New York: Start spreading the news...

Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:00 AM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: States

Oy, here we go again? The new governor, David Paterson, and his wife admitted to extramarital affairs, hours after to being sworn in. For what they’re worth, these are rumors we heard about hours after it was clear he was going to be governor. The New York Daily News: "In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife, Michelle, 46, acknowledged in a joint interview they each had intimate relationships with others during a rocky period in their marriage several years ago.”

“In the course of several interviews in the past few days, Paterson said he maintained a relationship for two or three years with ‘a woman other than my wife,’ beginning in 1999. As part of that relationship, Paterson said, he and the other woman sometimes stayed at an upper West Side hotel — the Days Inn at Broadway and W. 94th St. He said members of his Albany legislative staff often used the same hotel when they visit the city."

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This of course is not the same as laundering money to sleep with prostitutes. This makes this couple very much akin to other american couples. They both had the dignity and grace to speak out publicly before it could be used against them. They also had the strength to pull their marriage back together and become a powerful, strong couple. Good for them. Let him get to business. The NY budget needs to be balanced and the bi partisan bickering needs to end.

Lynette, NYC (Sent Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:08 AM)

America can be proud today ... the NY Governor and his wife are a couple to be looked up to and admired. He may be legally blind, but he has more vision than any of the people in Washington.

Roger Steele , Alberta, Canada (Sent Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:43 AM)

Lynette - Get real. He knew he was going to have it splashed in the media and he just came out ahead of them. Cheating and lying in any form is still just that, cheating and lying. Don't try and water down his sins to that of Spitzer. They are both cut from the same clothe.

TJ Rodriguez (Sent Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:43 AM)

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