Are you there, God? It's me, Detroit

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Are you there, God? It's me, Detroit
BY BILL MCGRAW • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • JUNE 18, 2009


What is it with some Detroit politicians and God?

City Councilwoman Monica Conyers is only the latest public official to summon the Almighty when the going gets tough.

On Tuesday, when it became clear the feds were closing in on Conyers, she described herself to viewers of her weekly TV show as “a child of God," and told viewers "if you're not praying for me, then you're just adding to the problem."

Then she added: "All these things that are going on right now ... I believe in my heart that God will deliver me from them."

C’mon, councilwoman. God is not going to help with a federal bribery rap. God doesn’t work that way. Just ask Kwame Kilpatrick.

Nobody in memory called on God as often as the disgraced mayor. And the number of his heavenly shout-outs seemed to increase last year as the pressure grew greater.

When Kilpatrick was in trouble and refusing to resign, he mentioned God so much you’d have thought He was deputy mayor. And in the end, God did not help Kilpatrick. He had to resign, go to jail, forfeit his law license, move to Texas, rent a house in a fancy suburb and buy an Escalade.

When Kilpatrick first got in trouble in January 2008, he staged a televised address to Detroiters from an empty room in a church. He once described himself as “God’s guy.” Another time last year, he said: “I believe I’m on an assignment from God.”

While deciding whether to run for mayor the first time, Kilpatrick -- then 30 -- said he went to his basement and sought wisdom by opening a Bible. Of all passages, he has said, he stumbled upon Second Samuel, in which David is depicted taking control of Judah — at age 30.

Right.

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Or maybe he's saying, "I like jelly donuts." Who can tell?

Monica Conyers is part and parcel of the corruption that is smothering Detroit. I like to think the latest allegations against her are God's way of telling her to stop accepting bribes, but hey, what do I know? :-)