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An online news outlet in New York state has obtained dozens of emails, many of them racist and sexually graphic, which it reports were sent by Carl Paladino, the Tea-Party-backed Republican candidate for governor of New York, to a long list of political and business associates. One email shows a video of an African tribal dance, entitled "Obama Inauguration Rehearsal," while another depicts hardcore bestiality.
Paladino's campaign manager, Michael Caputo, would not comment on specific emails, but acknowledged to TPMmuckraker that Paladino had sent emails that were "off-color" and "politically incorrect," saying that few such emails represented the candidate's own opinion. Caputo accused Democrats of wanting to change the subject from substantive issues to "having sex with horses."
The news outlet that obtained the emails, WNYmedia.net, a western New York media company, says it confirmed that at least some of the emails were authentic by contacting several people who had received them.
Paladino, a wealthy western New York real-estate developer, has become a darling of the Tea Party movement over the last year, and launched his campaign for governor last week after being urged to do so by Tea Party leaders. Paladino is staunchly opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage, and has said he considers himself "the only Republican in the race who agrees 100 percent with conservative values."
But the slew of emails, obtained by WNYmedia.net, a western New York media company, depict a different side of the candidate. Here are descriptions some of the most eyebrow-raising:
• A December 2008 email showing a video of African tribesmen performing a traditional dance. The video is entitled "Obama Inauguration Rehearsal."
• A September 2009 email entitled, "Easy Steady Big Fella....XXXX," with a photograph that graphically depicts a horse having sex with a woman.
• A January 2010 email, containing a hardcore pornographic video entitled "Miss France 2008 F[***]ing."
• A July 2009 email showing a photograph of an airplane landing directly behind a group of black men. The caption reads: "Holy Sh*t. run ni**ers, run!"
When one recipient complained about the "Obama inauguration" email, calling Paladino a racist, Paladino responded by apologizing "if that is offensive." He added: "I'm not a racist and have never related Obama's color to my political distaste for him....I'm not sensitive to ethnic humor."
He recently said that health-care reform "will kill more Americans through deteriorating health care than were lost on 9/11." After Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) criticized the comment, Paladino declared in a letter in response: "I am not impressed that you kissed enough asses to chair a committee of politicians in the Congress."
In 2008, he said at a public forum in Buffalo that the only reason Public Schools Superintendent James Williams had been hired was because he is black.
And we recently learned that the long-married, conservative Paladino fathered a child during an extramarital affair in the 90s.
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I think Xeno's point is the fact that many on this board paint the tea party as being racist as a whole.
I think Xeno's point is the fact that many on this board paint the tea party as being racist as a whole.
You missed his recent comments about that tea party crashing group. I'm being sarcastic more than anything.
I think Xeno's point is the fact that many on this board paint the tea party as being racist as a whole.
I think Xeno's point is the fact that many on this board paint the tea party as being racist as a whole.
i think it's more that their tolerance for racists appears particularly high.
I think Xeno's point is the fact that many on this board paint the tea party as being racist as a whole.
i think it's more that their tolerance for racists appears particularly high.
Yep. And instead of booting the racists out they waste time defending them. Silly, really.I think Xeno's point is the fact that many on this board paint the tea party as being racist as a whole.
i think it's more that their tolerance for racists appears particularly high.
well, they have no leadership. Some people think that's a good thing. but how do we know what they stand for?
I think Xeno's point is the fact that many on this board paint the tea party as being racist as a whole.
i think it's more that their tolerance for racists appears particularly high.
well, they have no leadership. Some people think that's a good thing. but how do we know what they stand for?
Yep. And instead of booting the racists out they waste time defending them. Silly, really.I think Xeno's point is the fact that many on this board paint the tea party as being racist as a whole.
i think it's more that their tolerance for racists appears particularly high.
well, they have no leadership. Some people think that's a good thing. but how do we know what they stand for?
Who are all these people leading these various groups then? The only reason why some people don't want the TP to have certain leaders is because certain leaders turn out to be racist assholes. And that reflects upon the group when you're willing to be apart of a group lead by a racist asshole.
I heard he's changing his last name to Palamino so he can star in his own horse related porn videos.
I think Xeno's point is the fact that many on this board paint the tea party as being racist as a whole.
i think it's more that their tolerance for racists appears particularly high.
well, they have no leadership. Some people think that's a good thing. but how do we know what they stand for?
the party prides itself on having no true leader. not something I would be proud of.
Robert, FYI - Ravi started this thread two hours ago:
http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/113122-new-yorks-tea-party-candidate-for-gov.html#post2200857
the party prides itself on having no true leader. not something I would be proud of.
