Gov. Patterson Admits To Having An Affair

[malik flavors]

Source: New York Daily News

The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state's new governor, David Paterson, told the Daily News that he and his wife had extramarital affairs.

In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife, Michelle, 46, acknowledged in a joint interview they each had intimate relationships with others during a rocky period in their marriage several years ago.

In the course of several interviews in the past few days, Paterson said he maintained a relationship for two or three years with "a woman other than my wife," beginning in 1999.

As part of that relationship, Paterson said, he and the other woman sometimes stayed at an upper West Side hotel — the Days Inn at Broadway and W. 94th St.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/17/2008-03-17_gov_paterson_admits_to_sex_with_other_wo.html

[Horse with no Name]

1. New York Daily News isn't any more reputable than Newsmax. n/t

[DLnyc]

13. You may be thinking of the Post.

NY Daily News is generally okay to pretty good. Middle of the road to sort of working-class left, including an occassional really good column or two by Jimmy Breslin.

The New York Post, on the other hand, is owned by Rupert Murdoch and routinely publishes frontpage sensational right-wing propaganda.

[MADem]

33. The guy admitted it, himself. This isn't "third party" stuff. NT

[AngryAmish]

53. "PERV'S LAIR" my favorite NY Daily News headline

the NYDN is a national treasure

[ElsewheresDaughter]

55. here it is on CBS News.....with a video of the admission link

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/17/national/main3943182.shtml

[Judi Lynn]

2. You should see the list DU'ers have on REPUBLICAN CHILD PREDATORS.

It's a long one, so you'd want to bring your lunch.

[Psephos]

30. What do repug child predators have to do with Paterson's affair?

You're making an association that doesn't exist, and won't, if you don't.

Paterson and wife had marital problems, worked them out, and proactively defused circulating rumors. Sounds all good to me.

[Skittles]

3. is it Patterson or Paterson?

how is it pronounced?

[Oleladylib]

10. Pat-erson

[Penance]

15. Pat-uh-son

He's from New Yawk.

[truthisfreedom]

4. I guess they want to get that out before it's revealed by some 'thug operatives.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

57. and you don't think that Bruno is going to not jump on this to become the Gov?

he is a filthy rethuglican and will wrestle this away from Paterson in a NEW YORK SECOND....especially since Paterson admitted that he had these affairs while he was serving as Lt Governor.,

[PDJane]

5. Oh, hell........

He's allowed, and she's allowed, to have their ups and downs. It's all silliness, frankly.

[tishaLA]

6. Apparently Rudy finally made it to the Gov's Mansion

[Chovexani]

48. WTF?

Was that supposed to be Earth logic?

[dweller]

7. so,

does this mean he will resign by friday?


nothing suprises me anymore.
dp

[soleft]

8. That's not an affair, that's a mutual understanding

[awoke_in_2003]

31. That is very French of you...

and I mean that in a good way. They are much more sophisticated than we are on this subject.

[soleft]

45. Anyone who says being very French is a compliment

AND has a Pittsburgh Steelers avatar is a very well rounded individual!

:thumbsup:

[awoke_in_2003]

52. Why thank you...

I have been getting rounder, got to lay off the beer :)

[Clear Blue Sky]

9. BFD

He is smart to get this out early, as then it becomes a non story. Which it really is anyway.

[gauguin57]

11. Ay-yi-yi! I SO don't care what people do behind closed doors, as long as they do their jobs.

If he pays attention to how he runs New York State, I don't give a fat rat's fanny who he slept with, who his wife slept with or who their dog slept with.

ENOUGH OF THIS!

The Europeans are laughing at us -- yet again -- tonight. Grow up, America!

[Mike Daniels]

42. Well it seems that the French have issues with Sarkozy's recent escapades as well

Europeans do care when politician's personal lives interfere with their ability to do their job. Part of the reason Sarkozy has done a face plant in the polls is his conduct in his personal life.

As far as NY is concerned that's not necessarily the case with the new guy but it definitely was the case with Spitzer as it totally undermined his credibility to be soliciting the same practices he agrressively prosecuted just a few years earlier.

[Ellen Forradalom]

51. Sarko was tacky about it.

The French insist on good taste.

[dysfunctional press]

12. the only people who this concerns or whose business this is is he and his wife.

and neither of them seem to have any problems with it.

move along...nothing to see here.

[debbierlus]

14. That won't go very far...it wasn't prostitution and they worked it out

People will yawn this one away in a day or two...

The economy is collapsing and most people don't even know who he is....

[jimnasium]

16. Is this what Sludge calls "A Bombshell"?

Color me underwhelmed.

:shrug:

[lonestarnot]

17. BFD! Their business, not mine. Just as long as he can do his job, that's

all constituents give a flying fuck about and that is the way it should be.

[orleans]

18. what's your point? n/t

[Up2Late]

19. Big deal. Let's see if I can make this simple. It wasn't the Hookers that brought down Spitzer...

...it was the ENORMOUS Hypocrisy that brought him down.

Pretty much the same story with all the recent scandals. Name one and it was most likely the hypocrisy that brought them down.

[lynne]

20. Days Inn?

He should be immediately impeached for using cheesy 3rd rate hotels. What a cheapskate!

[MADem]

34. My thought was "It ain't 'true love' is it?"

True love would be the Ritz or the Omni!

[VWolf]

41. Give the guy a break - he's legally blind nt

[cornermouse]

21. You should have backed Spitzer.

Those of you who were eager to stone Spitzer because "this shows we're not like the republicans" should have backed Spitzer. As it is... Who's next in line?

[Mike Daniels]

43. What does it take to get this into people's minds

If Spitzer had been banging the next door neighbor the scandal would have evaporated in a day or so and Spitzer would still be in office.

It was Spitzer aggressively and repeatedly breaking laws that he himself once prosecuted that gave his escapade legs and rightfully pushed him out of office.

[Thepricebreaker]

22. Gov. Paterson (Spitzers Lt) admits to sex with other woman for years (cheating on his current wife)

Source: Daily News

The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state's new governor, David Paterson, told the Daily News that he and his wife had extramarital affairs.

In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife, Michelle, 46, acknowledged in a joint interview they each had intimate relationships with others during a rocky period in their marriage several years ago.







Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/17/2008-03-17_gov_paterson_admits_to_sex_with_other_wo.html

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If for some reason this blows up.... The Majority leader (a republican) would become Gov.

[ingac70]

23. Doubt it blows up, no illegal acts involved. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

24. To be fair...

...they both cheated on each other.

[gmudem]

25. Oy vey.

What is up with my governors lately?

[Demobrat]

26. He didn't do anything illegal.

They both saw other people, and then reconciled. That's a bit different from visiting prostitutes.

[curiousdemo]

27. FREEK OUT!........

I guess they freek the sheet. They been hanging out with Bill Clinton, Public freek number one. :rofl:

[Proud Liberal Dem]

28. Is the NY GOP setting a 48 hour impeachment deadline for Paterson to resign?

Just checking.
:eyes:

[closeupready]

29. Sad that he feels he needs to reveal such a personal thing in public, when the public has no right

to know.

[Algorem]

32. He was ridin dirty!

don't tell Reverend Wright.don't need another sermon.let it go.

[onehandle]

35. Report: New NY governor admits affair

Source: AP

ALBANY, N.Y. - With his predecessor's term doomed by a sex scandal, brand-new Gov. David Paterson tried to come clean about his own skeletons just hours after assuming office by acknowledging a years-old affair.

Paterson was sworn in almost exactly a week after allegations first surfaced that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer was "Client 9" of a high-priced call girl service. Responding to rumors circulating in Albany, Paterson and his wife, Michelle, told the Daily News of New York City that both had affairs during a rough patch in their marriage several years ago.

"This was a marriage that appeared to be going sour at one point," Paterson told the Daily News. "But I went to counseling and we decided we wanted to make it work. Michelle is well aware of what went on."

Paterson told the newspaper that he maintained a relationship with another woman from 1999 until 2001. He and his wife, Michelle, eventually sought counseling and repaired their relationship. The couple did not go into details.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_re_us/ny_governor

[Birthmark]

36. I like Paterson a lot

I haven't been aware of him until recently, so I don't know much about him. But everything I have learned up to this point makes me like hell outta him.

Wonder if he'd like to be President? :evilgrin:

[Vinca]

37. Leave these people alone. I'm so freaking sick of how this country

suddenly has such high moral standards while we continue to kill, torture and maim.

[Eurobabe]

38. I wish people would keep thier dirty laundry to themselves

but then again, the opposition won't allow that. No wonder nobody wants to hold public office. It's only for saints.

[GOPBasher]

40. Gee, you think that's inconsistent?

Ok, so we bomb people a lot, but those people almost always have brown skin anyway. We should base who we vote for on what they do with other consenting adults in their personal life.

[HereSince1628]

39. The nail that sticks up must be hammered down

even if the one swinging the hammer is a hypocrit. Actually, probably because the one swinging the hammer is a hypocrit.

This is all part of human nature the American way.

[AngryOldDem]

44. I am getting so sick of this shit.

This is THEIR BUSINESS. It's sad that they obviously felt compelled to reveal it themselves before our National Enquirer media got a hold of it.

With all the other more important issues going on right now -- namely the economy -- I really, really, really don't care what people do privately.

Again, I find it very sad that the Patersons obviously believed they had to do a preemptive strike on such a personal, and probably painful, matter.

[JeanGrey]

46. I'm so glad I'm married to a faithful husband and I ever lost

him, I'm sorry but I would have no interest in EVER trusting another man................there aren't any left. Or women, for that matter....

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[Chovexani]

49. It's a good thing you're married then

And not in the singles scene with those issues.

[JeanGrey]

75. What issues? There are good men left but they are few and

far between, let's face it. I look around me and see it every day. My best friend's husband left her after 38 years and they had a great marriage, I knew both of them well for years. She got sick and he decided he was too young at 58 to be saddled with a sicko so he traded her in for a younger model. Same with my brother in law after 35 years only he wants to take the entire family business and toss her to the curb without two dimes to rub together. Every time something like Spitzer or Clinton comes up I hear the same thing "well, men are like that, that "sex drive" is so strong, blah, blah. No issues. Just truth. And yes I'm glad I'm not in the dating scene - I couldn't follow perfection with what is there today.

[Chovexani]

50. This is sad

It's sad that he felt it was necessary to put his business in the street like that, but in this day and age he would have been crucified over it had he not said anything. Lord knows how the press loves a sex scandal.

This is a non-story, Paterson is one of the good guys and his coming clean about it to shut up the rumors just improves my already high opinion of him.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

54. WTF?!? and tell me why Spitzer had to step down?...oh the hypocrisy

[knight_of_the_star]

56. WTF is going on with the Dems in New York?

How did we manage to get a double-whammy like this?

[ckramer]

58. So the dude is an admitted adulterer?

Talking about a great start!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

59. Rethuglican Bruno is going to be all over this and NY will have another new Gov in a few days

Gov Bruno (R).....fuck me twice!

Paterson admits to having an affair with a state employee while he was Lt Governor




:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[aquart]

79. I haven't heard a peep out of him.

Everybody LIKES Paterson. They didn't like Spitzer. AND PATERSON DIDN'T VIOLATE THE LAW.

[superconnected]

60. Hours after swearing in, new NY governor admits to own adultery

Source: Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - With his predecessor's term doomed by a sex scandal, brand-new Gov. David Paterson tried to come clean about his own skeletons just hours after assuming office by acknowledging a years-old affair.

Paterson was sworn in almost exactly a week after allegations first surfaced that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer was "Client 9" of a high-priced call girl service. Responding to rumors circulating in Albany, Paterson and his wife, Michelle, told the Daily News of New York City that both had affairs during a rough patch in their marriage several years ago.

"This was a marriage that appeared to be going sour at one point," Paterson told the Daily News. "But I went to counseling and we decided we wanted to make it work. Michelle is well aware of what went on."

Paterson told the newspaper that he maintained a relationship with another woman from 1999 until 2001. He and his wife, Michelle, eventually sought counseling and repaired their relationship. The couple did not go into details.



Read more: http://www.komotv.com/news/national/16780996.html

[tekisui]

61. Whew. At least it was free.

[rpannier]

62. Criminal behavior

Spitzer engaged in criminal behavior.

[lakeguy]

63. you know, i wonder sometimes if this isn't just one

big setup. i know, i'm running out of tinfoil but damn! is there going to be a steady stream of this until the election now?

[mac2]

73. Paterson was the guy they wanted but couldn't get elected

to be Governor or Mayor of NY. By "selection" he is now Governor.

Joking about Spitzer's prostitute and sex was tasteless. Do ya think that Paterson turned him in or wire tapped? Sptizer wasn't liked by Paterson but Patreson has shown his politics all to well. He could have been more gracious.

Do you think Paterson will be a reformer or fence sitter (which he has been up to this point in time)?

Paterson will lose to a Republican when there is a real election. Was that the deal all along? It was all too quick without a trial....quilty. Yep...I smell at rat too.

[swag]

64. Who hasn't balled a lot of people?

Let her or him get busy immediately.

[marmar]

65. Smart pre-emptive move on his part....

.... He's not giving the Repug bloodhounds anywhere to go.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

74. Bruno will be all over this cliaming because Paterson had an affair with a state employee while he

was Lt Gov he is unfit for command.....Bruno is next in line


this shit has got to stop!

[Double T]

66. So what. Who cares. Next we'll discover he is a member of the wright trinity church.

Time for this state to move on with Paterson at the helm.

[aquart]

68. I cannot remember a governor who could quip.

I'm suddenly looking forward to Albany press conferences.

[juajen]

70. Yeah, me too. I enjoyed him imensely.

Here's hoping he has no other skeletons in the closet.

[Double T]

71. Paterson may be the breath of FRESH air this state needs.

I'm looking forward to his governorship.

[TheCowsCameHome]

67. I don't think the earth will slip off it's axis

because of this non event.

[TheDebbieDee]

69. This is not late-breaking news.......

I heard this on Good Morning, America, more than 12 hours ago........

[Up2Late]

72. This was in LBN Yesterday, this is old news.

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3231568>

[Infinite Hope]

76. Ugh. I'm sick of these arrogant whores in office. n/t

[superconnected]

82. I am too and I bet a whole lot of america is.

Wish the dems politicans could keep their pants zipped and keep in mind their integrity goes out the window when they do this crap.

Instead we get more the skank private news that both were out sleeping around on each other.

It was none of my business until they stood up and advertised it. And of course they were already dumbshits for him being a politicians and them out doing this crap.

He and his wife look soo.... skank now.

I wonder what the people here would be saying if he was a republican. Actually I'm sure I know.

[apnu]

77. I'm glad he (and his wife) came out with this before the media vultures did

Shows good things from the man and his family.

I, for one, don't care if he had an affair, this is only news because of Spitzer (and Rudy too). At least it wasn't illegal (Spitzer), and didn't use public funds (Rudy).

I'm glad they came clean with it, I'm glad they were honest about it, and I'm glad they told us before it was dug up by scum bags with an ax (or headlines) to grind.

Having said that, I'm happy to see they've worked out their issues, and hope the best for them in their marriage. But really, I don't care, nor is it my business what marital problems the Paterson's have. They have no bearing on his quality as a governor.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

78. Today the Rethug Bruno is demanding that Paterson resign......

Paterson had an affair just last month with an Olympic gold medalist in Brooklyn...the women called Paterson the daY BEFORE HE WAS SWORN IN WANTING MONEY AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON HE CAME OUT AND ADMITTED AFFAIRS....HE WAS FORCED INTO THIS CONFESSion. Paterson also gave several of his girlfriends jobs and pay raises. we are fucked in NY now

sorry about caplock

Rethug Bruno is next in line to become the Gov

Obama will lose a super delegate Paterson when this happens

Karma sucks sometimes Paterson was endorsing Clinton but after Spitzer resigned he changed to Obama


Very stupid of Paterson to use state funds for sexual affaIRS


Among the Paterson campaign’s expenses were two in September 2001 at a hotel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan that Mr. Paterson’s office has confirmed he used for an extramarital affair during that period.

The expenses, totaling $455, were incurred at what was then the Quality Hotel on West 94th Street on Sept. 10 and Sept. 24, and are listed in campaign reports as office-related. On each of those days, the reports also show expenses for Amtrak train travel between Albany and New York and meals at Upper West Side restaurants. Mr. Paterson has indicated that a staff member might have stayed at the hotel on those nights. The reports show no record of reimbursements for any of those expenses.


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[LeftishBrit]

80. Seems to me that if New Yorkers could put up with all Mr. 9-11's affairs..

they should be able to put up with Paterson having had one in the past.

[blackspade]

81. Who the hell cares?

No lies, prostitutes, no stealing state funds, none of my business.
The MSM is retarded.

[superconnected]

83. "Gov. Paterson admits to sex with other woman for years "

Hows that headline grab ya?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/17/2008-03-17_gov_paterson_admits_to_sex_with_other_wo.html

... like this isn't another dumbass politician whose making very stupid moves in his private life and therefor likely making them in his political life - private deals for profit. Let me guess, he want's to change everything for the good - while he can't keep his integrity.

sure, we can just dismiss this as his private life but he's advertising it. Come on... politicians should know better than this crap. I see another egoist who should be thrown out. We can find candidates that can keep integrity - can figure out that they NEED to keep integrity if they're going to be a political figure. This dumbshit isn't one of those.