New N.Y. Governor Paterson Admits to Affairs With Several Women

[Easy90]

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson revealed Tuesday that he had affairs with several women, including a state employee, since about 1999. The admission to reporters came a day after disclosing at least one extramarital affair.

He said he broke no laws — criminal or campaign finance — and never advanced the career of the one state employee with whom he had an affair. None of the women have business before the state and no public or campaign money was spent on the affairs, he said.

On Monday, his first day in office, Paterson told The Daily News he had an affair during a rough patch in his marriage between 1999 until 2001. Paterson said he provided the information to the newspaper in an attempt to end rumors about the affair.

At a press conference Tuesday, he and his wife spoke publicly about the infidelity in their marriage.

Paterson rose from the lieutenant governor's office after Eliot Spitzer resigned last week amid allegations that he hired a call girl from a high-priced escort service.

Paterson and his wife, Michelle Paige Paterson, stood before reporters and answered numerous questions about the new governor's affairs.

The Patersons say both had affairs during a time when their marriage was headed toward divorce. But they admitted the affairs, sought counseling and have built a stronger marriage and family, both Patersons said.

"I do not feel I have broken my commitment to the people of New York state," said Paterson, who is legally blind and New York's first black governor.

But Paterson said it was time to make the infidelities public so the information couldn't be used to try to compromise him as governor.

Paterson's rise followed a dramatic plunge for Spitzer, who was elected with an overwhelming share of the vote and who had vowed to root out corruption at the state Capitol.

Federal prosecutors must still decide whether to pursue charges against Spitzer. The married father of three teenage girls was accused of spending tens of thousands of dollars on prostitutes — including one in Washington the night before Valentine's Day.
LINK (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,338769,00.html)

[DANG]

I dont see any problem here.

[December]

Well, now N.Y. Governor Paterson needs to go on the Jerry Springer Show.

:madlaugh:

[suedanim]

:madlaugh:

So funny to watch the right get indignant about Democrats screwing around with women, when so many of the married Republicans (US Senator Larry Craig, WA Rep. Richard Curtis, FL Rep. Bob Allen) caught with their pants down recently has been in men's bathrooms as they tap three times if you want some lovin' from other men or admit to sex or affairs with other gay men. And then those same men have the nerve to pretend to be anti-gay with their votes against gay rights!

wow!

Of course, you have your married philanderers with women and money too in the GOP. From good ol' Newt to Mark Foley, Rudy Gulliani, Tom "The Hammer" Delay, Jack Abramoff... Duke Cunningham's graft, prostitutes and more, you have your skeletons closeted to haunt you as well.

So many scandals, so little time. The biggest scandal of all... the Presidency of George W. Bush, the worst President of all time.

On a corruption scale of one to ten, the new Governors personal life ranks like a -50, while George and his GOP compadres ranks right at a 10++++. Gotta give the right a hand! When they decide to go bad, they go very, very bad... as they sing Onward Christian Soldiers all the way to hell.

There are no perfect politicians. I wish GOPers would stop trying to convince us that they are sanctified since they fail miserably in the honesty and personal responsibility department.

JMO! :innocent:

[Alonzo]

The Patersons say both had affairs during a time when their marriage was headed toward divorce. But they admitted the affairs, sought counseling and have built a stronger marriage and family, both Patersons said.

That's the key part here.

Well that and the whole no corruption or illegal behavior.

[Go Fish]

You can't WRITE stuff this funny! Seriously, they were still married. They clearly can't take each other to court, so what's a voter to do? Is there a politician in the Northeast that isn't screwing around?
Rationalize this any way you like, but I'd keep firing these degenerates until I found someone, ANYONE who doesn't have an entire cemetery full of skeletons in their closet.

[Elrathin]

I've said from the start, I don't care about public officials having affairs as long as nothing illegal is being done. I have yet to meet someone completely moral and pure.

[Go Fish]

Morality and purity aren't the issues here. It's "compromisability". If you've ever held a real security clearance, you'll know that stuff like this leaves a person open to blackmail, and that's a bad thing when you're the governor of a state known for it's crime syndicates.

[Elrathin]

Morality and purity aren't the issues here. It's "compromisability". If you've ever held a real security clearance, you'll know that stuff like this leaves a person open to blackmail, and that's a bad thing when you're the governor of a state known for it's crime syndicates.


I have held a security clearance TYVM and I am well aware of that. However, I wasn't aware you need to get a TS/SCI clearance to be governor.

[Alonzo]

You can't WRITE stuff this funny! Seriously, they were still married. They clearly can't take each other to court, so what's a voter to do? Is there a politician in the Northeast that isn't screwing around?
Rationalize this any way you like, but I'd keep firing these degenerates until I found someone, ANYONE who doesn't have an entire cemetery full of skeletons in their closet.


And they were getting divorced. I'd never cheat on someone I was married to. Hell, I haven't cheated on someone I was dating. But I wouldn't consider seeing another person when we both thought they were getting divorced as cheating, unless they were trying to tell the other they were being faithful, which I doubt.

[Go Fish]

Morality and purity aren't the issues here. It's "compromisability". If you've ever held a real security clearance, you'll know that stuff like this leaves a person open to blackmail, and that's a bad thing when you're the governor of a state known for it's crime syndicates.


I have held a security clearance TYVM and I am well aware of that. However, I wasn't aware you need to get a TS/SCI clearance to be governor.

And people wonder how Spitzer was caught..... Come on, you can't be a governor without at least knowing the basics of what's going on in your state. You really didn't think that such an office wasn't somehow a codeword position? 'Nuff o'that, though. Don't want to upset the kids. (Did your wife ever get pissed off at you when Special Agent So&So called to talk to you? LMAO! Thank God for neighbors who were on my list.)
I really don't know what the clearance level is, but I'll bet it's above "$4,300.00 per hour in Vegas".

[Elrathin]

I really don't know what the clearance level is, but I'll bet it's above "$4,300.00 per hour in Vegas".


I bet its nothing because there is no security clearance of a TS/SCI which is required to hold a governors office. If you show me differently great, but I am not aware of any.

Meaning that an affair holds shit as far as the governor is concerned.

[AlanC]

This is a matter between the two of them. To try and make it an issue just cheapens the ones making the attack.

There are other issues of far greater importance. Allow this man to set his own record in office and leave the past to him and his wife to sort out.

My whole thing with Clinton, even aside from the purjury was this. He did it with an 18 year old intern. That is sexual harassment as defined by Title 7 as clear as day. If any midlevel manager did the same thing, sex in his office with an intern, they would have been fired the next day with no questions asked.

It was just sad to see that the standards for president were so much lower than what we expect from a city deparment head for example.

[Drocket]

He did it with an 18 year old intern.

22, actually.