loco_moco's Blog

It's looking less like Love Street and more like the Hershey Highway for Motor City Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick right now.  Having denied under oath before a jury that he'd had a long-term affair with his top aide, he now faces charges of blatant perjury after the Detroit Free Press revealed amorous details of e-mail mash notes between the two:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMmCL2ZE66E0ZnDD
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Hizzoner's next romantic fling may well be a not-too-eagerly-anticipated nightly rendezvous with his new Block "B" buddy Bubba.

However, the point of this post is really about those pesky e-mails the press got their hands on, and why some folks are apparently just too dumb to clean up the incriminating evidence.  Mayor Kilpatrick left a trail a mile wide, and it cost him his mistress -- and likely his mayoralty -- and potentially his pucker power too.

On the other hand, the White House did things just right.  They didn't stop at simply deleting their millions of incriminating e-mails.  They prudently destroyed the backup tapes too.

So, alas, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove's tumultuous affair will tragically remain a secret of the ages!