Wow...Carl "Ride my Pony" Paladino and his campaign manager Michael Caputo show what nasty, petty little thugs they are. When a journalist (for the NY Post no less) asks Paladino to cite evidence for his accusations against Cuomo (probably even softballing him to keep Right Wing lies in the media) Paladino and Caputo go berserk and THREATEN him:

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The news that Republican and Tea Party candidate for Governor of New York Carl Paladino has been forwarding numerous racist, pornographic and bestiality emails to his buddies has leaked out. Yes, this self-proclaimed moral conservative has been distributing many emails with highly offensive content such as:

# A popular video among white supremacists called "Obama Inauguration Rehearsal," that includes dancing African tribesmen.

# A video titled "Miss France 2008 fucking," that Paladino called "a keeper."

# An image of Barack and Michelle Obama dressed like a pimp and a prostitute, with the subject line, "White House ball."

# An image with the caption, "HOLY SHIT, run niggers, run."

# A bestiality video featuring a man and a horse.

Yes, it appears Republican and Tea Bagger values include white supremacist videos and videos of a person and a horse having sex. And this guy wants to be our Governor????

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The Politicker of the New York Observer is picking up Emailgate.

More From the Sink-Spitzer Campaign

Here is a new graphic sent out to reporters and operatives yesterday, courtesy of the Walter J. Mahoney Republican Club in Buffalo. It’s basically a poster that outlines the Roger Stone argument (and, for that matter, the Michael Caputo argument) that Eliot Spitzer has been distracted by scandal and ineffective, while the state Senate Republicans have tended to pressing matters like fixing the upstate economy.

The distribution list for this piece, apparently, is the same as the one for Caputo's regular anti-Spitzer emails. (Readers who contacted me wondering about why they’re receiving Caputo’s emails also got this one.)

I responded to the address at the bottom of this flier asking for more information and have yet to hear back.

Yeah, do tell. Why are all of these emails going to the same addresses? Michael Caputo denies working for Stone and Bruno - ladies and gentlemen, the evidentiary record suggests otherwise.

That didn't take long: two days of serious reporting by self and Phil Anderson, and we have a public statement by Michael Caputo, here in the comments.

There's some interesting stuff happening here. First of all, one person using a blocked IP address is presently paying very close attention to both Daily Gotham and The Albany Project, and there especially to our coverage of Emailgate. Which two blogs are even covering this?

Daily Gotham...

The Albany Project...

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