# Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Gets His Blackberrys Squeezed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878 "2008-01-24T22:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thursday\_next](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@thursday\_next](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thursday_next)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/21 "2008-01-26T01:11:44Z")
Geeze, this guy keeps popping up in the news and its like poor Detroit has [President Camacho](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/) as mayor, but without the cool and that _je ne sais quoi_ Camacho has. At least if he moved more towards the Camacho mode he’d be more entertaining … for me … in another state. 😉 Now, I must tease my friend in Michigan about this. Muhwhahahaha. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/22 "2008-01-26T01:50:48Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] You read my mind. Call me old-fashioned, but I don’t want to vote for someone who writes “LOL LOL!” [/QUOTE] Yeah, one “LOL” should be enough anywhere. This guy’s got nothing on Smoove Rudy G, former mayor of New York. 1. Sexed his first cousin, who marryied him (Wifey #1). 2. Informed his wife, Donna Hanover of impending divorce by news conference Wifey #2) . 3. Involved with Judith Nathan while still married to #2, and used NYC money, police security, and, by some reports, city property during and for shopping trips and rendezvous (Wifey #3). ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/23 "2008-01-26T01:54:51Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] In all seriousness, is there any way this guy can keep his job? How can anyone believe a fucking word out of his mouth anymore? How can he effectively work with the city council, city unions, press, and state and county governments? He was pretty good at blaming the white prejudices of Oakland County before, but now he can’t lean on that crutch. He only has himself to blame for this BS. How soon before he steps down? I say he doesn’t survive next week. [/QUOTE] Nagin and Marion Barry got re-elected… ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/24 "2008-01-26T02:14:59Z")
[QUOTE=HubZilla] Nagin and Marion Barry got re-elected… [/QUOTE] What did Ray Nagin do that was on the level of what’s being said about the subject of the OP and in subsequent posts. Barry, I’ll give you. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/25 "2008-01-26T13:43:50Z")
President Camacho would at least be fun and lovable. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/26 "2008-01-26T14:21:30Z")
My 14 year old daughter thought the news accounts of this were hilarious where they had actors reading the text massages as if they were talking instead of texting. They kept saying “Laugh Out Loud. Laugh Out Loud.” (for the texting-illiterate, I suppose). ---
**Author:** ![PharmBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@PharmBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PharmBoy)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/27 "2008-01-26T18:39:25Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] In all seriousness, is there any way this guy can keep his job? How can anyone believe a fucking word out of his mouth anymore? How can he effectively work with the city council, city unions, press, and state and county governments? He was pretty good at blaming the white prejudices of Oakland County before, but now he can’t lean on that crutch. He only has himself to blame for this BS. How soon before he steps down? I say he doesn’t survive next week. [/QUOTE] Are you kidding? I say he gets re-elected in a landslide… ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/28 "2008-01-26T21:57:35Z")
[Textual Healing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7qSEiuwiro)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/29 "2008-01-27T01:19:09Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] they had actors reading the text **massages** [/QUOTE] Wow, kinky. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/30 "2008-01-27T01:20:11Z")
I love Detroit. Too bad it loves nobody else. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/31 "2008-01-27T01:58:55Z")
Clearly I’m not up on technology. My most recent phone only has enough memory to save about 25 incoming and 25 outgoing text messages, so I have to dump 'em every few days. How’d they recover all these from years ago? Have I got to worry about the phone company providing a grand jury with transcripts describing nooners with my, er, executive assistant? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/32 "2008-01-28T15:50:10Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] Clearly I’m not up on technology. My most recent phone only has enough memory to save about 25 incoming and 25 outgoing text messages, so I have to dump 'em every few days. How’d they recover all these from years ago? Have I got to worry about the phone company providing a grand jury with transcripts describing nooners with my, er, executive assistant? [/QUOTE] [Don’t worry about it.](http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008801250422) ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/33 "2008-01-28T17:54:45Z")
The paper posted a bunch of “reactions” the other day–on one half of the page it was regular folk, most of whom had comments that emphasized what a sleazeball embarrassment he was to the city. On the other side it was politicians, most of whom said things like “it’s a painful personal matter for him” and “I hope we can still work together.” ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/34 "2008-01-28T20:03:01Z")
Pwnt! ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878/35 "2008-01-29T02:08:54Z")
Well, Christine Beatty is [resigning](http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080128/NEWS01/80128035). I wish Kwame would follow suit, but I’m sure he won’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-gets-his-blackberrys-squeezed/434878.md?page=1)