Politics is a duuurty game, but it get sweeter when someone's child does something naughty! Especially when you can't stand a certain government official...
New York Governor Paterson's son, Alex Paterson, 15, was taken into questioning by New York City police after being caught playing a game of dice with four friends near his Upper West Side high school. BWAHAHAHAHA. But wait...there's more! Police found a credit card on him that was either lost or stolen. If I had my guess, a gambler caught with a credit that doesn't belong to him probably means that ish was JACKED. Paterson, come get your son.
According to the Buffalo News, police officials would not specifically identify Alex Paterson because he is a minor, but said there were no arrests or charges in the case. A police official did say a juvenile report was issued, which is a form kept in station houses that police and juvenile officers can refer to if other trouble arises involving the individual.
"Earlier today, Gov. Paterson's son was taken into the 20th Precinct and subsequently released to his parents. The governor and the First Lady ask that their privacy is respected during this personal time," Marissa Shorenstein, a Paterson spokesman, said in a statement.
This ish is not a good look for Paterson after being called out by fellow Democrats to not run for governor this year. And ya'll remember when him and Obama were beefin earlier in 2009? I bet Obama is sitting in his big lush White House chair, sipping wine, and giggling to himself as we speak. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is threatening a gubernatorial primary run against Paterson, Democrats in the Legislature are openly grumbling over the governor's leadership, his poll numbers are improving but still dire and the state is facing a $7.5 billion deficit this year.
Campbell said his detractors will say if Paterson can't provide discipline in his family, how can he run the state. "But those that support him will feel sympathy that he's under siege and stress and this is just more adding on to him," Campbell said. "But his political opponents will steer very far from this."
Loves me some political drama.
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