This Paterson Guy Is A Riot
Link: Paterson Is Sworn In as New York’s 55th Governor
Mr. Paterson then made a self-effacing joke about his visual impairment; he is the first legally blind governor in [New York] history. He recalled that at a State of the State address, while presiding over the Senate as lieutenant governor, “Apparently I was going to bring the gavel down on a glass, like this one,” grasping a water glass. Lowering his voice into a deadpan, Mr. Paterson imitated the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, who, Mr. Paterson said, jokingly warned that he was not going to allow the proceeding to be turned into a Jewish wedding.
