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Paulmcall
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Posted on Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 9:43 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

His Honor is in the fight of his life for reelection now.
Do you think he'll rally and win the regular election or is he all but finished as mayor?
Were you surprised by how close the other two candidates finished to each other?
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Damon
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I was hoping for 3rd.
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Leoqueen
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I was surprised but happy that Hansen came in third and not last. He will be approached by the other two for an endorsement
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Eastside
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Where is this info coming from?
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1953
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Hansen came out like a powerhouse! It's time for a revolution in city government!
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Lmichigan
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Yeah, what were the final numbers?

There's a primary election here in Lansing tonight in a hotly contested mayoral race. Numbers are still coming in.
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Tortfeasor
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Watching KK's speech...never heard any other politican begin a speech with "yea, yea, yea, yeah."

By the way, will someone teach this guy how to say the word "ask?" The S comes before the K. Dumbass.
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Tortfeasor
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Almost forgot, it is truth, not "troof."
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Jmil
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Too funny, that an the incumbent mayor said that "we are just where we wanted to be"

Now that I think about, maybe thats where he wants to be in november also. The mayor wants to be outta office, I say lets help him.

Still ABK! ALL the way.
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Danny
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KING KWAME in 2nd place, well that's good news. Soon hell be out come Novemeber.
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Mike
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I am in Lansing doing a rotation at Ingham Medical Center.

Cool city... smallish, but larger than I expected.

No kidding about the Mayor race here in Lansing. I don't even live here and I can feel the tension.
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Lmichigan
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Mayor Benavides reminds me of Kwame in a way. But, decades older and Hispanic. :-) Virg Bernero is wiping the floor with him come the real election. It's kind of cool that in a city only about 10% Hispanic the two top candidates are both Hispanic, and the third place candidate is a woman with the white guy (the most prevelant demographic in Lansing) running far behind. lol


(Message edited by lmichigan on August 03, 2005)
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Mike
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his people were out on almost every corner of (cedar st (i think)) holding banners.
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Erichp77
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I was surprised that he even made it this far.
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Sharmaal
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Just remember "yall's boy" still has 90 days to turn this around...Hopefully Hendrix doesn't budge an inch. I want to see that big Diamond Stud on Ebay come November!
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Jmil
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Glad he did, now he can REALLY be smashed.
Wonder if he will try to hit Fieger and Mother Teresa up for cash this time. LOL
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Supersport
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"Hey Fieger, I hear ya got a lot of money. I'm gonna be honest, I want some of it. hahaha"

-Kwame Kilpatrick Fall of 2001
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Erichp77
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Perhaps he will sing a duet with Elton John!
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Jmil
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C'mon. What did EJ every do to you to deserve that?
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Jmil
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post 1234. hmmmm, maybe i'll play that tomorrow.
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Erichp77
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Well, he cussed out Madonna!!!!!! BASTARD!

LOL:-)
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Lmichigan
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So, how many more people are going to have to die for Ms. Cheek's boy come November for him to win? :-)
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Eastside
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Kwame, in his speech, attacked the media and spoke of himself in the third person.
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Smogboy
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"Kwame, in his speech, attacked the media and spoke of himself in the third person."

What?? I was expecting Preacher Kwame again.
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Lmichigan
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I'd be talking about myself in the third person, too, if I were in his situation. I'd like to be as far removed from my eminent failure as possible. lol
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Psip
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Didn't the Kawama Mama tell him not to smoke crack?
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The_aram
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Psip, don't talk about y'all's boy like that.
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Smogboy
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Anyone want to do projections for the REAL elections now??
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Projection:

Brian, fresh from a loss that he coupled with the usual insults rather than a positive message, will join in the "he is whiter than he" great debate of November 2005.
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During his speech last night, he said something to the tune of the following:

"This primary election was Kwame Kilpatrick vs. Kwame Kilpatrick, and Kwame Kilpatrick won."
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^^^Which means he also lost.
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Cletus
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I think he meant that he's his own worst enemy.
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Tortfeasor:
The Big Diamond can actually speak quite eloquently. When he was in the State House, he didn't mispronounce any of those words.

I believe that this is simply part of efforts to seem more black than Freman Hendrix.

Luckily, this kind of crap only works on 35% of the city's population. It's simply incumbent on those of us who care about Detroit to make sure the remaining 65% show up at the polls in November.
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LOL at tortfeaser. I want to aks KK for the troof.

(Message edited by sknutson on August 03, 2005)