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Home Front: Politix

Statue of Marion Barry, controversial former mayor, unveiled in Washington

2018-03-05

[FoxNews] The statue, designed by artist Steven Weitzman, was ordered by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington's Fox 5 reported. The estimated $250,000 cost was covered by a combination of public and private funds, the Washington Business Journal reported.

The move to honor Barry, who died at age 78 in 2014, may seem mystifying to non-Washingtonians. But among Barry's supporters, the statue is an appropriate tribute to a legitimate D.C. icon — a man so popular and influential that he walked out of federal prison and immediately began winning elections again with one of the most improbable comebacks in American political history.

Posted by:Skidmark

#7 a man so popular and influential that he walked out of federal prison and immediately began winning elections again with one of the most improbable comebacks in American political history.

I think the author doesn't understand the social dynamics at work. Or doesn't want to.

Posted by: gorb 2018-03-05 20:06

#6 I knew a DC Fireman that once saved Marion Barry's life after he was shot. Never lived it down.

Posted by: Blinky Unater1464 2018-03-05 14:57

#5 His statue could run for alderman and win.

Personally, I hope to install a pigeon feeder on its head for maximum coverage

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-03-05 14:51

#4 If his name was on the ballot he would be reelected.
Why, because he is black. Other races have seen what the blacks have done in DC. They flock there to do the same for their own. No melting pot. No America first. Minority programs only for blacks. Planned parenthood is doing a number on blacks as designed. Liberals also with their gun free zones( joke, that's a joke son, I say that's a joke)) and break up of black families.

Posted by: Dale 2018-03-05 10:05

#3 What! No wild-eyed, Soros supported conservative mobs pushing to prevent this statue of a crack cocaine-smoking jail bird from being built? I didn't think so.

Posted by: JohnQC 2018-03-05 08:01

#2 "The statue was seen snorting pigeon crap off its sleeve"

Posted by: Frank G 2018-03-05 07:15

Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-05 00:41

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