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Paterson Feels Left Out; Admits His Own Marital Problems

I guess playin’ second banana to a prostitute buyin’ governor can leave you feelin’ a bit inadequate.

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.

Let’s see a show of hands. Who’s had it with hearing about the McGreevey’s, the Spitzer’s, and now the Paterson’s?

It’s like some creepy one-upmanship club with these people.

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Eliot Spitzer, Jim McGreevey, David Paterson

Obama to Perform Race Relations Miracle

The anointed one will travel to the mount tomorrow to deliver a speech on the larger issue of race in his campaign against Hillary Clinton, John McCain, the vast right wing conspiracy, and any other infidels who refuse to believe in his second coming.

“I am going to be talking about not just Reverend Wright, but the larger issue of race in this campaign,” he said.

He added that he would “talk about how some of these issues are perceived from within the black church issue for example,” he said.

He also briefly defended Wright from the image that has come through in a handful of repeatedly televised clips from recent Wright sermons.

“The caricature that’s being painted of him is not accurate,” he said.

I’ll do a bit of prophesying here – I see a hole. I see Barack Obama in that hole. I see him with a shovel. I see him digging the hole deeper.

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Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jeremiah Wright, John McCain, Liberalism, Racism

Bill Kristol Fails to Use Proper Punctuation!

The lefty blogs are salivating over an article today by Bill Kristol that states Barack Obama was in the audience on a date certain listening to one of the highly publicized incendiary sermons delivered by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The fact is, Obama attended Wright’s church for over 20 years. And in that time, it’s highly likely that Obama listened to one of Wright’s anti-American diatribes. Whether he was there on this exact day or that day matters not. It’s a silly debate. Obama agreed with Wright’s beliefs simply by remaining in membership at his church.

Yet, leave it to the left to hand wring and shout their “Ah-HA’s” from the rooftop, as if they’ve finally uncovered another piece of evidence proving the existence of that vast right wing conspiracy.

Whatehvah.

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Barack Obama, Liberalism, Bill Kristol, Jeremiah Wright

An Important Moment for John McCain

Thanks to a civilized Republican presidential primary season, presumed GOP nominee John McCain was able to take advantage of the time before the general election to visit key allies in Europe this week, and even drop in to Iraq to meet with U.S. military leaders.

Anyone who’s paying attention knows that McCain has linked his political future to U.S. success in the country. It’s important for him to thoroughly understand the conditions on the ground, to understand the political challenges in addition to the ongoing security threat that fills the daily news cycle. McCain’s claim that he’ll keep a U.S. presence in Iraq for the next 100 years has been looked upon in disgust by the Democratic candidates and the liberal media. If he intends to keep up that message he needs to know more about Iraq than anyone in Washington, or at least lay claim to that.

This much is clear – while Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton hurl charges of racism at one another, a spotlight shines brightly on their lack of experience to be commander-in-chief. That spotlight is John McCain, who’s foreign policy credentials gain gravitas by the day.

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2008 Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, John McCain, Politics

New Poll Bad News for Democrats

According to a late February poll conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 53 percent of Americans now believe the U.S. will succeed in Iraq. Normally this would be great news, and a big morale boost for the military. But for the Democratic party, this great news couldn’t come at a worse time. If Democrats have any hope of winning in November, the U.S. must lose in Iraq. Violence must increase. More U.S. soldiers must die. This is a major piece of the party platform. It is the only message Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi know how to deliver in front of the cameras they seek out every day. It is a cornerstone of Barack Obama’s candidacy. His message of hope and change is predicated upon a losing effort in Iraq. If we’re winning (and we are), Democrats are losing.

Look for the MSM to ignore this good news. And don’t count on hearing anything about our winning prospects from the DNC. It’s a losing strategy for them.

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2008 Election, Barack Obama, Democrats, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Liberalism, Nancy Pelosi, Iraq, Military, Pew Poll

Obama Needs to Denounce Pastor’s Rhetoric

ABC News highlights the inflammatory statements of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago’s south side. This just happens to be the home church of Barack Obama, who has attended for the past 20 years. He and his wife were married by Rev. Wright, and Obama’s two children were baptized by him.

ABC (and other members of the MSM) have spent some time sifting through the sermons delivered by Rev. Wright and they’ve found some interesting things. He has made the assertion that the U.S. brought on the September 11 attacks with its own terrorism.

Obama has written off these statements claiming that Wright is like “some old uncle who says things I don’t always agree with.” Yet to most of us, the statements of Rev. Wright cannot be thrown aside. They’re standard radical liberal fare. In fact, given that the statements were delivered from the pulpit, this indoctrination is even more worrisome. It’s no wonder Michelle Obama has been known to deliver her own speeches which call her love of America into question.

A man’s character can best be judged by the company he keeps. If Obama has really been a faithful member of this United Church of Christ fellowship, then he’s has willingly sat under the instruction of Rev. Wright. As a church member, Obama is free to worship where he wants and agree or disagree with anyone he chooses. But, as a presidential candidate, Obama needs to denounce any anti-American rhetoric, even if it comes from his pastor. If he does not, he can guarantee his acceptance of Wright will come back at him during the general election.

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2008 Election, Barack Obama, United Church of Christ, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Michelle Obama

Mary Ann Loves Mary Jane

Dawn Wells, the actress who played ‘Mary Ann’ on the classic TV show Gilligan’s Island was busted recently for reckless driving. She was put on probation. She had a good lawyer, because the real reason she was busted was she had a couple of half smoked J’s and a stash o’ ganja. Seems Mary Ann has a thing for weed.

Must have been all those years trapped on that island followed by the ensuing depression brought on by the constant ogling of Ginger by the Professor, the Skipper, Gilligan and Mr. Howell. It’s the green of jealousy that lead her toward the green of the earth.

UPDATE: Statement from Dawn Wells.

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Celebrity, Gilligan, Mary Ann, Dawn Wells, Marijuana

Spitzer Story All About the Use (and Misuse of) Technology

The story about New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is heavily focused on the prostitution angle, yet the real reason he got busted was due to his unknowing involvement in a money laundering investigation. Larry Dignan writes an interesting story on the information system that brought down Spitzer and the proprietors of the prostitution ring. The network has been in place for sometime, yet its importance escalated following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Eliot Spitzer, Terrorism, Prostitution, FinCEN

Obama Wins Mississippi (Yawn)

No surprises here.

Barack Obama coasted to victory in Mississippi’s Democratic primary Tuesday, latest in a string of racially polarized presidential contests across the Deep South and a final tune-up before next month’s high-stakes race with Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania.

The cable tv news coverage tonight is almost comic. The same talking heads are debating the same topics they debated last weekend, and the week before. Obama is the front runner. Clinton has almost no chance of taking him in the delegate count. She won’t quit. There’s six long weeks until Pennsylvania…

Boring.

The real story is how the Democratic party is tearing itself apart. History will judge this election cycle as the cannibalization moment. Future pundits will talk of how the Democrats ate their own and didn’t even realize it until it was too late.

The convention in Denver will make Chicago in ’68 look like a tupperware party.

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2008 Election, Barack Obama, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Mississippi

Shoe, Meet Other Foot

Let me just say how happy I am that Eliot Spitzer isn’t a Republican.

The New York Times is reporting that Gov. Eliot Spitzer has told senior advisers that he had been involved in a prostitution ring.

Spitzer has built his political legacy on rooting out corruption, including several headline-making battles with Wall Street while serving as attorney general. He stormed into the governor’s office in 2006 with a historic share of the vote, vowing to continue his no-nonsense approach to fixing one of the nation’s worst governments.

Time magazine had named him “Crusader of the Year” when he was attorney general and the tabloids proclaimed him “Eliot Ness.”

But his stint as governor has been marred by several problems, including an unpopular plan to grant driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants and a plot by his aides to smear Spitzer’s main Republican nemesis.

I don’t wish this kinda stuff on anyone, but I can’t argue with the deliciousness of this, especially so close to the November election.

UPDATE: Reports are out that the governor has been indicted and that he intends to resign.

UPDATE II: Spitzer apologized to his family and the public, and said he must take time for his family. He did not explicitly say he would resign his office, though.

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2008 Election, Eliot Spitzer, Corruption, New York, Prostitution