Remember Carl Paladino? He was the 2010 Republican candidate for New York Governor who ran one of the most jaw droppingly awful campaigns in recent memory. The New York Times reminds us: "Before his primary win, the volatile newcomer had gained attention for revelations that he had forwarded e-mails to friends containing racist jokes and pornographic images, espoused turning prisons into dormitories where welfare recipients could be given classes on hygiene, and defended an ally’s comparison of the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, who is Jewish, to 'an Antichrist or a Hitler.'”
Yeah. That Carl Paladino.
Not surprisingly, Mr. Paladino is on the sidelines for this election cycle --after being crushed by Democrat Andrew Cuomo-- and apparently has ample time to engage in a toxic, truly vicious e-mail war with the chairman of the Albany County Republican Committee, Donald Clarey. If you want a glimpse into the cage match for the Republican soul, look no further:
Clarey: "I am embarrassed that I voted for you in the primary and general election in 2010. Your clownish, thug-wannabe campaign cost us Harry Wilson’s victory, one House seat (NY1), and at least one Senate seat. Your continued effort to hurt the Republicans lead me to believe you are a double-agent on behalf of the Democrats – by the way, when did you switch parties? I’m sure that irrelevance is hard to take – and you sure are taking it harder than most; please crawl back into your clown car and drive it back into the hole you came out of. By the way, take me off your email list. I am afraid you might forward racist, obscene, and misogynistic e-mails like you have done in the past.
Paladino: "Like your treacherous predecessor Graziano, you live in a unique area of the state where the people do not suffer the financial peaks and valleys suffered elsewhere in New York. You are insulated from reality by the thousands of fat and comfortable state jobs living off the fat of the land. You never suffer recessionary pressures. You live and participate in the Albany petri dish of corruption and incompetence. You read a newspaper (frightened by the Cuomo/Silver threat of intimidation) more interested in advancing the progressive elitist agenda than doing the right thing for the taxpayer. Why? Because you are one of the worst of the RINOs. You get excited when in the presence of the three men in a room power brokers. You’re the loyal slob willing to kiss their rings to get into their favor for the nickel dime patronage and breadcrumbs they throw at you."
Hug it out, Republicans. Hug it out.
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Well - that was entertaining! Paladino is complete and total slime.
ewww, Why do I feel like checking the bottoms of my shoes?
I'm kind of disappointed it wasn't worse. Hahahahahahaha...
Wow, so this craziness by the GOTP is real. And to think someone else got mad at me because I suggested that all GOTP be analyzed for mental competence before they run for public office - I was so right!
The ghosts of Empire State citizens Mark Twain and Thomas Nast are furiously gathering pen and paper, for their graphic novel.
I think I'll go wash my hands now.
//Snort//
He should get a job as spokesman for "Curel" hand sanitizer !
After all, Clarey is still responsible for his stupid vote for Paladino. Let him suffer for his sin!
Holy. Crap.
I love everything about this. It's proof that the Republican party may finally be collapsing under the weight of it's own slime.
Perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel. Just maybe we may see a return to sane and reasonable conservative discourse instead of this far right extremism punctuated by holy greed and sycophantic corporate shills in suits, claiming ot be politicians.
How I miss you Barry Goldwater.
"Sane and reasonable conservative discourse" could lead to sane and reasonable discourse between conservatives and progressives about what's best for the country and its people. Recall, however, that Goldwater said " ... extremism in defense of liberty is no vice" a coded endorsement of the John Birch Society, the GOTP wing nuts of the time.
Before any sane and reasonable discourse can occur, elected officials and their constituents will have to detoxify themselves from the dangers of extremism, the intoxicating rush derived from the illusion that you possess the one true faith, or the only valid truth. This intoxication leads to the hallucination that everyone else is utterly wrong, and that anything you do to further your truth (your illusion) is justified.
This sensation of direct conection to the sole and absolute authority of all existence is addictive. Once hooked, addicts will do anything to get high or avoid crashing. At present, this is an epidemic in our country and in some other parts of the world. A nationwide intervention has to occur, for elected officials and the voters who elect them, before sane and reasonable discourse between differing viewpoints can occur.
I love the word, treacherous. Word of the day?
I wonder if Carl still associates himself with the vile reptilian monster Roger Stone. I doubt it, since Carl hates homosexuality and Stone is addicted to gay bondage and cystal meth.
Paladino reminds me of a dirty cigarette butt on the floor of a urine-stained bathroom, in a sleezy, skid row bar.
Whoa. Nasty, nasty. Now kiss and make up and wash your hands. XD
I'm glad I donned my hazmat suit before reading that. I feel befouled.
What if he had been elected? I shudder to think about that.
Is there a way to "un-read" that?
Rosary beads in a cold shower, fully clothed and repetition of the Lord's prayer as far as I am aware.
"I feel sullied and unusual."
I get the point of the article but there is one big problem. The abuse of “clowns” in the article and political people always like to throw clowns around as an insult. Some clown facts: 1.Clowns never lie; 2. Clowns always tell the truth, 3. Clowns are a reflection of society, 4. Clowns move people emotionally in positive ways, 5. Many clown are politically active and are progressive and liberal, 6. Most successful clowns work very hard, are multi talented and not only have to be artists but a businessperson as well, 7. Clowns make people laugh from their soul (because they can tell the truth to everyone and to power), 8. Great Clowns will make children and adults laugh at the same time (that is not always easy), 9. Clowns bring people joy and make them feel wonderful, 10. Clowns are fun! Never use Clowns to describe a bad politician – especially when there are so many more things you can call them which truly describe them.
I recall a clown at a beach making free balloon animals for the kids - the line was huge and these 3 boys cut in line. The clown waited until they got in front and them booted them out. Priceless. (although they can be a bit scary....)
Yeah, but John Wayne Gacy was not a very nice clown, was he?
I think I need a shower.
Yes, this is so nasty I must now go shower. However, it reminded me of this, so I thought I'd share:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUGRdAz8NWI
Is it just me or does he look very much like Dep. Commissioner Rahls from The Wire?
Clarey thinks Paladino is a double agent for Democrats. The Democrats are not smart enough to come up with someone like Paladino. He's purely a Republican invention. I'd blame Dick Armey, Tom DeLay and the rest of the Tea Party wackos for Carl.