Washington D.C. erects statue of former Mayor

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Washington D.C. erects statue of former Mayor

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Bet ya can't guess which mayor.. :) I find it amazing the statues that are being torn down, versus the ones they are putting up..

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A bronze, larger-than-life statue of late D.C. politician Marion Barry was unveiled Saturday on Pennsylvania Avenue, memorializing the controversial so-called “Mayor for Life” mere blocks from the White House outside the city building where he worked during his decades in public office.

Erected outside the John A. Wilson Building, the seat of D.C. local government, the eight-foot-tall statue portraying a smiling, waving Barry constitutes “a fitting tribute in this city that he so loved,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said at Saturday afternoon’s unveiling.
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Is this the same mayor that was caught on video smoking crack with a prostitute?
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BEAR! wrote:Is this the same mayor that was caught on video smoking crack with a prostitute?
The one and only.

I'm all for this statue, but only if the pedestal is inscribed with "B**ch set me up..."
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BEAR! wrote:Is this the same mayor that was caught on video smoking crack with a prostitute?
but of course it is.
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Bruenor wrote:
BEAR! wrote:Is this the same mayor that was caught on video smoking crack with a prostitute?
but of course it is.
Is he holding a crack pipe. :lol:
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There absolutley HAS to be a photo shopped or photo edited-captioned pic on the web,somewhere. There just HAS to be
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Chris Rock had one of the funniest bits ever back on his "Bring the Pain" special... talking about the Million Man March and Marion Barry.

Ummmm, he tells it better than I do. Watch the special. :?
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Did Barry's statue get a similar reception?

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I find it fascinating that people support a man who was doing things for which his police force was arresting, and in some cases KILLING, the general public.

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deanimator wrote:I find it fascinating that people support a man who was doing things for which his police force was arresting, and in some cases KILLING, the general public.

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