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Offline thundley4

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Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« on: December 01, 2009, 03:50:59 PM »

"BALTIMORE — A jury convicted Mayor Sheila Dixon on Tuesday on one count of embezzlement for stealing gift cards that were meant for poor residents, but it acquitted her of three other charges, including the most serious felony theft charge.

Ms. Dixon, whose conviction may force her from office, faced five theft-related charges, and the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision concerning one of the charges, which prompted the state prosecutor to say he was undecided on whether to refile that charge.

“The city will still continue to move forward,” Ms. Dixon said as she left the courtroom after the verdict, adding that she was headed to City Hall to get back to work. “This city will continue to run.”" NYTimes

I don't know if she is a republican or a democrat. I didn't see it in a scan of the article, but I might have missed it.
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Re: Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2009, 03:52:56 PM »
I'm pretty sure Dixon is a Democrat.  That's probably why it wasn't mentioned in the article.
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Re: Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2009, 04:20:09 PM »
D's never get mentioned but if she was an R You'd have seen at least a half dozen mentions in that short article.

Fact of life in the conservative media of these days...... :mental:
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Re: Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2009, 04:30:24 PM »
The obligitory Race Card was thrown....

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Some residents viewed the trial as politically or racially motivated. Ms. Dixon, who is black and was born and raised in West Baltimore, is a Democrat who leads a majority-black, deeply Democratic city. Mr. Rohrbaugh [the state prosecutor] is a white Republican.
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Re: Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2009, 04:40:33 PM »
Quote from: ColonialMarine0431 on December 01, 2009, 04:30:24 PM
The obligitory Race Card was thrown....


I get so sick of this shit.  Every single time a black politician gets into trouble it's because of racism. 
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Re: Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2009, 04:44:34 PM »
It's their modus operandi, and more often than not it works.
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Re: Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2009, 04:48:25 PM »
Quote from: Randy on December 01, 2009, 04:20:09 PM
D's never get mentioned but if she was an R You'd have seen at least a half dozen mentions in that short article.

Fact of life in the conservative media of these days...... :mental:

How many times has Mike Huckabee's party affiliation been mentioned this week?
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Re: Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2009, 05:37:09 PM »
Quote from: Chris on December 01, 2009, 04:48:25 PM
How many times has Mike Huckabee's party affiliation been mentioned this week?

Conservative estimate? About as many times as the combined Obama voters passed gas.

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Re: Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2009, 09:09:43 AM »
Wait soon Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are going to be running up to defend the poor black woman
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Re: Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2009, 11:36:14 AM »
typical m.o. of the New Yawk Slimes. 

1. No mention (or very little and deep into the article) of party affiliation
2. Race card is played
 
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Some residents viewed the trial as politically or racially motivated. Ms. Dixon, who is black and was born and raised in West Baltimore, is a Democrat who leads a majority-black, deeply Democratic city. Mr. Rohrbaugh is a white Republican.
 
I don't think the NY Times would say "some residents feel the trial is racially motivated" if the perp was a Republican.   In their kool-ade lefty minds, only Republicans are racially/politically biased.   I wouldn't even use the NY Times as terlet paper or bird cage liner.  lol   And they (NYTIMES) wonder why their circulation has plummeted and layoffs have been made by the ton.

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Re: Baltimore’s Mayor Is Convicted in Gift Card Case
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2009, 12:27:46 PM »

I realize this is an old thread, but she's definitely a dem...the interesting thing to me is how pissed her constituents are at her. Guess they're mad she was stealing gift cards meant for them.
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