The new Governor of New York, David Paterson, admits to the New York Daily News that he had an affair with another woman during a rocky year in his marriage with Michelle. This is another new unfortunate revelation from New York during a precarious time but one this new governor should be able to survive
The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state's new governor, David Paterson, told the Daily News that he and his wife had extramarital affairs.
In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife, Michelle, 46, acknowledged in a joint interview they each had intimate relationships with others during a rocky period in their marriage several years ago.
In the course of several interviews in the past few days, Paterson said he maintained a relationship for two or three years with "a woman other than my wife," beginning in 1999.
As part of that relationship, Paterson said, he and the other woman sometimes stayed at an upper West Side hotel — the Days Inn at Broadway and W. 94th St.
This is going to be blown away by the media but we should fight back unless something more damaging emerges.
Here's the link:http: http://www.nydailynews.com/...
Update [2008-3-17 22:39:58 by Jr1886]: Ben Smith has encouraging initial reactions from the Beltway:
There's hotel-specific detail to make you cringe, but the general reaction from a quick poll of my New York sources: "Yawn."
Also: Smart, and tough, of Paterson to get it out now.
so let's hope the media see the nonstory for what it is
http://www.politico.com/...