Oh, Kwame!

We've left the laugh out loud text message scandal that wrapped Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in controversy alone for awhile. It was getting sort of old. I mean how many text message jokes can one blog tell.

Today, however, a Wayne County circuit court judge released more embarassing text messages between Kilpatrick and his former Chief of Staff, Christine Beatty:

BEATTY TO MAYOR
"LOL! N----, I already claimed it! KCK 2012. You told me that you would be my boyfriend everyday until I was your wife. Are you renigging?"

MAYOR TO BEATTY
"Hell no! Don't start none. Won't be none n---ette! LOL"

This has brought a renewed chorus of calls for Kilpatrick to resign, most notably from former Detroit mayoral candidate Freman Hendrix:

"At some point you really have to put the welfare of the city, of the taxpayers, of the people who live here first, and I think if he's honest about doing that, I don't think there's any other conclusion he can come to than to step aside."

This does have implications on the presidential campaign. Detroit is a mayor voting bloc in Michigan and some Democrats are openly questioning Kilpatrick's ability to get out the vote.