Paterson: I Did Coke.

Memo to Roger Stone:

Patterson has only been Governor for at least a week. And we are getting to know this new Governor of NY. And he is letting you know that:

1. He is a sinner.
2. He and his wife had extramarital affairs.
3. He took $103 bucks and some change to pay for the hotel/motel that wasn't a Hilton like nor Marriott like nor Ritz Carlton like and nor any 5 star hotel for a shag! He went to an upscale Motel 6 like hotel! And of course, he will make sure that he will pay back the money that he took stole from the campaign fund kitty!
4. He smoked weed.
5. And he did coke.

Patterson certainly putting Stone into check and stopping his scum sniffing dogs to try to go after Patterson. Also, Patterson is putting the media into a world spin.

In an interview with NY1's Dominic Carter this evening, Gov. David Paterson admitted that he had used illegal drugs - both cocaine and marijuana - when he was in his 20s.

Carter couched the question by noting that he had asked both Eliot Spitzer and his Democratic primary challenger, Nassau County ExecutiveTom Suozzi, during their lone debate back in 2006 whether they had ever smoked pot. (They both said yes).

Carter then turned to Paterson and asked whether he had ever used drugs - not pot specifically, but drugs in general.

Paterson replied: "Actually Dominic, I was in the audience that night, and was asked the same question...and I answered in the affirmative."
Marijuana?

"Yes," Paterson replied.

Cocaine?

"Yes...I think I was about 22 or 23. I tried it a couple of times...And marijuana, probably when I was about 20. I don't think I've touched marijuana since the late 70s."

It's interesting, but not surprising that Carter decided to go this route, as there was a story about Paterson and cocaine use running around the over-heated rumor mill that was Albany last week. A number of reporters were trying to land it, but no one managed to do it - until now.

Paterson also said, I believe for the first time, that he and his wife were "separated" - albeit not legally - for several years during the time when they were both having extramarital affairs.

Carter tried to pin down the governor on exactly how many affairs he had, but Paterson bristled and said: "I don't want to get into a feeding frenzy. I'm not interested in talking about the specifics of a sitution that I think is well-understood by your viewers."

"What I want to do with my life right now is get to the fact that we have a $4.6 billion budget deficit that we've got to close in a week."

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2008/03/paterson-i-did-coke.html