In article <64rhs6F2crajtU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Reality_Check©" wrote:
> NY Governor Patterson admits to committing FELONIES
Sorry, none of these are felonies, you ignoramus.
Possessing cocaine is a misdemeanor, New York Penal Law 220.03, as is
the possession of marijuana, P.L. 221.10.
So much for a "reality check"!
> NY gov says he tried coke and pot in his youth
> a.. Gov. David Paterson says he tried cocaine in his 20s
>
> b.. New governor also says he hasn't touched pot "since the late 70s"
>
> c.. A day after he was sworn in, Paterson said he had affairs while
> married
>
> d.. Paterson replaces governor who resigned amid prostitution scandal
>
> NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York Gov. David Paterson admitted during a television
> interview Monday that he used cocaine and marijuana during his early
> twenties.
>
> Appearing on an NY-1 political show, Paterson was asked about using cocaine
> and said he'd "tried it a couple of times" when he was "22 or 23." About
> marijuana, he said he hadn't touched it "since the late 70s."
>
> Paterson said that during his 2006 campaign for lieutenant governor he had
> been asked on camera about drug use.
>
> He said he had answered "in the affirmative."
>
> Paterson, 53, became governor of New York a week ago after Gov. Eliot
> Spitzer resigned amid his alleged connection to a prostitution ring.
>
> One day after he was sworn in, Paterson said he was involved in some affairs
> several years ago during a troubled period in his marriage.
>
> Paterson is regarded in New York as a politician of integrity who is capable
> of building consensus in the capital in Albany after the Spitzer shake-up.
>
> The Patersons have two children |