Poor guy--he never saw this coming?

The fix was in for Cuomo all along.

Instead of just running against Paterson in the primary--they had to drum up anything and everything to force the guy out.

Not that he was such a great candidate--but Cuomo would have won the primary.

What are they afraid of?

Beating a blind guy??

It's the Chicago way! Obama told Paterson he didn't want him to run. Well, what Obama wants he gets! I don't like it any more than you do.

Yeah! Why does Obama and the Dems hate blind people anyways? When you sonsider how they mock people with mentally disabilities, it wouldn't surprise me it the fact that he is legally blind is THE REASL REASON Obama doesn't want him running.

He just can't see anyway he could win.

Ahhh, the servant is slave to massabama?

I see nanc is trolling in her muumuu again.

I guess if you're a Democratic governor you can't use the State Police to handle your dirty work, but if you're the part-time Republican governor of a northern, frost-bitten state it's a-ok.

"Obama has been trying to dig up dirt on him for months."

Face it, he and his cronies are Chicago thugs. That's their style. Go back to when he was running for the Senate in Illinois. EVERY ONE of his opponents was run out of the race, including the republican incumbent. He ended up running against an opponent from outside Illinois and basically won by default.

That Obama is so damned clever to arrange all this.
Simply amazing.

you are supposed to pay em off BEFORE it hits the paper.

"I guess if you're a Democratic governor you can't use the State Police to handle your dirty work...

Like bringing in hookers across state lines? Or how about making them an aide for a threesome?

Maybe Patterson couldn't stop Obama from campaigning for him.

The cult of seek and destroy.

It's not enough to beat the guy in the primary--they have to destroy the guy's reputation (he helped).

Ah, I thought he'd hang in there.

Lost a bet.

Silly Tom.

its very clear,,
the diverse and minority conscious left simply wont stand for a black governor who is actually elected.
dont believe me...look at comments about hispanic court appointees during 2000-08

I love all the conspiracy talk tying this to Obama. Paterson was caught leaning on a domestic violence victim to protect his spouse-battering aide. And that's just the latest in a string of acts that have made New Yorkers eager to get rid of him.

"When you sonsider how they mock people with mentally disabilities, it wouldn't surprise me it the fact that he is legally blind is THE REASL REASON Obama doesn't want him running.

#3 | Posted by member2586"

Oh. My. God.

Did you really just type that? Mentally disabilities indeed.

Blind people and black people...the two things I hate in life most, next to the ambidextrous and ferrets.

"Paterson was caught leaning on a domestic violence victim to protect his spouse-battering aide. And that's just the latest in a string of acts that have made New Yorkers eager to get rid of him."

Good! That way he will be eligible to be named an "American Treasure" along with Van Jones and Charlie Rangel.

#18 | POSTED BY MONTECORE

Now, Monte...

Consider the source.

It's not nice to make fun of the slow...

okay so speaking of a conspiracy..

all he has to do is dial 911BJ...and he will get a clinton help line which will tell him how to blame EVERYTHING on the right wing conspiracy...

love all the conspiracy talk tying this to Obama. Paterson was caught leaning on a domestic violence victim to protect his spouse-battering aide. And that's just the latest in a string of acts that have made New Yorkers eager to get rid of him.
#17 | Posted by rcade

I wonder if all that would have come out if Obama had decided he didn't want Paterson to run.

hadn't

"It's not nice to make fun of the slow...
#21 | Posted by TheTom"

True, but that's also true about a lot of things that are fun to do. As the old saying goes, you gotta break a few eggs in order to make fun of broken eggs.

Maybe it's pay back for not picking Caroline Kennedy for HIllary's Senate seat.

The problem is that the number one Dem contender is Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo is one of the main architects of the housing debacle. He was HUD Secy under Clinton. He pressured banks to make loans to the unqualified.

I believe he was bestowed this position as pay back for Clinton's remarks to BFF Gennifer Flowers.

In a recorded conversation Clinton stated Mario Cuomo (then Gov of NY and Andrew's father) was "...acting like a Mafioso....".

PS: Our Community Organizer-in-Chief played a hand in the sub-prime mess when he brought suits against banks as ACORN's (A CON) chief counsel.

"He pressured banks to make loans to the unqualified."

Then why did so many banks avoid the sub-prime mess like the plague?

Don't worry another crooked Dem is waiting in the wings.

This is what you get when you have one party rule....

Don't worry another crooked Dem is waiting in the wings.
This is what you get when you have one party rule....

What you get with two party rule, is twice as many crooks.

Don't believe for a moment that Oboner and his posse was clean on this... hands are dirty...!!!
To believe otherwise is pretty naive and ignorant..

FLASHBACK---Paterson Says He Will Run, Rejecting Call From Obama

Paterson the Playa drops out of the NY Governor race after only a week?

Anyone who didn't see this coming?

/Asides from Paterson, of course.

Now the tough question emerges.

How do the RWers make this all about Obama?

Don't believe for a moment that Oboner and his posse was clean on this... hands are dirty...!!!

Do you think the WH did wrong in asking Paterson not to run again?

Do you think Paterson was a good Governor?

This latest scandal involving Paterson is just one of many. He is basically unelectable at this point due not only to those scandals but because of NY's potential 8 Billion dollar deficit.

Personally Spud would much rather see Spitzer back as Governor than Cuomo who, as has been noted previously, is too connected to too many failed financial policies. Spitzer may have been a pussy hound but at least he was a fiscally responsible pussy hound who was serious about cleaning up Wall Street.

And yes, Spud knows that'll never happen.

Just sayin'.

Be Well.

I thought the Boy Scout hand raise oath of no wrongdoing was clever. The photographers had a field day with that little nuance of nonverbal communication.