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What Obama Doesn’t Need…

Posted by HOLLY IN CINCINNATI, Copy Editor in Politics.
Aug 14th, 2008 | 6 responses

…and probably doesn’t want either!

Superdelegate Kwame Kilpatrick!

The New York Times: Judge Permits Detroit Mayor to Attend Party Convention

Just when it seemed that the scandal involving Detroit’s embattled mayor, Kwame M. Kilpatrick, who is facing assault and perjury charges, could not not grow any more bizarre, it did.

On Thursday morning a judge ordered that Mr. Kilpatrick, a Democratic superedelegate, be allowed to attend the party’s national convention this month in Denver and be freed from his electronic tether, a second judge overturned the ruling hours later after prosecutors appealed.



6 Responses to “What Obama Doesn’t Need…”

  1. T_Steel says:
    August 14, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    NO! A reward for Mayor (whatever) Kwame Kilpatrick when he has numerous felony counts sitting on his head (and he violated the terms of his bond to boot)? What is wrong with that judge? I hope Judge Ronald Giles original ruling stays.

  2. Rudi says:
    August 14, 2008 at 5:46 pm

    T-Steel, this from WXYZ says that Giles overturned the other judge.
    http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story.aspx?conte…

    All was going smoothly and it seemed that the morass of media, Kilpatrick and Beatty, and their respective attorneys would be shuffling out of the courtroom in no time.

    But all that changed with Townsend, who retired from the bench in 2005, after 26 years of service. He filled in this morning for Judge Margie R. Braxton, who is out sick.

    Townsend is known to be a maverick in the courtroom, coming down hard on defendants, ignoring sentencing guidelines and even thumbing his nose at the very conservative Michigan Court of Appeals when cases are sent back to him for resentencing.

    Townsend, on his own accord, raised the issue of altering bond conditions – prompting the mayor’s attorneys to do just that. Townsend ruled that Kilpatrick’s tether be removed and that he could go to the Democratic National Convention in Denver since he is a super delegate.

    Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Lisa Lindsey appeared furious, shouting at Townsend, “I strenuously object.”

    But Townsend said, “It doesn’t make any difference how much you strenuously object.”

    Townsend’s order stood for about three hours. From 10am to 1pm Kilpatrick was tether free.

    But that changed when special assistant Doug Baker went before Detroit 36th District Court Judge Ronald Giles. Giles had ruled last week in a separate felony case that the mayor be tethered, travel only in the tri-county area and post a $2,500 cash bond. Kilpatrick was charged with assault and obstruction of justice for allegedly assaulting court officers attempting to serve a subpoena in his perjury case.

    At an informal hearing this afternoon, Giles put Kilpatrick back on a tether and reinstated the other bond conditions.

    If Kilpatrick wants to attend the convention in Denver, his attorneys will have to make that request to Giles.

    I hope Holly isn't pushing the guilt by association again…

  3. DLS says:
    August 14, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    I hope the Dem party leadership wants Kilpatrick to stay away and strips him of his supermajority status — give it to Chelsea Clinton in his place. [grin]

    Kilpatrick is so bad I honestly feel sorry for other Democrats and big city mayors.

  4. Holly_in_Cincinnati says:
    August 14, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    Apparently I can't post even in Obama's favor without rudeness from commenters.

  5. elrod says:
    August 14, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    So, does he go or not?

    He's a complete loser.

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    August 16, 2008 at 4:24 pm

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