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Weird Mystery of the Day

Choire Sicha — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:20:44 +0000

Serious question: Why are there so many pictures of Janet Jackson on Marion Barry's facebook page? http://on.fb.me/g1wX6yTue Mar 15 19:30:06 via webAlanSuderman
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Marion Barry, Unrepentant

Alex Balk — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:30:30 +0000

There's a new HBO documentary about former Washington Mayor Marion Barry, and he went on MSNBC to promote it. The entire segment is proof that if you can just hang around long enough people will take you seriously no matter how much of a sick, sorry joke your life is. Good for him, I guess.

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Marion Barry, Classy Breaker-Upper

Choire Sicha — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:10:04 +0000

A wise voicemail message from DC councilman and former mayor Marion Barry: "Donna, you don't have to answer your home phone but let me just say that I'm addicted to you. Don't call me back. I will not take a call from you. I'm not gonna call you so this is it. Don't call me back. I was trying to be amicable about it if we could. It's not right for us to have gone through all this whatever...I do apologize to you it and I'm not asking you to apologize to me. I'm just gonna end it. I like to end it amicably like I done most of my relationships and you've done most of yours. So don't call me and you won't hear from me. Simple as that." Aww. Oh, uh oh? Next voicemail: "Call me and let me know that you accept that and I will not ever call you and you shouldn't call me and then we be alright." Oh really?

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Marion Barry Has No Idea What He's Voting For, Asks For Do-Over

Choire Sicha — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:50:20 +0000

"D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) has now asked that the gay marriage bill be reconsidered. He didn't realize what he was voting on before."

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