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Concerned Cuomo Launches TV Volley Against Paladino

The Quinnipiac University poll showing Paladino only a few points behind Cuomo seems to have “startled the Democratic establishment,” says the New York Times:

Andrew M. Cuomo, leaving little doubt that he is concerned about his Republican opponent, Carl P. Paladino, unleashed his first direct attack on Mr. Paladino on Thursday with a television advertisement that criticized him for his donations to Albany politicians and for his failure to create jobs after winning tax breaks intended to promote economic development.

But don’t think the ad is a response to the new poll:

Although a new poll released on Thursday by Siena College showed a wider gap, Mr. Cuomo, who had previously seemed determined to keep Mr. Paladino at arm’s length, appeared to be springing into action. But the Cuomo campaign said that the new advertisement was unrelated to any poll and that the decision to run it had been made days ago.

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Comments (40)

  • Mateytwo Barreett
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 9:25pm

    RunCArl run !!!! God, I love this election year! Tear ‘em spit ’em out! Thank you sir, may I have another!!
    Somewhere- somebody- has just got to be asking- – WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?!

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  • ILUVNY
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 5:14pm

    Dear All,

    Good News for Carl today! Gets support from Newt!

    Carl Paladino is a wonder man with a really great work ethic, and a great family. He’s done a lot in the City and cares about the people here. And enough people here are willing to support him 100% to get him elected to the Governor’s office. I personally appreciate the fact that he’s not a slave to “Political Correctness”, this country needs more of that. Not to spew hate but to be an “Honest Person” you can’t always be politically correct!!

    I hope more people realize this and support Carl Paladino in this election.

    I know he will do a great job for our State. It’s a mess! Promises, Promises and all we get are more taxes and fees. We can’t take it anymore. It’s not so much about being mad, it’s more about moving forward. People are on a Mission.

    I don’t see the Tea Party as an organization, I see it as Grass Roots Effort to make sensible change, it’s not racial, not hateful it’s a Mission of Great Possibilities!!! We need to bring back or core principals and morals that is what most of us are feeling.

    “We the People” that were taught our history and the constitution. We can’t sit by and watch it be bastardized by “Social Progressives” and their likes. People that are moderate conservative can and do accept a lot. I think it’s the biggest reason everyone has been so quiet until a few years back.

    We can all agree to disagree on certain issues. But right now our Country is in CHAOS and we don’t need politicians using our Latino, Gay and other communities for political gains (their votes). And that’s all we see right now. The most recent, Harry Ried‘s bill that didn’t pass, you know the National Defense bill, where they conveniently put things like “The Dream Act” and “Don‘t Ask Don’t Tell”

    For Governor Patterson to say Paladino didn’t apologize, he is wrong! I wish people would really look into the FACTS before they spew this stuff.
    Governor Patterson forgets how he felt when he came out to be honest? “Talking out of two sides of the face”

    Eliot Spitzer disappointed many people that voted for him with his latest. And his ex-wife and family are the ones that suffered the most over it. And now he gets a Cable show on CNN? Sends a wrong message in my mind
    The list can go on and on. “Those who live in glass houses should never throw stones” My house isn’t perfect, I don’t think anyone lives that fantasy!
    Thanks for reading my rant!
    Respectfully,
    ILUVNY
    Buffalo, NY

    PS…. Thank You Neil Cavuto Great Interview!! Thank you Donn Esmonde Buffalo News Great Article!! And quite a few others since Carl won the Primaries; to everyone that said he couldn’t. Touche’ WE done it!

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  • dlleg
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 4:59pm

    Carl Paladino is the right man for the job of governor of New York state, unlike Prince Andrew Cuomo New Yorks Progressive Democrat, Obamacare, Higher Tax’s, and masses of Buisnes’s leaving N.Y. is the same old stuff my pockets thanks to you the taxpayer type of governing. No Cuomo. It’s Paladino for the New Yorker. from a Albany New Yorker.

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  • Chet Hempstead
    Posted on September 25, 2010 at 4:28pm

    Hey, the guy is a fiscal conservative who’s for lower taxes. He just thinks they should start with him. What’s so bad about that?

    I don’t like Paladino because he’s been blanketing the airwaves with ads threatening to use the power of eminent domain to seize control of the property intended for the Islamic Community Center/Ground Zero Mosque. Even if you’re against building the thing, no libertarian should vote for a guy who would use his power to target the property rights of a specific group based on their religion or political views.

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  • joan k
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 3:02pm

    Paladino’s response to Cuomo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4znj1frqj4Q&feature=player_embedded

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  • MCGIRV
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 2:45pm

    I hope they have a few debates between Paladino and Cuomo. That will be fun! Go Paladino!

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  • flagbearer
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:28pm

    I like Paladino. He did a cool interview with some progressive host (can’t remember who), which was the first I’d heard of him. Man of few words–my kind of guy. Too bad I don’t live in NY to vote for him. The accusation may, or may not, be true. He’s still better than Cuomo any day of the week.

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  • alienguns
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:06am

    1.4 million for one job..that is still cheaper than Obama’s 111 million for 55 jobs in California…lol

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  • whybother
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 8:00am

    wait, wait, wait……1.5 million for one job…….was he part of the stimulus program? Please….and, Mr Cuomo why dont you explain to us exactly how you arrived at this juncture in your unheralded life…..
    Daddy not there to fight your battles anymore?

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  • IAMABLAZE
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 7:49am

    I am in NY. New York cannot afford Cuomo as our Governor. As they say, we don’t need any more STATUS-CUOMO!! Cuomo will send out his bully thugs but Carl will fight back. Cuomo is endorsed by the Working Families Party – look them up! They are for redistribution of wealth, think health care is a right– a.k.a. marxist ideals — that should be enough to tell you who Newyorkers will be voting for this election … to me the choice is clear. More socialist progressive ideologies or free-market enterprise. New York is dying on the vine from high taxes and a horrible business climate. Cuomo is BAD for business. Even, millionaire Tom Galisano, entrepreneurial founder of Paychex who tried to run for Gov. move out of state! His reasoning? So that he could choose who to give his money to, instead of giving it to the government to choose for him!

    I was one Newyorker who worked to force a Republican primary here and for once the REAL Republicans got to choose our candidate. The GOP here is a fraternity. We forced Lazio off the ballot! The GOP in NYS are still asleep at the wheel, but that topic is for another day…

    Carl is the man to clean up Albany. Cuomo is from the entitled class and has been protected since birth. Carl has been asking for a debate. Cuomo is playing the same Pelosi-Reid-Obama game “Ignore them and they don’t exist”. But WE DO EXIST. I stood at the foot of our Capitol on 912 in 2009 with a million people. Obama, Pelosi and Reid were conveniently out of town. But I am a witness.

    Cuomo will use his thugs to fabricate deceptive stories, his refusal to acknowledge and to accept a debate, quite frankly says it all. Cuomo is my man for this election. And, if he screws up, he’ll be out.

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    • Contrarianthinker
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 11:05am

      As NYC goes, so goes NY state. This is a **** fight between two Italians. Watch the blood run in the streets.

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  • riccol
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 7:42am

    Cumo even souds like his father. Cuomos are like Clitons they just won’t go away.
    Go Carl

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  • WishWeWereFree
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 7:38am

    Having heard this guy on radio interviews, between a known crook like Cuomo or him, I would vote for him! The thing I love about this guy is he’s ballsy and has laid out what he will do without a lot of prevarication.
    Being a Texan I’ve never understood the choices that New Yorkers make, but, this guy I get.

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  • mythbuster2
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 7:26am

    I live in NY and I figure Paladino still has to work with his Assembly and Senate…so I’m willing to give him 4 years to see what he can do as opposed to the same ole same ole that got everything screwed up in the first place.

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  • TrueGrit
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 5:54am

    Folks…
    as to phrases to live by…

    ‘What you do, speaks so loud
    I can’t hear what you say” !

    Cuomo and his father were never good for NY or HUD or any office they’ve held.
    Just look at waht they’ve actually DONE.
    Just look at his expression. He’s always angry.
    Taxes, 2nd Amendment – are deep trouble if Cuomo gets in.
    Insiders tell me he’s really a nasty guy to be around, but then again, that’s second hand.

    You don’t get to be able to run for Gov. unless there is a bit of nasty, I guess.

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  • CollateralDamage
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:37am

    Has anyone (in Paladino’s camp) ever thought about bringing up Andy’s HUD days as related to the current housing/economic crisis? I’m sure the residents of NYS would love to know why their mortgages are upside down. Just curious…

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    • shadowpatriot.64
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:43am

      Excellent point! The Paladino camp should bring up HUD. Cuomo was an integral part of that crisis. The Cuomo camp can’t deny that he was there at HUD.

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    • kikibird
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 12:55pm

      I am a volunteer for the Paladino campaign. Carl has been hammering Cuomo on his remark that he made at a press conference that he (Cuomo) knew that a large percentage of the sub-prime mortages were going to fail. Look Cuomo up on youtube discussing sub-prime mortages. He is partly at fault for this whole mortgage mess by pressuring banks to take on these mortgages. And if Andrew Cuomo ever finds the courage to debate Carl, this will all be brought out. That’s probably why Cuomo is a coward to debate. Carl wants to debate Cuomo every day until the election, but to date the Cuomo campaign has been whimping out. Cuomo was also caught in a lie a couple of days ago at a press conference when he said he “voted for Michael Bloomberg the mayor of NYC”. This should be a warning to the voters of NY, no more career politicians. The stupid uneducated people of NY keep putting these same scumbags in office that are making it nothing but a welfare state here and a laughing stock of the rest of the country. By putting in slick talking career politicians election after election, we have the highest taxes in the country, some of the worse roads, schools etc. Every couple of elections we need to clean house. NO MORE CAREER POLITICIANS. NO MORE LIFETIME PERKS FOR PART-TIME POLITICIANS. NO MORE POLITICIANS IN ALBANY WHO DON’T STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. NO MORE LIBERAL SOCIALISTS/PROGRESSIVES/MARXISTS/COMMUNISTS IN ALBANY OR DC. LET’S TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK AND SEND THESE SCUMBAGS SCURRYING BACK UNDER THEIR ROCKS.

      I will close now with my favorite saying………….”IF A POLITICIANS’ MOUTH IS MOVING, HE’S LYING”.

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    • cindy g
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 4:09pm

      The HUD debacle is being discussed by the Paladino camp….I believe it was reported in a Buffalo News article….

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    • CollateralDamage
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 8:41pm

      OK, Kikibird. Good for you. We left NYS in 2004 after Hitlary’s election as Senator. I haven’t really been following the gov. race too closely until now (after primary). I have been disgusted with Albany politics since the 1980′s (when I moved there), and now I am old enough to know why. Joe Bruno and Shelly Silver should have been in jail long ago. Mario Cuomo was a joke, and I’m sure Andy is too. They feel they are “entitled” to power and authority. Makes me sick, that’s why we left.

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  • carol m
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:36am

    Well I live in NY and I truely have to admit I am so tired of casting my vote not because I like the guy I am voting for but because I can’t stand the guy I am not voting for. This will just be the same. What can I truely expect I live in NY.

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  • rocktruth
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:14am

    Andrew M. Cuomo lies.

    Watch Thurman for Paladino
    http://youtu.be/_fLkTak-yQw

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    • Debrabate
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 2:02am

      OK so I went to CNN.com … click video is saw ” Paladino: ‘We Bloodied them Up’ ” I had to click

      you can search it there…. I searched the actual article that she held up in the “interview” You can find it here: http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article198400.ece

      see how people make things up?

      this is why I follow Reagan’s philosopy… trust but verify. in this case I tend to follow my gut… trust nothing verify everything.

      Thank goodness I dont live in NY… I kinda pity my brother who does.

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    • rocktruth
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 2:45am

      Thanks Debrabate for the quote “trust nothing verify everything.” I like it.
      I too read that same article in the buffalo news article before I made my post. It‘s obvious that Cuomo is scared and his attack ad’s prove it.

      Thanks for the ‘We Bloodied them Up’ video title I found it here: “http://cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2010/09/23/jk.fiery.answers.cuomo.cnn”

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    • Debrabate
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 4:19am

      well…. heck thanks… now I am blushing. :)

      Unfortunately though this is what our CURRENT government has made me.

      I was born in 1976. I was raised in the Reagan era. My Dad, a MSGT (now retired) in the Air Force taught me GOLDEN rule: “treat others as you would have them treat you.” He also taught me the SILVER rule: “Trust but verify.”

      In my Life I still live by the golden rule… no matter how bad I am treated in reality and I live by the silver rule…. but it has been altered since Clinton allowed the USS Cole to be attacked with a symbolic bomb of retaliation. (I am a Navy Wife… hence the resentment toward Clinton)

      so I altered the SILVER RULE from “Trust bubt Verify” to Trust nothing AND Verify EVERYTHING” because this year nothing can be trusted and just about everything can be verified… assuming you can search it and dig it and really work te net/print/libraries/other resources.

      In my mind, what cannot be verified cannot be trusted. We have all seen that words mean nothing now-a-days, neither does a handshake.

      Once a person’s word and hand means nothing, thier does anything that he controls.

      Hence if I cannot verify what a man/news/ other resource says….. I dont trust it. I refuse to be a LAZY person and only rely on what people tell me. I choose to learn and explore for myself :)

      ok end of surmon … but still blushing a bit.

      remember, in this day and age… TRUST nothing and VERIFY everything!

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:12am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmWs6Jf5dc

    anarchy in NYC

    MrButcher  
    • Debrabate
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:38am

      this is spam ignore the link…. need a forum mod apparently.

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  • Debrabate
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:00am

    well… if it is true… then good job on exposing it. but I must say I love how the ad highlights the newspaper headline that reads “Huge tax Break fits Carl to a TEA” instead of tee (9 second into the ad) which subliminally links him to the TEA party…. which is putting TEA party in NY on defense mode…. NOTE I do NOT actually love it… it was an eye roll as soon as i saw it.

    I live in TX so I dont vote in NY… but I have already pointed it out to my brother who does live and vote in NY … he is none to happy with Cuomo anymore.

    ok A guilty admission here… I kinda love watching the attack ads during election season… .it is like a soap opera… HOWEVER I do not appreciate or respect the subliminal attacks on the TEA Party.

    Who else noticed that TEA Jab before I mentioned it?

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    • Debrabate
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:12am

      ok Follow-up since this site STILL has no edit button … you devs need to work on that…

      I said “which subliminally links him to the TEA party” I intended to put “which subliminally links him to the overall National TEA party movement” But it is late and my mind works faster than my fingers type so some words are left out.

      Probably why I am not Obama’s teleprompter worker LOL!

      Thank you for understanding this belated edit…

      SERIOUSLY TheBlaze Devs… get us an edit button that works for 10 minutes after post is pressed…. there are free programs that do it so I am sure Mr. Beck can aford it :)

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    • Debrabate
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:30am

      OK new edit… dang you devs need to make an edit button AND I need to get my thoughts straight and research BEFORE I post… yes… I have flaws….

      I did a little research. Here are the fuzzy articles notes in the ad:

      http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/09/21/2010-09-21_carl_paladino_welfare_king_the_selfmade_millionare_made_millions_thanks_to_ny_ta.html
      The Op Ed columnist says “As of last year, he had raked in almost $1.5 million in tax breaks while spending just $1.1 million on fixing up the properties. And that economic engine of a firm employed a grand total of two people.”
      It is common practice nationwide to emply what are called INDEPENDANT CONTRACTORS and thier subcontractors. So while this OPED guy says 2 jobs it COULD have been hundreds. Which is probably why his company is still in the appeals process.

      See… I love watching them…. bubt never trust and always follow up.

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    • DagneyT
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 5:33am

      Thanks for the notice, I missed it. I too live in Texas and am an active TEA Party Patriot, so I am surprised I missed it. My only excuse is that it’s 4:30 a.m.! LOL

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    • 2gether
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 6:46am

      me…I am very sensitive about these attacks…I am sure that the big attack on Cuomo and Gilibrand’s connection to the the huge HUD debacle will surface sometime soon. Hopefully they will have a debate but I doubt it. Cuomo has too much dirty laundry.

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    • cindy g
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 4:00pm

      Carl is a real estate developer…His holdings put many people in this hard hit area to work…He also put his money into developing the waterfront….

      When the issue of his holdings and taxes was brought up, Carl stated that democratic politicians, including Cuomo himself, approved these projects.

      If any man CAN clean up the mess in Albany, I trust Carl to deliver!

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    • cindy g
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 4:13pm

      Carl is backed by the local Tea Party…I believe that other chapters are on board too……..He is reportedly going to be on the “taxpayer” line, as well as the republican line…

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  • zarcondeegrissom
    Posted on September 24, 2010 at 12:58am

    jobs created or saved, errr lives touched. lol
    Did Paladino work in the 2010 jobs stimulus bill?

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    • Debrabate
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 1:05am

      nah… he was just following President Obama’s lead… “saved or created”

      Dang I love all of the attack ads during election season…. they are fun to watch and somehow I never believe them.

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    • postscript
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 8:12am

      Did you also notice in that New York Times article where it was pointed out… got rich by milking the taxpayers… they blurred out what was above
      (this so called)? self made millionaire WHO RAILS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE.. now I wonder why they blurred this part out?
      Seems to be a mixed bag of opinions and fact…

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    • cmaczko
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 2:05pm

      I do live in NY. I’ve met Paladino – just had to ’cause of his ‘beady’ eyes. :) I had to shake his hand & talk to him myself. This was in June @a TEA Party. I actually really do like him. I believe he’s a stand up no-nonsense guy who will continue to ‘call em out’ until the job is done. He’s a real estate developer in Buffalo & a lawyer. The only building he owns I know of is the Ellicot (sp?) Square Building – in my opinion, one of Buffalo’s most gorgeous historic structures. :) I have no idea @ his others – but that’s no slum. (I have not lived in Buffalo in 35 years) It’s a fabulous office building in downtown. As a real estate developer I can tell you it’s no easy chore to get ANY tax deals or breaks – God Bless anyone who is able to! I do not fault him for that – in fact I applaud him! I promise you he worked long and hard for those (if they’re true) and they hold his feet to the fire on ‘em.
      As a NY-er I’m thrilled to finally have someone i actually feel can do the job as an option!!!! NY-ers – ck this guy out, bet you‘ll find he’s not only OK, but just may be the right guy for the job.

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    • dakota123
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 2:32pm

      carl paladino is the man and hopefully our next govenor he is pro-buss and i hope he makes cuomo sit down alot of the problems with the small bussiness is stemming from our goverment cuomo

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    • cindy g
      Posted on September 24, 2010 at 3:56pm

      …I’m from the Buffalo NY area…..Carl was instrumental in having state toll booths removed from around the city of Buffalo…Our city was surrounded by toll booths, with no way to get into, or out of the city, without paying a toll…This was a daily expense for workers living right outside Buffalo.

      Paladino is a rough, straight talking man, who pulls no punches. Much has been said about him that is inaccurate and/or taken out of context.

      It’s time for a businessman to run NY, not a life long politician, who is riding on his daddy’s coattail!

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