# Marion Berry calls out Rob Ford!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-berry-calls-out-rob-ford/692115
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 1, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-berry-calls-out-rob-ford/692115 "2014-07-01T17:26:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-berry-calls-out-rob-ford/692115/1 "2014-07-01T17:26:07Z")
“Rob Ford ‘can’t match my record’ Marion Berry tells TMZ”
As the article dryly notes, Mr Berry doesn’t specify whether he’s referring to his political record or his rap sheet. 🙂
> **[Rob Ford 'can't match my record,' Marion Barry tells TMZ](https://torontosun.com/2014/06/25/rob-ford-cant-match-my-record-marion-barry-tells-tmz)**
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> Is he talking about his political triumphs or scandals?
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-berry-calls-out-rob-ford/692115/2 "2014-07-01T21:44:07Z")
I’ll never forget when the video of Marion Barry came out. I was living in a group house in DC and my roommates had not the most positive opinions of Barry. It was after one of us had gone to bed and the rest were watching the news. We started hooting and hollering and she came stomping down the hall, pissed at the racket we were making. This immediately turned to perverse glee once she heard what had happened. 🙂 She was a loud demonstrative person and the shift from big anger to big shocked surprise/delight was hilarious.
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### Author:  [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-berry-calls-out-rob-ford/692115/3 "2014-07-02T01:02:49Z")
Yeah, that was a weird time in DC; the rift between black DC and white DC never seemed more pronounced, it got ugly.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-berry-calls-out-rob-ford/692115/4 "2014-07-02T02:54:15Z")
I can’t believe this turd still holds elective office. (Barry that is.) The other guy is just a fart in the wind.
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### Author:  [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-berry-calls-out-rob-ford/692115/5 "2014-07-02T03:12:57Z")
The DC go-go scene was pretty big. I remember Marion Barry on a live recording (maybe with chuck brown?) rapping ‘I’m Marion Barry and this is my rap, we don’t tolerate drugs in the nations cap.’
I spliced that into a college radio news lead when he got busted for hoofing crack.
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### Author:  [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marion-berry-calls-out-rob-ford/692115/6 "2014-07-02T03:18:16Z")
The DC go-go scene was pretty big. I remember Marion Barry on a live recording (maybe with chuck brown?) rapping ‘I’m Marion Barry and this is my rap, we don’t tolerate drugs in the nations cap.’
I spliced that into a college radio news lead when he got busted for hoofing crack.