Gov. Paterson says he may have used campaign cash for hotel hookup

[Mugu]

Gov. Paterson admitted Wednesday he may have improperly billed his campaign for at least one hotel tryst with a girlfriend.

The hotel tryst was apparently listed as "constituent services."

A Daily News review found that in a handful of other campaign expenditures, Paterson may have used campaign funds to cover personal expenses and misstated their purpose in public disclosure forms.

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A campaign payment to Lila Kirton, a high-ranking state employee who was one of his paramours, was listed as "professional services" - which is supposed to refer to legal advice, accounting or speech writing.


Complete article at:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/20/2008-03-20_gov_paterson_says_he_may_have_used_campa.html

[dkf]

1. NEXT. Damn what is with our Dem politicians.

[book_worm]

2. Wonderful and if he is forced to resign NY will have a GOP governor again.

[spanone]

9. ah, now you're catching on.....

[Fovea]

3. Wow.

Here we go again.

[mikeytherat]

4. It was "constituent services." After all, he was just "poling" the electorate.

:hide:

mikey_the_rat

[Psephos]

5. lol All in the interests of servicing the constituent. n/t

[nels25]

6. I hate to say it BUT!!

that ladies and gentlemen is a no, no.

And if we as progressives scream about the GOP misuse of funds (ie. Delay, Abrahomoff et all) than we better be ready to be consistent.

Reality Sucks does it not??

Phooey!!;(

[Clear Blue Sky]

7. Who is next in line to be the NY Governor?

[Rydz777]

8. State Senator Bruno, a Repug. eom

[Lance_Boyle]

10. Dear gawds I hope he's fucked an underage goat on film. n/t

[LostinVA]

13. ROFL

[Virginia Dare]

11. Doesn't make it right, but how is that any different than what Rudy did?

if he goes down for this, we need to scorch the earth with any Republicans out there who have done this type of thing, and I guarantee you there are plenty.

[lonestarnot]

12. WTF! Here we go again!

[hifalutin]

14. When will they learn

to just 'zip it'?