Posted on 01/12/2005 10:55:31 AM PST by 1Old Pro
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/breaking_news/story/270573p-231705c.html
| New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com |
| Talk radio! Dem big calls N.Y. Post writer 'piece of slime' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The host of the show on WROW-AM in Albany is Fred Dicker, the New York Post’s state editor. “I just came in to let your radio listeners know what a piece of slime that you are,” Farrell declared in the Post’s state Capitol office where Dicker was broadcasting his morning show. “You’re a bully.” Dicker defended his handling of the story and at one point took the microphone from Farrell and told him: “You’re the head of the Democratic Party and you’re acting like some street character. Obviously, you’re a little bit out of control here, Mr. Farrell.” Later, Farrell said he felt his heated exchange with the talk show host was appropriate even if there could be negative consequences. “My staff is going to beat the stuffing out of me for doing this, but I don’t care,” he said. “You don’t let people get away with this crap.” Farrell’s appearance was prompted by Dicker’s on-air complaints that the party leader had gone to other news outlets on Tuesday with the story about the impending birth, knowing Dicker was preparing to write about it for the New York City tabloid. After the on-air confrontation, Farrell said he took the story to other news organizations, including The Associated Press, only after Dicker asked others about the “Farrell scandal.” Farrell said that when Dicker first called him about the story earlier in the week, “I said it was private and none of his business and I said I’m not speaking about it.” “When he tried to turn it into a negative, as he did, I have a responsibility to make sure that the true story got out and that’s why I called everybody,” said Farrell, state party chair since December 2001. Farrell, 72, is also chairman of the state Assembly’s powerful Ways and Means Committee. The Manhattan Democrat has been in the Assembly since 1974. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor in 1985. “In early February, I will be blessed with the birth of my third child,” Farrell told the AP on Tuesday. “Along with my partner of many years, I have been looking forward to this for a number of years and we are overjoyed about welcoming our child into the world.” Farrell, who has a son and a daughter in their 40s, has been separated for a number of years and was divorced last year. “This will be a very happy event and my family and I hope our privacy will be respected,” Farrell told the AP. The state party chairman wouldn’t identify his girlfriend. She is in her 30s. Farrell said the woman has never worked for him. She was an intern in the state Assembly about 20 years ago, but he didn’t meet her until after she left, he said. On Wednesday, Dicker’s story said Farrell “has fathered an out-of-wedlock ‘love child’ whose birth is imminent.” “I think the question of whether I have a child out-of-wedlock — and even that word — it makes it look like major sin,” Farrell said Wednesday. “We’re living in the 21st century.” During the exchange, Dicker told Farrell the story had news value because Farrell is a public figure and “you’re an elected official in a (black) community that’s been troubled with out-of-wedlock births.” Farrell is the first black to serve as New York’s state Democratic Party chairman. |
Didn't Jack Ryan from Illinois get a much worse rap for a lot less while he was running for the Senate? And isn't he a Republican? Need I say anything more?
Exactly, let's see if the liberal press applauds Farrell for this tomorrow.
TRUE!
HITLARY would have had her WHACKED via the Ark Mafia!
Gotcha by either side is despicable.
I have to defend Dicker, this is a big story, so big the media will bury it.
Farrell said the woman has never worked for him. She was an intern in the state Assembly about 20 years ago, but he didn’t meet her until after she left, he said.
Okie dokie, she was in her early teens, he was in his early fifties. Now she's prego and he's in his 70's. Think he'll be around to guide the baby as it matures to adulthood??
Not likely.
Being heterosexual is ok, if you father an out of wedlock child with girl half your age. (dim logic 101) Remember clinton wasn't allowed enough time to get that far.
Yep, this is a pathetic story. I'll bet the NY liberal media buries it.
Actually, I think they'll showcase it as it's a perfect fit for the "it takes a village......" philosophy.
Don't believe it is a big story. The man is divorced. He has a child out of wedlock. Where's the story?
"There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents."
-- Pastor Rick Warren,
author of the megabestseller book 40 Days of Purpose
irresponsible parents
So, he has also been phillandering for a number of years?
I'll bet his adult children are overjoyed to know the are about to have a little brother or sister.
Can't imagine why he was divorced last year; sounds like his sorry butt should have been taken to the cleaners years ago.
As it now stands, I think your opinion hit the nail squarely on the head.
It's nice to see a 70 year old blow off his wife to screw around with a girl younger than his kids.
Ironic, the Daily News calling the Post a "New York City Tabloid".
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