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I don’t feel sorry for him at all. I used to live in the Detroit area when Kwame was elected. He came into office with so much potential. He was smart, charismatic and politically connected. He was the hip-hop mayor and folks were expecting big things.

Unfortunately he let all that go to him head and became just another corrupt politician. Early on he was accussed of spending City funds lavishly on himself and his family, including political trips (can you say vacations?) and an Escalade for his wife. Let’s not even mention the stripper party at the mayorial mansion.

What makes this situation even worse is how indignant he and his mistress were about the whole thing when they got busted. If he would have been contrite and apologized for it all in the beginning it probably never would have come to this. I say good riddance.

The answer to your first 2 questions is no. The last 2. I don’t know and I don’t think Ced would look good playing him. He might be able to pull it off though. They would need a better match up.

This should serve as a case study for anyone who starts out with great ambition and the intention to serve others. Don’t let to go to your head. The big head or that other one.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLBTgUGzKMc

The case of another brother with power addiction and runaway ego syndrome…

I don’t feel sorry for Kwame at all because he could have gone 1000 different directions and he chose the one that lead him to prison. He came into the Mayor’s office in Detroit with such high hopes to improve Detroit. In some (minor) ways the city is better but largely, the city has sunk even deeper into a ghetto black hole…

There are three main thangs that sadden me about the case of Kwame gone bad.

First, Kwame has given every young, up and coming Black leader a Black eye; thus Barack’s public rebuke. Had Kwame done the right things, he would have been on the national stage within the next 10 years…now he’s made it a bit harder for Amerikkka to trust a n*gga in the big chair.

Secondly, Detroiters will forgive him and re-elect him to public office…He’ll come back after his probation, quoting the bible, and will con the poorest/least educated Detroiters to vote him back into office; probably City Council…ala Marion ‘That Bitch Set Me Up’ Barry.

Third, the city is f*cked up with no end in sight. Kwame could have made progress but chose to get his mack on…

The one thing that I like about all this is that one of his biggest rivals, Ken Cockeral, Jr. will be taking over the Mayor’s office. Kwame DOGGED this brother as did many of the City Council colleagues. This will not help the city and will probably cause even more gridlock…but this will make the City Council meetings (which are all televised) great drama.

I’d like to offer Kwame some advise….

Career-wise, go back to education. The Detroit Dept. of Education is highly corrupt but it would be great if he went back to teaching and the perhaps started a charter school or became a school principal. The kids need some who is smart, charismatic, and can teach some life lessons. He was a teacher before and this would be a great pace for him to rebuild his life and credibility.

Last Press Conference: Keep it short and apologize….also make sure you do right by two people. First, make sure you beg for Christine Beatty (former Chief of Staff) to receive ZERO jail time. She is a single momma and she has really fallen on hard times. Secondly, distance himself from the Detroit Police Chief (Ella Bully-Cummins) who resigned today. Take the rap for bullying her into doing your dirt.

Media-wise: Stop talking! It’s over, you lost, shut it down…jackass! All that taking is what got you in trouble.

Family-wise: That’s your business my man but I would hate for your issues to break up your family. Beg your wife to stay and let the kids know Daddy f*cked up and will man up and take his comeuppances.

Jail-wise: You got caught, you tried to come out swinging, you got your ass kicked, take your lumps, do your time, and use the time to figure how not to f*ck up when you get a second chance….

Epilogue: I have alot of friends who have known Kwame for years dating back to high school. They ALL tell me he is a good brother and a cool dude. I don’t doubt that. Kwame, please heal your power addiction and runaway ego syndrome and try to do right…you still can make a positive contribution (somewhere).

Chi McBride should play him.

http://www.ez-entertainment.net/carpet/ChiMcBrideFF.JPG

I don’t feel sorry for him because he one, didn’t have to do wrong, and two, had a chance long ago to ‘fess up and do his penance and move on.

I don’t feel sorry for him. He made some really stupid mistakes and failed to recognize the enormity of the forces arrayed against him.

That said he will be, and is being, used as an example of Black political leadership by folks who haven’t supported any Black political leaders in Detroit. So that’s not good.

He should have resigned a long time ago. I bet he could have gotten a better deal. But he just insisted on prolonging the inevitable and irritating the prosecutor.

As far as who can play him in a movie Cedric has the look down but the mayor is a HUGE guy. I’m thinking someone along the lines of Kevin Grevioux or Michael Clarke Duncan.

Wendell Pierce from the Wire can play him, be.

as always, i feel sorry for his wife and kids- the unseen and overlooked victims in these pathetic cases.

Do you feel sorry for Kwame?

Him, hell no. His family, in particular the kids — absolutely yes.

Will “Yaw’s Boy” have a political career once his 5 years are up?

Who knows…Marion Barry had a “career”, didn’t he. I am no longer surprised at peoples voting tendencies. For all the heartache his actions have caused the city, he still has support of mamy.

Who plays Kwame in the upcoming BET Blackbuster Movie?

AB, Ced is too small to play KK. You need someone like Michael Clark Duncan or Ving Rhames. Or perhaps even Cress Williams, who is playing the heck out of his new role in Prison Break.