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They Said It Flashback! Obama On Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
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| 9/04/08
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Posted on 09/04/2008 1:16:29 PM PDT by VMIPubby36
Obama: "I want to, first of all, acknowledge your great mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick. Who has been on the front lines doing an outstanding job of gathering together the leadership at every level in Detroit to bring about the kind of renaissance that all of us anticipate for this great city. He is a leader, not just here in Detroit, not just in Michigan, but all across the country people look to him. We know that he is going to be doing astounding things for many years to come. 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)
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: corruptcities; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; detroitcorruption; kilpatrick; kwamekilpatrick; obama; superdelegate; underthebus
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To: VMIPubby36
“That’s not the Kwame that I knew”........
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:17:51 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you're not part of the solution, then you must be part of the government............)
To: VMIPubby36
Obama: “We’ll be needing another bus. The underside of the first 3 are full.”
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:20:18 PM PDT
by
tsmith130
To: VMIPubby36
Ut oh..... Here comes the bus....
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:20:28 PM PDT
by
Morgan in Denver
(Change won't happen with two more lawyers in the White House)
To: VMIPubby36
Mmmm. Looks like Barry should have vetted Kwame a little better.
To: VMIPubby36
Detroit Economic Club? What an oxymoron that is
To: technically right
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:23:15 PM PDT
by
cdga5for4
To: VMIPubby36
Remarks At Detroit Economic Club, Detroit, MI, 5/7/07I give Obama a pass. Would he have said the same thing after all was known? I doubt it.
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:23:23 PM PDT
by
Glenn
(Free Venezuela!)
To: VMIPubby36
I hear they both share a fascination with text messaging.
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:25:06 PM PDT
by
newheart
(The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
To: VMIPubby36
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.
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:26:47 PM PDT
by
nclaurel
(I think therefore I vote Republican.)
To: VMIPubby36
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....
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:27:16 PM PDT
by
Born In America
(Affirmative action is no way to elect a President, now or ever....)
To: VMIPubby36
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.
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:27:37 PM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: Glenn
Quite a bit was known well before 5/7/07...
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:27:55 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
To: VMIPubby36
“years to come”....
In the slammer! Maybe he can rally the inmates.
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:28:13 PM PDT
by
VMIPubby36
(I blame George Allen for this mess! Thompson was our best shot!)
To: tsmith130
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:29:34 PM PDT
by
newheart
(The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
To: VMIPubby36
Caylee Anthony’s mom Casey better hope Obama doesn’t compliment her on how good a mother she is.
To: VMIPubby36
Add another one that Obama holds up as his friends. He sure is giving his race a good name.
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:32:44 PM PDT
by
RC2
To: tsmith130
he needs a train now.........like in throw mama from the train.........a bus just can’t handle all the roadkill anymore
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:35:02 PM PDT
by
tioga
To: VMIPubby36
Obama is turning out to be quite the fine judge of character! Do you here laughter Pharoh?
To: Glenn
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.
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posted on
09/04/2008 1:41:26 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who like to be called Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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