David Paterson: Accidental Governor or secret genius?
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Some of you may be aware that New York has a governor… Yeah, that’s the end of that sentence. After all, it sure doesn’t seem like anyone’s in charge. Anyway, this governor has gotten up to some things. Some… bad things. When he asked our attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, to investigate — yes, he initiated an investigation of himself – the request came off as bizzarre at best.
But it turns out, maybe this was secretly genius. Mr. Cuomo, of course, is planning a run for governor himself. And it turns out just being associated with this whole mess, even as the person investigating the wrongdoing, isn’t all that great for your career. A new poll finds that Mr. Cuomo’s popularity “has dropped 13 percentage points in the last week — from 67% to 54% — thanks to his role in investigating Gov. David Paterson.”
I think there’s a “presumably” missing from that last sentence. Still, it looks like scandal-adjacent is nearly as damaging as scandal-plagued. If Gov. Paterson was trying to throw a dead cat in Mr. Cuomo’s backyard as a final, parting shot… mission accomplished.
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Trust me or anyone else who ever came in contact or worked with David Paterson, he is surely no secret genius.
Not only is he the accidental governor, he is the worst governor this state has ever had.
David Paterson simply does not have the ability to govern. He has absolutely no managerial or leadership skills.
David Paterson proved long ago that he could not govern. “The Democratic Conference: Organizational and Operational Structure Report” is an eyewitness account of Paterson’s DYSFUNCTIONAL governing nature.
http://www.politico.com/static/PPM110_demreportfinal.html
This report heavily criticized Paterson’s leadership as Senator Minority leader. His office was criticized for PATRONAGE, LACK OF LEADERSHIP, INDECISVENESS and INFIGHTING, set against a backdrop of general CHAOS – in other words the office was a ZOO. Those interviewed in the report indicated that its chief of staff Michael Jones-Bey, should get FIRED since he was completely DISORGANIZED, had no management skills, and would get DRUNK with staff, often coming in the office with a HANGOVER.
Amazingly, for running such a DYSFUNCTIONAL CHAOTIC office, Michael Jones-Bey was hand picked by David Paterson to head the Division of Minority & Women Owned Business Development at Empire State Development Corporation.
David Paterson needs to RESIGN and stop using his office as an employment agency for his friends and gal pals.
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