Detroit Democrat Mayor Indicted for Perjury

The so-called culture of corruption that the Democrats labeled Republicans with before the 2006 election has been catching up with Democrats lately. Just two weeks ago we had the Eliot Spitzer debacle followed by the ongoing disgrace of his replacement, and now we have a Democrat Mayor charged with perjury. Of course if there is one thing that we learned from Democrats in the 1990’s, it is the fact that perjuring yourself is no big deal, and has no consequences, right Bill?

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a one-time rising star and Detroit’s youngest elected leader, was charged Monday with perjury and other counts after sexually explicit text messages contradicted his sworn denials of an affair with a top aide. The charges could signal the end of Kilpatrick’s six-year career as mayor of one of America’s largest cities. Perjury is a felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison. But for Kilpatrick, a conviction also would mean his immediate expulsion from office. The Detroit City Charter calls for any elected official convicted of a felony while in office to be removed.

In fact, this type of behavior is a badge of honor with Democrats. Criminal activity legitimizes Democrat politicians and gives them “street cred” in the same type of way that rappers earn “street cred” for their illegal activities. If you don’t believe me, just ask Barney Frank, who ran a gay prostitute ring is his home, or Gerry Studds who raped a minor repeatedly, or more recently Carl Stanley Mcgee, a top aide to Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, who raped a minor in a steam room. Or William Jefferson, who took Katrina rescuers away from their duties to recover $100,000 he was hiding in his flooded home, or Ted Kennedy who left a woman to die a slow death in a submerged car while he went home to sober up.

The list goes on and on. Something tells me he will come out of this okay.

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