Usually when if you are in a mess – and you do not necessarily have to be a politician – and are fresh out of ideas on who or what to turn to, oftentimes, religion sometimes helps. Assuming that you’re doing it for all the right reasons.
These days, the most recognized politician who is going through tough times is New York governor David Paterson. For those who haven’t been following him much or at all, Paterson is the governor who has been under investigation, threw out the window his chance at a reelection bid and put the state of New York deep in the red. so what does Paterson do in response?
He finds religion. Specifically, Kaballah, in this instance.
These days, Paterson is sporting a red string bracelet – common among Kaballah followers – on his right bracelet. Maybe it is just me, but if I remember correctly, don’t followers of this cult religion wear this piece of string on their left wrist? But I digress.
Anyways, Paterson is a Catholic. Yet, he opts to use this Kaballah as his source of comfort for reasons known only to him. Has Madonna gained secret access to the Gov? A-Rod has Paterson on speed-dial? No one knows really, but I find it rather convenient for Paterson to be the man about town with this red string bracelet on his wrist.
The funny thing about all of this is that Paterson is a lame-duck governor, meaning he is on borrowed time in Albany. Which begs the question: If he is close to leaving the governorship, why does he wear the bracelet. At best, it makes him look desperate and at worse, makes him look like a buffoon.
This article isn’t so much ridiculing this Kaballah as it is a piece on what a politician will do to pout himself in a better light – which is what Paterson seems to be doing by publicly wearing this bracelet. chances are that he ditches the piece of string once he leaves office. But a lame-duck politician has to get his slowly dwindling photo ops some way, some how … right?
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