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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]white upper middle class families did not live in DC or want to so the "smart locals" where happily cocooned in the burbs and what happened in DC made little to no difference. [/quote] We were a white upper middle class family living in DC in the 80s. Marion Bart was not very popular in house, lol. But black community very much liked him and rallied behind him. [/quote] Yes, that's it. Also a DC native, white, and at the time a Democrat (along with my friends). We thought he was an embarrassment to the city, and he was. Whenever I traveled outside the region and was asked where I was from, the response was alway...."you have that mayor" (or some version). Blacks apparently thought he was great, though, and even his jail time (which had another salacious incident) couldn't hurt his political career. [/quote] THIS x100. He was an utter embarrassment. [/quote]
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