LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWIN TIERS…GOVERNOR DAVID PATERSON SHOULD RESIGN.
NEW YORK STATE NEEDS GUBERNATORIAL LEADERSHIP OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. IN MY VIEW, IT IS PREPOSTEROUS TO THINK THAT GOVERNOR PATERSON CAN PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEADERSHIP TO EFFECTIVELY GOVERN FOR THE REST OF HIS TERM BECAUSE OF THE SCANDAL THAT NOW SURROUNDS HIMSELF, HIS ADMINISTRATION, AND THE STATE POLICE. THIS--OF COURSE--IS THE SCANDAL OVER WHETHER PRESSURE WAS PUT ON A WOMAN TO KEEP QUIET AFTER SHE MADE ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AGAINST ONE OF PATERSON’S TOP AIDES…DAVID JOHNSON.
AT ONE POINT, PATERSON EVEN TALKED TO THE ALLEGED VICTIM ON THE PHONE--SOMETHING TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE, UNETHICAL, AND PERHAPS EVEN ILLEGAL, DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS SAID DURING THE CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT GOVERNOR PATERSON REALLY CARES FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK. GIVEN THIS, HE SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND RESIGN.
WITH COMMENTARY…I’M DR. STEPHEN HURRICANE COLEMAN THE THIRD…THAT’S MY OPINION…WHAT’S YOURS?