Even Roger Stone Thinks Paladino Is Going Too Far

Roger Stone on NY1

Roger Stone, the notorious Republican strategist behind the "Brooks Brothers riot" during the 2000 presidential recount and possibly behind the threatening voicemail left on Eliot Spitzer's dad's answering machine, is Republican candidate Carl Paladino's gubernatorial grab. So Stone is no stranger to drama. But even he thinks that the antics are a bit out of control, what with insinuations of affairs and stalking. In an interview with NY1, Stone said, "Any discussion of extramarital affairs, divorces, girlfriends -- that’s not what voters want to hear. This state is in a death spiral."

He added, "I just think that they have gotten a little afield here and the campaign needs to dial back to Carl Paladino's very specific issue prescription for the state. That is what needs to be debated. It's fair to say that this is a detour and I think the voters and certainly people in the party and those who want change in New York want to get this debate back to issues." Is that why Paladino pulled back on his claims that Cuomo was having an affair?

Stone, who is advising Spitzer's former madam Kristin Davis in her gubernatorial bid, claims credit for bringing Spitzer down by tipping the feds to the Luv Gov's hooker habit and just generally despises Spitzer. He told NY magazine last week, "I will make sure. his CNN show gets canceled."

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By Jen Chung in News on October 6, 2010 10:28 AM

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John L

Roger Stone is quite possibly the lowest form of human and if he says you've too far then you know you've gone too, too, too far.

"Stone, who is advising Spitzer's former madam Kristin Davis in her gubernatorial bid, claims credit for bringing Spitzer down by tipping the feds to the Luv Gov's hooker habit "

See this is what I've been saying all along. Spitzer was set up, sure he's guilty but so are many other politicians we just never find out about it because they "play the game"

while Spitzer did not. The FBI didn't just stumble upon evidence against Spitzer, Roger Stone was hired by the very powerful enemies, that Spitzer made when he went after America's richest Wall Street players, to destroy him. If Spitzer would've "played the game" and not went after these millionaires and billionaires they would've showered him with campaign contributions and he would probably been a shoo-in for reelection as we speak. They would've set him up with their own prostitutes if he did as they said, so this wasn't about prostitutes, this was about bringing down a politician that went after people that no one else dared go after. And that's why although I found what he did wrong, I still somewhat respected Spitzer because he did what none of them dared do.

So here we have the POS known as Roger Stone now "advising" Spitzer's former madam in her quest to be governor of NYS, so being a madam is not worst than being a client? Come on!

Sommelier

So... one dirtbag is telling another dirtbag to not act so much like a dirtbag? What a story!

BDS=(Boycott.Divest.Sanction)

"This state is in a death spiral."

You want to manipulate people, get em scared first. nothing...good or bad happens unless people are scared.

fear is a great motivator.

Rocknrope

Wow, he got old.

Kevin Bracken

The funniest thing Roger Stone ever said to me was, "When it comes down to it, son, we're working for the green party."

"Uh, how do you figure, Roger?"

"Y'know, whichever party that has the green."