Adrian Walker: In the rogues' gallery

"I am a firm believer in the notion that you can do good and do well at the same time."

WOW!

Dianne was never one to mince words.

I wonder if she's been on the phone yet with Martha Stewart to see what life in a Federal Big House is like!

Hey Adrian, did it ever occur to you that Roxbury already has MORE than its fair share of booze merchants. Roxbury needs another booze seller like it needs another street crack dealer.

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Hey Adrian, did it ever occur to you that Roxbury already has MORE than its fair share of booze merchants. Roxbury needs another booze seller like it needs another street crack dealer.

“Misteps”? “MISTEPS?” Is that what the Globe calls perjury, theft, tax evasion, racism, and bribery? ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I wouldn’t wipe my butt with the rag sheet. You guys are beyond psychotic.

If we are going to have a death penalty, looking at this article and what has gone on on Wall Street suggests to me that we are applying it to the wrong people.

“Misteps”? “MISTEPS?” Is that what the Globe calls perjury, theft, tax evasion, racism, and bribery? ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I wouldn’t wipe my butt with the rag sheet. You guys are beyond psychotic.

Mr. Walker,

I don't know why you took Senator Wilkerson at face value a year ago, when she called you to kvetch. But you wore out a lot of shoe leather when you were a general assignment reporter, a job at which you were accomplished. Please use that skill for your future columns.

In any case, what is to prevent the Senator from continuing her campaign? Senoa

I honestly think Wilkerson WILL continue her campaign because she believes that her constituents are just that naive, just that ignorant. If so does continue, I hope she doesn't get a single write-in vote. She's a sickening creature who has manipulated the system not for the benefit of those who elect her or even the benefit of the Commonwealth she serves, but only for herself.

I appreciate how you pose the question. For someone who I believe has always been genuinely interested in the health of her community, Wilkerson must have believed that the end justified her means. Add to the mix personal financial desperation, cash bribes were that much more appealing. Over the years, as she saw the inner workings of politics, she perhaps perceived that the only way to get good things done (more liquor licenses for Roxbury, quick development of a historical parcel) was to play the game. And if she personally gained from these things, all the better. She could more easily support herself, and, therefore, more easily improve the health of her community. Besides the general corrupting nature of power, this is the only way I can compromise her clear interest in the community with her criminal behavior.

Jimmy: Most of her constiuents (and as all Obama voters) ARE that naive AND ignorant. If Obama gets elected, we can expect more of this crap from Washington.

Beth: Give me a break- you are pathetic. Your kind would justify what Hitler did. Some people are just plain evil, and she's one of them.

Adrian you are not alone - as a matter of fact as the Mother of a child with a disability I am in shock and hurt she was a true champion for our children not only in Boston but state and nationwide. I wish her well.

Note to nofool: Perhaps you have skipped reading the news of the endless line of Republicans over the past 8 years who have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar...the latest example coming just yesterday with the conviction of Senator Stevens from Alaska.

Sadly, People will still vote for her

Nofool: I believe that all people are inherently evil. And that power corrupts. And that Diane Wilkerson is a corrupt criminal who was looking for personal gain. However, I've also seen her show a genuine understanding of the needs of the community. And, I've personally seen her help people in ways that would never benefit herself. So I need a way to compromise the fact that she's corrupt, selfish and misguided, but that she also cares about her community.

Sadly, this doesn't surprise me. Does it surprise Mayor Menino or Gov. Patrick? How could they campaign for her. Which is worse, being that naive that they didn't know this was going on......or knowing it was going on and supporting it anyway.

Now comes Sal Dimasi.

Beth, Here you are making excuses for her, you are as much as fault as she is.

She's innocent I tell you, INNOCENT. It's a conspiracy!

This country was built on lies and murders so.. what did you guys expect? I'm not saying Wilkerson is right, but, i mean 90% of people in the government are liars........so let's keep our eyes open because many more will be caught stealing.

This is another example of a minority thinking that she can get away with whatever she wants to do because she is black. Think about this when you go to vote.

adrian walker is an honest guy.
so he never had a chance against a good liar like diane.
Happens all the time.

I loved this line: She is innocent until proven guilty, of course. But I defy anyone to look at her counting her earnings and say they believe in her innocence.

there's an african proverb, 'that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter." right about now, most of the people of the 2nd suffolk are seeing the story of the hunt reflecting the agony and travail of the lion...and it's another tired, tawdry, tragic episode.

Hey Voting for Obama- Just what you Libs always do, deflect the issue. When one of your own gets caught, you just do what all juvenile minded people do: respond with ". . but what about the other guy". It's right out of the Kool-Aid drinkers hand book. One has nothing to do with the other. What flavor Kool-Aid is your favorite? Licorace?

Hey, wait aminute! Dianne was just "spreading the wealth around", just like Obama wants to do (in a similar fashion I might add.)

A logical continuation of her sad history, in my humble opinion.

Nofool,
Why don't you take YOUR racism and hatred somewhere else. Clearly you're a McCain fan (and thus a Bush backer) which makes YOU the naive and ignorant one.

Big B- Another "classic" response from the Kool Aid handbook, when you have nothing intelligent to say, call people "Hatefull" and "Racist". Drinking your Kool Aid won't make you smart. And you are quite wrong, McCain is pseudo Democrat, Obama is a Socialist. He belongs in the former USSR.

Wow...can all of those people who keep equating Barack with Diane just pull the white sheet over your heads and go away? The two are more disimilar than apples and eggplants.

Adrian, thank you for your honesty. As someone who feels there aren't enough representatives for the browner areas of Boston (Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan), I had little but some hope in Diane. It's sad to see her become the crook that she vowed she would protect the community from, and she deserves her punishment(s).

The only fact in this article is that a Black Journalists is being weak on a Black Politicians. Adrian Walker has now become the Liberal version of Ann Coultier of the Globe.

No fool your are an idiot.....What does Obama and Wilkerson have in common other than being democrats and of the black race?.....Why don't you say what you are really trying to say.....

No, they are exactly the same. You haven't paid attention to Barry's racist socialist past; but don't let facts cloud your thinking. Just keep guzzling that Kool Aid.

Anyone who uses the phrase "Kool Aid" in a post on a political issue automatically disqualifies themselves from being taken seriously. "Nofool", your handle is ironic.

SBJ, how so? I get nofool's meaning, don't you?

Me thinks thou doth protest too much-hitting a nerve? You libs just can't handle the truth. Can't compare Dianne with Barry? The I guess Bush- McCain can't be compared either. Oh, no- that's different. You wouldn't know politics if it bit you in the ass. Chances are you have not a cluse on what the Kool-Aid reference refers to, Mr. Jones

"Deja Vu" is a national chain of strip clubs. Was this proposed Roxbury club part of that chain, or did it just unfortunately share the same name?

Hello...isn't there a Boston FBI agent on trial right now in Florida for taking $250,000 in bribes and committing murder? Makes this look kinda puny. And wasn't he cozy with the ex-president of UMass, brother of #2 on the FBI ten most wanted list? And yet, little of this finds its way into the Boston newspapers. Interesting...

Ha! Finally this petty crook-cum-politician is caught red-handed. I hope she enjoys prison as much as so many of us will enjoy seeing her go there.

I bet Dianne Wilkerson gets re-elected next week. Like O.J., she was framed.

Listen people! What is right, is right. What is wrong, is wrong...period! It doesn't matter if you are white, black, brown, purple, or pink! Do not defend someone that was caught in the act of taking bribes because they are black, or that they are a democrat. That is wrong just like it would be if someone was defending someone because they were white and a republican if they had committed the same crime. Enough of this race-bating, party-pandering jibberish! Stop the whining and hold people accountable for their own actions regardless of race, creed, color, ethnicity, religious beliefs, or political party affiliation!!!!!!! STOP WHINING ABOUT THIS CRAP AND GO TO WORK!!!!!!

Unfortunately, Wilkerson may be re-elected anyway. William Jefferson got re-elected after he was caught taking bribes. Marion Barry was re-elected after he was videotaped smoking crack with a prostitute. Ted Stevens was just convicted of corruption, but may be re-elected anyway. Michael Curley was mayor of Boston while he was in jail.

Should we be surprised of what is happening in this country? I mean love of money is the root of all evil...it corrupts and destroys a person. And like Savage says, "Liberalism is a mental disorder."

Her other more minor crimes were egregious enough that the Democratic party should have censured her and pressured her to resign. Guess they were protecting a fellow crook. Vote out the Democratic party scum. Massachusetts needs to clean house.

Missteps ? Why is anyone surprised that this was coming. This just goes to show you how blind people can be. Not just the people she represents in her district but the press and fellow politicians. Mumbles and Devil have egg on their face now.