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Regnad Kcin
14th April 2010, 07:03 PM
Ah, New York politics!

Some images on the below link NSFW!)

"[Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl] Paladino purports to be the values candidate, but what will values voters say when they discover that he enjoys sending hardcore pornographic and racist emails around town?" (http://wnymedia.net/paladino/)
tyr_13
14th April 2010, 08:26 PM
'Very Demotivational' is one of the 'lolcats' family of pages.
MattusMaximus
14th April 2010, 09:03 PM
Yup, he's finished... wow. Talk about flaming out.
Puppycow
14th April 2010, 09:27 PM
Here's an SFW link to the story:
The Self-Annihilation Of N.Y. Gov. Candidate Carl Paladino (http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2010/04/14/125998730/the-self-annihilation-of-n-y--gov-candidate-carl-paladino)
ponderingturtle
15th April 2010, 04:37 AM
Here's an SFW link to the story:
The Self-Annihilation Of N.Y. Gov. Candidate Carl Paladino (http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2010/04/14/125998730/the-self-annihilation-of-n-y--gov-candidate-carl-paladino)

A aspiring politician sending bestiality videos to all of his friends? Go teabaggers go!:popcorn1
Regnad Kcin
16th April 2010, 08:11 AM
I don't have the quote handy, but shortly after the story broke, Mr. Paladino blamed the fuss on an effort by liberals to bring him down.

Yes. Of course it is. But thanks for helping us out!

ETA: I see in the story linked directly above very similar words from the man.
dudalb
16th April 2010, 12:55 PM
I agree with the Buffalo Journalist who stated that Paladino deserves a place in the Guiness book of World Records for quickest Self Destruction by a Politician.
And, once again, we have the "I'm like Howard Beale" meme ( a gimmick stolen from Glenn Beck),ignoring that Beale in classic 1976 movie is clearly portrayed as a demented loon,who occasionial glimpses of the truth is outweighed by his insanity.
cwalner
16th April 2010, 01:34 PM
A aspiring politician sending bestiality videos to all of his friends? Go teabaggers go!:popcorn1

You're just mad he didn't send a copy to you :duck:
Puppycow
14th September 2010, 07:36 PM
With 22% reporting (http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scoreboard.php?ref=fpblg), Paladino has 69% of the vote! :jaw-dropp
johnny karate
14th September 2010, 08:10 PM
Wow... this guy must really be awesome at fiscal conservatism and small government because even though he was caught sending explicitly racist e-mails (http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article42874.ece) the Tea Party is still turning out to vote for him.

And everyone knows the Tea Party will not tolerate racism of any sort.
Thunder
14th September 2010, 08:39 PM
how the **** did Lazio lose to this guy??????

lololol
MattusMaximus
14th September 2010, 08:42 PM
Yup, he's finished... wow. Talk about flaming out.

I must amend my previous statement... the NY GOP has totally flamed out :flamed:
Puppycow
14th September 2010, 09:56 PM
how the **** did Lazio lose to this guy??????

lololol

And it wasn't even close.
timhau
14th September 2010, 10:05 PM
With 22% reporting (http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/scoreboard.php?ref=fpblg), Paladino has 69% of the vote! :jaw-dropp

Of course he gets 69 percent.
leftysergeant
15th September 2010, 02:48 AM
how the **** did Lazio lose to this guy?

We're discussing a Republican candidate here. Since when did being a pervert outweigh the ability to toe the party line?

(Consider David "Diapers" Vitter.)
Regnad Kcin
15th September 2010, 03:37 AM
Wow... this guy must really be awesome at fiscal conservatism and small government because even though he was caught sending explicitly racist e-mails (http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article42874.ece) the Tea Party is still turning out to vote for him.Erm, see post #1?
dudalb
15th September 2010, 10:54 AM
Let's face it, the GOP candidate for Gov in NY, whether Lazio or Pallardo, has as much chance of winning as a snowball in hell.
Spindrift
16th September 2010, 01:44 PM
Let's face it, the GOP candidate for Gov in NY, whether Lazio or Pallardo, has as much chance of winning as a snowball in hell.

Maybe so, but Paladino is going to make it an interesting race. He's already called Pataki a degenerate and said state Assembly head Sheldon Silver should be in Attica. He's got a lot of money and no problem with hypocrisy (railing against government spending, but making a fortune off of it.)

His biggest problem of course is NYC. He will need to win by huge numbers upstate in order to offset Cuomo in NYC.