Comment by koolba

5 days ago

Yes a black man can only (politically) get away with something less risque like smoking crack cocaine on video during an FBI sting:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/local/fbi-video-of-unde...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry

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insane_dreamer  5 days ago

Pretty bad false equivalency. Barry was barred from running and went to federal prison. Yes, he was eligible to run (and was re-elected) but only _after_ he served his sentence. Did I miss the part where Trump went to jail?

You also can't compare a mayoral election with a presidential one.

  • koolba  5 days ago

    > Pretty bad false equivalency. Barry was barred from running and went to federal prison. Yes, he was eligible to run (and was re-elected) but only _after_ he served his sentence. Did I miss the part where Trump went to jail?

    Nope. Though you also missed the part where the manufacturing of "felony" charges was so novel they had never been attempted before. The closest parallel is probably the case of John Edwards who was acquitted: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/us/edwards-jury-returns-n... But you probably think it's because he was also a white man and not because there was no criminal act.

    I'm curious if you can even sum up what exactly was the felony that Trump was convicted, or even better, who's the victim? Because all I saw was an overzealous DA in NY with utter disregard for the actual law.

    > You also can't compare a mayoral election with a presidential one.

    Yes. And clearly people of DC would rather elect a Democrat crackhead over any Republican.

    • insane_dreamer  5 days ago

      You're on to a different argument now.

      My point was about surviving scandals as a candidate. Trump survived the Hollywood Access tape, where it would have buried most candidates. Your example was "whatabout Barry" -- but they're not comparable (and Barry did not survive his scandal, but went to jail).

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