public figureTo the Dalibama, Kwame is a great leader.
20
posted on
09/14/2008 9:02:01 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Amazing how Obama, Rangel, Biden and Dodd all got killer mortgage rates and below cost property.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-27 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson