New York Gov. David Paterson (D-Fuggedaboudit!) is laying off his myriad self-inflicted problems on a racist media conspiracy, the Saturday New York Times reported.
Gov. David A. Paterson lashed out on Friday at critics who say he should not run for election, and he suggested that he was being undermined by an orchestrated, racially biased effort by the media to force him to step aside.
Puh-leeze.
Even Paterson quickly realized that was a gambit with a capital Goof. Hours later, he took a mulligan.
Mr. Paterson himself issued a statement on the matter later in the day, saying that not all the media criticism of him could be attributed to race. But he said he would not hesitate to point out even subtle stereotypes in news coverage, and repeated his assertion that America was not yet a postracial society.
Yes, and David Paterson’s not yet a postmoron politician.
Campaign Outsider 
Where’s Gov. “Client No. 9” when you need him? Spitzer may have a broken moral compass, but at least he’s not an idiot. From confessing to marital infidelity of his own, to his ham-fisted handling of Sen. Clinton’s vacant Senate seat, Patterson has shown himself not ready for prime time. He should have practiced in Montana or Alaska before trying to be governor of New York.