Paterson A Great Role Model? Hardly. : Lone Star Times

Paterson A Great Role Model? Hardly.

by BigJolly · 03/19/2008 10:34 am

The headline was interesting: Paterson role model for black community. I mean, in most circles, a guy that just admitted to having multiple affairs would generally be shunned. But the dateline tells the story - the article was printed two days before the admission. That’s the trouble with the never ending search for public role models - you’re going to be let down.

The day after being sworn in, the new governor of New York decided to tell all. Or did he?

Paterson, a Democrat who was sworn in on Monday, admitted yesterday to having had several extramarital affairs, but contended they all ended years ago. He was informed by The Post in the morning that at least one news organization had been notified he had recently been involved with a woman from Brooklyn.

Paterson denied the claim.

He’d better be right about that because the reporters in New York are going to find the truth. And the truth might not be pretty even if he didn’t “have sex with that woman”.

Dixon, 43, said Paterson, 53, was “mostly responsible” for getting her a badly needed job earlier this month with the city Department of Education in Crown Heights’ District 17.

The job pays in the range of $48,000 to $65,000 a year, records show.

“I’m a single mom with a child. I need this job,” said Dixon, who grew up on Carroll Street in Crown Heights and won medals in the 4×400-meter relay at the 1984 games in Los Angeles and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

A lot of people need jobs. What qualifications does she have? Why did the governor leave her a message asking if she was talking to the press? Why does she have his personal phone number? Lot’s of unanswered questions. Including ones about using campaign funds to pay for his hotels while performing “constituent services“.

Moral of the story? Don’t look to politicians for your role models.

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13 Responses to “Paterson A Great Role Model? Hardly.”

Rastus on March 19th, 2008 at 10:50 am

That’s right - no more politicians for role models. From now on I’m sticking strictly with NBA players as role models.
Robert 1 on March 19th, 2008 at 11:06 am

Well, how many “cards” does Paterson get to play? And what level of morality are the citizens of New York state willing to accept?? They will probably need to add that to the list of qualifications for any public office. I can see it now, to be eligible to run for office, you must not have cheated on your spouse more than “X” number of times. And cheating must be limited to extra martial affairs and not affairs with prostitutes. Does that about cover it?
Katfish on March 19th, 2008 at 11:15 am

Well it lQQks like being blind didn’t deter this guy - reckon he made straight A’s in braille class?
FourAlarm on March 19th, 2008 at 11:44 am

To echo an earlier comment by a truly brilliant sage (namely me) “Isn’t there a politician anywhere who isn’t an absolute pig?”,
texpat on March 19th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

#3 KF

Good Braille readers have talented hands. It’s the slow hand those gals liked.
american woman on March 19th, 2008 at 4:06 pm

#5 Texpat darn it! I got to Katfish’s thoughts and wanted to type…….. but he has great touch… you stole my thunder! Didn’t Conway Twitty sing something to that affect?
texpat on March 19th, 2008 at 4:12 pm

The Pointer Sisters sang:

I want a man with a slow hand
I want a lover with an easy touch
I want somebody who will spend some time
Not come and go in a heated rush
I want somebody who will understand
When it comes to love, I want a slow hand
texpat on March 19th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

RE: #7

Songwriter credits: John Bettis, Michael Clarke

Released: 1981
slash on March 19th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

When you lose a sense, the other compensate, right?

Is this guy another lawyer or what? I mean, if you buy a poodle, you have to expect to get your leg humped. Why is everyone so surprised?

Stop voting for lawyers!
american woman on March 19th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

Slash, they are the only ones who run for office! You know, that should tell us something about government and politics!
Rorschach on March 19th, 2008 at 7:51 pm

don’t forget this is the same moron who thinks that cops who shoot for the center of mass instead of trying to wound the criminal should be charged with manslaughter.
http://lonestartimes.com/2006/02/23/david-patterson-moron/
TEX06 on March 19th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

This fiasco and the Spitzer blowup helps explain how Billary was elected Senator in New York. A plurality of the electorate are blithering idiots!
Rastus on March 19th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

#11 don’t forget that he’s a blind moron to boot - he couldn’t see anything but the center of mass if he were under fire, so he couldn’t possibly live up to his own standards.