Obama's endorsed Kwame Kilpatrick...

[Laker]

For any of you that don't know about Kwame...he is the thug mayor of Detroit that is currently facing a hearing by the Democratic Governor of Michigan to determine if she will remove him from office. Kwame is also currently facing felonies for perjury (stemming from his denial of an affair during a trial where the city was getting sued because he wrongfully fired some cops) and also assaulting a police officer. He has been covered in scandel for his entire career, with a dead stripper being an example.

Obama endorsed him. This goes a long way in demonstrating his "judgment". The fact that he blindly endorses along the party line, when it has been common knowledge that Kwame is a criminal, shows Obama's bad judgment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-doPXTXeFfY

[Sheherezade]

Re: Obama's endorsed Kwame Kilpatrick...

When was that speech given? I couldn't see on the tape.

[Laker]

Re: Obama's endorsed Kwame Kilpatrick...

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

Actually, Kwame was a thug long before Obama endorsed him. His scandals began immediately when he was elected in 2002. Obama endorsed a known thug, plain and simple.

Here is a bit about the murder...in 2003...

[edit] Controversies

[edit] Allegations of mayoral misbehavior

[edit] Manoogian Mansion party
Kilpatrick's controversies started from rumors of a wild party in the fall of 2002 involving strippers at the official residence of the mayor—the city-owned Manoogian Mansion. It is alleged by former members of the mayor's Executive Protection Unit that the mayor's wife, Carlita Kilpatrick, came home unexpectedly and upon discovering Kwame with the strippers began to attack one of the women.[27] Allegations began to surface after Officer Harold C. Nelthrope contacted the internal affairs unit of the Detroit Police in April 2003 to have them investigate abuses by the mayor's Executive Protection Unit (EPU). Mayor Kilpatrick denied all allegations and rumors of any misconduct by him or his security team. An investigation by Attorney General Mike Cox and the Michigan State Police found no evidence that the party actually happened.[27] Nelthrope and Gary A. Brown, head of the Detroit Police Department's internal affairs unit allege that they were fired by the administration in retaliation for investigating the Mayor and other superiors. Nelthrope and Brown filed a whistleblower lawsuit and were awarded an $8.4 million dollar settlement.

Additionally, two other officers of the Detroit Police Department, Walt Harris and Alvin Bowman, claimed they were retaliated against for their involvement in investigations that would highlight the mayor's misconduct. Harris, was a former member of the EPU, who was identified by the administration as cooperating with the state's investigation of the mayor and subsequently suffered a smear campaign in the media by the Kilpatrick administration.[27]


[edit] The murder of Tamara Greene
Tamara Greene was a 27-year-old exotic dancer who went by the name "Strawberry" and who claimed to have performed at the Manoogian Mansion party. While sitting in her car with her boyfriend, Greene was shot multiple times with a .40 caliber Glock handgun. Although official statement by Detroit Police Department claims that Ms. Greene was shot three times, sources from Homicide Division of DPD have claimed that she was shot 18 times. Her boyfriend was wounded, but he was not shot after the white Chevrolet TrailBlazer driven by the shooter(s) turned around and drove by a second time. This fact led Bowman to conclude that Greene was the intended target and not her 32-year-old boyfriend.[28] She was murdered on April 30, 2003, at around 3:40 am, near the intersection of Roselawn and West Outer Drive.[28][29] Her murder came after a first attempt on her life failed. This led to the theory that this was a "deliberate hit" by a member of the Detroit Police Department,[29] a theory that Bowman would investigate. He alleges his investigation was the reason that he was taken off of the case and transferred out of homicide.[28]

[Laker]

Re: Obama's endorsed Kwame Kilpatrick...

http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? ... /809040454

So Obama demonstrates his leadership. Hours before Kwame will probably accept a plea deal in the middle of his historic removal hearings held by the governor....after 8 months of holding the mayorship hostage, Obama finally issues statement that Kwame needs to step down. Way to take a big risk here Barack. Now you can campaign that you asked him to step down and take all the credit. What a joke? Where have you been the last 8 months?

[Laker]

Re: Obama's endorsed Kwame Kilpatrick...

Your post said that Obama's endorsement was "before he scandalized himself" and I was merely rebutting your dismissal.

This thread isn't about the war or Joe Scarborough.