Under the bus goes Paterson of NY - Obama tells Paterson to Gov Drop Campaign

[DaveKlassix]

How cool! Now our EAR leader can decide who runs and who doesn't run for state governorships? With approval ratings that make Bush's look good, Obama sent a request to Paterson to "drop" his campaign for governor in 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/nyregion/20paterson.html?_r=3&hp

[rah1420]

Man, if you thought the race card was played out in DC, wait till you see what mud is gonna get slung in NY state. Wow.

[HeyJude]

How cool! Now our EAR leader can decide who runs and who doesn't run for state governorships? With approval ratings that make Bush's look good, Obama sent a request to Paterson to "drop" his campaign for governor in 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/nyregion/20paterson.html?_r=3&hp


!!! What the hell, or who the hell does Obama think he is??

[JerryN]

Can you say HUBRIS?
Or is it CHUTZPAH?

I liked this quote:
"But Mr. Obama’s political team and other party leaders have grown increasingly worried that the governor’s unpopularity could drag down Democratic members of Congress in New York, as well as the Democratic-controlled Legislature, in next fall’s election."

Nevermind about the Obamateur's flagging numbers ...

First Massachusetts, now New York ... This guy thinks he can use Chicago politics on a national scale!

[SpecJet]

Aint that how they do it in Chicagoland.

President to Governor: Get the **** out.
Your making me look bad.

[Long Island Bob]

How cool! Now our EAR leader can decide who runs and who doesn't run for state governorships? With approval ratings that make Bush's look good, Obama sent a request to Paterson to "drop" his campaign for governor in 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/nyregion/20paterson.html?_r=3&hp

from the link

WASHINGTON — President Obama has sent a request to Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race, fearing that Mr. Paterson cannot recover from his dismal political standing, according to two senior administration officials and a New York Democratic operative with direct knowledge of the situation.

The decision to ask Mr. Paterson to step aside was proposed by political advisers to Mr. Obama, but approved by the president himself, one of the administration officials said.



wow

I'm formNY so let me give ya the skinny

Paterson is a deep-rooted liberal in his heart and was dealt a HUGE funding short fall (from the previous libs who held his office.)

He has however been realistic enough to realize that despite his wishes) he simply cannot raise taxes or go into debt fast enough to cover the HUGE problem. It's not that he doesn't want to, it is just plain impossible.

So he proposed a handful of spending caps (few cuts, mostly freezes) and as been getting a BEATING from the unions that organize gov't workers (cops unions, nurses unions, AFSCME etc.)

I simply cannot believe he is anything but an tax-print-and-spend liberal so I have to believe that he propsoesd spending freezes as a last resort.


I worry for my (adopted) state.

[The Duke]

I can just imagine how that converation went if it wasn't scripted for him.

"Yeah, uh, David, this is, er, uh, Barry. We, uh, think that it would be, uh, better for me, I mean, the party, if you didn't, uh run in 2010, and uh, I know, uh, that you don't want, uh, to abandon your, uh, political career, but uh, I , uh, don't care, yeah, thats right."

[Ballygrl]

How cool! Now our EAR leader can decide who runs and who doesn't run for state governorships? With approval ratings that make Bush's look good, Obama sent a request to Paterson to "drop" his campaign for governor in 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/nyregion/20paterson.html?_r=3&hp

Oh my, a Democrat throwing a black disabled Governor under the bus? very interesting.

Seriously though, Obama is only doing this to give Andrew Cuomo a chance to win the primary and possibly become Governor, not sure how the match-up would go if it was Cuomo versus Giuliani. Could be interesting if there was a backlash from the black community because of Paterson being thrown under the bus and basically staying away from the polls on election day.

[penner01]

Can you say HUBRIS?
Or is it CHUTZPAH?

First Massachusetts, now New York ... This guy thinks he can use Chicago politics on a national scale! You're suggesting he can't?

[HawkeyeLonewolf]

This country is so far gone from what the Founding Fathers established.

[spinach]

I'd like to see Paterson go off on the cowpie.
Get out there in front of the cameras and just go off on him and ask him who he thinks he is.

Paterson can run for office, just like anyone else can.
He ought to tell hussein to go chew on a dog turd and pretend he's a cannibal

[TerriC]

Sounds like the way the Ayatollah chooses who will run for President in Iran.

[spinach]

Sounds like the way the Ayatollah chooses who will run for President in Iran.

it is the same method--
and the same nature of evil.

hussein obama is just as evil as the dirtbags are in Iran that mistreat those people

[Long Island Bob]

Sounds like the way the Ayatollah chooses who will run for President in Iran.



ouch

[TerriC]

ouch

Good one, eh?

[JerryN]

Sounds like the way the Ayatollah chooses who will run for President in Iran.

Or how Putin chose Medveded (sp?) to become the next 'President' in Russia?

Maybe that's The Won's plan if he doesn't get FDR's pesky amendment rescinded.

[clearcarbon]

That BO-Bus's gonna need
new knobby tires soon.




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[Billy_Bob]

That BO-Bus's gonna need
new knobby tires soon.




.

Naw... Tank tracks...

[Physics Hunter]

Before some idiot moderate says "who knew that President Obama was capable of this..."

A WHOLE DAMN BUNCH OF OF HAVE BEEN SCREAMING IT AT THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS FOR OVER A YEAR!

[Home of the FREE!]

Hahaha.

Step right up one and all; the Democrat circus has come to town.

[SonsofLiberty]

How cool! Now our EAR leader can decide who runs and who doesn't run for state governorships? With approval ratings that make Bush's look good, Obama sent a request to Paterson to "drop" his campaign for governor in 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/nyregion/20paterson.html?_r=3&hp

Why should this surprise anyone when Obama tells the Palestinians that they will get all the land that Israel is currently building homes on..

[SonsofLiberty]

from the link

WASHINGTON — President Obama has sent a request to Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race, fearing that Mr. Paterson cannot recover from his dismal political standing, according to two senior administration officials and a New York Democratic operative with direct knowledge of the situation.

The decision to ask Mr. Paterson to step aside was proposed by political advisers to Mr. Obama, but approved by the president himself, one of the administration officials said.



wow

I'm formNY so let me give ya the skinny

Paterson is a deep-rooted liberal in his heart and was dealt a HUGE funding short fall (from the previous libs who held his office.)

He has however been realistic enough to realize that despite his wishes) he simply cannot raise taxes or go into debt fast enough to cover the HUGE problem. It's not that he doesn't want to, it is just plain impossible.

So he proposed a handful of spending caps (few cuts, mostly freezes) and as been getting a BEATING from the unions that organize gov't workers (cops unions, nurses unions, AFSCME etc.)

I simply cannot believe he is anything but an tax-print-and-spend liberal so I have to believe that he propsoesd spending freezes as a last resort.


I worry for my (adopted) state.

Left there there 6-7 years ago and will never go back.

[deportalllibs]

So he proposed a handful of spending caps (few cuts, mostly freezes) and as been getting a BEATING from the unions that organize gov't workers (cops unions, nurses unions, AFSCME etc.)

I see nothing has changed since I moved out of that liberal **** hole 3 years ago. The libs and unions will spend that state into bankruptcy then await a federal bail out funded by the tax payers in the other 49 states.

NY ladies and gentlemen, the epicenter of liberal ideas and government, the poster child of how libs want to run the entire country.

[SonsofLiberty]

Oh my, a Democrat throwing a black disabled Governor under the bus? very interesting.

Seriously though, Obama is only doing this to give Andrew Cuomo a chance to win the primary and possibly become Governor, not sure how the match-up would go if it was Cuomo versus Giuliani. Could be interesting if there was a backlash from the black community because of Paterson being thrown under the bus and basically staying away from the polls on election day.

Are you suggesting that Obama was being racist? ;)

[SonsofLiberty]

I see nothing has changed since I moved out of that liberal **** hole 3 years ago. The libs and unions will spend that state into bankruptcy then await a federal bail out funded by the tax payers in the other 49 states.

NY ladies and gentlemen, the epicenter of liberal ideas and government, the poster child of how libs want to run the entire country.

Isn't it amazing though how the libs go in and kill a city or state, people move out and then demand the same programs that killed the place they moved from be instituted in their new hometown/state?

[Long Island Bob]

New York State is on the verge of bankruptcy



The NY State annual budget. I about ~$78 b per year.

This year's deficit is ten times higher than last year's and will be around $12 billion and is estimated to remain at $12 b to $18 b per year for the next 4 years (and that is if spending is frozen .. adjusted only for inflation.)

That's right, 25% of the dollars the NYS gov't spends are Borrowed.
(by contrastin FY 2008 less than 10% of federal spendingwsfinanced byborrowing. . andof cousre the Fedral gov't has the Fed to print money for it)

Our tax burden USED to be the second highest in the country (11.7% of the NY GDP) but now that our sales tax is 8.25% in many counties, we are the highest

- there is simply NO WAY thr staye economy can remain solvent if our taxes are hiked 25% higher than their current level

and

- there is simply NO WAY, in the current economy, people are going to buy massive amounts of NYS bonds.

Even a liberal like paterson is not completely devoid of comon sense. He can't ignore the problem, he can't raise taxes THAT much and he can't borrow the money.







Look, I don't mind obama (or anyone) saying "paterson shouldn't run again," but given the circumstances I think if obama is gonna "fire" him, then obama should accompany that with some sort of "math" that will fix this mess.

[SonsofLiberty]

New York State is on the verge of bankruptcy



The NY State annual budget. I about ~$78 b per year.

This year's deficit is ten times higher than last year's and will be around $12 billion and is estimated to remain at $12 b to $18 b per year for the next 4 years (and that is if spending is frozen .. adjusted only for inflation.)

That's right, 25% of the dollars the NYS gov't spends are Borrowed.
(by contrastin FY 2008 less than 10% of federal spendingwsfinanced byborrowing. . andof cousre the Fedral gov't has the Fed to print money for it)

Our tax burden USED to be the second highest in the country (11.7% of the NY GDP) but now that our sales tax is 8.25% in many counties, we are the highest

- there is simply NO WAY thr staye economy can remain solvent if our taxes are hiked 25% higher than their current level

and

- there is simply NO WAY, in the current economy, people are going to buy massive amounts of NYS bonds.

Even a liberal like paterson is not completely devoid of comon sense. He can't ignore the problem, he can't raise taxes THAT much and he can't borrow the money.







Look, I don't mind obama (or anyone) saying "paterson shouldn't run again," but given the circumstances I think if obama is gonna "fire" him, then obama should accompany that with some sort of "math" that will fix this mess.

hmmm Im noticing an interesting correlation. Liberal controlling the white house (and congress)....major deficits like never before

liberals in control of NY and major deficits like never before.......

[Kegler300]

Since Obama is half white, will Patterson pull the race card?

[deportalllibs]

Isn't it amazing though how the libs go in and kill a city or state, people move out and then demand the same programs that killed the place they moved from be instituted in their new hometown/state?

Yes it is, prime example Portland, OR which was invaded by people from CA and is now as ****ed up as CA

[Bertha]

How cool! Now our EAR leader can decide who runs and who doesn't run for state governorships? With approval ratings that make Bush's look good, Obama sent a request to Paterson to "drop" his campaign for governor in 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/nyregion/20paterson.html?_r=3&hp

Yea, it also appears from what Chris Wallace said (during the same interview as the cry-baby), that this administration is recommending or critiquing who he should have on as guests. Not to mention how he wants to control banks as well as the firing of the GM CEO....

The writing is on the wall folks.

[OKCatholic]

I can just imagine how that converation went if it wasn't scripted for him.

"Yeah, uh, David, this is, er, uh, Barry. We, uh, think that it would be, uh, better for me, I mean, the party, if you didn't, uh run in 2010, and uh, I know, uh, that you don't want, uh, to abandon your, uh, political career, but uh, I , uh, don't care, yeah, thats right."

David "But Barry, why can't I run". Barry "You're a Jackass"

[jimjames418]

I see nothing has changed since I moved out of that liberal **** hole 3 years ago. The libs and unions will spend that state into bankruptcy then await a federal bail out funded by the tax payers in the other 49 states.

NY ladies and gentlemen, the epicenter of liberal ideas and government, the poster child of how libs want to run the entire country.
We all ready bailed them out once. If they didn't learn to budget after that it is their own damn fault. Tax themselves at 90% if necessary to pay for their own damn bills. :evil:

[Charlie A]

I wonder what would happen if Hillary told Obama he shouldn't run in 2012 for the good of the party...

[chip]

"The administration officials and the Democratic operative spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions with the governor were intended to be confidential."



:whistle:

[Billy_Bob]

We all ready bailed them out once. If they didn't learn to budget after that it is their own damn fault. Tax themselves at 90% if necessary to pay for their own damn bills. :evil:

time to let them fail and learn...

[nortman]

I wonder what would happen if Hillary told Obama he shouldn't run in 2012 for the good of the party...
:)):)):))

[Ballygrl]

Are you suggesting that Obama was being racist? ;)

:mrgreen:

[Ballygrl]

Isn't it amazing though how the libs go in and kill a city or state, people move out and then demand the same programs that killed the place they moved from be instituted in their new hometown/state?

I never understood that either. We have people being forced out of NJ because of property taxes being too high, and they move to Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina etc. and instead of realizing they were forced out by Democrats, they move to these new states and still vote Democrat

[opsyscw]

!!! What the hell, or who the hell does Obama think he is??
A. God
B. Allah
C. Both A and B
D. All of the Above

[TerriC]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/09/20/2009-09-20_governor_paterson_bucks_president_obama_im_stil l_going_to_run_in_2010.html

A defiant Gov. Paterson (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/David+Paterson) Sunday said he still plans to run for a full four-year term next year despite a stunning White House (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/The+White+House) request that the poll-challenged governor step aside.
"I've said time and time again I am going to run for governor next year," Paterson said in Harlem (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Harlem). "My plans have not changed."
Paterson did not deny a Sunday Daily News report that White House political director Patrick Gaspard (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Patrick+Gaspard) met with him last Monday to discuss the concerns the Obama administration (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Barack+Obama) has with him - and their preference he not run next year.
The message was also relayed Friday during a Paterson dinner with Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens) (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Gregory+Meeks), a long time Paterson pal who told the governor that President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Rahm+Emanuel), does not view a Paterson candidacy as "tenable."
The fear, sources say, is that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Rudolph+Giuliani) would be more likely to enter the 2010 governor's race and win - and that Paterson will drag down other Democrats.
Paterson's job approval rating has hovered at around 20% for months and a poll just last week showed 65% of Democrats hoping someone else would run.
"I'm not going to discuss confidential conversations," Paterson said repeatedly.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/09/20/2009-09-20_governor_paterson_bucks_president_obama_im_stil l_going_to_run_in_2010.html#ixzz0RgFsUnQm