The story everybody’s talking about (but no one’s read)







  1. Down with Pedro says:

    I heard that the story is about Paterson carrying out cannibalistic orgies at the Governor’s Mansion, cavorting with people of ill repute as they drink blood from goblets made from the skulls of the losers in the Aqueduct deal…..but it might be even WORSE!!!

    (You guys do really need to include that sarcasm smiley)

  2. gecannonphd says:

    As long as he wasn’t canoodling at the NJ restaurant.
    As long as he didn’t disappear for a month, and fly to South America.
    “being caught in semi-flagrante”. What is that?
    “Flagrant”..was he putting on a men’s cologne found in the utility closet.
    How could anyone be caught semi-flagranting? Is flagranting a word?
    So many questions, and so few answers!

  3. Carl Gottstein Jr. says:

    Cuomo’s henchmen at work.

  4. maverick100 says:

    Bye bye Dave…

    You didn’t learn your lesson from Eliots mistakes???

  5. Mike Lieman says:

    The New York “Ran every lie to come out of Judith Miller’s laptop?” Times?

    Real credible.

  6. Catherine says:

    He is partially blind, maybe this is his way of staring into peoples eyes? ;)

  7. william says:

    Maybe somebody in New York that needs Paterson to do something for them, has arranged the whole NY Times plot to see if Governor Paterson capitulates? If he does, they withdraw the story.

  8. Obviously, it’s time to flush…they filled it up with their best
    efforts to produce some flith, to fling about!

  9. jason says:

    this one has coumo written all over it… the real losrers are the new yorkers who are going to end up with him as governor in less than a year

  10. Gerald says:

    Oh, please. Fred Dicker never mentions what it is. He’s always got “high level” people telling him everything and his “sources” but never names them. Enough of the pretending you don’t know. It’s been in the Post twice in one week that I’ve read regarding the governor’s supposed philandering – whatever that means. Isn’t there enough of this thing going on all around us? When is enough – enough?! What about that property tax cap/circuit breaker that everyone talked about a year ago. What, not enough real, substantive issues to talk about and, finally, getting something done in the empire state?

  11. All For Common Sense says:

    The conditions in New York are so serious right now that it’s irresponsible for the news media to divert their efforts toward discrediting the governor. If smut is what the media think readers want, there are rumors about legislators playing around while in Albany and away from their spouses. Maybe try to pursue those.

    Hey, you journalists with the tabloid mentality, focus on the fact that the governor is trying to get the legislators to deal responsibly with the fiscal crisis that their profligate spending and lack of courage to say “no” has brought about.

  12. All For Common Sense says:

    The “Troopergate” affair showed that the Times Union is easily taken in when a smear campaign is launched against someone in public office.
    When it was revealed that Bruno had been using state personnel and aircraft for his private business, did the paper concentrate on that? Hell, no, they made Bruno look like the underdog who had been set up by the governor’s office. This, when the govenor’s people did the public a favor by forcing the issue into the forefront. For politically astute people (and you do a lot of good work) you are sometimes very, very myopic.

  13. JG says:

    I can’t wait to read this story, I would hope it was today so there could be an SNL skit on it, but that’s okay.

  14. Dell Requan Washington says:

    This SCREWY excuse for a Governor won’t even give M/C employees the salary payments specified in the law. I hope the JERK is so embarassed that he QUITS.

  15. Albany Exile says:

    I can’t think of what would be that damaging to the Governor at this point.

    I mean….He’s already so damaged, and there’s almost no realistic chance of him maintaining his job assuming Cuomo runs. And, good chances of him losing even if Cuomo doesn’t run.

    What could be revealed that could possibly be more damaging than the collective impact of Paterson’s dozens or hundreds of foibles, missteps, incoherent statements, staff issues, and mistakes until now?

    He’s likely past the point of no return already. Which is sad because I find much in him to admire. Sad, but true.

    -The Albany Exile

  16. kb says:

    This is irresponsible journalism at its worst. How do you kiss your kids at night after posting this blather? Is it a result of the bottom-line need to post a certain number of sarcastic blog posts in order to keep the political junkies hitting refresh and adding to ad revenue for some out of state media chain? Or are the capitol press corps the biggest pack of lazy-ass reporters who glom on eachothers stories to the point where they are leaking embargoed material from within their own association! Ridiculous. The press should not be a reflection of the legislators they cover — big, sloppy, fat and LAZY. Go find a story about an issue. Go ask Andrew Cuomo if he’s supporting this negative drumbeat against Paterson that seem to be a type of stealth campaign terrorism? And besides, what is now coined the Great Recession, remains before us — everyone has felt its effects; isn’t there something better to report that we can discuss and debate in these fields?

  17. rolio says:

    Reinforces how bad Cuomo really is.

  18. cp retiree says:

    … or get off the pot, TU.

  19. Tianna says:

    How many people does it take to govern the state of New York for 1 term?!??! Are we going on number 3!?!?! I smell republican leadership for at least the next 10 months or so!! Wooohoo, HELLO DEAN SKELOS!!!

  20. saratogacurmudgeon says:

    #12. Amen

  21. Diane says:

    People don’t care about this crap!
    At least this guy is trying to cut costs………
    now if only our elected officials would be responsible adults!!!

  22. Diane says:

    Why don’t people get it!
    We are out of money… the state and the Federal government.
    We have billions/trillions of unfunded liabilities (pensions and health care for Public employees), yet we spend millions and billions on the study of robot honeybees, on turtle crossings, travel for 100 to Copenhagen, and so on. Gotta love our government!

  23. vicious says:

    So this is what makes news on the Times Union website now: rumors about stories about rumors? Umm, what happened to reporting the facts?

  24. Sammy says:

    This Governor is guiding NY through the worst economic crash since the Great Depression, doing a damn good job considering the cards he was dealt. And the big story is – his personal life????
    I wouldn’t even wipe my butt with the sleazy Right Wing Republican Propaganda rag the NY Post.
    Why are other papers bothering with this? Paterson’s personal life is nobody’s business. We have real issues to worry about.

  25. Why is anyone surprised by these allegations? All these politicos embrace the power we give them and then come to beleieve that they can do what they want and the doing makes it right because they are the ones doing it. Remember, this is the state that expects you to pay NYS tax on a Tshirt you bought on vacation in Vermont, assuming you have vacation money after they sucked all your money away already. Why think their personal lives show any less arrogance? I will close this rant with an oldie but a goodie:
    Q: What is the difference between a catfish and a politician?
    A: One is a slimey, opportunistic bottom feeder concerned only with its own survival. The other is a fish.

  26. McDonald says:

    it’s more than reporters and editors at the Times talking about it. it’s fatal and Paterson is looking for an exit strategy. Ravitch becomes governor and can appoint a lt. governor, now that’s interesting. say buh bye to david and his minions on the second floor, particularly those that poo-pooed Ravitch. it’s a whole new ballgame

  27. bobdog says:

    “Semi-flagrante”? There’s a big truck involved?

    That’s just sick.

  28. Publius says:

    FDR, JFK, Bill Clinton, Elliott “Black Socks” Spitzer, and now Dave “the Pinball Wizard” Paterson – when will they ever learn!

  29. gecannonphd says:

    PBS’s Moyers Report is almost aways good viewing.
    Sorry to see he will be retiring in the Spring.

    Last night he had Dr. Margaret Flowers, a Maryland pediatrician, who leads a single-payer physician group.
    She was arrested at Sen. Bachus’s Finance Ct. hearings and also last week, when she attempted to leave a letter at the casa blanca.
    Flowers is an attractive,sensative MD who really feels the current health care bills will fail(even if, unlikely,they pass Congress).
    She predicts the reform efforts will fail within 5-6 years, and then the single-payer model will be taken seriously.
    Her letter to the casa blanca can be read at

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