Personally, I think the state should provide prostitutes to all politicians
to start with, could be a good recruiting perk.. grin

Brian

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"W. Baker" <wbaker@panix.com> wrote in message
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> nomius <nomius@myisp.net> wrote:
> : I realize that this is not a political group, but in this case politics
> do
> : have an impact on the blind and vip community. It turns out that
> President
> : Obama is pressuring Governor David Paterson of New York not to seek re
> : election next year for the good of the Dmocratic party. Apparenlty Mr.
> : Paterson's approval numbers are very low. Paterson if you recall became
> : Governor after Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign amidst a scandal
> : surrounding prostitutes. Paterson is not only one of a few African
> American
> : Governors, but also he is legally blind.
>
> : It's bad enough, from a civics point of view, that the top elected
> : constitutional officer of the executive branch of the federal government
> is
> : trying to interfere in a local election, but in addition, Obama is
> hurting
> : the blind and vip community with his attitude. Whether or not Paterson
> is
> : the Dmocratic party candidate for next year's election is a matter for
> New
> : York Democrats to decide. I am sure that Obama is not biased against the
> : blind or vip any more than any other person, but his lack of support
> sends a
> : signal to employers who already make up many excuses not to hire blind
> and
> : vip individuals. This hurts very much blind and vip individuals who not
> only
> : struggle daily to obatin gainful employment but also to keep their
> positions
> : if they are lucky enough to get hired. I wish President Obama would
> rethink
> : this matter and let New York Democrats decide who will run for New
> York's
> : governorship next year. Even though the damage is already done, more
> damage
> : could be avoided.
>
> : Paterson for his part is rejecting White House pressure and vows not to
> step
> : aside. I believe this is a good thing. Sink or swin, Paterson and the
> : Democrats should do so by their own merrits (or lack thereof).
>
>
> are you saying that just because Patterson is blind that he is above
> criticism? He has not been particularly effective as governor and may
> well be up against a very tough opponnet from the Republican party next
> year. Obama, and the Democrats do not want to loose NY State, so would
> like to see a strong candidate, not one with about a 20% approval rating,
> so would like to see patterson step down.
>
> Of course, Patterson cannot say he is willing to, as that would remove
> whatever power he has with the state legislature, a most dysfuncional
> body.
>
> It ias important to keep everything in perspective. It is not patterson's
> blindness that is issue here, but hie ffctiveness as a governor.
>
> Wendy Baker
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