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The Paladino Threat
Fringe lunatic Carl Paladino has almost zero chance of becoming the next governor of New York – but all of his hate-spewing along the campaign trail still matters.
Consider his latest round of bigoted remarks from Sunday (the day before National Coming Out Day). Paladino told a group of Hasidic Jewish leaders that he does not want children to be “brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option” and added that the gay… Read More
Tagged 2010 elections, carl paladino, gay marriage, governor, governor race, marriage equality, New York, republicans, tea party
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Paladino Sinks to New Low
The Empire State Pride Agenda and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn are speaking out against Carl Paladino’s hateful rhetoric. While giving a speech to a group of Orthodox Jewish leaders in Brooklyn, Paladino made his views on gays and lesbians very clear:
I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don’t want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid
Andrew Cuomo Announces Run For Governor
Andrew Cuomo released a short video this morning announcing that he will run for Governor of New York. He also released a longer video, 21 min, which I embedded below. In that video he outlines a wide range of his policy positions. The NYTimes also has a great interactive feature called Perspectives on Andrew M. Cuomo, “where former colleagues, mentors and campaign challengers” speak about Cuomo’s “leadership style, accomplishments and temperament.”
I also recently received a… Read More
Tagged 2010 election, andrew cuomo, cuomo, governor, governor race, new york state, nys governor
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NYT Paterson Article #2 Arrives
So the big New York Times expose that was rumored to outline resign-able offenses has never materialized, and probably won’t. Instead there have now been two anything but flattering articles, the second of which was published last night.
First, on Tuesday there was a profile of Paterson’s senior adviser David W. Johnson which goes into his troubled past and sudden rise to be one of the most important players in Paterson’s administration. That being said, it’s not entirely… Read More
Tagged Albany, david paterson, governor race
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