SubscribeObama’s Pal, Colleague Kilpatrick Resigns
From ABC’s Detroit affiliate WXYZ-TV:
Rev. Jeremiah Wright (R) meets with Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick before delivering the keynote address at the Detroit NAACP annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner April 27, 2008 in Detroit,
Mayor Resigns, Pleads Guilty
(WXYZ) Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has pleaded guilty to felony charges in Wayne County Circuit Court. He will be forced to resign immediately.
Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to two obstruction of justice felony charges.
In addition to his resignation, the Mayor will serve 120 days in jail, serve 5 years probation, pay one million dollars restitution, surrender his pension, surrender his law license and may not seek office for 5 years.
The Mayor also pleaded no contest to assault charges as part of a settlement agreement under the conditions that he must resign. The second count in the case will be dismissed.
The Mayor entered Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner’s court room this morning at about 9:10 shaking hands and doling out hugs.
The mayor turned to Christine Beatty, his former chief of staff and shook her hand. That was just moments before his wife, Carlita, walked into the courtroom.
The court is packed with Kilpatrick’s team of lawyers and public relations staff.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is here along with assistant prosecutors. Worthy charged the mayor and Beatty with several felonies, including perjury and obstruction of justice.
Special Assistant Attorney General Douglas Baker is here too on behalf of Attorney General Mike Cox, who charged the mayor with assault and obstruction.
We could have a lot of innocent fun playing “guess that party affiliation” over the next few days as our watchdog media downplay the indiscretions of this Democrat. (Who is also an Obama delegate.)
And speaking of the great man:
“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.
And 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 Detroit does well in the future.”
This is yet another fine example of Mr. Obama’s famously keen judgement.
Though to be fair, this surely was not the Kwame Kilpatrick that Obama knew.
But what’s all the hubbub anyway? Didn’t President Clinton lie under oath and obstruct justice?
Nothing ever happened to him, as we recall.
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September 4th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Speaking of the “Guess-the-party-affiliation-of-the-following-miscreant” game, what was the final disposition of the case involving Rep. William “Cold Cash” Jefferson (D-La)?
September 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Sorry not sure what happend there…lol
September 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
- ” He is a leader not just here in Detroit… but all across the country people look to him”
Really! Who?
LMAO!!!
- “I’m grateful to call him a friend and a colleague”
Yes… and we’re all grateful that you keep such wonderful friends!
September 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
- ” He is a leader not just here in Detroit… but all across the country people look to him”
Really! Who?
LMAO!!!
- “I’m grateful to call him a friend and a colleague”
Yes… and we’re all grateful that you keep such wonderful friends!
September 4th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
“Speaking of the “Guess-the-party-affiliation-of-the-following-miscreant” game, what was the final disposition of the case involving Rep. William “Cold Cash” Jefferson (D-La)?”
According to Wikipedia:
Wouldn’t it be just like the idiots down there to replace one grifter, Jefferson, with another, Rahim?
September 4th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I assume that the case has yet to come to trial. Could be more amusing headlines to come!
Down in southern Louisiana, you’d be hard pressed to find someone to elect who’s NOT a grifter!
September 4th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
This will hurt Obama in Michigan….If he can’t carry Michigan, he can’t win the election. He must run the table on MI, WI, MN, IA, and PA, and after last night, I don’t see how he does that.
Detroit is a mess and yet they elect this idiot, the “hip-hop mayor”. Maybe P-Idiot can pay his fine.
People who fled Detroit when the Democrats took over have been digging up dead relatives and relocating them to the suburbs — it’s that bad.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
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 Detroit does well in the future.”
Ahhhhh…the democrats. A natural talent to self destruct.
Obama has several of these friends in Illinois and I suppose before the campaign is over, we will likely hear similar stories or facts.
Eloquent speaker but certainly not someone I would vote for.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
The way this all happened is:
Two police officers get fired. The officers sue for wrongful termination. Case goes to trial. Lot of back and forth happens and then BOOM settlement. $8.4 million dollars goes to the two officers (plus a third one that was named). Life went on for a bit here and then suddenly there is news of a Freedom of Information probe that uncovers some text messages. The city paid text message company (uhh Skytel? I think?) releases the text messages to the Free Press. (oh, during the trials, apparently one of the reasons stated by the officers for the wrongful termination was an alleged intimate relationship between the Mayor and his Chief of Staff). Anyway, the messages got released and the text messages showed that the two (alleged) parties, Mayor and ChiefOfStaff DID have an affair (alleged affair). Mayor is charged with perjury, uhh, and some other stuff. He claims innocence and the court case gets drawn out a while. Month or two ago a court officer and a deputy try to issue a subpoena to a friend of the mayor. Mayor allegedly assaults them.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Finally. Kwame is gone. People here in southeast Michigan can now look forward to a Detroit mayor who is perhaps honest. Hard-working. Someone who has the needs of the city in mind. Someone who will strive to help make Detroit attractive to business and help with economic growth. Someone who is ethical and can relate to the “real” people of southeast Michigan. Oh, hell. We’ll just settle for someone who is not under indictment.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
GK, your above proposed standard basically rules out all Dhimmicrats from ever serving in office in SE Michigan, which, come to think of it, isn’t really a bad idea. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) ;o)
Kwame resigned, eh, now if we could get Monica and John Conyers to resign, …. what a trifecta that would be, LOL.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Good point, GM. How about they take the governor with them? And the labor unions. OK, I’m getting a little greedy now.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
What a tragedy! A fine leader like that railroaded out of office. Can’t we all just get along?
(This comment also employs a type of verbal irony known as sarcasm.)
September 4th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
“We know that he is going to be doing astounding things for many years to come.” Before Obama, I never heard of anyone referring to the manufacture of license plates for Michigan motor vehicles as an astounding thing. LOL
September 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
I wouldn’t count on this hurting the Dhimmies in MI. Despite (or because of) the Big three going to you-know-where in a handbasket, the UAW rank and file seem to be engaged in some fantasy where the Dhimmies will bring back all the low-skill, $30/hr. jobs they all lost. Although I already admire McCain, when he laid it on the table for the UAW a while back, that impressed me. At least in that instance, he wasn’t pandering for votes. Of course, I don’t think he ever does. Another point, Jennie “Take ahff, eh?” Granholm, our Dhimmie Guv, came out looking good because she at least SCHEDULED a hearing to remove him; not that she would’ve had the political guts to actually do it.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Its about time for the great God UnderBus to be fed again.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
With some of the usual - ahem - color suspects, I would say you are right about this not hurting the Dems. But I have family up in the Detroit suburbs (my m-i-l used to work in the city) and I have rabid Dem family down here (gotta wonder how it happened). Both groups are not happy at all, last year I worked for the Election - the others around me were Dems - yeah the Dems can count them as they are registered Dems but to a one - they are all sick and tired of the tax raising abortionists (all of them are Catholics, gotta wonder on that one too) grifting and cheating while nothing gets done (OH has the bonus of having been humiliated with the Taft admin - watching the new Dem AG get hauled out of office for about the same as Kwame (just no cops involved, nor attacks)) - so while the ‘registered’ numbers might still favor Dems - they have po’d their old line voters to the point that all of them said - I’m not voting Dem this year - most aren’t voting but a few have decided to come over the right side (so to speak).
People will take it for so long but the pork, earmarking and rising taxes only go so far - when none of the problems are solved and other situations get added into the mix. People want politicians who actually do things - mostly to keep the day to day running smoothly.
I can’t wait to hear Obama’s statement on his friend and colleague’s present situation.
September 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Kwame may not sway MI, but Palin might. The rally held this last Friday evening was a huge success, from what I hear. It was smack-dab in the middle of auto country, also. Lots of UAW employees in the same area. Seems like a smart move to me. Make a big impression, fresh from the excitement of the convention. McCain told the crowd he needed MI to win, also. Another smart move.
I say we have a real winner, here. Mcain/Palin may be one of those rare convergences of all the “Right Stuff”.
“The hockey mom and the war hero”-that’s a quote from an article regarding the rally.
September 7th, 2008 at 10:24 am
According to this article, he along with his family, may live in the taxpayer’s supported mansion after resigns, wth.
“DETROIT (AP) - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his family may remain in the official mayoral residence after he leaves office later this month.
A spokesman for Detroit City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. told The Detroit News on Friday that the Kilpatricks may be able to stay in the Manoogian Mansion for a while. ”
http://www.wxyz.com/content/ne.....1bd202fc65
September 10th, 2008 at 5:17 am
On the good side, once in prison, Mayor Kilpatrick could easily become a community organizer in his cellblock.