Hell freezes over: NY Post endorses ANDREW CUOMO for Governor

[brooklynite]

...But whereas four years ago the Republican Party offered the estimable John Faso as its gubernatorial candidate, this year the man at the top of the GOP ticket is a Buffalo businessman with a towering temper and a well-documented contempt for the truth.

Spitzer Lite, in an elephant suit.

Meanwhile, the Democrats once again have put forth what appears to be an ambitious, articulate attorney general who has presented detailed plans for New York's future which reveal a realistic understanding of the state's problems and prospects and the seriousness of purpose needed to address them.

It is on that basis that The Post today endorses Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for governor -- in the hope, if not necessarily the full expectation, that he will be the strong, reform-driven chief executive the Empire State so desperately needs.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/waiting_for_superman_hNnRQCGyidGy96844qWFwO#ixzz12icWPSom

[babylonsister]

1. Haha! They couldn't even hold their noses and support that

whackjob!

[ejpoeta]

4. i am looking forward to seeing how paladino damages himself further

during the debate. i am sure he will. he seems to every time he opens his mouth.

[saltpoint]

2. When the POST picks the Dem, it's pretty much

curtains for Paladino.

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

3. Even Rupert Murdoch draws a line in the sand

when it comes to horsef**kers.

[Renew Deal]

5. That's actually a great endorsement.

Normally their endorsements of Democrats are something like "Steve Jones Democrat from Schenectady is slightly better than a child molester. We endorse him over blah blah blah..."

[Nye Bevan]

6. Murdoch wants an ally in the Governor's office

http://mobile.salon.com/politics/war_room/2010/10/13/new_york_post_carl_paladino/index.html

He knew Paladino couldn't win so decided to curry favor with Cuomo. Probably a smart business decision.

[Historic NY]

7. Then a screw popped loose...bwah....sums up the NYGOP.

freeper heads exploding around NY today.

[Scurrilous]

8. LOL

:thumbsup: