Good riddance, Kwame
Obama superdelegate and Detroit corruptocrat mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is in court this morning, negotiating a plea deal:
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is expected to appear in court this morning to enter a plea that should end his mayoral tenure and put a coda on the text message scandal that has dogged him for months.
But as of 8:40, Wayne County Circuit Judge David A. Groner was wondering where the attorneys for the mayor were. Meanwhile, TV helicopters were showing activity at the Manoogian Mansion where the mayor lives.
A previously scheduled 9 a.m. meeting was set in regards to the mayor’s two felony cases and it was expected that Kilpatrick would use the hearing to enter his plea.
Even if a deal was not set, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is expected to lay out the details of the final offer she had made to Kilpatrick. Detroit News reporting partner, WXYZ/Channel 7, reported shortly after 8:30 a.m. that a plea deal had been reached.
According to sources, the deal involved guilty pleas to two felonies, four months in jail and as much as a $1 million in restitution. Kilpatrick would then be swept from office and lose his law license, at least temporarily. Lawyers huddled with Kilpatrick at the Manoogian Mansion until 10 p.m. Wednesday. A moving van was spotted outside the mansion along the Detroit River on Thursday morning.
Barack Obama was unavailable for comment, but we do have this on the record:
Flashback: Obama praising Kwame for “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.”
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That’s the good news. The bad news is that the citizens of Detroit will elect someone just as awful. Except the new mayor will carry their own personal cell phone, not a city issued one.
How bad it must suck to be a democrat today. How much worse it must suck to be Kwame all the time.
He represents….
Kwame is just hoping and praying for Obama now. He needs that presidential pardon.
Sooooooo…how’s that renaissance coming along?
Kwame wasn’t capable of leading a Renaissance Fair, much less a renaissance.
Well, you know…he’s not really guilty. He’s just doing the selfless act of removing himself from office so he won’t be a distraction.
The police officers he assaulted should be the ones who take him to jail. I’ll turn my back for a few minutes if they want.
Kwame’s still got time to skip bail…and Mugabe needs a successor.
Stick a fork in him, because he’s freaking done!!!!!!
DLTDHYOTWO
Buffalo, Detroit, Newark, East St Louis… all hellholes. All run by generations of one-party Democrat rule.
Why does anyone believe that crap works?
Obama HAS commented, Michelle.
Please update your item before the liberal jackals accuse you of falsely associating their Obamessiah with King Kwame. Let’s be accurate even they don’t care about facts. We don’t like it when they throw Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam at us, let’s not stoop to their level. It’s politics.
Thug.
Have you seen the education system in these cities?
For those interested, live coverage at http://www.wwj.com
Obama doesn’t miss a beat. He’s johnny-on-the-spot.
Obama’s next declaration: It’s time to open a second front in the European Theater of Operations with an invasion of the French coast.
ditto Q,
DLTDHYOTWO…
Michelle must of forgot…
I’m in Flint, about 65 miles North. The last time a Republican was elected here was in 1950.
aj,
just doing my part…
Listening to Odopey makes my ears bleed…..
thank goodnes mine are small if I had his I’d bleed to death.
It’s Killin em and
I Love it!!!
McCain/Palin 08′
Image: Odopey wakin up next to dumpster muffin after the well deserved trashing he got last night.
As overt as Kilpatrick’s corruption was, I’m surprised it has taken this long to oust him.
Cool, 30, does that mean my pie is on the way???? lol
BO Executive Decision Making
Kwame: Oh look…down the block. It’s the Red White and Blue campaign bus. It’s Barack and and he’s coming to rescue me!
BO: Driver,…. accelerate!.
good riddance..
and get his name off the water tower at the Zoo too.. ASAP
Well, using Chicago as a standard, Kwame DID do an “outstanding” job for Detroit. He cost the city millions, lied, cheated, fought removal by “the man” (woman in this case, as the governor of Michigan is female) and generally acted exactly like the “entitled” corrupt black politicians of Chicago, who Obama patterned himself after. Many of those are in jail too.
“Uh, uh, uh … I, I, I … I want to, uh, uh, I want to first of all, uh … great mayor … on the front lines … outstanding job of gathering together (makes gathering together gesture) … to bring about the kind of Renaissance all of us anticipate … he is a leader … all across the country, people look to him … we know he’s going to be doing astounding things for many years to come … I call him a friend … I’m looking forward to a lengthy collaboration … Uh.”
And did I mention, he’s black?
Update: KK is thoroughly corrupt.
Anticipate hearing: Obama: “This is not the Kwame Kilpatrick I knew”
Obama gives a great speech. Very strong praise there. He really knows how to lay it on with charm and grace. I bet he showers every day. Biden knows.
Yup, as Obama said, Kilpatrick “will be doing great things for years to come…”
/sarc.
Guilty of Obstruction of Justice, 4 months in jail, 5 years supervised probation, resign, 1 million dollar fine, relinquish all pensions - to be applied against the fine, may not run for office for 5 years.
Obama says:
Ummm, uhhh, er, ummmm.
Remember, “Black is Beautiful” as long as the person is a liberal! Conservative ‘folks of color’ need not apply. Sadly, conservative blacks are still at the back of the bus. And here I thought ‘Jim Crow’ went out the window with Rosa Parks.
Kwame is not qualified to shine the shoes of Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell or Condi Rice. Good riddance!
Oh please, please, may we see a live ‘copter view of a “slow white moving van” car chase through the streets of Detroit.
DLTDHYOTWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do not pass go, do not collect your $200.00!!! Have a nice day.
/s/
the guerilla
FREE KWAME!
Just kidding…
I wonder if we can hope for a ‘perp walk’ on camera?
I would think that a thorough review of exactly what these two gentlemen spent, performed and resulted for their local communities is in order.
I would also like to know what Barack Obama’s definition of “renaissance” is?
I used to be proud to say I was born in Detroit, but with these kind of shenanigans and the deplorable destruction of the school system I haven’t mentioned it in quite awhile. This is a step in the right direction. IMHO though, the details of what this ‘Thug’ tried to do to officers of the law (whistle blowers), using his position of authority should be published and reported by the MSM across the country. This is only the tip of the iceberg of Detroit corruption.
I do believe that should be, “DO let the door hit you on the way out” (and don’t collect $200).
I hope the judge gives KWAME an extension on serving any time… Than he can work FULL TIME for B. HUSSEIN on his campaign… I know B.HUSSEIN will put in a GOOD WORD for the mayor, he would be such an ASSET…
He has resigned…
Maybe he’ll come back as a “Community Organizer”…
A Democrat was held to some sort of account and lost his office over his own corruption? It’s a beautiful day.
I have a friend who fled Baltimore to keep her out of that Democrat-run festering school system. Close enough?
I should also have listed Philadelphia.
Good Job
BrowieKwame!Note, he wasn’t removed from office after the original scandal, which resulted in the city using millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to settle a lawsuit that was initiated by the mayor’s corrupt behavior.
He was also re-elected in the Democrat stronghold of Detroit even after he was caught using city funds to buy a Cadillac Escalade for personal use and to pay off his personal credit cards. And no one was prosecuted when a city clerk was caught filling out absentee ballots herself and counting them as votes.
How racist can BO be. The only reason he attacking KK is because he’s black.
Must be the white half of BO motivating him to attack an innocent black man.
I bet if Keith Oberman cked real well he’d probably find out that that like Robert Bird, BO is a closet KKK member
Detroit may have hope…..sorry, I forgot, the miscreants that vote in Detroit, like the typical nyk’s and missingjustice’s will always vote for a liberal thug mayor as long as he is black. This is what they can truly identify with. One needs only see how it is reported how over 90% of the black voter support a candidate based solely on race. Coming from Detroit I can attest to what Ted Nugent reports about Detroit; buildings that were boarded up after the riots in the 60’s, are still boarded up today!
Like RetFireman said yesterday; bho is not black, but according to African standards(Darfur), he is half arab and half white!
#46
How much do you think it would cost to get Deadly Teadly to run for Mayor? I’m in for $100.
From the O’bama-Wright Dictionary. c. 2008:
renaissance (wren-uhhhhhhhh-sonce), n. or transitive v.
one who adheres to a philosophy of, “I am in power, black and therefore untouchable”.
to bring about change to Whitey by giving him his comeuppance.
examples:
I’m the renaissance mayor of Detroit and you cannot arrest me.
I’m gonna bring some renaissance to John McCain in November!
God D@mn America! We are gonna renaissance its’ White A$$!
syn: revolution, riots, felonious behavior
ant: Sarah Palin
A.M.F.
4 months for FOUR FELONIES? The absolute minimum sentence in NY for the least serious felony is ONE YEAR. WTF?
A liberal politician in a town ruled by liberals. I’m surprised he even got brought to justice at all. You are right, he should have received the maximum sentance allowed by law, for violating the public’s trust.
I’m sure he could move to Washington D.C. and run for mayor there. They don’t have any problem with felons being mayor. Besides Barry is getting too old to run for Mayor any more.
One of my co-workers had a daughter who worked in the Detroit area a few years ago. She lived in a nearby (non thug infested) suburb. On her way to work she never fully stopped at a red light due to the carjackings / robberies in the metro area–California stops instead. She went through an electrically controlled chain link fence gate at work. A guard with a 12 gauge shotgun escorted her from her car into the secured building. The return trip into the safe suburb was the same way.
Pity the poor decent people trapped in the dangerous thug infested city. Ex mayor Kwame (and others) failed miserably in doing their main job–protecting the citizens. Good riddance to him.
Possibly the area could be cleaned up by Charles Bronsen–using the DEATH WISH approach. San Francisco did the same in the 1850’s–the vigilantes did the job the corrupt police wouldn’t do. Or a real mayor could be elected for a more modern (and humane!) solution to Detroit’s problems.
John Bibb
Way to go….Next stop William Jefferson or rest room b@*tard Larry Craig.
I hope Kwame gets his body beaten in prison.
buh bye.
He ought to get at least a year for each one of those ridiculous pimpsuits he wears.
K-thug is going to the hole…SWEET! Don’t agree with the temporary suspension of his law license, though…Thug Life will proabably run for mayor again, and get elected, ala Marion “I snorted half of Peru” Barry…
BTW, Bradley, the term is “DA MAN”, not “the man”…
I heard a stat, the median home value in Detroit is $23,000? That’s pretty crazy. Hard to know what a stat means. If that’s true at face value, that’s sick. Anyone shed any light on that?
Well, if nothing else, he is establishing his “creds” for a future rap music career…K-Thug AKA Back Room Rolla.
The Mayorship of Detroit must be a non-partisan position.
Fixed that for ya’
Does anyone know if Marion Barry is available to step in as Mayor?
WAIT! I’ve got it.. (lightbulb goes on, snaps finger)
OBAMA is the answer for Detroit!
That will give him the experience he needs to take on Palin!
(revised) That will give him the executive experience he needs to take on Palin!
MM, the video of Barack praising Kwame has vanished from You-Tube. Imagine that!
The “Messiah” amazes me more every day. He not only can cause the “dead to vote”, but now can make videos of himself praising a felon disappear without a trace, or a hint, of a cover-up.
For a summary transcript see my post above:
On September 4th, 2008 at 10:23 am, Paul-Cincy
They are already making the claims that this Kwame is not the man that Barack knew. But he was, and he is.
Ah, yes, another sterling example of liberal perfection at work. And he tried to cover up an affair and got caught? Does this remind us of any other slick Dem that we know?
Kwame… enjoy your stay in prison. You were the stupid mayor leading the clueless sheeple. You were such a credit to Detroit. What did you do? What is dear Deval doing?
It never ceases to amaze me that the “accomplishments” of black liberal politicians who supposedly represent “black social conservatives” is written only in a language that they can understand.
Too bad many of us who are grounded in reality see dear Kwame for the abusive, corrupt, and criminal “organizer” who can bring the sheeple to the polls but can’t seem to bring the kind of change that lifts Detroit out of the sewer.
Note to Obummer: is this the kind of change you’re going to bring? No thanks, I’m already living the “dream” in a medium-sized, black city governed by a black racist nicompoop of a mayor.
You can keep your change and your freebers out of my wallet, thanks.
And people wonder why Michigan is hurting economically. Michigan Dems have used the struggling car industry as the source when it’s really deadbeat Dem politicians doing nothing but spending money on programs that help nobody and pocketing whatever change they can on the side.
You dig, Gov. Granholm?
1. Looks like Obama did not vet Kwame before endorsing him
2. Looks like Obama was for Kwame before he was against him
Another one bites the bus!
A big city Democrat is corrupt? But, but what did his hair look like when they hauled him off to jail? Did he write his own plea deal, or did he have a ghost-lawyer? Did his girlfriend ever have a DUI?
One question, since I’ve never been to jail/County/the hole/Brig/hoosegow/pokey, etc….
Can K-Thug get one of those orange jailhouse duds done up like one of those suits he likes to wear…with a matching hat?
CBS2Chicago.com reporting today that 125 people have been shot dead in Chicago this summer.
They also report that this is about double the death toll in all of Iraq over the same time period. Can you believe this?!
They also provide a google map that shows most of these murders occurred in the Southside section where Barack Obama was so instrumental in acting as a “community leader.”
Where does Obama get off criticizing our Military’s efforts in a war zone like Iraq, when the community he claims credit for “leading” is currently exceeding in death toll?
In other words, how can Barack Obama fix Iraq when he can’t even fix the Southside of Chicago?
Shame on you! Are you wishing Armageddon on the poor city of Detroit? We need someone strong to help rebuild the infrastructure as well as a school system that only has 60% of the school books that their students body desperately need. There is corruption at every corner and the people are frustrated and scared. The police force and fire departments have been cut to dangerous levels. Knowing he was on his way out he gave up to 17% raises to his family and cronies. Chief Ella Bully-Cummings (one of the raise recipients) retires as of tomorrow. It’s nice to know that the RATS are deserting the ship left and right, some after being unjustly enriched.
One million dollars? He should be responsible for the full $9 Million settlement that HE and his mistress were FULLY responsible!!!
His staff is playing the crying game right now about how he’s gotten such a hard sentence and that his family will now have to do without health care. Huh? What about most of the Detroit citizens that have to do without? He is TOTALLY responsible for his felonious actions AND should have gotten a harsher sentence.
My husband calls him “Teflon Kwame” ’cause nothing EVER sticks to him. But this time it did and justice was semi-served!
I loved when he was trying to fundraise for his defense and listed “Judge Mathis” as one of his supporters. Judge Mathis quickly came back to distance himself from this criminal!
Unfortunately, I work in Detroit and pay city taxes here, but I do not get to vote here. The culture of corruption and denial with this guy is so ingrained, he probably still doesn’t get it. Even as he pled guilty today, he was blasting the media for presuming his guilt rather than his innocence–hellloooo… He just needs to go away. The citizens of Detroit are so ignorant, however, that they would probably elect him again if given the chance, a la Marion Barry (sp?). This guy is a thug–I have experienced it personally. With that said, Cockrell will be much better, and David Bing (ex-Piston, successful, updstanding businessman) will be better yet if he still decides to run next year.
He’s a corrupt Democrat and a Barack Obama supporter, what more did you expect?
At least he is finally (hopefully) gone! Until his mother helps him into another nice position with all her political credit she has.
Don’t just let the door hit you Kwame, let me kick it shut!
Kwame, Just. Get. Out.
He will be replaced by the same type of leader. Corruption is at the heart of Detroit and Chicago politics as are alot of the large cities.
One more liberal socialist who will too soon be on the talking head rehab circuit.
This cockroach will be back. Never forget, this is Detroit we are talking about.
I’m sorry Detroit’ers, I really am.
http://ap.indystar.com/dynamic/stories/D/DETROIT_MAYOR?SITE=ININS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Kwame’s already predicting a comeback. There is precedence for it you know. Marion Barry. Kilpatrick is off to prison for mere months, when it should have been for years, after admitting to committing felonies while in office. Then, he is able walk into the city conference room to ‘thunderous applause’ and announce his intentions for a comeback. He cost the city of Detroit millions of dollars in legal settlements over his lies under oath, and the best these people can do is cheer? What sort of mentality have we wrought in cities like Detroit?
Finally, a convicted felon should no more be eligible to run for office than they are to vote.
The “thunderous applause” was from his family, many of whom are on the payroll, and the rest of his ne’er do well thugs and cronies who are sucking off the public teet. He cannot run for office for five years as part of the deal.
Funny thing is, as staunch of a conservative as I am, I don’t view it as a Democrat thing or tie it to Obama, even though I would like to. It’s certainly not a race thing either, despite his attempts to separate the races and pull us 40 years into the past. Besides, anyone who replaces him will also be African American. No, my anger runs to him as a person–this is a guy that just plain and simple thinks he’s above the law–even with all of this, he still doesn’t get it. He pleads guilty and then turns around and says that the Democratic Governor, who sat on her hands forever and did nothing, like she always does, had some vendetta against him. What an absolute idiot. He is the racist, for still thinking, after all of this, he can fool the citizens of Detroit, 90% of which are black.