Why David Paterson Less Popular than a Case of the Clap

And maybe even less popular than Dick Cheney, according the the latest Marist poll, 26% favorable, with the poll showing him being trounced by Andrew Cuomo in the primary, and being soundly beaten by Rudolph Guiliani in the general.

I think that his slime campaign against Caroline Kennedy is a part of this, but his bleatings about how you can't raise taxes on the rich, or they will leave the state, is what really put people over the edge.

His argument is, of course, completely absurd. No one lives in in New York, or at least no one lives in New York south of Albany, because it's a low cost place to live.

What's interesting here is that there are a lot of conservatives in New York, particularly in Long Island and upstate, and there is a long tradition of conservatism in those areas, and they hate him too.

I think that this is significant because people are finally beginning to understand that keeping taxes low on rich folk buggers the rest of society (without lube).

After 30 years of soak the poor (and middle class) tax policies, people are finally starting to get it.

As for what looks like a soon to be former Governor Paterson, who missed this shift, and looks like he might be crushed by it, the great Gary Larson put it best: