[sinanju]

It's most unusual for a black reporter in a black journal to dare to air dirty linen, but I guess Kilpatrick (like Marion Barry of D.C.) simply exhausted everyone who initially wanted to believe in him and I guess his sleazy criminality and Detroit's continuing death-spiral made it impossible to blame it all on The Man. Though I'm willing to bet theblackcommentator.com remains loyal.

[sweetiepiezer]

One wonders why his mother is never mentioned.
Congress woman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Cheeks_Kilpatrick

[Tublecane]

Aw yeah, boy.

Surely, the media will bring up the fact that Obama (wisely) distanced himself from “the thug”. They probably won’t remember back to when Obama praised Kilpatrick. I wonder what sorts of headlines we’d be reading if Palin was friends with a white Kilpatrick.

Just kidding. I don’t wonder; I know.

[sionnsar]

ping MI

[Pearls Before Swine]

Some great nicknames — “Kwame Soprano”.

This article is, on balance, quite sympathetic to Kwame. The guy is a complete disgrace, but the author spends a lot of time focusing on how he wasn’t media-savvy as to the implications of his position. Hellooooo: Major abuses of power are not mishandling of the press.

[dfwgator]

After he’s done serving time, he’ll be right back as mayor, just like Marion Barry.

[Mark was here]

The Kwamster made me do something I thought I would never do. Defend Gov. Grandmole. When he blamed Jenny for his problems, come on. She has a job to do under the Michigan Constitution and she was doing it, no mater how long she delayed getting rolling. For a Rat Felon like Kwamie to have the nerve to blame someone who, believe it or not, has stayed squeaky clean, is just wrong.

[hosepipe]

Affirmative Soprano as mayor.. or Mugabe in RAP..

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting. 3 comments at the source, the first 2 are against the mayor. As Meatloaf says, “2 out of 3 ain’t bad”. The POS felon certainly didn’t let his meat loaf. He stepped on his own appendage. The article does not touch even the tip of this iceberg in Michigan. No sympathy for the devil, here.

Another example of a ‘rat crime syndicate operative. How many examples do you need?

[CharacterCounts]

This is only the beginning.

The Police chief already resigned under a huge cloud. The FBI is in the middle of a huge investigation of many Detroit officials and council members. The corruption is wide and deep.

Look for many headlines from Detroit in the coming months.

[Ann Archy]

Going to prison is a Resume ENHANCEMENT in the Black Community!! Maybe he can be a Community ORGANIZER there!

[Rockingham]

Despite criticism of Kilpatrick, the author fumbles badly when he claims that Kilpatrick was “fulfilling a prophecy the media laid out for him.”

Oh, so Kilpatrick was yet another poor Black man-child, unable to set his own course and instead fulfilling the bad expectations of others. Somehow, it is always the bad expectations they fulfill, not the good expectations. What rubbish!

No, Kilpatrick was a bad mayor because he was a bad man and found many allies and abettors in the Black community. They have much to answer for in their support for Kilpatrick and other knaves and in their looting and mismanagement of Detroit.

Just like everyone else, Black people are morally responsible for their conduct. For every Kilpatrick, there are hundreds of heroes and solid, responsible, God-fearing Black people who struggle and make their choices every day. They will mark Kilpatrick as bad because of himself, not because of expectations.

[MeanFreePath]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SODIFZXIPA

[expatpat]

this guy is trying to suggest that Kilpatrick’s bad behavior was due to the media, not to Kwame.

[grellis]

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks grellis.