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...remains to be seen whether Wilkerson’s narrative will end where former Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick’s hubris-fueled collapse did: in the penitentiary. Last month, Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to eight felony charges of obstruction of justice after his lackadaisical attempt to snuff out rumors of the extramarital affair he was carrying on over thousands of SMS messages with his chief of staff. Kilpatrick’s cover-up looked like something out of the Huey Long playbook: intimidating and firing police officers, lying under oath and all the while using his privileged position...
...that in the aftermath of the scandal’s revelation, the wounded city of Detroit “expected to hear a message of humility, remorse and apology. Instead, we heard an arrogant and defiant man who accused the governor, among others, for his downfall.” (Kilpatrick had denied the allegations and likened the media furor around him to a lynch...
...after his conviciton he will continue his uphill battle for the Senate seat he has held since 1970, after he helped lead Alaska to statehood. This history, combined with his legendary ability to steer federal money his state’s way, makes it no wonder why Stevens, like Kilpatrick, was so revered at home, at least by certain voting blocs. (Governor Sarah Palin, an on-and-off political ally of Sen. Stevens’s, took her time to call outright for his resignation; at first she asked murkily that he “do what?...
...politics may turn on Election Day—and, judging by the polls, most Americans would consider it a happy development. What becomes absolutely essential then, as these scandals have demonstrated, is to avoid at all costs slipping into the self-satisfied unreason of most avid supporters of Kilpatrick, or Stevens (or Bush). Instead, we should take whichever president we elect at his word, and be the active, thoughtful, and occasionally critical citizens we’ve been called...
...want to tell you, Detroit, that you done set me up for a comeback." - Kilpatrick, announcing his resignation (USA Today, Sept...