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Yet the people of Detroit loved him and kept re electing him. They got what they wanted; a rap star wearing gold chains for a mayor.
The local news channels were always following him around with undercover investigators when I lived near Detroit. High school buddies hired as his entourage, and family building McMansions on fat city payrolls, brand new SUVs given as gifts, flights and $200 champaign dinners at Puff Daddy's restaurant. It was constantly documented on the local news, and the people did not care.
Would "thug" be a better word. Or even better a very well dressed thug ?
No, "idiot" would be a better word. Corrupt, manipulative, idiot.
Hip hop should not be associated with politicians just because they are black, neither should thugs. I never heard anyone call Blagoevich (if that is how you spell it) a thug or hip hop, nor any other local white corrupt, manipulative, thief, idiot politicians.
Even dumb, black, corrupt, manipulative idiot would be better lol. Or maybe a "wannabe thug" since that is what he was. He was not from "the ghetto." He was middle class and college educated. His mother was a long time politician as well but was not found to be corrupt like him, his father was a politician too but not like him. His dad was also some sort of professional athlete once upon a time.
I personally feel the power went to his head and that turned him corrupt like a lot of people who do the same thing after getting a lot of attention and power or fame.
He and the other black mayors going back to the early 1970's killed an entire city.
28 years is too little time.
This sentiment is why I was against Obama becoming President. I wanted it to be clear that the countries decline and collapse was the total result of white leadership. Unfortunately there is a black man in office to deflect blame to now.....lucky you.
Economy collapsed when dems took congress . By the way the Detroit collapse will happen to the us unless we can fix our spending
Our economy collapsed as a result of secular policies from the FED and our insolvency was hastened by two wars started by Bush, while at the same time....cutting taxes. That said, both parties are equally complicit in the decline of this nation.
No, "idiot" would be a better word. Corrupt, manipulative, idiot.
Hip hop should not be associated with politicians just because they are black, neither should thugs. I never heard anyone call Blagoevich (if that is how you spell it) a thug or hip hop, nor any other local white corrupt, manipulative, thief, idiot politicians.
I found a great picture of him in an all-white suit and Fedora, it looks like he's Kanye West. Won't let me post the link though, but you can find it if you look.
The reason he is called hip-hop is because.......he acted hip-hop.
I cannot recall any convicted white politician walking around dressed like Kanye.
Before you start crying about people picking on Kwame because of his skin color, you might want to see all the stuff they've called Mayor Daley over the years.
If it's just a racial thing, how come other black mayors haven't been referred to as thug or hip hop? Jesse Jackson Jr. just got sentenced and no one calls him thug or hip hop.
Should have gotten closer to 10 years. What he got is essentially a life sentence.
Good. He deserves it.
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Won't let me post the link though, but you can find it if you look. 
