Gov. Paterson says he may have used campaign cash for hotel hookup

DAILY NEWS ^ | March 20th 2008 | BEN LESSER

[Red in Blue PA]

OBAMA / PATERSON : Screw Hope!

[Ouderkirk]

Bill Clinton? He's already been vetted...

What a truly revolting thought... So much for lunch.

[acoulterfan]

“And they continually lower the bar so that eventually this will all be just accepted.”

The bent one lowered the bar!!

[Liz]

Patterson said his (ahem) wife was also sleepng around.

I wonder what account she was using to pay her escorts.

[HamiltonJay]

Hahaha.. ok.. so since he was the Lt. Governor... who becomes governor if he has to step down? The Senate Majority Leader? The majority leader of the house?...

Who’s next in succession in NY state?

[Liz]

EXCERPT NY DAILY NEWS: In July 2002, Paterson's campaign paid Kirton $500 for "professional services." Yesterday, Paterson said he was reimbursing her for a donation she'd made on his behalf to Carl McCall, the Democratic candidate for governor that year. "She went to a fund-raiser that I couldn't go to. She paid to get in. And we paid back for it," he said.

There's no record of a Kirton donation to McCall. .....it's illegal to make a so-called "pass-through" political donation on behalf of another because it masks the identity of the donor.

The News also found Paterson's campaign paid a $1,400 American Express bill dated March 30, 2004, for "constituent services." On June 3, 2004, Paterson reimbursed the campaign.

[purpleraine]

Has he resigned yet?

[purpleraine]

Double redundancy alert.

[SunkenCiv]

The hotel tryst was apparently listed as "constituent services."

Hee hee hee... were the condoms listed as "member services"?

Seriously, this guy has got to go. Thanks george and liz.

[SunkenCiv]

Probably another Democrat. And appointed through nepotism.

[SunkenCiv]

Pelosi’s too busy covering herself with glory by givin’ props to Obama re: the superdelegates.

[SunkenCiv]

No, no, what we need is government financing of elections, with no special intere- uh, forget it...

[SunkenCiv]

“in other news, FReeper Harvey105 was injured today in New York City, in a caning incident...”

[long pause]

Well, I’m goin’ to Hell.

[savedbygrace]

She hasn't responded to calls for comment, and co-workers said they didn't see her yesterday at her $150,000-a-year job in Paterson's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

The jokes write themselves.

[SunkenCiv]

Lila Kirton, a high-ranking state employee who was one of his paramours... hasn't responded to calls for comment, and co-workers said they didn't see her yesterday at her $150,000-a-year job in Paterson's Office of Intergovernmental Affairs...

Gosh, where's Anita Hill? Somebody call Leahy's office.

[SunkenCiv]

Paterson said he was reimbursing her

I've never heard it called "reimbursing" before.

[SunkenCiv]

Ya remember what they say about those...

[Enchante]

"The hotel tryst was apparently listed as "constituent services."

We the taxpayers have to PAY for the privelege of being screwed by politicians - while these sleazebags think "public service" means an open-ended brothel at public expense.

[N. Theknow]

Okay, the guy is now the chief executive officer for the State of New York and he has no idea where the funds he used to have an illicit affair came from!!!?

He probably will claim he never saw any of it.

[SunkenCiv]

Paterson intervened on behalf of a former Olympic gold medalist to get her a job after officials there determined she wasn’t a good fit for the post she sought

Okay, so, besides Paterson, we find out that there's at least one more in NY gov't not fit for the job. Of course, it depends on the job...