NY Governors: First Spitzer Sex Scandal, Then David Paterson Sex, Drugs and Hotel Bills … Pot Head & Cocaine Use

The New York Governor David Paterson … Sex … Drugs … Hotel Bills. Can Rock n’ Roll be far behind?

Paterson: I Did Coke!

What on earth is going on in the Democratic party in New York? It would appear that The Gateway Pundit is asking the same questions. Maybe we should start looking at who is next in line for the governorship in NY?

The good people of New York state deserve much better out of their governor than what Democrats have given them. First Eliot Spitzer makes a mockery of the position with his prostitution ring sex scandal. Also that he appears in his career to actually have prosecuted some sex rings while giving others that he used a pass.

Then comes along Lieutenant Governor David Paterson to take the disgraced Spitzer’s job. No sooner was Paterson sworn in than we find out that both he and his wife already had affairs of their own.  Now we learn that Paterson was a pot head and cocaine user in the past.

Paterson told Carter he spoke publicly about past drug use when he was Spitzer’s runningmate in 2006.

UPDATE: Here’s the exchange:

Dominic Carter: You have?

David Paterson: Yes

Dominic Carter: Marijuana?

David Paterson: Yes

Dominic Carter: Cocaine?

David Paterson: Yes

Dominic Carter: You used cocaine governor?

David Paterson: I’d say I was 22 or 23, I tried it a couple of times, yes.

Dominic Carter: When is the last time that — is that the only time you’ve tried cocaine, governor?

David Paterson: Yeah, around that time, a couple of times and marijuana, probably, when I was about 20. I don’t think I’ve touched marijuana since the late 70s

However, pot and coke may be the least of Paterson’s issues. There are some 13 or so hotel bills charged to the state of NY that need to be explained. The NY Post had reported the following:

Despite owning a house less than 20 minutes from the state Capitol, Gov. Paterson, as lieutenant governor, routinely used taxpayer money to stay at nearby hotels, The Post has learned.

Credit-card records obtained from the state Comptroller’s Office covering Paterson’s nearly 15 months as lieutenant governor showed he charged his state credit card for 13 Albany hotel stays totaling more than $2,500 between Jan. 1, 2007, and this past Feb. 18.

“It’s a bit odd, and it’s the kind of thing that certainly raises eyebrows,” said Susan Lerner, of Common Cause New York, a government watchdog group.