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Opinion: Imam Rauf's a 'Moderate' ... Compared to What?
By J.D. Gordon - AOL News(Sept. 2) -- Imam Feisal Rauf, the man behind the Park51 project, formerly the Cordoba House (aka ground zero mosque), has been commonly referred to as a "moderate" -- though the question should be "compared to what?" His "moderate" reputation has garnered the respect of President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who's backed the $100 million mega-mosque and community center on a site that was damaged on 9/11. It has also lent credibility to Rauf's stated quest of bridging "the great divide" between Islam and other faiths. But where does Rauf, author of three books on ...
Paterson Tumbles Further in Bid for Re-Election as Governor of New York
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNew York Gov. David Paterson, who was the subject of a long New York Times article last week depicting him as "increasingly remote," still trails badly in a match-up for the Democratic nomination and has lost ground against a general election candidate, according to a Siena Research Institute survey conducted Feb. 14-19. Despite pressure from Democrats in the White House on down not to run, Paterson announced his candidacy for re-election on Saturday. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has yet to announce a primary challenge to Paterson, leads him by 64 percent to 22 percent, including a ...
Gov. David Paterson: Minority Success Stories Make People 'Nervous'
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyNew York Gov. David Paterson raised questions Monday over whether racial stereotyping is the reason for more critical media coverage of his term in office. In an interview with journalist Gerson Borrero, Peterson complained of his characterization as "the accidental governor" -- he took office following Eliot Spitzer's resignation -- and said that the success of minority politicians has left some people uneasy. "Part of what I feel is that one very successful minority is permissible, but when you see too many success stories, then some people get nervous," he said. Paterson was interviewed by ...
Gov. Paterson's Office: Race Was Not a Factor in Photographer's Dismissal
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe New York Post reported Friday that New York state had settled a lawsuit alleging racial bias in Gov. David Paterson's firing of a white photographer in 2003, when Paterson was minority leader of the State Senate. Although there was no admission of wrongdoing in the $300K settlement of a $1.5 million suit, the Post quoted an anonymous source who drew a different conclusion:While neither Paterson nor the state admitted that the Senate photographer, Joseph Maioriello, was a victim of racial discrimination, the size of the settlement means "that the state wouldn't have made out very well if it ...
Andrew Cuomo Puts Kibosh on Caroline Kennedy
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyThe New York Times is reporting today that an aide to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is working to undermine Caroline Kennedy's Senate bid. Apparently, Joseph Perocco has been working the phones to labor leaders and other power players in an attempt to raise doubts about Kennedy in advance of Governor David Patterson's decision on his appointment.A top Cuomo aide urged labor leaders and upstate officials to refrain from embracing Caroline Kennedy for the job, according to several people with direct knowledge of the conversations. Two of the people, including a prominent upstate ...
Patterson Admits Coke Use
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIs there anything that New York Governor David Patterson hasn't tried?Extramarital affairs, check. Cocaine, check. Pot, check. Maybe he should just lay it all out on the table now, so that we don't have to endure another nosy reporter asking him whether or not he ever did magic mushrooms before skinny dipping with his pastor's wife. Inquiring minds want to know! Seriously, can we just stuff this all back in the box? Can we somehow restore the Kennedy-esque wall between private and public life? Because the truth is, I don't care if George Bush or Barack Obama or Bill Clinton dabbled in drugs ...
Spitzer Open Thread
By David Knowles - Politics DailyFor you sex-scandal junkies out there, here's a trove of Political Machine's coverage of Eliot Spitzer's comeuppance. Denise Williams: It's All Silda Spitzer's FaultDave: Spitzer Toughing it Out?Faye Anderson: Superdelegate No. 9Tommy Christopher: Hillary Should Condemn Spitzer ASAPYours Truly: Mrs. Spitzer Stands By Her ManAnd the latest from AOL News: Spitzer Spending Eyed in Sex ScandalLooks like the ax will fall any minute now. We want to hear how you feel now that 24 hours have passed. Binge and purge. ...
Black Governors Club Likely to Grow
By Faye Anderson - Politics DailySince Reconstruction, only two African Americans have been elected governor – Doug Wilder in Virginia and Deval Patrick in Massachusetts.With New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's alleged ties to a prostitution ring, that exclusive club may soon have a new member, Lt. Gov. David Patterson, an African American former state senator.As New York attorney general, Spitzer busted prostitution rings and was called the "sheriff of Wall Street." Indeed in 2002, Time magazine named him "Crusader of the Year." While Spitzer relished going after corporate miscreants for ethical breaches, he now says his own ...
Troy Smith Named Team MVP
By JD Arney - AOL NewsThe Buckeyes had their post season banquet a few days ago, with the team voting on annual awards. Troy Smith was named MVP in not terribly surprising vote. Here's the results for other team awards: Antonio Smith was selected for the Bo Rein Award, given to the team's most inspirational player. Smith went from walk on to first team All Big 10, so this vote seems pretty appropriate. Stan White Jr. won the John W. Galbreath Award for excellence in academics. White was an Academic All American this season. Quinn Pitcock won most valuable defensive player. David Patterson won the John ...
Buckeyes Select Captains
By JD Arney - AOL NewsJim Tressel named his four captains on Friday (chosen by their teammates), and there weren't any surprises in the bunch.Troy Smith (Sr.), Doug Datish (Jr.), Quinn Pitcock (Jr.), and David Patterson (Sr.) were the four selected, making two captains selected from the offense, and two from the defense. The main point of interest is probably that the defensive captains (Pitcock and Patterson) are both up front players and also the only two returning starters from a defense that lost nine starters from last season. They'll have a hefty leadership responsibility with so many new players starting, ...
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