Paterson Accuses Media Of Racism, Says 2010 Loss Would Be 'Highest Honor'

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Gov. David Paterson played the race card in a big way today, suggesting he is facing tougher questions about his performance and political viability than the governors of most other struggling states because he is black.

Paterson alleged he and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick - both of whom are the first African Americans to hold their respective positions and are tanking in the polls - are being treated unfairly by the media due to the color of their skin.

The governor said he thinks the same thing is happening to the nation's first black president, Barack Obama, who also seen his approval rating drop due to his controversial efforts to overhaul the health care system.

"This state is not in the trouble that Michigan is in, Pennsylvania is in and Massachusetts is in, but you don’t see in those other states this crescendo about getting rid of the governor just because we’re in a recession," Paterson told Louis this morning on AM 1600 WWRL.

"And I submit that the same kind of treatment that Deval Patrick is receiving right now in Massachusetts, and I’m receiving; the way in which the New York State Senate was written about, calling them a bunch of people with thick necks - they’re talking about Malcolm Smith and John Sampson - that we’re not in the post-racial period."

"And the reality is that the next victim on the list - and you see it coming - is President Barack Obama, who did nothing more than try to reform a health care system that’s now 10 percent of GDP and will be 20 percent of GDP in the next four years only because he’s trying to make change."

"If these people who are writing the articles, Errol, had to run the state, they couldn’t run it for five minutes because they’re about to go under themselves. And the fact is that this state is alive and well, will balance its budget in September and will be around a lot longer than their outlets are."

The governor lamented the fact that black media outlets aren't coming to his defense, calling out NY1's Dominic Carter for grilling the Rev. Al Sharpton last night about Paterson's recent late-night appearance at the Taj nightclub.

Paterson pushed back against Louis' efforts to end the interview, saying: "I'm just getting warmed up." Without naming names, he slammed Cuomo and his allies for trying to get him not to run in 2010 and insisted it won't work.

"It would be my highest honor to have served as governor of this state, to make the tough decisions - the decisions that others before me made - and then lose and then look up a few years, later like in the case of Mario Cuomo, and people now say, ‘Wow. He was doing a good job. He had to make some tough decisions back then.’”

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypoli...ia-of-raci.html

[Ban Hammer 13,398]

i guess al sharpton is gonna be a busy guy protesting all over that state.

[lostinblue 1,989]

http://www.lonsberry.com/writings.cfm?story=2584&go=4

This is what we think of ol dave in ny state. Not racial it is just we have real problems in this state and no one in albany on either side of the poltical machine gives a hoot about fixing anything. disfunctional as you can get.

[Danno 1,228]

Sadly I have not heard any notable Blacks discount this silly stuff.

Until the day that starts to happen, this type of thing will continue... in all it;s manifestations.

[nowhereman 1]

My best friend (a Republican btw) works in the NYS public sector & he told me Paterson will lose because he sucks. However the bad news for the Republicans is that Cuomo, Jr. will probably be the next governor of NY.