# Did \[NY Gov. candidate Carl Paladino\] ever answer the NPR interviewer's questions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 7, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325 "2010-10-07T02:45:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/21 "2010-10-11T04:13:46Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Carl “Horse Porn” Paladino: > > > [@](#): > > > > I don’t want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option — it isn’t. > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/nyregion/11paladino.html?\_r=1&hp](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/nyregion/11paladino.html?_r=1&hp) > > But bestiality is all right I suppose. Gee - he seemed like such a nice guy. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/22 "2010-10-11T04:19:06Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Carl “Horse Porn” Paladino: > > > [@](#): > > > > I don’t want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option — it isn’t. > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/nyregion/11paladino.html?\_r=1&hp](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/nyregion/11paladino.html?_r=1&hp) > > But bestiality is all right I suppose. As long as it’s not with a gay horse ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/23 "2010-10-11T04:29:03Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > > [@joebuck20](#): > > > > Carl “Horse Porn” Paladino: > > > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/nyregion/11paladino.html?\_r=1&hp](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/nyregion/11paladino.html?_r=1&hp) > > > > But bestiality is all right I suppose. > > As long as it’s not with a gay horse I guess he still likes Palaminos then - so long as they’re female of course. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/24 "2010-10-11T12:55:49Z")
All of his campaign signs and bumper stickers say “I’M MAD TOO, CARL!” This is what you get when you make “mad” your most important characteristic for a political candidate. The dude can’t stop being mad. But it’s not like that’s in short supply. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/25 "2010-10-11T13:01:44Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > This is what you get when you make “mad” your most important characteristic for a political candidate. The dude can’t stop being mad. But it’s not like that’s in short supply. Doesn’t seem to be nearly enough of it for Paladino to get elected governor. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/26 "2010-10-11T13:06:19Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > All of his campaign signs and bumper stickers say “I’M MAD TOO, CARL!” This is what you get when you make “mad” your most important characteristic for a political candidate. The dude can’t stop being mad. But it’s not like that’s in short supply. And his strategy has made it so that no one knows any of his actual positions. They know… 1. He’s mad 2. He loves porn 3. He’s (at least) a little bit racist He’s going to lose badly, but the fact he’s even on the ballot is disappointing to me as a New Yorker. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/27 "2010-10-11T13:09:25Z")
At least the guy is honest, kinda – other than all the lying about Cuomo – and that’s refreshing and entertaining. “So I like horse porn… doesn’t everybody? And I’m not a racist, but Obama DOES look really chimp-like.” What’s not to love? If only the German people had such a clear cut choice in 1933. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/28 "2010-10-11T13:22:08Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > 1. He’s mad > 2. He loves porn > 3. He’s (at least) a little bit racist And now they know he’s not a big fan of the gays. I guess that’s not going to cost him many votes, but it’s not going to win him any (he was speaking to a group of Orthodox Jews) and it keeps the focus on his temper and other image problems. It would have been even worse if he hadn’t skipped this line from his speech: > [@](#): > > “There is nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual.” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/29 "2010-10-11T13:24:32Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > > [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > > > 1. He’s mad > > 2. He loves porn > > 3. He’s (at least) a little bit racist > > And now they know he’s not a big fan of the gays. I guess that’s not going to cost him many votes, but it’s not going to win him any (he was speaking to a group of Orthodox Jews) and it keeps the focus on his temper and other image problems. It would have been even worse if he hadn’t skipped this line from his speech: > > > [@](#): > > > > “There is nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual.” Well, a dysfunctional homosexual can’t service anyone. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/30 "2010-10-11T20:21:29Z")
[Paladino warns against homosexual “brainwashing”:](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/10/carl-paladino-brainwashed-homosexuality-lifestyle_n_757460.html) > [@](#): > > New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino spoke on gay rights to a group of orthodox Jewish leaders in Brooklyn today, promising to veto marriage equality legislation and touting the fact that he didn’t march in this year’s gay pride parade. > > In his remarks, Paldadino said: > > > [@](#): > > > > We must stop pandering to the pornographers and the perverts, who seek to target our children and destroy their lives. I didn’t march in the gay parade parade this year – the gay pride parade this year. My opponent did. And that’s not the example that we should be showing our children, certainly not in our schools. (APPLAUSE) And don’t misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in any way; that would be a dastardly lie. My approach is live and let live. I just think my children, and your children, will be much better off, and much more successful getting married and raising a family. And I don’t want them to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option. It isn’t. (APPLAUSE) :rolleyes: Dude, not smart. Who do you think swings more votes in your state – gays, or orthodox rabbis? Or, perhaps, animal lovers? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/31 "2010-10-11T20:31:14Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > :rolleyes: Dude, not smart. Who do you think swings more votes in your state – gays, or orthodox rabbis? > > Or, perhaps, animal lovers? Define “lovers”, please. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/32 "2010-10-11T20:43:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Dude, not smart. Who do you think swings more votes in your state – gays, or orthodox rabbis? > > Or, perhaps, animal lovers? Well, the orthodox vote tends to be Democratic, so Paladino was playing to a hostile audience and trying to find something they all agreed upon. After those remarks, I’m hoping that his upcoming margin of defeat is at least twice current predictions. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/33 "2010-10-11T20:54:54Z")
Well, _I’m_ voting for him ‘cause I _believe_ him when he says he has nothing against dysfunctional lil’ ole me. Besides, I’d love to get a chance to see the rest of his porn collection, if the horsey one is what he circulates publicly. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/34 "2010-10-11T22:43:52Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > > > Dude, not smart. Who do you think swings more votes in your state – gays, or orthodox rabbis? > > > > Or, perhaps, animal lovers? > > Well, **the orthodox vote tends to be Democratic** , so Paladino was playing to a hostile audience and trying to find something they all agreed upon. > > After those remarks, I’m hoping that his upcoming margin of defeat is at least twice current predictions. Sorry, **D\_Odds** , I’m going to have to ask for a cite for the part I bolded above. In another life I worked in Borough Park and, let me tell ya, the Hasids in my old neck of Brooklyn may have thought the Republicans were vile, but they voted for them anyway solely because of Israel. If you have information that contradicts this, I’d be pleasantly surprised. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/35 "2010-10-13T03:08:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > > [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > > > 1. He’s mad > > 2. He loves porn > > 3. He’s (at least) a little bit racist > > And now they know he’s not a big fan of the gays. I guess that’s not going to cost him many votes, but it’s not going to win him any (he was speaking to a group of Orthodox Jews) and it keeps the focus on his temper and other image problems. It would have been even worse if he hadn’t skipped this line from his speech: > > > [@](#): > > > > “There is nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual.” Well, if it comes to that, there’s nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional _anything_. 'Cept maybe a serial killer, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/36 "2010-10-13T19:23:28Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Sorry, **D\_Odds** , I’m going to have to ask for a cite for the part I bolded above. In another life I worked in Borough Park and, let me tell ya, the Hasids in my old neck of Brooklyn may have thought the Republicans were vile, but they voted for them anyway solely because of Israel. If you have information that contradicts this, I’d be pleasantly surprised. From [here](http://www.njdc.org/site/page/jewish_vote_margin): > [@](#): > > The Obama margin in the Jewish community (78%-21% per the exit poll) was greater than expected Though to your [point](http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp509.htm): > [@](#): > > The growing Orthodox communities in the New York metropolitan area and elsewhere are distinctively Republican. In addition, Jews raised in households with a non-Jewish parent and who identify nominally with Judaism also tend to vote Republican. The audience may not have been as hostile as I initially pictured it. I will admit I may have been thinking of the overall Jewish vote versus just the Orthodox vote, but I seem to remember some NPR shows characterizing the Orthodox vote (upstate maybe) as largely Democratic. Lastly, see [this](http://www.njdc.org/blog/post/jewscuomo100610): > [@](#): > > Gaining significant inroads among Jews seems unlikely for Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino as he heads into the final weeks of the election. His Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, was warmly received by leaders of the chasidic community Sunday - a flexible element of Jewish voters who are least likely to consider party lines - and a poll showed a huge disparity in Cuomo’s favor. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/37 "2010-10-13T21:18:21Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > > [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > > > Sorry, **D\_Odds** , I’m going to have to ask for a cite for the part I bolded above. In another life I worked in Borough Park and, let me tell ya, the Hasids in my old neck of Brooklyn may have thought the Republicans were vile, but they voted for them anyway solely because of Israel. If you have information that contradicts this, I’d be pleasantly surprised. > > From [here](http://www.njdc.org/site/page/jewish_vote_margin): > > > [@](#): > > > > The Obama margin in the Jewish community (78%-21% per the exit poll) was greater than expected > > Though to your [point](http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp509.htm): > > > [@](#): > > > > The growing Orthodox communities in the New York metropolitan area and elsewhere are distinctively Republican. In addition, Jews raised in households with a non-Jewish parent and who identify nominally with Judaism also tend to vote Republican. > > The audience may not have been as hostile as I initially pictured it. I will admit I may have been thinking of the overall Jewish vote versus just the Orthodox vote, but I seem to remember some NPR shows characterizing the Orthodox vote (upstate maybe) as largely Democratic. > > Lastly, see [this](http://www.njdc.org/blog/post/jewscuomo100610): > > > [@](#): > > > > Gaining significant inroads among Jews seems unlikely for Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino as he heads into the final weeks of the election. His Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, was warmly received by leaders of the chasidic community Sunday - a flexible element of Jewish voters who are least likely to consider party lines - and a poll showed a huge disparity in Cuomo’s favor. Thank you, **D\_Odds**. I appreciate the effort you expended pulling all of this together. Good information. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/38 "2010-10-15T14:39:20Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > > > Dude, not smart. Who do you think swings more votes in your state – gays, or orthodox rabbis? > > > > Or, perhaps, animal lovers? > > Well, the orthodox vote tends to be Democratic, so Paladino was playing to a hostile audience and trying to find something they all agreed upon. This has turned into a disaster for Paladino, since nobody is accepting his apology and now the rabbi is angry he apologized. The guy is a bigot but it’s hard not to laugh at his comments about Paladino’s attempt at saving himself. [I defy anybody to read this and one, not imagine the rabbi sounding like Jackie Mason, and two, not laugh at least a little:](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/nyregion/14paladino.html?scp=1&sq=paladino%20rabbi&st=cse) > [@](#): > > Rabbi Levin said he was especially upset that Mr. Paladino gave him no notice that he planned to back away from the comments. > > “I was in the middle of eating a kosher pastrami sandwich,” Rabbi Levin said. "While I was eating it, they come running and they say, ‘Paladino became gay!’ I said, ‘What?’ And then they showed me the statement. I almost choked on the kosher salami.” > > […] > > He accused Mr. Paladino of deciding to apologize because “his gay nephew or his family told him so.” > > “He discovered now he has a gay nephew?” the rabbi said. “Mazel tov! We’ll make a coming-out party!” > > […] > > Rabbi Levin said Wednesday that Mr. Paladino probably did not write his apology either. He suggested that “militant gays” wrote it and handed it to a naïve Mr. Paladino. The last two comments are dumb; I think Paladino obviously backtracked at the advice of his political consultants after people called him out on the comments. The mention of his gay nephew was obvious tokenism and the nephew didn’t play ball with Paladino’s revised position. He said he was “very offended.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/39 "2010-10-15T14:45:30Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > He’s going to lose badly, but the fact he’s even on the ballot is disappointing to me as a New Yorker. On the other hand, those of us in the South and empty West are going to keep bringing this up for _years_ when you fancy-pants East Coast ivory tower dwellers rag on us for the Klan and crazy baptist preachers and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325/40 "2010-10-15T14:49:16Z")
I think he’s especially important this year, providing comic relief during an election where a number of other fruitcakes seem poised to actually win. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ny-gov-candidate-carl-paladino-ever-answer-the-npr-interviewers-questions/556325.md?page=3)