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[quote=Anonymous]A lot of those buildings you see on Pennsylvania Ave from Metro Center to Capitol South are due to Marion Barry. He was actually regarded as fairly pro business. His story is pretty familiar - young idealist experiences success and gains access to power, start believing his own press, surrounds himself with yes men, stops thinking that the rules apply to him. Couple that with the desire for more material success than idealism can provide (a desire which tends to arrive along with the first child), and the rot starts to set in. I have often wondered whether people reasct sdo strongly to Barry because he is AA, or because he represents DC, given that there are plenty of local politicians in the US that make Barry look normal. These days, Marion Barry is a diabetic with a substance abuse issue. A doctor friend once told me that for a diabetic, drug or alcohol abuse is the express train to dementia. I wonder if that is what is happening.[/quote]
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