Why is it that some people never learn? Or is it that we have framed the situation poorly? Perhaps some people simply do not want to learn.
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick met yesterday with members of the Citadel of Praise Church on Detroit's west side. The response he received was, on the surface, worthy of the prodigal son. He was cheered and praised at every turn. And all the while he showed no true remorse for what he has done to his family or to the City of Detroit.
He freely criticized his immediate successors as Mayor, calling one unready and the current Mayor Bing bored tired of the job. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy lacked intellect, according to the disgraced Kilpatrick. And on another note, he cried when his mother, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, lost her seat in Congress. No one in the audience asked whether they were alligator tears.
In short, he's playing his supporters in much the same way as he's tried to play everyone in Detroit. He's the victim, and they're lapping it all up.
Yet he vowed that he would never return to Detroit, because he would only be a political football. Still, last night might be the best exit he could hope to have. He scored a touchdown against a team playing no defense.
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