David Paterson
Posted at 10:43pm on Mar. 24, 2008 Governor Paterson, Al Sharpton and Drugs
By GordonTaylor
It has been another whirl wind day surrounding Gov. Paterson and his escapade. It has become an escapade, it's no longer gossip and innuendo. And so the story continues like this.
After receiving some very bad advice from his long time and now former friend, former NYC Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch, and exposing his seemly underbelly, it seems our esteemed new Governor turned to another long time friend for advice this past weekend, Saturday to be exact, the right Reverend Al Sharpton. We do not yet know what advice he was seeking, and can't imagine what the Reverend would be able to tell him, except about spending campaign cash without gettig caught.
Yes, it does continue below, unfortunately.
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Posted at 8:32am on Mar. 24, 2008 Hey, folks who donate to a D campaign should be OK with this kind of thing, shouldn't they?
After all, they're the ones who tend to rail against "Moralists" and the like
By Jeff Emanuel
Our own Gordon Taylor has already been doing a great job keeping tabs on the Sexploits of new NY Governor David Paterson. Here's another story to add to the growing pile: the New York Times reported Saturday that, last week (finally), Gov-by-default Paterson "reimbursed his campaign committee...for two stays at a Manhattan hotel that he has acknowledged using to carry on an extramarital affair." Nice of him to pay back the kind folks who donated to his Tryst Fund.
Further, "Henry T. Berger, an election lawyer for Mr. Paterson, also told reporters that the governor used his campaign credit card to buy furniture and men’s clothing in 2004," though the lawyer said that is was pretty much OK because Paterson "reimbursed the committee at the time for the $2,138 in spending."
Having now addressed this, the Governor's representatives are moving on to doing what Democrats do in situations like this: accusing those who dare shed light on their wrongdoing of being [fill-in-the-blank here]-ist.
Read on.
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Posted at 8:00am on Mar. 24, 2008 Could Bad Advice Land David Paterson In Jail?
By GordonTaylor
David Paterson made some bad decisions in life regarding sleeping around and using campaign monies for personal use. Now, it appears he has made another bad decision, one that could land him in jail if this is pursued any further.
Paterson turned to his old friend, former Deputy Mayor and long time Democratic operative Bill Lynch for advice on his past philandering ways with staff members and strangers alike.
Lynch, as you might remember, cost New York City's first Black Mayor David Dinkins his office in a re-election bid by giving him bad advice. Dinkins was known for being indecisive and just a bad Mayor and much of his advice came from his Deputy Mayor, Lynch. Now he has done the same thing for Paterson, giving him bad advice by telling him to come clean with his past transgressions.
Paterson gave an outstanding inaugural speech on the day he was sworn in, and then following day he disclosed his infidelities that he and his wife admitted to. Now, no one canremember a word he spoke on Monday, as the frenzy continues around is admissions given on Tuesday.
A second source close to Paterson bitterly exclaimed, "Lynch helped the city's first black mayor lose office, and now he's helping the state's first black governor do the same."
Read on . . .
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