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Gov. Paterson is blind, and that matters.  That’s the unspeakable truth that is missing from the media accounts of the governor’s recent meltdown while being interviewed about his dismal poll ratings.  The governor, who has served well up until now, as state senator and vice gov, threw down the racial card and said the media was inflicting a racial bias against him.  He tried to lump in Gov. Patrick of Massachusetts and the president with himself, but, sorry governor, that just ain’t the way it is.  The truth is, people were probably doubtful, like me, from the start, that a blind man could handle such a job.  We gave him a chance, got a little misty-eyed at his inaugural—wanted very badly to believe it could be true—that the seemingly impossible could be…  But, think about it.  You can’t see.  You cannot SEE.  And you are leading New York State.

Sorry.  I have always admired David Paterson.  His father was a saint.  But, it’s true: people in this country do always (except, I’d say for our fine prez) rise to the level at which they are incompetent.  Vice Gov was Paterson’s peak.   Attorney General was Spitzer’s.

A blind man can do amazing things if driven.  But look at the state of the state legislature.  It’s a filthy mess.  And what does Paterson do??  He appoints a vice governor, which any fool can see is directly against the state constitution. 

(The media, which, according to Paterson, is so racist, doesn’t say a word about how ridiculous the move is.  They just respectfully wait for the courts to articulate it.  Which is really a very rotten way to run a society.  Why can’t such things be spoken???)

The fact of the (unspeakable) matter is a blind guy is handicapped enough that he does not have the ability to input information quickly and efficiently  enough to be the governor of NY.  Is that so awful?

If you think I’m full of it, you really need to think more about what a governor must do.  Just for example: He must memorize loads of info, and be able to use it.  If he’s busy memorizing speeches (because he is totally incapable of using a teleprompter—Paterson doesn’t even read Braille) when can he do this?  He can’t even read the newspaper–he has somebody read the to him.  And do you mean to say eye contact doesn’t mean anything significant to a New York politician’s prowess?  The state Senate is like a shark pit.  (Aloft in an ocean of slime.)

This, like so much in the papers today, to me, is like the emperor who wore no clothes.   Everybody is talking, but no one is talking what is obvious.

Why are his poll numbers poor with Blacks?  I’ll tell you why.  Because he is a rotten governor, and they can see it, and it is obvious to Blacks, too, that a blind guy cannot run NY state.

It is taboo to say blindness is a handicapping disability.  So, let’s all chase down the race angle.  Uh, no governor, actually I agree we are NOT a post-racial society, but, please stop dragging that red herring all over the place and take a good (metaphorical) look in the mirror.

–notice: this was not written by Motormanmark, but by a substitute, anonymous poster. (Whew!)

 

 

 

–notice: this was not written by Motormanmark, but by a substitute, anonymous poster. (Whew!)