Paladino says Cuomo cheated; provides threats instead of proof
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 09:27 PM
As promised, the New York governor's race is getting nastier.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino accused his Democratic rival of having an extra-marital affair during his marriage to a member of the Kennedy family.
When reporters confronted Paladino seeking evidence, Paladino declined, and went on the offensive, declaring his own daughter - who was the product of an extra-marital affair - off limits to the media.
"You send another goon to my daughter's house and I'll take you out, buddy," Paladino said to New York Post state editor Fred Dicker. "You're his bird-dog."
Paladino's campaign manager went further, telling Dicker flatly "You're working for Cuomo." (It's not the first time Dicker has been accused of such a thing this campaign cycle.)
Paladino's accusation was made in an interview with POLITICO, but no proof was provided to substantiate the claim. Paladino admitted to fathering a child out of wedlock earlier this year. Recently, reports about the child appeared in the New York Post, along with a photo of the child's mother. Paladino, in his interview with POLITICO, wondered why journalists were not asking Cuomo about his marriage, to Kerry Kennedy, which ended in a messy divorce.
Cuomo's campaign spokesman said they will not get into "the gutter" with Paladino's campaign.
UPDATE: Paladino made the unfounded accusation about Cuomo earlier this week, in an interview with Newsday (which, for most of us, is hidden behind a pay wall!).
Here's an excerpt:
"Paladino then questioned why his lovechild and former lover had been getting so much press -- while Cuomo's love life goes unexamined. Never mind that Cuomo isn't married (those who keep up on these things know his marriage to Kerry Kennedy ended in a highly-publicized divorce in 2003).
"Paladino said he wants the media to 'go after Cuomo and his paramours' but offered no evidence of what he was talking about. What's known is that Cuomo is in a relationship with the celebrity home cooking personality, Sandra Lee.
" 'Do we know what caused Cuomo to break up with his wife? Do we know?' Why isn't somebody asking that?" Paladino said yesterday. 'These are the questions the public wants to know. Let's vet him, vet him very very carefully.'
"It is now becoming a pattern for Paladino to make serious charges without any earnest effort to substantiate them."
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Comments [10]
Palladino is violently evil.
I don't really care about their personal lives, I'm only interested in their policies and how they affect the lives of my family and my fellow NY'ers.
The (thinking) public does not have any interest in why the Cuomo marriage broke up. That is the stuff of tabloids.The thinking public is very interested in New York's problems and proposed solutions.
this is so childish i wouldnt want paladino representing this country hes behaving like an idiot.. this isnt about whos cheating but how they can make things better if they win.. omg this political crap has gotten so far out of hand.. this is nothing but gutter bashing..
Just came and read, this is wow! I was seek from many blogs, but here is the best, I love it.
Forget about governor...this guy should run for a congress or senate seat...he would fit right in in Washington
Paladino looks like, sounds like, and acts like a mafiosi. Watch out all ye who oppose the Don.
Paladino is just a typical Hannity / Beck / Palin / Limbaugh Republican. Republicans will say anything.
God Bless the Tea Party. I hope they run candidates in EVERY race...
Maybe the press should do a little research and see if there was another women in "Cover UP" Cuomo's life ?"Cover UP" Cuomo should say yes or no it is that simpleJUST say NO to the Democ"RAT"ic Cover Up Gangof Schumer, Cuomo, DiNapoli, and the "WATACHDOG AG" Eric Schneiderman Ruff RuffBefore there was the “Oracle at Delphi” there was Count Vampire J. MachiavelliVJ Machiavelli www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com
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