"I did not sign up for this," Paterson said. "I had this grand plan that Hillary Clinton was going to become president and maybe the governor would appoint me to the Senate."
The Syracuse Post-Standard thus quotes Governor Paterson looking back wistfully at his dreams of the past, under the headline "With His Support Evaporating, Paterson Shows His Humor in Syracuse."
And, while the Governor was up in Syracuse at the NYS Associated Press Association annual meeting, recalling his fond hopes of what might have been, the first lady was telling the NY Post that Obama should have stayed out of it all. Here it is, as quoted in the NY Times
"I never heard of a president asking a governor not to run," Michelle Paterson told The Post after a luncheon in New York City. "I thought it was very unusual that this would be asked of David, and I don't think it's right."
The Times also has this quote from the Governor, which pretty much nails the situation:
"if I got to a point where I thought that my candidacy was hurting my party, obviously it would be rather self-absorbed to go forward."
Listen up, David. Your wife may never think it is right, and you will probably always go back to thinking about how it might have been different.... but, if that isn't the definition of self-absorbed, I don't know what might be a better one.
Hang it up. It's time. If you can't face doing it in a big way while speaking to the NYS Associated Press Association, announce it at our BBQ in Ithaca on Saturday among Dem friends. And then we can all have a good laugh at some of your great jokes, and move on. |
