Posted on 09/29/2010 6:10:21 PM PDT by reefdiver
The confrontation between Paladino and a New York Post reporter featured shouting, pushing and campaign aides hustling Paladino into a bathroom to escape the scene.
"You're his stalking horse. You're his bird dog," Paladino snapped at the reporter, Fred Dicker.
Paladino accused the Post of sending a photographer out to Buffalo to get pictures of his out-of-wedlock child. Paladino, who earlier this year acknowledged fathering the girl 10 years ago, has said his daughter is "off limits" to the press.
"I want to know why you sent goons after my daughter," Paladino shouted.
"You send another goon to my daughter and I'll take you out," Paladino added. Asked how, "Watch," Paladino fumed.
With Paladino in the bathroom, Michael Caputo, his campaign manager, accused the Post reporter of siding with Cuomo and practicing yellow journalism.
Earlier in the evening, the Web site Politico posted an interview it conducted with Paladino on Tuesday. "Has anybody asked Andrew Cuomo about his paramours -- when he was married -- or asked him why his wife left him or threw him out of the house? Has anybody ever done that? What are they doing intruding on my life?"
Cuomo was married to Kerry Kennedy, and their divorce several years ago made headlines in the New York City tabloids.
The screaming match between Paladino and the Post reporter came before Paladino was to address the Business Council of New York State.
"He sent his bird dogs out to make accusations against me and that's OK?" Paladino said of Cuomo. "I don't send bird dogs to do my dirty work."
Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said, "We have not and will not descend into the gutter with Paladino, Caputo and [consultant Roger] Stone. We're not going to start now because the people of New York deserve a better dialogue from their candidates and journalists."
This guy is the BEST
Sounds like a papa grizzly. He'd have my vote for that alone.
This is not good.
Good for Him!!! if we are not speaking with civil people and we still wish to replay, just tell them they suc%$ any way you feel..
Fred Dicker is unbalanced. He was code pink gay hysterical on election night when Paladino won the primary.
CAGE MATCH COMING!
kick his ass carl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look at this. The NYTimes clearly went looking for dirt and only found a great story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/nyregion/30buffalo.html?hp
Carl eats out at local Italian restaurants about four times a week: generally no appetizer or dessert, wine only in the evening and usually just a pasta entree. But the guy always picks up the tab for the whole table, reliably tips the waiters 40%—and just wants to be treated like a regular guy.
It’s remarkable how the leftist media’s first instinct is to go after the CHILDREN of GOP candidates for office, and that garbage has got to stop. When is the last time they went after the children of Democrat candidates ?
that should be in caps!
KICK HIS ASS CARL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Baby Cuomo and his lapdog reporter a**lickers are nothing but cowards. I guess it is ok to go after someone’s kids as long as they have an (R) next to their name. What a bunch of disgusting maggots. Am I mad as hell? Damn straight.
You are absolutely right, it isn’t good, it’s GREAT!
In light of Cuomo’s stunts.......I’d LOVE to hear why his marriage broke down! In the interest of Fair and Balanced, ya know.
Well, I’m afraid our side’s not exactly lilly-white in this respect. I recall an infamous incident on Rush Limbaugh’s TV show, as an example.
On the other hand, I remember all to vividly the nasty things that were said about Tricia and Julie Nixon, Pat Nixon, and Susan Ford back in the early ‘70s.
Unless you're the asshat reporter from the Post, I'd say you have nothing to worry about. This isn't a normal race and Carl isn't playing by the normal rules.
Yup. Nice to see a Real Man standing up for his little girl.
He’s got Prince Andrew’s panties in a real bunch, doesn’t he?
Because rolling over and playing dead has worked out so well for RINOs.
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