Marion Barry was caught on film smoking crack with his mistress and the black community rallied around him.
Originally Posted by Super Sonic
I'm a big Fan of Marion Barry (R.I.P.), but yeah, his constituents were hardcore supporters.. the back story is too long to delve into here, but Barry basically took back D.C. government from an oppressive Federal Government, and thus made a lot of enemies.. he was shot and held hostage in the Hanafi Muslim standoff in 1977.. as you know, the FBI set up that encounter with the crack pipe and FORMER Mistress.. Barry's supporters knew "the Man" was out to get him, they had tried to hang Barry for years.. it became an "us vs. them" scenario.
Thank you, did you miss the joke? Maybe it was a poor setup? Yeah, I probably suck at these things.
Originally Posted by DarkeyKong
Ha! I get your jokes, DK, but I have noticed in other threads guys miss the humor.. maybe you do need some polish, LOL (that's polish, as in clean up, not the Polish people in Eastern Europe, LOL.. so there's no misunderstanding)