Personally, I think Pataki is a coward and a liar. He may have started out good ... but he changed quickly. He ran as the man who wanted to change the tax and spend tactics of then-governor Cuomo ... only to out tax and out spend Cuomo.
He has the bully pulpit. He could really change public opinion and get the state to rally against the Assembly and the Senate to do his will ... which we thought was to lower taxes and stop all the Albany crap ... but maybe his will is to just keep getting elected.
And, of course, there's talk that he may run for President. Man, I'd hate to see that happen.
So what do you all think of the middle man in our little George triumverate?
i think you should like George P. , he sold himself as a conservative and then switched quietly in the middle of the show and became a demoncrat or even worse .... which is something you should like , why denigrate him for adopting some of your own veiws ?
and the word "coward" is a strong word - ? why choose that word ?
all politicians seem to have a knack for being at least a litte bit of a liar ....
i would not like to see him as president either .... for different reasons .
-- Edited by mike of the mountain at 14:19, 2005-05-12
quote: Originally posted by: mike of the mountain " i think you should like George P. , he sold himself as a conservative and then switched quietly in the middle of the show and became a demoncrat or even worse .... which is something you should like , why denigrate him for adopting some of your own veiws ?
MotM, apparently, you've never heard the show? I'm not the liberal some would paint me as ... and I'm not a big fan of anyone who runs on a platform and then switches after winning.
Pataki's a coward, BTW, because he hides from public view and public scrutiny. Rather than fess up for the mistakes he's made, he tries to pin it on Sheldon Silver. Granted, Shelly's horrible ... but Republicans act as though he's the only person in NYS with any power.
to SL with 2 Fs ; i have not heard your show as my antenna is about 425 miles from your transmitter and the mountains are in the way .... i will try a podcast or two to see .
i fear the after George P we will end up with ES , i dont see that as an improvement in any fashion or form , i know one of George P's political appointees and he his leaving NYS and his sweet department head job for idaho , next month ... maybe he knows something about something ....but he is not talking .