UGH!!!! Have you guys read the Huffington Post article? It is the biggest bunch of garbage I have ever read. The article tries to paint him as having a charmed life, illustrated by how successful his rebound has been, which they attribute to his many talents. They inject race into it many times.
Here's an excerpt to give you the flavor of it:
"So far, Kilpatrick has fashioned a remarkable second act in the life of a disgraced official. It demonstrates that the talents that helped make him mayor – charm, a confidence bordering on arrogance, and the ability to inspire loyalty among friends and affluent supporters – haven't failed him...
Kilpatrick often boasted over his 6 1/2-years as mayor that he was from Detroit and the city was in him. He still has a following, despite his ouster in 2008 for lying under oath about an affair with a staff member.
A product of the mostly black, blue collar town, his mother is Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. His father Bernard is a former county commissioner. He shares the politician's gift for speaking well and being at home in the limelight.
"He's the center of attention wherever he goes," said Janee Bradford while waxing and trimming a customer's eyebrows at Clear Salon & Spa in Detroit. She has voted for him and followed his career. "He has presence and confidence," she said.
Years after his tenure as mayor, conversation at the salon still turns to Kilpatrick, she said...
Shabazz and others believe Kilpatrick's troubles are steeped in Detroit's legacy of mistrust between whites and blacks, and blacks and the system.
In their petition to the appeals court for the hearing delay, his lawyers touched on that theme. "The town is divided, with many of the opinion that Mr. Kilpatrick is nothing more than a darker version of Bill Clinton."
Not all supporters are in the neighborhoods. Some are in the top ranks of Detroit's business community. And they have helped him land on his feet.
Manuel "Matty" Moroun, owner of the Ambassador Bridge, which spans the Detroit River between the city and Windsor, Ontario, gave Kilpatrick's wife Carlita and their children a $50,000 gift in late 2008.
Compuware Corp. chief Peter Karmanos and three other businessmen gave Kilpatrick loans totaling $240,000 shortly after his 2009 jail release. Karmanos also arranged Kilpatrick's job in Dallas as a software salesman for Compuware subsidiary Covisint, where he makes a $120,000 salary. Each was prominent in Detroit city affairs during Kilpatrick's tenure.
Some of his admirers take delight in the style and resilience he has shown, and see racial overtones in the continuing prosecutions."
Honest to God, it's like they're trying to paint this turd red and call it a rose. Of course the HuffPost comments section has its share of those with NO CLUE about this specific case declaring that this is all about white people hating black people. I'm trying to set the record straight in their comments section but I don't know if I'm getting anywhere.