I really respected the guy because I thought that, even for a democrap, he had principles. When he ran in the primary for County Executive against a field of africanhyphenamerican trough feeders, it was easy to cross over and vote in their primary for him. The people who run on the Republican ticket in Wayne County are often democraps who want to earn some name recognition or can't get a spot on the 'crap ticket so it isn't difficult to rationalize that it's probably worthwhile to pick the best democrap since you're going to get one anyway.

As Executive, when he took on the county goonions over pay and staffing, I was again impressed.