The eyes have it.

The Face Of Oblivion: Svingen999: Hey, that headline was just as funny as the last 500 other blind jokes!

Sir, I want to congratulate you on working so hard to overcome your blindness to join us here on Fark and complain. Truly a monumental accomplishment.

How did he see us?

I hope he took the feats close-quarter combat and blind-fighting for those domestic brawls.

/dee en dee

He wasn't exactly a visionary.

Who's next in line, who was his pupil?

dittybopper: rosonowski: My roommate is of the opinion that Patterson exists as a 'political suicide bomber'. He was put into office by his party with the understanding that it would end his career, but that they could enact all the unpopular policies they wanted in his term. I tend to agree.

He wasn't "put into office", except that he was lieutenant governor when Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign. Even then, he would have *PROBABLY* been reelected had it not been for two things: Paterson is essentially honest and tries to do a good job, and the economic crisis and his response to it made him powerful enemies in Albany, especially among the health care and education lobbies.

In order for your roommate's theory to be true, the Democratic Party in NY would have had to:

A. Known that Eliot Spitzer would be forced to resign.
B. Known in 2007 that the economy would tank in 2009.
C. Known what Paterson's response to that crisis would be.

I find that a bit of a stretch.

An awful lot of conspiracy theories fall apart if you just remember that people making the decisions at the time were certainly not prescient.

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What's up with the picture in the article? Did the Getty photographer snap that as he was falling off of his chair?

/something something wikilink

rosonowski: My roommate is of the opinion that Patterson exists as a 'political suicide bomber'. He was put into office by his party with the understanding that it would end his career, but that they could enact all the unpopular policies they wanted in his term. I tend to agree.

I get it, but why add the roommate deal? It doesn't bring anything to the table.

farkuufarkinfark: David Patterson and Helen Keller Anne Frank playing tennis. Endless Love.

FTFY

/pet peeve

savage_world: An awful lot of conspiracy theories fall apart if you just remember that people making the decisions at the time were certainly not prescient.

i've worked with govt at all levels over the last 15 years and there is no conspiracy. im surprised they remember to breathe.

Didn't see that coming.

Yeah, it's too easy.

Has no effect on the election. Lazio will win anyway. Or Rudy. Or Mike.

But this seems odd how he's being accused of something without a single verified fact and everyone's all over it. I predict Paterson's facts will check out and his accuser's will prove to be fraudulent. No one will care nor feel bad about railroading the guy.

I don't get the whole thing. The state cops would know it would come out if they tried to intimidate the woman (and the question of did they act on their own or did the gov say talk to her), the Gov it appears didn't say much to the woman other than ask how she is doing and if he could do anything. Granted it isn't good to contact someone who is involved in a legal issue as a result of abuse with someone who works for you, but I think he honestly thought he was doing the right thing. Isn't he really not running because he wouldn't get elected based on his #'s before this thing blew up and this sure doesn't help. If he had say 80% and it came out that he liked to wear womens clothes and huff paint he would run again.

/elect a mute who is a great writer

Gov. Paterson won't see(k new term in N.Y.)

What the hell started this mess?

The article talks about a Halloween costume, and an aide.

Did the aide beat the shiat out of a woman because of a Halloween costume? If he did, what was she wearing that was so offensive??

Noble Drusus: Has no effect on the election. Lazio will win anyway. Or Rudy. Or Mike.

But this seems odd how he's being accused of something without a single verified fact and everyone's all over it. I predict Paterson's facts will check out and his accuser's will prove to be fraudulent. No one will care nor feel bad about railroading the guy.

I heard the other day that several Dems in NY wanted him to drop out. Kind of like a vote of no confidence. It happens to politicians often that their party doesn't like the whiff of scandal and asks them to resign or drop out of a race. But you're right - there may be nothing of substance to any allegation but even if that is proven, those responsible for slinging the allegations, those who believed them and those who asked the guy to step aside will never apologize. Which leads me to believe that there is something else about the guy they don't like and this is just an excuse so they don't have to publicly admit what the real issue is.

Gov. Patterson, I have a message for you....

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in NEW JERSEY

This really stinks...

like NEW JERSEY!

Ecobuckeye: PSOMETHING 9
bJim Bowie, Jim Bowie!
2 Something something,
3 Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie!
4 Something something,
5 Something hand;
6 His blade was csomething,
7 And so was he,
8 dJim Bowie, Jim Bowie!
9 Da, da something,
10 Da, da something,
11 Something.
12 Stay tuned.



WIN.

Gods 5:6

/"hosanna, hallelujah, hoor-
ray."

With the fiscal mess of NY, Patterson did an alright job and made a lot of tough calls to try and get the budget under control. As a result he did things that pissed of everyone and made him unelectable. He's been asked to not run for months now (even Obama asked him) but he wouldn't budge. Then the papers started going after him. I think this is the second "big" scandal to come out this year and neither really reflect on Patterson himself, as far as I can tell.

Except for promoting this waste of skin from a driver to his top aide. That I can't wrap my mind around.

At least we got the Better Bottle Bill out of the Patterson era.

Mr. Right: Noble Drusus: Has no effect on the election. Lazio will win anyway. Or Rudy. Or Mike.

But this seems odd how he's being accused of something without a single verified fact and everyone's all over it. I predict Paterson's facts will check out and his accuser's will prove to be fraudulent. No one will care nor feel bad about railroading the guy.

I heard the other day that several Dems in NY wanted him to drop out. Kind of like a vote of no confidence. It happens to politicians often that their party doesn't like the whiff of scandal and asks them to resign or drop out of a race. But you're right - there may be nothing of substance to any allegation but even if that is proven, those responsible for slinging the allegations, those who believed them and those who asked the guy to step aside will never apologize. Which leads me to believe that there is something else about the guy they don't like and this is just an excuse so they don't have to publicly admit what the real issue is.

The Chandra Levy effect?

I don't have too many problems with Patterson but then I am using the NYS legislature for comparison.

New York was blindsided

Election heads up a blind alley

Electorate has to look for a new candidate

MonkeyButton: generaltimmy: He inherited a mess, ...racists~}!

He didn't inherit any more of a mess than any other new governor. The guy he took the reigns from had a little ethical issue involving a butter faced hooker, related misappropriation of finances, etc. Hence, his resignation.

Boner.

I don't have the that's racist kid, I was simply waiting. He is not resigning, just not running for re-election. I was enjoying this as much as the blago mess

Thank god. This guy is the epitome of everything that's wrong with Albany. He's your typical self-entitled, corrupt, political crony who was more than happy flying under the radar and milking the system for all it's worth.

Then he got promoted to Governor b/c his boss got busted for boning whores. Next thing you know _his_ dirty laundry got aired.

Every politician in Albany should get to be governor for one day, 90% wouldn't last until lunch.

agos1247: rosonowski: My roommate is of the opinion that Patterson exists as a 'political suicide bomber'. He was put into office by his party with the understanding that it would end his career, but that they could enact all the unpopular policies they wanted in his term. I tend to agree.

I get it, but why add the roommate deal? It doesn't bring anything to the table.

I can tell you why.
Three reasons:

1. A natural urge to cite sources when posting on message boards. Commendable.

2. Fire Insurance. Just in case this post gets flamed for being the most retarded thing ever posted on the internet, he can blame his friend for it. Even jump on the bandwagon if necessary. ("Yeah, I thought it was stupid, too. My roommate is stupid!")

3. Bragging. He has an actual real-life, human friend and he wants to lord it over us basement dwellers.

You know, some of these jokes are pretty awful... But it's okay - not like Patterson will ever see them anyways.

Good. He's a crappy governor. I think everyone in this state heartily wishes we never found out that his predecessor was fond of expensive cooch, since in all other respects he probably would have been much better for the state. Hope Cuomo can step it up, but honestly NY is ungovernable due to the incredible, baldfaced, unashamed corruption in Albany in all parties.

Apparently the entire Democratic Party nationwide now practices Chicago-style politics.

If you can't win in the next election cycle, either go "spend more time with your family" or we'll send some guys who will help you get under the bus.

RedfordRenegade: MonkeyButton:
He didn't inherit any more of a mess than any other new governor. The guy he took the reigns from had a little ethical issue involving a butter faced hooker, related misappropriation of finances, etc. Hence, his resignation.

And the DNC gave us Spitzer and Patterson (via spitzer's spritzer)...I'm wondering why we should trust them again?

It's New York, you don't get a choice. The DNC owns you lock, stock, and barrel.

I SAID SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING, BLIND JOKE, SOMETHING; NY GOVERNOR, SOMETHING, NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION, SOMETHING!

Cuomo will be the next Governor of NY.

/thread

jwa007: Well, I'm sure he can find better work with better hours than Governor anyway. Wasn't he a driving instructor before he got into politics?

Hockey Ref

dittybopper: ChimpMitten: With the fiscal mess of NY, Patterson did an alright job and made a lot of tough calls to try and get the budget under control. As a result he did things that pissed of everyone and made him unelectable. He's been asked to not run for months now (even Obama asked him) but he wouldn't budge. Then the papers started going after him.

Gee, I wonder why the New York Times would go after him? I mean, what possible reason could they have for actively digging up dirt on Paterson? It's just *IMPOSSIBLE* that they are trying to influence politics, right? They *CAN'T* be biased, they are the "paper of record"! This is the kind of thing that FAUX News does!

Yeah it's funny how reality has a liberal bias. The Times dialed the phone and held a gun to Patterson's head while he engaged in witness intimidation on behalf of his aide. Man, those liberals are evil, huh?

Good, so he is gone, but New York State government is still an absolute mess. All of Albany needs to be cleaned out if anything is going to change. The Legislature is the real issue here as they prevent any meaningful change from coming to New York.

I just moved here a few months ago and the state politics here make Pennsylvania look like utopia. And the taxes are outrageous.