NY Governor David Paterson is piling a few on the Democrats’ house of cards today as well:
In the midst of swirling rumors of a soon-to-be published bombshell story, New York Gov. David Paterson (D) said Wednesday that criticism of him has been motivated by his race.
Paterson, who is black and blind, said on Imus in the Morning that he has been the subject of “outrageous rumors” the past two weeks centering around a supposedly damaging report to be published in the New York Times this week.
Notice how we need to be reminded of his being black as part of backdropping the baseline of the story? I, for one, am not the least bit concerned with his race…but I AM worried about his ability to lead his state knowing of his proclivities outside of work, and the extent to which these poor personal decisions may affect, or spill over into, decisions he might make at the expense of the people of New York.
Extra-marital affairs, prostitutes, drug use-these have forced many a white man out of office. Why does he think he gets a pass because, in criticizing that behavior in Mr. Paterson, we must therefore ONLY be doing so because he is black?
It’s the devil you keep Mr. Paterson, not the color of your skin, as you welcome him into your home.
There is no shortage of data regarding his failure at governing New York so far and, were a green purple or blue person to be failing as much we would want to see HIM gone too-wouldn’t we? We DO elect people into office for the purposes of improving our lives don’t we? If he is failing, he needs to be replaced regardless his physical appearance.
“Black” doesn’t trump effectiveness and capability and accomplishment Mr. Paterson…not where I come from at least.
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
Stupid is as Stupid does
creditman Wednesday, February 10th at 11:12AM EST (link)Being black doesn’t give you a pass on Stupidity. You can be black and Stupid!
Welcome to Wonderland
Marcus_Traianus (Diary) Wednesday, February 10th at 11:38AM EST (link)Where the people blindly follow a White Rabbit down the abysmal liberal hole. The Mad Hatter runs the socialist republic and those who dare to call him “mad” are dismissed as “mad” themselves. It is a fantasy world where everything is turned upside down and the denizens largely persecute conservatives as The Knave, largely ignoring the absurdity of their accusations.
Now back to reality;
Mr. Patterson, the “Accidental Governor” is largely such due to his predecessor being of the same moral, social and political cloth. Those are not distinctions of race. They are the stinging accouterments of a political religion called liberalism. This philosophy has not only bankrupt our state, caused utter fiscal ruin, destroyed our schools, killed jobs and initiated an exodus from our once proud place of domicile. It has also in the process torn our social fabric, installed political correctness as a replacement for common sense and substituted excuse for achievement.
So I would ask- who is really blind here? To quote Aristophanes “Wise men learn many things from enemies”. We should heed such advise.
One final note: Mr Patterson’s dalliances are well know around the state. Those how frequent certain haunts and halls have know this for some time. That the Times now seems this is “fit to print” is more a coup de grace then actual reporting.
Now if we could just get a few Republicans to step up, perhaps we could begin the long road back.
By the way, where in the world is Doug Hoffman and why isn’t the state GOP recruiting him for a bigger office?
“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson
Patterson needs to be more subtle and let his
throwback59 Wednesday, February 10th at 1:20PM EST (link)aides and supporters hint that opposition is racially motivated. That, after all, is what Obama does.