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Paterson Says He Is Ready To Assume Governorship
David Paterson, who will become New York's first black governor and the first legally blind chief executive in the nation, said Thursday he is ready to lead the state after Gov. Eliot Spitzer's stunning resignation amid a cäll-girl scandal.
| Everybody's gotta be the first something or other nowadays. I'm waiting for the first one-legged dwarf lesbiän dog catcher to make the papers. I'm sure some J-school graduate will think it newsworthy. |
| Unless the one-legged dwarf lesbiän dog catcher's a Republican, in which case you won't hear a word ... |
At a news conference in the Capitol's Red Room,
Awww, c'mon! The Red Room? Associated with a whörehouse story?
"But last week I had the same babe in the Red Room and it only cost me twenty bucks!"
"But then you wuz on the teevee!" |
a ceremonial setting where governor's frequently address the media, Mr. Paterson said he told Mr. Spitzer when he reluctantly accepted the job as lieutenant governor that "I would be prepared in the event I had to assume authority. I am prepared."
Mr. Spitzer resigned Wednesday after being exposed as a client in a high-priced pröstitution ring. "This has been a very sad few days in the history of New York, and for me, it's been sadder," said Mr. Paterson, a Harlem Democrat with a home near Albany.
| Wouldn't that make him an "Albany Democrat"? |
| Elected to the state Senate from Harlem before running for LtGov. Guy's waaay to the left, but a nicer person than the Spritzer. Son of a longtime politician and wholly grown by the NYC Dem machine. |
"My heart goes out to Eliot Spitzer, his wife, his daughters and his parents. We used to call them our other family." Mr. Paterson will be officially sworn in at 1 p.m. Monday, an hour after Mr. Spitzer's resignation takes effect.
Posted by: Fred 2008-03-14 |
