Roger Stone Takes Umbrage At Post's Claims

Roger Stone on NY1

Today, the Post has a story about how the notorious and colorful Republican strategist Roger Stone owes a lot in back taxes, "The Internal Revenue Service filed a $405,035 lien for unpaid income taxes against the consultant -- one of politics' most notorious dirty tricksters -- and his wife, Nydia, last fall in Dade County Circuit Court in Florida, records show." Naturally, Stone, who is an unpaid adviser to Carl Paladino's campaign, fired back, accusing the Post's Fred Dicker (one of the bylines on the story) of "slipping... Fred never lets the facts get in the way of a good tabloid story."

Stone, who has a strong distaste for Eliot Spitzer, explains on his website, "In today's New York Post Fred Dicker reports that my wife and I have a $405,000 tax lien from the IRS which pertains to our 2006 taxes. What Fred is well aware of and didn't report is that the matter is in dispute and an appeal has been filed with a hearing scheduled in 90 days!"

The Post story also mentions a source who claims Stone "has been suffering from 'widespread money problems' in the wake of the collapse of his partnership with Fort Lauderdale mega-scammer, Scott Rothstein." Which gives Stone reason to further blasts Dicker—who tussled with Paladino over the Post's coverage of Paladino's mistress and love child—"Generally despised by his colleagues in the Press for his healthy disregard for facts and careful omissions when promoting his agenda, Dicker's has taken up the cudgel for Democrat Andrew Cuomo in this year's race for Governor. When I had lunch with Dicker in Miami last year, I was surprised when he punched Andrew up on his speed dial of his cell phone and handed the phone over so Andrew could say hello."

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By Jen Chung in News on October 12, 2010 5:37 PM

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JenChungsBaby

Most awesome Roger Stone picture yeet:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/paladino_adviser_roger_stone_shows_UwYVMpdHvatPCZgPzMZU8I

JenChungsBaby

"the matter is in dispute and an appeal has been filed with a hearing scheduled in 90 days"

So what Roger? That doesn't change the fact that the IRS has filed a lien for over $400,000. How many IRS liens aren't being disputed?

It's really too bad this guy didn't catch AIDS during his swinging, wife-swapping days.

rcltrh

"... no sense of morality and, or ethics"

I thought that WAS the Republican Party's secret weapon?

John L

I guess you're right, he's just the poster child.

John L

Total scum, not one redeemable quality.

He hates Spitzer and brings him down with his good friend (he's probably Client #8) the madam. Then turns around and runs the madam's campaign for Spitzer's old job as governor and as if that's not despicable enough, he's also advising Paladino who's running against the madam. He has absolutely no sense of morality and, or ethics yet he is the Republican Party's secret weapon.