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March 04, 2010

Paterson End Game In NY?
— DrewM

Looks like the fall of David Paterson maybe reaching it's climax.

Today, Paterson's spokesman resigned and blasted the Governor on the way out the door.

"I have been honored to serve the people of New York during a difficult time in our stateÂ’s history. As a former officer in the United States Navy, integrity and commitment to public service are values I take seriously."
"Unfortunately, as recent developments have come to light, I cannot in good conscience continue in my current position. I have notified the Governor that I am resigning as Director of Communications."

Kaufman joins Paterson's Director of Criminal Justice Services and State Police Chief on the resignation front.

In addition to the charges that he interfered with a domestic violence case, Paterson is also facing ethics charges in conjunction with some Yankees tickets he accepted.

Now the WSJ is reporting the Governor is holding an emergency meeting with his staff.

Time to say goodbye? Let's just say I have in front of me a skull, some lighter fluid and a match.

Posted by: DrewM at 10:42 AM | Comments (61)
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1 I'm worried this is gonna tarnish the Democrat's record for good governance

Posted by: Rod Blagojevich at March 04, 2010 10:45 AM (ERJIu)

I'm worried this is gonna tarnish the Democrat's record for good governance

Me, too!

Posted by: Charlie Rangel at March 04, 2010 10:45 AM (ERJIu)

I'm worried this is gonna tarnish the Democrat's record for good governance

It's a record with few blemishes.

Posted by: John Edwards at March 04, 2010 10:46 AM (ERJIu)

4 Come on do it! Resign! I got today in the office pool!

Posted by: Rocks at March 04, 2010 10:47 AM (Q1lie)

5 He's not going to have to give back his Nobel is he?

Posted by: Dr. Spank at March 04, 2010 10:47 AM (I1/U/)

I'm worried this is gonna tarnish the Democrat's record for good governance

The Republicans can be counted on to sieze these few isolated incidents and blow them out of proportion.

Posted by: William Jefferson at March 04, 2010 10:48 AM (ERJIu)

Rot.

It's what's for dinner.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 04, 2010 10:49 AM (B+qrE)

The Republicans can be counted on to sieze these few isolated incidents and blow them out of proportion.

They'll act like the guy should be impeaced or something!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 04, 2010 10:49 AM (ERJIu)

9 "Impeached"- ease off, darlin' I'm typing up here!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 04, 2010 10:50 AM (ERJIu)

10 I'm not resigning! I'm gonna be promoted to chairman of the Ways and Means Commitee!

Posted by: David Paterson at March 04, 2010 10:52 AM (ERJIu)

He must be insisting that he's not going to quit, otherwise you'd think these people could just wait it out a few more days.

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 04, 2010 10:53 AM (Be4xl)

12 He's gone today.

Posted by: Vic at March 04, 2010 10:55 AM (QrA9E)

13 In fairness though, the tickets he was told were for the Yankees were actually for the Mets...it's not like he'd notice the difference, right?

Posted by: Hurry Hard at March 04, 2010 10:55 AM (aOxNf)

I got the marshmallows ready. mmmm, afternoon snack. who has chocolate so we can make s'mores?

Posted by: bebes boobs destroy at March 04, 2010 10:56 AM (cniXs)

15 Hey hey did you forget about me? 67% of NYer's want the governor not to resign and for Cumo to STFU.

Posted by: Quinnipiac poll at March 04, 2010 10:58 AM (p302b)

16 Come on Patterson, you're freaking BLIND as well as BLACK. There's got to be a 'card' in there somewhere you can lay on the table.

Posted by: GarandFan at March 04, 2010 10:58 AM (6mwMs)

17 13 He's gone today. Vic, I'm going with here today, gone tomorrow--you know, that magic day, Friday1111 Any news that's detrimental to Democrats gets released on Friday.

Posted by: Les Francais at March 04, 2010 11:01 AM (CfmlF)

"Mr. Kauffmann is the third top staffer to leave the administration.

Criminal Justice Services Commissioner Denise O'Donnell abruptly quit Feb. 25. State police Superintendent Harry Corbitt announced his unexpected retirement Tuesday."

Posted by: Quinnipiac poll at March 04, 2010 11:02 AM (p302b)

19 I kinda want him to come out and say, "I refuse to resign, to save taxpayers the cost of reprinting all the signs and pamphlets with the new governor's name."

Seriously, for the money they spent on replacing "Spitzer" with "Paterson" on state park signage and maps alone, they could have kept the Revolutionary War sites open for another year.

*spit*

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 04, 2010 11:03 AM (mR7mk)

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What?

Posted by: Eyewitless News at 10 at March 04, 2010 11:03 AM (ERJIu)

Darn left on a sock (again!)

17 Come on Patterson, you're freaking BLIND as well as BLACK. There's got to be a 'card' in there somewhere you can lay on the table.
Unfortunately when the Chicago Thugs come for you, there is nowhere to hide.

Posted by: runningrn at March 04, 2010 11:03 AM (CfmlF)

22 Governor Patterson in "Blindside".

Posted by: runningrn at March 04, 2010 11:03 AM (CfmlF)

23 New York Governor David Paterson unexpectedly resigned today, for reasons that remain unclear.....

Posted by: AP News at March 04, 2010 11:04 AM (ERJIu)

24 "Sharpton Calls Another Emergency Meeting About Paterson"

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 11:05 AM (p302b)

25 "Paterson Aide Forged Gov's Signature on Check to Yankees"
Tune in tomorrow for our next episode of "As Albany Turns".

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 11:08 AM (p302b)

26 ...and all those state offices will need an 8x10 glossy of the new gov. There's billions of state offices. That'll run into money.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 04, 2010 11:10 AM (mR7mk)

David Patterson appearing now in a tsunami revival of Blaxpoitation films:

Shafted

They Call Me Mr. Fibs

Rotten Comes To Harlem

Posted by: runningrn at March 04, 2010 11:10 AM (CfmlF)

Come on Patterson, you're freaking BLIND as well as BLACK. There's got to be a 'card' in there somewhere you can lay on the table.

Thing is, those cards are only good when played against Republicans.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at March 04, 2010 11:10 AM (pZEar)

29 Looks like the fall of David Paterson maybe reaching it's climax.

Is that purposeful alliteration or an accidental oxymoron?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 04, 2010 11:11 AM (cpuvG)

I'm worried this is gonna tarnish the Democrat's record for good governance

Well, at least it cannot tarnish our record for honorable military service.

Posted by: John Kerry at March 04, 2010 11:12 AM (xqzGc)

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 03:08 PM (p302b)

Aw, come on curious! My signature never looks the same every time I sign something. It's like a snowflake, no two are alike. I'm fricking blind, for crying out loud!

Posted by: The Honorable Gov. David Patterson at March 04, 2010 11:13 AM (CfmlF)

Well, at least it cannot tarnish our record for honorable military service.

Boy, you said it!

Posted by: John McCain at March 04, 2010 11:14 AM (pZEar)

33 Hmm, what to do, what to do. Even I can see this isn't going to end up well.

Posted by: The Honorable Gov. David Patterson at March 04, 2010 11:14 AM (CfmlF)

34 Other than Chuckie Schumer, are there any State-elected NY politicians left in office?

Posted by: looking closely at March 04, 2010 11:16 AM (PwGfd)

35 In fairness though, the tickets he was told were for the Yankees were actually for the Mets...it's not like he'd notice the difference, right?

Posted by: Hurry Hard

Well then he should have noticed the lack of a stench.

Posted by: Lets go Mets! at March 04, 2010 11:18 AM (R2fpr)

36 Like the fabled Blagoskull, we need a good Blindskull. Where's Slub?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 04, 2010 11:19 AM (I/MqP)

37 Just had it all explained to me by someone who knows. They took me all the way back to when Ford, needed to pick a VP and chose someone with the killz but not the ambition anymore to be prex, Nelson Rockefeller. They said ravitch was the head of some commission that pulled NYC from the brink of bankruptcy and that is why he was chosen. Also he was chosen because he has no ambition to become governmor. The person said this might be the smartest thing Paterson did as governor. Knowing a budget is due and NY is on the bankruptcy cliff.

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 11:19 AM (p302b)

38 My truth is that I am a corrupt American.

Posted by: Governor Paterson at March 04, 2010 11:20 AM (XIUQZ)

I'm worried this is gonna tarnish the Democrat's record for good governance

Rubbish. I'm so proud of you all.

Posted by: Zombie Boss Tweed at March 04, 2010 11:20 AM (R2fpr)

40 The person also said that Al and the bros are going to have the final say, on Paterson and Rangel.

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 11:21 AM (p302b)

41 Tom Hagen's not going to sit on the dead hooker story forever, ya know.

Posted by: Crusty at March 04, 2010 11:43 AM (GvSpB)

"My truth is that I am a corrupt American."

Ya, that too. But I warned ya guys, or 30 yrs ago.

Posted by: The Peter Principle at March 04, 2010 11:46 AM (ucq49)

43 Is that purposeful alliteration or an accidental oxymoron?

Purposeful based on some Twittering with slu.

Posted by: DrewM. at March 04, 2010 11:53 AM (9B5OK)

My politics are squarely Ann Coulter, but ugh, I just can't cheer this one on. If I had to create an analogy, this would be like celebrating Bill Clinton resigning from office so that Barack Obama can take over his seat. (Uh, yay?) There's no chance of a Republican or fiscal conservative coming into office, Paterson's going to get replaced by an even greasier, more ruthlessly ambitious, family-dynasty (yes, yes, I know Paterson's political lineage) Obama-backed machine-hack democrat politician, so all-in-all, am I celebratin'? Hell no. Why would I celebrate going from bad to worse?

Yankees tickets? State troopers? Pikers. Somebody higher up the food chain wants him gone and that's all there is to it.

No flaming skull for me please.

Posted by: La Mauvaise New Yorkaise at March 04, 2010 11:56 AM (8uZ8A)

45 O/T: "Today I'm proud to announce that 16 applicants are advancing as finalists. The finalists are the following: Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Tennessee."

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 11:56 AM (p302b)

46 DrewM:

Dude. C'mon. You're a smart guy. It's "its," unless it's "it is," in which case it's "it's." Possessive "its" takes no freaking apostrophe. This thing you're doing is driving me nuts. Alternately, your laziness is driving me nuts. It's not like your brain has lost its capability for learning. Pull it together, man!

Cheers,
Brennan

Posted by: Brennan at March 04, 2010 12:06 PM (H6bsU)

47 Just heard Kauffman on the news, he really skewered paterson

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 12:07 PM (p302b)

48 Why exactly did he need Yankees tickets anyway, other than to scalp them?

This shit is better than disco lemonade.

Posted by: John Basedow, fitness celebrity at March 04, 2010 12:09 PM (qL20/)

49 Fred Amisen's Patterson was funny. Probably gonna get only one more run at it.

Posted by: California Red at March 04, 2010 12:19 PM (7uWb8)

50
This thing goes straight to the top, and they're gonna blow the lid off it.

Posted by: Dang at March 04, 2010 12:20 PM (UA4gE)

51 Two governors in a row. NY still has a way to go to match Illinois, though. Wasn't one governor in Illinois a serial killer or something?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 04, 2010 12:47 PM (P33XN)

52 I'm thinking of a phrase that rhymes with, Rats leaving a sinking ship....

Posted by: Unclefacts, SUMMONER at March 04, 2010 01:48 PM (erIg9)

Do not discount Paterson saying (in essence) 'dig me out of this bunker, Joe'.

The Democrats have abandoned him? He'll take them all on his 'Mr. Toad's Wild Ride'.

It is an option - we'll see if he wants to run with it.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at March 04, 2010 01:58 PM (nlRuk)

54 I agree it ain't over till it's over. Besides rumor has it that he has eliot advising him and who knows who else. And with NYer's not taking too kindly to the whole fiasco...well we shall see.

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 02:45 PM (p302b)

55 For good measure, the Quinnipiac poll.

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 02:47 PM (p302b)

56 It's quite interesting I read an article about the poll and then when you read the poll it makes you really wonder about "interpretation".

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 02:49 PM (p302b)

57 Yeah, why would the Gov. need Yankees tickets?

Posted by: Ray Charles at March 04, 2010 06:28 PM (3Jp6S)

58 "State Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. of the Bronx says he wants the Rev. Al Sharpton and others attending Thursday night's meeting in Harlem to wait to act until the end of a state investigation into a domestic violence scandal surrounding a governor's aide. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating whether Paterson illegally contacted a woman who had accused the aide of roughing her up on Halloween."

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 07:27 PM (p302b)

59 "Influential black leaders in New York City say they believe Gov. David Paterson should stay in office amid allegations he and his staff interfered in a domestic violence case involving a top governor's aide.

Meeting in a Harlem soul food restaurant that is the center of power for black politics in New York, the group led by the Rev. Al Sharpton agreed that Paterson should try to withstand the violence scandal and new ethics charges related to World Series tickets."

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2010 07:35 PM (p302b)