Keith Boykin, The Daily Voice
- Look up Kwame Kilpatrick and Barack Obama on Google, and one of the first hits you’ll come up with is a YouTube video uploaded just last week as the embattled Detroit mayor was being ordered to jail.
The video, posted by a Republican YouTube user identified as RightMichigan, shows Barack Obama speaking at an economic event in Detroit some time ago. “I want to first of all acknowledge your great mayor who has been on the frontlines, doing an outstanding job of gathering together the leadership at every level in Detroit to bring about the kind of renaissance that all of us anticipate for this great city,” says Obama.
The Illinois senator continues with more praise for Kilpatrick: “We know that he is going to be doing astounding things for many years to come. And I’m grateful to call him a friend and a colleague. And I’m looking forward to a lengthy collaboration in terms of making sure that Detroit does well in the future,” he says.