Gay Marriage Fails In New York, "Strong" Paterson Still Weak

If you live in New York, and especially in New York City, you may have seen all those commercials about David Paterson, being out of nowhere, "strong."

Like this


Well, despite coming out in support of Gay Marriage in New York State, Paterson was unable to get the notorious Albany Senate in line to vote for it.

It failed:

The New York State Senate has defeated a bill to legalize gay marriage, voting 38 to 24.

The Senate shot down the bill after two and a half hours of debate this afternoon, during which no Republicans spoke. New York's other legislative body, the state assembly, had approved the bill in May by a vote of 89 to 52.

Gov. David Paterson (D) supported the measure. He called a special session in November for the Senate to consider the bill and vote on budget measures to reconcile a $3.2 billion deficit.

His own party wasn't even unified, as 8 idiots voted against it.

Now I don't know if I can even fault Paterson for this, since he did support gay marriage here.

But it says something though when he can't get his own party unified, despite the bigot Dems who voted against it probably being the biggest issue. The 8 of those anti-gay foes who joined all Republicans on voting again this include those great ethical beacons in Monserrate and Espada.

Still though, this sure isn't a picture of "strength" like those ads wanted you to indicate for Paterson.