-edited - Forget Obama! Forget Hillary! Let DC Marion Barry make a run for the presidential race (couldn't update the title of the thread).
Marion Barry, former DC mayor, inspirational speaker & historian: :rofl: :biggrin:
* "The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather."
* "I promise you a police car on every sidewalk."
* "If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate."
* "First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second,what can I say? I'm a night owl."
* "Bitch set me up."
* "I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less."
* "The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist."
* "I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?"
* "People have criticized me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are."
* "The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were Black, were the ultimate sacrifice."
* "I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves.The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600s. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican."
* "What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"
* "People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? WOULD IT!?!"
* "I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man."
Marion Barry, former DC mayor, inspirational speaker & historian: :rofl: :biggrin:
* "The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather."
* "I promise you a police car on every sidewalk."
* "If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate."
* "First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second,what can I say? I'm a night owl."
* "Bitch set me up."
* "I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less."
* "The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist."
* "I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?"
* "People have criticized me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are."
* "The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were Black, were the ultimate sacrifice."
* "I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves.The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600s. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican."
* "What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"
* "People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? WOULD IT!?!"
* "I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man."
