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I Love, Er, Loathe New York » Publications » Family Security Matters: "In the good old days when somebody mentioned the phrase, “political corruption,” most Americans thought of Washington, D.C., Chicago, Illinois, or New Orleans, Louisiana. They were the trendsetters, the areas that set the bar so low not even the most flexible Jamaican could limbo under it. Then, just when you think that no one can slide under that rigid piece of bamboo, the state of New York slithers underneath with room to spare. There are currently no less than three political scandals plaguing New York politicians: Gov. David Paterson, Congressman Eric Massa, and Congressman Charlie Rangel. Can New York go any lower? That is doubtful.

Despite what some voters believe, politics is a business. Like the hierarchy of most businesses, the garbage rolls downhill. The politician on the top of New York’s dung heap is Gov. David Paterson; a man who is involved in so many scandals that even Bill Clinton thinks he’s an embarrassment to the Party:"