They always Use The Race Card When It Goes Bad

Gov. Paterson says people 'nervous' over minorities in office; White House: Obama doesn't agree -- But Obama tried with the Gates affair, which did nothing more than reveal Obama's a racist in the end.

Gov. Paterson is still blaming race for his his troubles.

After complaining on a Friday radio show that he is the victim of an "orchestrated" campaign to push him out of office, Paterson told a blogger that some people are uncomfortable with too many black pols in power.

"Part of what I feel is that one very successful minority is permissible, but when you see too many success stories, then some people get nervous," Paterson told political blogger Gerson Borrero over the weekend.

Paterson's comment is sure to catch the ear of the White House, which already asked him to tone down his rhetoric after he said Friday that President Obama will be the next target of a racist media.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said Monday morning that the President does not share Paterson's view that criticism of him or any other politician is racially motivated.

I am not going to make the connection between race, competence and governance ability. when you are bankrupting your State, do you think people have a right to be nervous, regardless the race of the governor? I think so.

We had a similar bankruptcy fight in Florida with our kooky Gov Crist, and soon shut him down, by the State House.

It's odd that Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American, one of the most powerful politicians in Florida as Speaker of the Florida House, never said anything like that. And now that Marco is trying for the U.S. Senate, I will be supporting him wholeheartedly. Rep Rubio was the leader of the fight to shut down Gov Crist and keep Florida on the path of fiscal sanity.