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You know what interests me about today's news? It's that should Eliot Spitzer resign, the next governor of New York would simultaneously be both the first African-American and first blind governor the state has had.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paterson

(Also see http://patersonfornewyork.com/ and http://www.ny.gov/governor/index-ltgov.html)
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Posted on Mar. 10th, 2008 at 04:12 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]530nm330hz

As of a few minutes ago, someone had already updated it to remove the word "Lieutenant" --- and someone else had reverted it, with the comment "undo -- leave this out until it happens".

I love Wikipedia sometimes.
Posted on Mar. 10th, 2008 08:16 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]sdelmonte

I didn't know that he was legally blind.

Then again, I had to look up his name as I had forgotten it (which is par for the course for this usually dead end job).
Posted on Mar. 10th, 2008 08:28 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]rev69

Yes he is. I was at the inauguration 14 months ago and his family led him up to the podium for swearing in.

already made mention to one of my co-workers (an immigrant Ugandan) about that same pair of potential firsts.
Posted on Mar. 10th, 2008 09:33 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]zachkessin

He would also be only the 3rd black gov. in the history of the USA, and it would be the first time that there were 2 at once.
Posted on Mar. 11th, 2008 06:11 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]webfarmer

That would be an interesting development. Word is that Mr. Paterson has already called around asking for support presumably for a transfer of executive power. Might even give the Obama campaign an indirect boost because of the African-American angle.
Posted on Mar. 11th, 2008 02:04 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply