Fortunately however, the mayor's blatant disregard for the law (and more damning, his betrayal of a constituency in the throes of a debilitating financial crisis) was caught on videotape and the images of him spewing so much vitriol in denying the affair with his chief-of-staff cut a very powerful picture.  I often wonder if this scandal would have broken the way it did if Kilpatrick had answered the prosecution's question during the whistleblower trial with a simple "no".  Being so cornered after getting caught in that lie, his race baiting just seemed to ring of hollow desperation and sounded scripted and unconvincing. Even Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, ever so vigilant of any suggestion of white conspiracy, put so much distance between themselves and Tricky Dick Kilpatrick that one might think that he was infected with some sort of airborne strain of venereal Ebola.  

    As for the liberal media targeting you, well it just goes with the territory.  At this point Kilpatrick is not just soiling Detroit, he is leaving more streak marks over McNamara's scions than he could have if he was battling an accidental overdose of bad Gouda and Ex Lax.  Anyone highlighting this mushrooming situation is also exposing Granholm's spectacular lack of leadership as well in not dealing with this situation before it caused irreparable damage to the rest of the state, kicking the region repeatedly when it was already down.  I have a feeling that this will have a significant impact on the moderate and independent voting public come November.