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As Governor, Paterson Could Be Quarantined to New York State
The New York Sun ^ | March 12, 2008 | BENJAMIN SARLIN

Posted on 03/12/2008 5:27:13 AM PDT by syriacus

Were Lieutenant Governor David Paterson to assume the governorship, he could find himself quarantined within New York State to avoid ceding power temporarily to Governor Spitzer's arch-rival, the Republican state Senate majority leader, Joseph Bruno.

Because of a quirk in the state's constitution, which does not outline a process for replacing a lieutenant governor who becomes governor, executive power would be granted to the Senate majority leader if the acting governor crossed the state line or became incapacitated.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: nygovernor; paterson; spitzer; spitzmas

1 posted on 03/12/2008 5:27:15 AM PDT by syriacus
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To: syriacus

Sweet!


2 posted on 03/12/2008 5:29:06 AM PDT by battlecry
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To: syriacus

Too rich!


3 posted on 03/12/2008 5:30:33 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: syriacus

I really don’t think a quarantine in NYS represents torture.


4 posted on 03/12/2008 5:32:33 AM PDT by dinoparty
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To: syriacus

How do they define incapacitated?


5 posted on 03/12/2008 5:34:22 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: syriacus

Silly me. I though there might be some old law saying he would be Quarantined because he had sex with a prostitute.


6 posted on 03/12/2008 5:34:41 AM PDT by BGHater ($2300 is the limit of your Free Speech.)
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To: dinoparty

The fine print specifies Ithaca.


7 posted on 03/12/2008 5:35:16 AM PDT by doodad
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To: syriacus

David Paterson a David Dinkins liberal who happens to be legally blind.


8 posted on 03/12/2008 5:35:44 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Vote Obama! And we'll be picking shrapnel out of our butts for decades!)
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To: Man50D

Blind isn’t enough?


9 posted on 03/12/2008 5:36:28 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: syriacus

Makes no difference. I’m sure that Paterson is one of those NYers who’s never been outside the city limits.


10 posted on 03/12/2008 5:36:49 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: dinoparty

No vacations for the remainder of his term!

No campaign speeches or fundraising out of state.

No party business/conferences/seminars out of the state.

The guy is an ultra liberal, used to setting parameters on others and not having them set on himself. Maybe that’s not torture, but it is sure to be aggravating.


11 posted on 03/12/2008 5:38:50 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: syriacus

problem being - Bruno is a slime ball too


12 posted on 03/12/2008 5:48:12 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: Brilliant
He will undoubtedly attend the Democrat Presidential Convention and then Bruno can act to destroy the Democrats in NY.

Oh, yes, a 3 day bash of slashing, trashing and torpedoeing.

13 posted on 03/12/2008 5:54:58 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: syriacus

Maybe one of the reasons that Spitzer is reluctant to resign, is that his arch-enemy Bruno gets closer to the Governorship.


14 posted on 03/12/2008 5:59:31 AM PDT by syriacus (The maNYical steamroller has trapped himself in a swamp of his own making.)
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To: syriacus

One of this guy’s first acts will be to allow police to only shoot in order to wound bad guys. He’s been trying to champion a bill, for years, that pretty much forbids police from shooting to kill. He wanted to make a separate category of homicide specifically aimed at LEO’s who kill a perp.

This guy will make Ithaca look conservative.


15 posted on 03/12/2008 6:47:05 AM PDT by SirFishalot
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To: metmom
Blind isn’t enough?

That's what I was thinking and why I asked the question.
16 posted on 03/12/2008 7:08:34 AM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: syriacus

17 posted on 03/12/2008 4:48:46 PM PDT by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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