# Tea Party candidate for governor admits to sending horse porn e-mails: "Liberal media smear job" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965 "2010-04-13T17:27:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/61 "2010-04-15T12:10:08Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If he forwarded horse porn AND raised taxes. Ah. Yes–that ultimate evil. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/62 "2010-04-15T12:44:08Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > That’s one of the lamest tu quoque attempts I’ve seen in a while. All those guys did was cheat on their wives. And that’s the lamest attempt at spin from you in, well, at least the last 24 hours. It’s obvious that in recent years, sleaziness has been a defining characteristic of New York governors. Former Governor Spitzer was involved with a prostitution ring. And the centerpiece of the scandal involving current Governor Paterson is that he was personally involved in [a domestic violence coverup scheme](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/02/2010-03-02_untitled__2gov02m.html) in which a woman was pressured to drop charges against a key Paterson aide. That’s a wee bit worse than forwarding racist and pornographic e-mails, not that that Tea Party joker ever deserved serious consideration for office. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/63 "2010-04-15T13:08:38Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Just like a candidate cheating on his wife isn’t enough to lose yours. There’s a pretty huge difference there. One’s sex life has no bearing on one’s ability to do the job. Racism does. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/64 "2010-04-15T13:12:26Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > And that’s the lamest attempt at spin from you in, well, at least the last 24 hours. It’s obvious that in recent years, sleaziness has been a defining characteristic of New York governors. > > Former Governor Spitzer was involved with a prostitution ring. Only as a client. That’s like saying that anyone who buys weed is “involved with a drug ring.” Lame. Plus, there’s nothing wrong with prostitution anyway. > [@](#): > > And the centerpiece of the scandal involving current Governor Paterson is that he was personally involved in [a domestic violence coverup scheme](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/02/2010-03-02_untitled__2gov02m.html) in which a woman was pressured to drop charges against a key Paterson aide. This is just an allegation. The racist shit is far worse than having sex, and in this day and age is an automatic disqualifier, though old-fashioned, openly racist hostility seems to be making quite a comeback on the political right these days. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/65 "2010-04-15T15:05:12Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Only as a client. That’s like saying that anyone who buys weed is “involved with a drug ring.” [Uh-huh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Spitzer_prostitution_scandal). _"According to published reports, investigators believe Spitzer paid up to $80,000 for prostitutes over a period of several years — first while he was attorney general, and later as governor…The investigation was purportedly initiated after North Fork Bank reported suspicious transactions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as required by the Bank Secrecy Act. According to Newsday, Spitzer wanted to transfer more than $10,000 to what turned out to be a front for the prostitution ring. However, he broke up the transactions into smaller slices due to federal law requiring the reporting of any transfer of $10,000 or more. When he tried to get his name taken off the wires, the bank refused, saying that the money had already been wired out and that it would be improper to do so in any case._ Regardless of your opinion that criminal activity by an elected official should be beneath notice if you disagree with the law, does anyone really think that Spitzer didn’t violate the public trust and set himself up as a possible target for extortion attempts or improper influence? As for the Paterson scandal being “just an allegation” - it must have been a coincidence that state police were sicced onto the woman charging physical abuse by the Paterson aide, that Paterson’s press secretary was enlisted to minimize the incident, and that [she and four other members of Paterson’s administration have resigned](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/nyregion/18paterson.html) following revelations of the coverup. Many Democrats have urged the governor to follow their example because the scandal is harming the party’s chances in November. But you think denial is the way to go. You’re such a partisan tool. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/66 "2010-04-15T15:09:59Z")
Except, as was said, neither Spitzer or Patterson are electable since the scandals about them came out. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/67 "2010-04-15T15:14:18Z")
Can we all agree, at least, that forwarding the e-mail of Miss France fucking was OK? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/68 "2010-04-15T15:19:25Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > None of this really matters anyway. In every poll, Paladino has yet to break 15% of the vote. Even against hypothetical candidates who aren’t officially running yet. I guess you can say he’s the dark horse of this campaign. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/69 "2010-04-15T15:52:12Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Except, as was said, neither Spitzer or Patterson are electable since the scandals about them came out. Paterson was not seriously considered electable even before getting mired in scandal, since he’s been a wretchedly bad leader and attracted ridicule over matters such as picking Hillary Clinton’s Senate replacement. And as I said, the tea partier idiot should never have been considered a serious candidate in the first place. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/70 "2010-04-15T15:56:37Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Can we all agree, at least, that forwarding the e-mail of Miss France fucking was OK? As long as it was actually her. God hates liars. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/71 "2010-04-15T16:03:39Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Horses can’t be circumsized – they don’t really have a foreskin. > The penis in equines is internal, only being extended from inside the body for urination or sexual activity. So there is no need for a foreskin. Or you could consider the sheath that contains the penis as a foreskin, but it isn’t really feasible to circumsize that. I knew I clicked on this thread to eliminate my own ignorance. Another victory for the SDMB! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/72 "2010-04-15T16:04:41Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > The racist stuff bothers me more than the horse porn. I mean, come on, who here among us hasn’t sneaked a look at the horse porn, am I right? > Am I right? > Don’t leave me hanging here guys. OK - there was that donkey show in Mexico - but it was the 70s and I got drunk with a bunch of locals. Or so I’m told. There are big parts of the 70s that are a little blank here and there. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/73 "2010-04-15T16:04:55Z")
Latest dirt: Paladino is planning to ride out the storm by saddling up a tired old nag: > [@](#): > > “I am not politically correct.” > > That’s the concept weaving through Paladino’s public comments this week following his retreat into damage-control mode after a local Web site posted offensive e-mails he had forwarded. Paladino, you old horse fucker, you really think dredging up a concept that was dead in the 90’s is going to save your sorry behind? > [@](#): > > “The liberal elite are hysterical; they are panicking because they know we’re coming,” Paladino said on his Wednesday blog. “If they want me to back down, they will be disappointed.” YOU NEVER GO FULL PALIN! YOU NEVER GO FULL PALIN! > [@](#): > > “But I sure as hell don’t run from anything I’ve done in my life. I’m not a racist. I’m not a sexist.” You are, however, a horse fucker. Fellow Western New York Horse Fuckers, er, Tea Partiers, continue their remora-like existence on Paladino’s posterior: > [@](#): > > Supporters also weighed in on his [Paladinoforthepeople.com](http://Paladinoforthepeople.com) blog. One writer, Howard Goldman, used Paladino’s “mad as hell” slogan to emphasize that Paladino is not politically correct. > > “Carl Paladino understands that the best way to destroy false political correctness is to refuse to participate in its legitimization,” Goldman wrote. “Simply refuse to give it any power. That is how it will be destroyed. Look it in the eye and don’t flinch — two things that are easy to do when you are mad as hell.” They’ll have to take the horse porn from his cold, dead, sticky, horsey hands! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/74 "2010-04-15T16:06:28Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Can we all agree, at least, that forwarding the e-mail of Miss France fucking was OK? Depends on if she shaved. You know those European women. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/75 "2010-04-15T16:49:26Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > So there’s a land developer from these parts named Carl Paladino. And he’s “mad as hell” and not going to take it any more. So he decided to run for governor of New York! Yeah! That’ll show 'em! [And the Tea Party Express is along for the ride!](http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/04/12/1017315/protest-convoy-makes-buffalo-stop.html) > > But when the light started shining on Paladino, all the cockroaches started scuttling out. You know how Grandma sends you all those glurge e-mails telling you if you don’t pray for the dying whales God will start killing newborn babies? Well, Paladino is a bit like that. Only he sends [out](http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/04/12/1016974/paladino-accused-of-sending-racist.html) > > …and horse porn. [At least it wasn’t Mr. Hands.](http://blogs.buffalonews.com/outrages_insights/2010/04/carl-paladino-post.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fbuffalonews%2Foutrages_insights+%28Outrages+%26+Insights%29) > > Ooooooh! That HAD to hurt. > > Carl P. isn’t denying that he sent the e-mails, all the KKK-approved stuff, even on down to the horse porn. But let’s give the man credit here! He says that in the extremely unlikely (OK, not a hope in hell) event that he became governor, he wouldn’t do that again ever. > > But hey! A little horse porn never hurt anyone, right? > > My God, indeed! What’s a little horse porn between friends, huh? What’s a country coming to if you can’t laugh at N-bombs, KKK humor, and a lady getting schtupped by a horse? > > Ha ha ha! In that one Obama looks like a pimp, and Mrs. Obama looks like a whore! And look at that horse, he’s hung like a…like a HORSE! > > But, oh, Mr. Paladino, you eventually lost me. I’m sure you meant to send that horse porn to the proper authorities, but hit the “reply all” button. I mean the buttons are right next to each other and everything. But then you had to go and find someone to blame for it. Obviously the mirror was too far to go, so you had to go to Tea Party Plan A: > > Yes, yes? A smear? FROM WHO??? Unfortunately, Paladino is barred by law from even saying the word, so let’s hear from his [campaign manager](http://blogs.buffalonews.com/outrages_insights/2010/04/wnymedianetreports-today-in-rather-graphic-terms-that-gubernatiorial-candidate-carl-paladino-has-a-history-of-sendingracist.html): > > OH NOES!!! The liberal media is smearing the righteous upstanding Tea Party again! I mean, it just happens to be true, but! Smear! SMEAR, I SAY! > > In conclusion, I have two words to say to Paladino: Horse. Porn. This asshole smeared himself. No libruls had to lift a finger. Fuck him and the horse he “rode in on” Added on edit… For some reason, I keep misreading his name as PaloMino 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/76 "2010-04-15T16:52:14Z")
For nutty Tea Partier/“populist” G.O.P. political aspirants, you can’t beat the bunch in Ohio’s 18th congressional district - starting with the woman [at a recent candidates’ forum](http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/04/11/copy/tea-party-boiling-in-18th-district.html?adsec=politics&sid=101) who bragged about having a concealed carry permit and being a lifetime member of the NRA. Not that these things are terrible, but should they really be boasted about as qualifications for office? \*"…state Sen. Bob Gibbs, of Lakeville, touted his conservative credentials as well. He agreed with a questioner who suggested that President Barack Obama is a socialist - “He is. No doubt about it.”…Gibbs defended his campaign fund, which is far larger than all the other candidates’. “Getting a few dollars from someone does not corrupt you,” Gibbs said. “If it does, you shouldn’t be running for office.”… Michael D. Royer, of Malvern, an unemployed machinist, criticized the “Bush-ama” administration and likened the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - created under GOP President George W. Bush - to the “brown shirts Adolf Hitler had marching for him 70 years ago.”… Hombre Liggett, a businessman and pastor from Dover who has been an early favorite of Tea Party supporters, did some plain-talking at the forum. “I don’t really want to go to Washington,” he said. “I feel I have to.” “The answer for our country right now is not a political party. The answer is the U.S. Constitution.”\* I admit it, I love the name Hombre Liggett. A Hombre Liggett - Zack Space\* battle in November would be fantastic. \*the incumbent. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/77 "2010-04-15T21:23:24Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > And one more thing: if forwarding this kind of shit doesn’t mean “he’s a bad person”, what DOES mean he is a bad person? I guess if he were fucking the horses himself. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/78 "2010-04-15T21:26:06Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > This asshole smeared himself. No libruls had to lift a finger. Fuck him and the horse he “rode in on” Ah, I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/79 "2010-04-15T23:33:13Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Just the delicate ladies, eh? > > But he hasn’t offended the Jews (yet), so he still has a running chance! Take a close look, that horse was uncircumcised. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965/80 "2010-04-16T07:02:42Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Horses can’t be circumsized – they don’t really have a foreskin. > The penis in equines is internal, only being extended from inside the body for urination or sexual activity. So there is no need for a foreskin. Or you could consider the sheath that contains the penis as a foreskin, but it isn’t really feasible to circumsize that. And, for information you probably don’t want to know, the sheath sometimes gets dirty and has to be cleaned out. I’ve never done it (insert thank Og smilley here) but my daughter owned a gelding and has. It seems to involve your whole hand. ETA: Given the subject of this thread, horse dicks seem to be right on topic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-candidate-for-governor-admits-to-sending-horse-porn-e-mails-liberal-media-smear-job/535965.md?page=5)