New York – Well, they’re not calling Gov. Paterson “a drug addict” again — just a mite “addled.” Oh, and totally corrupt.
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Team Paladino is lashing back at Gov. Paterson for calling the newly minted GOP gubernatorial candidate “unfit for office” during a morning forum and deriding him for forwarding around emails Paterson deemed “racist, homophobic, misogynist.”
In a statement, Paladino Campaign Manager Michael Caputo went off on the lame-duck gov, showing once again that there will apparently be no mercy in this dojo when it comes to responding to political attacks:
“The attack on Carl Paladino by David Paterson, the most corrupt and incompetent Governor in New York history, is laughable.
“David Paterson tried to intimidate a witness in a domestic abuse case involving his top aide, used state and city police to further intimidate and then tried to stonewall the investigation of the incident. Paterson lied and forged documents regarding his taking New York Yankees tickets and he even recently wired a $258 million no-bid State contract for his wife’s employer.
“David Paterson should have been prosecuted for these illegal acts, but true to the Albany system he avoided paying any penalty for betraying the public trust. He is symbolic of everything that is wrong with Albany. Paterson demeans his office further by resorting to these personal attacks.
“Paterson’s charge that Carl Paladino is a racist is patently false and the public record proves it. Carl Paladino has created thousands of jobs for people of color. Carl has quietly funded the St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy shelter in Buffalo for fifteen years, feeding thousands of poor people, people of color and others just down on their luck. Does that sound like the work of a racist?
“How private sector jobs has Andrew Cuomo created for African-Americans? How many has he fed? I’ll venture a safe guess: none. David Paterson is addled and nearly all New Yorkers are counting down the days until he stops embarrassing this state.”
Paterson has not been charged in conjunction with the domestic violence case of his former top aide, David Johnson, although Judge Judith Kaye said after an investigation that Paterson exercised poor judgment in the case and said the Yankees ticket scandal merits consideration of criminal charges against the governor.
Paterson has also said he was unaware of the awarding of the contract to Emblem Health at the time.
This Paladino character sounds like a real tough cookie, baseball bats to city hall?? Haha, I hope he wins.
someone thats able to stand up to the establishment on the left and right, looking forward to electing Paladino
Paladino Is the new Giuliani
i knew it would happen
Dave didn’t mama teach that you don’t throw rocks if you live in a glass house…
#3, Giuliani hates racism, bigotry, and pornography. Paladino loves all three.
Charlie Hall defends a Republican????? Moshiach tseiten!
Paladino also could have mentioned then-Lieutenant Governor David Paterson using a State credit card to charge the Government for a hotel room for trysts with his girlfriend. Meanwhile, he was married. Remember all that? Paterson’s excuse was that he had to be close to the State Senate, to break any tie votes, which was less than 5 minutes from the hotel. His Albany house, though, was about 10 minutes from the State Senate. Whoops – that excuse flunked the smell test with most of us, but the equally ethically challenged Democrat Albany DA fell for it. What a farce! Paterson should be upstate right now, and I don’t mean Albany.
we all hope paladino wins. we need a governor who supports school vouchers.
I love the guy and support him, but he is given to hyperbole: “most corrupt and incompetent Governor in New York history”? Heh. Patterson is a piker in both departments – not even in the majors.