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| Detroit mayor can't go to Denver to party hearty with the other Dems |
| 2008-08-15 |
| When we last checked in on the soap opera that is Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, he had just been sprung after a night in the local hoosegow for ticking off a judge by violating the terms of his bond on perjury charges relating to his under-oath statement that he wasn't sleeping with a top aide (yes, he apparently was). And then he was arrested again on charges he assaulted a sheriff's deputy trying to serve a warrant. Amid all those headaches -- and the very real chance his political career is going the way of auto worker jobs -- Kilpatrick asked the court's permission to hit the Denver party circuit in less than two weeks for the Democratic National Convention. Yep, the mayor is a Democratic superdelegate. And the judge said yes. But then another judge said "forget about it." This whole sorry saga began with a party and allegations of a cover up -- and includes a stripper who turned up dead -- and has just gotten more and more bizarre. We're fascinated. Not because it's taudry, but because it falls somewhere between a Theodore Dreiser novel and "Law and Order" episode with a touch of Fatty Arbuckle tossed in. One thing we do know is that if Kilpatrick ultimately gets to attend the Democratic convention, he'll be walking around as though he was Radioactive Man in some comic book. Unless, of course, the DNC sets aside a room for him and John Edwards, just to keep them out of the way -- and off camera. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 "Kilpatrick's lawyer, James Thomas, said high-ranking There - fixed. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-08-15 22:12 |
| #12 Kilpatrick and Edwards-2012 |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-15 21:01 |
| #11 We don't have to play 'guess the politcal party' when it comes to them. though. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-08-15 15:08 |
| #10 also there are still GOP scandals not yet played out, from the DoJ, to Ted Stevens. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-08-15 11:44 |
| #9 Political scandal helped push the Pubs out of power in Congress in '06. Think the same thing could happen to the Dhimmis in '08? Oh right. No. Course not. Completely different when the Dhimmis do it. scandal pushed the dems out in 1994. the differnce here from '06, and from '94, is that the dems havent been in power in congress very long, and dont have the presidency. Really the political landscape is different. Im pretty sure someone who wanted could find some GOP scandals in 2002 or 2004 - it wouldnt have mattered cause larger political winds go in the other direction. BTW, call us donks, call us socialists, call us all kinds of names - but "dhimmis"??? If you call us that, and then get upset about those who call Repubicans fascists, etc, well, youre upset will truely ring hollow. I am optimistic, in that I know both McCain and Obama dislike this kind of thing, and I know one or the other is going to win. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2008-08-15 11:43 |
| #8 No DNC Limbo Room for Kwame. HE...has spoken. Can everyone under the bus move over and make some room? Obama camp: Detroit mayor would be a 'distraction' DETROIT (AP) — Barack Obama doesn't want Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his legal troubles to be a distraction at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, and he got his wish Thursday when a judge ordered the city executive to stay home. A Michigan spokesman for Obama, Brent Colburn, said in an e-mail Thursday that the focus of the convention in Denver this month should be on Obama and not on what Colburn called "the troubles of one individual," a reference to Kilpatrick and the two criminal cases he's facing. Kilpatrick's lawyer, James Thomas, said high-ranking Democrats want the mayor to attend the convention. Obama spokesman Brent Colburn, however, said in an e-mail that the focus of the convention should be on Obama and not on what Colburn called "the troubles of one individual." |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-15 11:40 |
| #7 Oh right. No. Course not. Completely different when the Dhimmis do it. Of course it's different, Steve. Democrats KNOW they're dishonest, depraved, traitorous criminals to start with. Knowing that, they can't be faulted for committing dishonest, depraved, traitorous acts. They're just acting in character, a character they're PROUD of. Some liberal fool on Pajamas Media commented yesterday that after years of hearing from Rush that liberals were all criminals, traitors, perverts, etc., he knew that the Right was just aching to get their guns out and "mow down some libtards." I read that comment and thought this guy doesn't understand the half of it. Bama just may be the spark that lights the fuse starting the Second Civil War. |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-08-15 11:30 |
| #6 This whole sorry saga began with a party and allegations of a cover up -- and includes a stripper who turned up dead ....hung herself with a nylon rope from her mom's shed 20 miles northwest of Tampa? D.C. Madam redux? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-08-15 09:16 |
| #5 I don't think the author knows who Radioactive Man is. Lieberman? Clinton? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-08-15 09:06 |
| #4 Political scandal helped push the Pubs out of power in Congress in '06. Think the same thing could happen to the Dhimmis in '08? Oh right. No. Course not. Completely different when the Dhimmis do it. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-08-15 08:35 |
| #3 I don't think the author knows who Radioactive Man is. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-08-15 04:02 |
| #2 Don't forget Jesse the Jack. Maybe he'll bring Karin Standford and his "love child" so Rielle and baby will have somebody to pal around with. |
| Posted by: Spike Speaque2226 2008-08-15 01:04 |
| #1 Kilpatrick, Edwards, Rangel... The Limbo Room is getting crowded. |
| Posted by: KBK 2008-08-15 00:54 |