Paladino Sends "Mario Jr." The Duck To Stalk Cuomo

Aw, cute and creepy: Gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has dispatched a man dressed in a duck outfit—dubbed "Mario Jr."—to tail (get it?) Democratic nominee Andrew Cuomo at events. The deep-pocketed Tea Party fave's spokesman says, "Andrew Cuomo ducks vital policy questions like Obamacare because he knows New Yorkers won't support his tired progressive agenda." Remember when Paladino was talking about Obamacare in March: "I fear the results of Obamacare will be so horrific that it will kill more Americans through deteriorating health care than were lost on 9-11. Nothing can lessen the terrible events of that day, but in terms of raw numbers more will suffer and die through Obamacare."

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By Jen Chung in News on July 22, 2010 1:23 PM

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NannyState

Carl Paladino buys his employees shabby duck costumes and makes them stalk people? Does he run a chain of car washes?

unretrofiedforu

Wait a minute, doesn't the term progressive imply 'progress'? Is this rich douche implying that he wants to remain backwards?

Sommelier

I have a new theory: the desperation of a political candidate can be measured by how early in the campaign they first start calling up 9/11. First Ricky Lazio, now this gop douchebag!

jibbly

1. Was that a Duck Tales (woo-oo!) reference?

2. I'm convinced asshole politicians have some form of turret's syndrome. They're always randomly yelling out "NINE ELEVEN!" at the most inappropriate times.