ALBANY - Gov. Paterson blamed a racist media Friday for trying to push him out of next year's election - launching into an angry rant that left even some black Democrats shaking their heads.
"The whole idea is to get me not to run in the primary," Paterson complained on a morning radio show hosted by Daily News columnist Errol Louis.
He suggested that Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the country's only other African-American governor, also is under fire because of his race.
Look, I don't know anything about Paterson and the job he's doing in (or is it to?) NY. It's entirely possible he's doing a fantastic job, but the evil right wing racist media in NY is painting him as a failure because they're racists. And giant talking broccoli stalks from the planet Weembo might mow my lawn for me.
What I do know is that the problems facing MA governor, a.k.a. "Cadillac Deval", are entirely of his own making and have nothing to do with his race. The man has never met a tax he didn't want to raise, a freedom he didn't want to curtail, or a special interest group he didn't pander to. This is a man who can't get things done in a state that is 90% controlled by his own party. He can't get his liberal agenda passed in Massachusetts.
That's got nothing to do with race, and everything to do with gross incompetence, stunning arrogance, or a combination of the two...
That is all.
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Gee, I thought the Paterson's problem was the general consensus that he wasn't up to the job. I grant that NY is one of the hardest states to govern and hasn't had a really successful governor in a long time. But the Dems think they can do better.
Yeah, because when I think of racism I think of New York and Massachusetts.
Geez, to listen to the Left one would think the entire nation was Mississippi or Tennessee . . . 1866.
Shootin' Buddy
Racist.
And giant talking broccoli stalks from the planet Weembo might mow my lawn for me.
Dude, that level of snark needs a Class III Beverage Warning at the least.
You now owe my company two 20" flat-panel monitors, a Microsoft Natural keyboard, and you owe me a set of speakers ;)
Oh, and let's see. Word Verification = bradyne. We're talking about MA and NY, and Brady Northeast comes up? Methinks blogger is developing an AI moduel *grin*
pvanderwaart,
Hey, why admit incompetence if you can cry racism, right? Who cares if it has nothing to do with the issue, right?
shootin' buddy,
Exactly. And he's complaining about the *media*, for cryin' out loud. The media who has been FALLING ALL OVER THEMSELVES GOING "ZOMG TEH FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR!!!1111"...
RW,
Heh.
Matt,
I can't claim full credit for that - some of it is inspired by Dave Barry... ;)
Jay G --
Given that I live in Virginia, where we elected Doug Wilder almost 20 years ago, I'm not really impressed with the whole "ZOMG! We actually managed to elect a black guy!!! What PROGRESS!!!"
Yeah, whatever -- we elected Wilder, and he was an improvement over his predecessor (another Democrat), even though Wilder is a typical statist leftist.
Yawn.
I can haz actual news now? {chuckle}
"or a special interest group he didn't pander to."
NRA?
Gotta give Obama and Deval credit here, they both immediately came out and detached themselves from this ass-hattery.
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