Odd New Paladino TV Ad Pays Lurid Homage: ‘Andrew’s Prowess Is Legendary’
- Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:06am by
Scott Baker
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In some ways it’s a shame that the election is less than a month away. Who knows how many strange turns the race for governor in New York could take given some time? This morning the Republican candidate, Carl Paladino, announced he would be airing a special video message. He sure did.
In the message, Paladino opens by discussing the confrontation he got into with New York Post writer Fred Dicker, saying he “got angry” because the Post sent a photographer to take pictures of the daughter he had in an extramarital affair.
“For weeks, the media has badgered me about affairs, because unlike a career politician, I was honest enough to acknowledge she was my daughter,” he says, before ticking off some of the questions he said he had been asked.
“Does the media ask Andrew such questions?” Paladino continues, referring to his opponent, Democratic attorney general Andrew Cuomo. He adds: “Andrew’s prowess is legendary.”
Paladino has raised claims of extramarital affairs on Cuomo’s part before, though he has not provided any proof to support the allegations.
New York Magazine says the “prowess” statement has to be “One of the most memorable lines of the 2010 election season.”
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Comments (46)
ReneePA
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 2:15pmI really appreciate the guy’s bluntness and honesty. We need more of that.
Report Post »Progressive-ANTIdote
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 2:06pmThis is totally believable and if I lived or worked in NY, I would vote for all that stuff he just said. Who wouldn’t??? I mean we are way past the stage for political B.S. We need real leaders. Not perfect men, but men who will take up the challenges and ‘GET-ER-DONE’.
This guy seems like just that sort of man. No bull crap. Just business.
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 11:48amWhat we need is good Constitutionalists who are loyal to their family and can keep their pants up. I realize that a candidate like this will still be attacked. I’m NOT a Romney supporter although a Mormon like he is BUT his moral life is exemplarary. Palladino betterr NOT have any more sletetons in his closet. Is sexual morality gone in America?
Report Post »srcamachonj
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 11:41amHe comes off as an honest man, except he’s gotten this far in the campaign which kinda nullifies that. I think he would be better for the state than Cuomo as he would get rid of all the current political hacks that have been embedded there for the past,,,,,,, forever. But New york is a cauldron of corruption and it will take more than one person to fix the problem. He would need to take on the Unions of New York as Christie is doing in New Jersey, but that would literally shut down the city for weeks if not months, no garbage collection, no transit, no doormen, no cops, firemen or teachers. I wish him luck, but I don’t see it happening, New York Unions want the Prodigal Son to assume the throne and increase their hold over the golden goose.
Report Post »osagetrail
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 11:25amAll the far left states think they can continue spending and the Marxist Fraud in Chief will bail them out.! They may be in for a shock if the Congress changes. New York needs to get someone other than Coumo to survive.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 10:26amHow about THIS from 1998? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1M1T2Y314
Report Post »Stevsea
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 9:31amI live in New Jersey which is almost (maybe just as) left as New York. Look who got voted for Governor here. Chris Christie is the best thing that’s happened in our state and if that can happen here, it’s not unbelievable to think it could happen in New York. You GO SCGuitar. Do what’s in your heart. I think Carl has a good chance.
Report Post »2ZQ
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 9:23amPaladino took the time to visit our little town in western NY. I was impressed with his heart and his intestinal fortitude. If the people of NY would have courage and vote against the established career pols in Albany it would be a start. We need to flip the house in the NYS legislature. Nothing could be as bad as it is now. We are taxed to the max. Business and industry have flown the coop. The counties are stuck paying for unfunded federal mandates. We are held hostage by the unions. The list goes on and on. My children and many other’s have left the state. NY is a nice place to visit but you wouldn’t want to live here!
Report Post »anothermetalhead
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 9:17amHe needs our help!
link to site..http://paladinoforthepeople.com/home.php
I’m donating now.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 9:04amGood luck big city folks. Your constituencies are indoctrinated by the socialist. Coumo will speed the cancer and Paladino will slow the cancer but you will still probaly die of cancer without major intervention or what I call a Constitutional Convention.
Report Post »Fedup
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 8:41amGreat ad but he needs to remind the people that Cuomo and Gillibrand wrote the regs for the Community Reinvestment act which effectively forced banks to grant mortgages to those who did not qualify thus aiding and abetting and actually creating this housing collapse. The liberal down state liberals won’t care but the rest of the state will.
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 8:03amAndy really is a bad (butt)…
instead of telling a reporter that he’ll take him out…
the reporter would be working in Bumfk, India a week later.
The man is dangerous and hates New York…especially Long Island!
Pladino needs grooming lessons from Christie – then he has a chance.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 8:01amat least this MAN is TRYING.
Report Post »while Cuomo is nothing but trash, a coward.
LadyIzShy
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 7:50amwhy oh why do peopel take the low road? is this a battle of who is the lesser of two evils? Personally I think thats what LOST the election for John McCain.. the GOP didnt like hm but voted for him as the lesser of 2 evils.. we had NO desire to have him win just that Obama not win.. if we continue with this we will never regain our nations values and morals
Report Post »WishWeWereFree
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 7:26amI can’t help but like the guy! I ‘m not sure what chance he has in NY but I would LOVE to see him win!
Report Post »smalldog
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 6:21amHow many wealthy, rich Democrat/Socialist/Globalists are giving up their personal wealth? Living the simple life they want to force on the rest of us?
Report Post »iamhungry
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 8:20am@Smalldog. Quite a few actually. When was the last time you gave away half of your net worth?
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Report Post »Bill Gates, billionaire and former CEO of Microsoft, is trying just as hard to change the world through philanthropy as he did through computers. Gates recently convinced over 30 billionaires to give away half of their fortunes to charity.
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smalldog
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 6:01amPut it all out on the street! Take an hour or two. What’s left for the Dems to dig up? I’ve seen this idea suggested to other good, but imperfect people.
The real discussion should be the death spiral this nation is in, not the baby mama’s…
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 3:22amThe beginning of the ad is a really strong. The part about reporters not grilling Cuomo comes off sleazy. He seems to be implying that the guy has something to hide in his eprsonal life without having the guits to come out and say so. the part about debating the minor party candidates would be stronger if he hadn’t said in his previous ads that he and Cuomo were the “only two serious candidates.”
Report Post »newsflea
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 2:52amI wish he would run in California. This guys “in your face” approach is correct. In CA the governator has been nothing more than a big pussycat for the liberal establishment to play with.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:33amI don’t trust any one in New York who runs for office. I lived there and it reminded me of Chicago, Il. We know who came from there.
http://www.josephfawcettart.com (western artist)
Report Post »Citizen-1
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:30amPALADINO will clean the place up!
Report Post »SummerB
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:22amMy issue is with Cuomo, an experienced career politician, in that he will not debate Paladino. I heard Paladino on the radio (I believe it was the Kudlow Report) & he was very pointed, & highly articulate, in the steps he would take to improve NY’s horrendous financial deficit. I think Cuomo’s avoiding the debate because I believe that Paladino, if he were as articulate as he was during the radio interview, would pick up some voters. So, naturally, Cuomo not debating is a tactical ploy. To me, it just makes Cuomo look like a coward.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:20amMe like it :)
Report Post »FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:15amNo way he’s going to win. New York is almost as communist as Massachusetts. I also don’t see the big deal with the fight in the hallway. Everyone who lives in NYC gets into at least two of those fights a day.
Report Post »scguitar
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 2:13amI live in New York. Most of those dems come from minorities living in NYC. That place is killing the economy of the state. I totally support Paladino. But you might be right. I don’t think he will win. I’m trying to find a way to get the vote out. I live on a college campus. I’m going to try to contact some of the republican groups on campus to get the vote out.
Report Post »FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 2:36am@SCGUITAR You won’t faze them. You’ll be shouted down, called a racist or a bigot, or whatever brush they want to paint you with. I live here too. It’s communist. Focus on getting laid, you’re in college. Tell girls you’re a democrat and you support social justice and invite them back to your dorm to discuss it over 151. Damn I wish I was in college again.
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 3:40amscguitar – On the other hand you could end up being the hero! You might be surprised just how many eyes you could open if you organized the campain for tea party revolution. Because you can relate what you have found through issuing a paper of giving a courtyard speech after class. You could be the next new york candidate for your ditract, you never know. But the one thing that you can take from this story is to remember there is a feirce adversary out there against you. Remember your principals and stick to them (40days 40nights style) As long as you don’t make it personal with your audience your there to save them from themselves, help them to see the truth, remind them of their heritage and acestrial heritage and the responsibility that was to be passed to them, but they stand to loose the most precious posession ever to be bestowed through enheritance.
I believe in you! Every great event makes great citizens and this truly is the second revolution. It was predicted by our forfathers, they knew this day would come, Stand up and be a hero or slink into the shadows of oblivion. It is every citizens choice, we truly make our own destiny, it is the path that you choose that determines your destination. Be the hero! Be a leader not a follower! Leaders are born of example through action. Live the role the title will follow.
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 3:48amplease excuse the mispellings, I was typing from the heart.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 5:37amSCGUITAR you go get’em. If you can’t get but one more vote, that vote just may make the difference.
Report Post »ConservativeSteve
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 9:21amFreedom and SC – remember a couple hundred years ago? A bunch of farmers took on the most powerful army in the world over taxation and limited government. The smart money was to not buck the system. The good money was on a rag tag group that saw Freedom and Liberty to be more important than life itself. It turned out pretty good.
NEVER let it be said that a race cannot be won. That is why we play the game and don’t let pundits decide. SC – get off your ass and get in the game. Help organize and remember ……. Our Founding Fathers were NOT extraordinary people ……. they were ordinary people like us who banded together and accomplished EXTRAORDINARY things.
The House and Senate in 2010
The White House in 2012
Holding our elected officials feet to the fire to represent our best interests …… FOREVER
Help me promote this idea for campaign finance reform.
IF you cannot VOTE for them
YOU cannot CONTRIBUTE to them
No union money, foreign money, no money flowing from one state to influence elections in other states, no PAC money, no bundling money, no corporate money ….. think about it
Report Post »Stevsea
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 9:47amI live in New Jersey which is almost (maybe just as) left as New York. Look who got voted for Governor here. Chris Christie is the best thing that’s happened in our state and if that can happen here, it’s not unbelievable to think it could happen in New York. You GO SCGuitar. Do what’s in your heart. I think Carl has a good chance.
Report Post »FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 2:03pm@AMERICANPATRIOT, CONSERVATIVESTEVE Great points! I live in New York and I’m definitely voting. I guess I was thinking about a college kid and knowing how NYC college campuses are and thinking the kid could get eviscerated socially. Then again, maybe things have changed since I was in school. SCGUITAR, if you’ve got the will and a thick skin then by all means go for it. Just make sure you have the ability to let the attacks slide off your back.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:12amYou GO!
Report Post »Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Czar
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 2:55amLove it!
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 6:07amHe just has to say that the status Cuomo is the reason your home investment is worth nothing. Andrew is the reason you are broke. Democrats want your money. Get off this affair crap. It will always be a double standard anyway.
Report Post »moonpeace
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 10:58amI only hope that those who voted for the current administration will see their mistake this time around. It isn’t about left or right. Career politicians need to go. It was never meant to be this way. Too much power always corrupts, and these lifelong politicians have so much power. In the beginning these guys and girls were basically volunteers, although we did pay their expenses. Do you think there is any way that we can take money out of the formula? Do that and you will have a much more honest government.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 1:46pmVery effective.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 2:08pmAwesome. Who cares if he doesn’t provide any source or proof for his accusations! We all know Paladino wouldn’t lie!
Report Post »MiketheTrucker
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 7:03pmI hope New Yorkers have the brains and the guts to elect Paladino the way NJ did Cristy. I think he will be good for NY.
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