Gothamist: Meet Your Future Governor, David A. Paterson

Kojak

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:26:09 -0500

When you work in state government, you don't get much sun. Look at the Spitz. He's whiter than white.

Spear_Chucker

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:49:38 -0500

Is Paterson the palest looking black guy ever?

j0sh

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:31:57 -0500

it would be cooler if he had some super powers to go along with his blindness.. other than 'slightly more acute hearing'.

nony

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:13:56 -0500

David Pattern lives in a rent stabilized apartment at Lenox Terrace in Harlem. Lovely, our GOVERNOR enjoys RENT STABILIZATION!! If you pay market rate, you're a poor shmuck! Expect no changes to Rent Stabilization laws, thanks to our Governor! Yeah Baby!

JenChungsBra

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:21:57 -0500

Paterson himself has made jokes about it. He said once that politicians need vision and that he didn't have any. Don't sweat it, Mr. Politically Correct.

Kojak

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:06:06 -0500

You shouldn't knock him for being blind. As a result of his blindness, all of his other senses are sharper and more enhanced. Ever heard of that superhero called 'Daredevil'?

Art Stewel

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:17:11 -0500

Did anyone see that clip on the news last night of Patterson starting a session by smashing the wood gavel? No joke, he missed the wood sounding block and hit a water glass. I know I am going to hell, but it was damn funny.

jenchungstypo

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:15:24 -0500

Like Paterson has never heard the blind jokes before. He probably has a few good ones of his own.

stollef

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:05:08 -0500

It's astonishing to read all the fun you guys are having making jokes about blindness. Bad Karma. I hope you or your loved ones go blind! Sick f+++s

aveB4life

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:57:52 -0500

i'm dying laughing reading these. thank you witty new yorkers

aveB4life

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:56:09 -0500

i'm dying laughing reading these. thank you witty new yorkers

ANGRYGOD11

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:21:10 -0500

Expectations are so low Paterson cannot mess it up, unless he really tries.

jchez

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:08:14 -0500

I'm not sure but I have a feeling that this mild mannered blind man will be eaten alive by the viciousness of Albany's political animals.

kearnj

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:02:02 -0500

He was watching Spitzer's downfall, here's his chance!

jaja007

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:59:07 -0500

jenchungsgrammar is the best online nom de plume since "cockfist the destroyer"

JenChungsBra

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:57:48 -0500

I'm not suggesting anything. I'm just telling what me and my wife both saw. We both talked afterward about how the blind Lt. Governor was schmoozing this hot babe right there at the bar and we both thought he was single and on a date. But like I said, it could have been his wife. God bless him if it was his wife because not only was she hot (does that matter to a legally blind man?) but they looked very happy together. Let's just say that they were seeing eye-to-eye on things.

blablanyc

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:49:47 -0500

He believes in blind justice.

blablanyc

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:47:10 -0500

It's the blind leading the blind in Albany.

Art Stewel

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:30:31 -0500

..less than 20-20?? sorry.

Art Stewel

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:25:40 -0500

JenChungsBra: Are you suggesting Patterson is 'Client

Gregoire

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:56:50 -0500

Hopefully Paterson will not be a sorry spectacle.

JenChungsBra

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:49:13 -0500

He's married? I sat next to Paterson last year at the bar at Acqua at 94th and Amsterdam. It was mid-week at about 7PM and he was chatting up some very attractive middle aged woman who was obviously there with him. Just from watching the two of them together I assumed he must have been single. Maybe it was his wife, I don't know.

matukonyc

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:27:46 -0500

Fils is used, like "Junior," to distinguish father from son who share the exact same name. Lieutenant Governor Paterson is not "David Paterson fils;" if his name were also Basil Paterson (like his father), then he'd be "Basil Paterson fils."

jenchungsgrammar

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:22:35 -0500

I can clearly see that he'll be a more visionary gov then spitzer. his views on the future are insightful, and he never turns a blind eye to excessive government spending. his policies are never shortsighted, and so now, let us all raise our glasses to him.

Elderta

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:05:30 -0500

*smack* Good luck, Lt. Gov. Paterson. You're gonna need it.

babyhitler

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:57:40 -0500

hopefully he'll turn a blind eye on the upper state and focus more on the city.