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Governor Eric Massa?

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I can’t say that this surprises me that much:

New York politics took another unexpected turn this morning. Eric Massa announced he is running for Governor on the Republican ticket. From this morning’s press conference at the Rochester Plaza Hotel:

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“As I look at recent occupants of the Governor’s Mansion, and the others who are in the race, I feel that this is where I belong. I can see now that everything happens for a reason.”

Update. This was my favorite April Fool’s Joke of the day, so far, from my old friends at RochesterTurning. The TPM entry had potential but ultimately was too complicated.

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  1. 1.

    mr. whipple

    “As I look at recent occupants of the Governor’s Mansion, and the others who are in the race, I feel that this is where I belong. I can see now that everything happens for a reason.”

    That’s a pretty wide stance.

  4. 4.

    beltane

    April Fools, or the rantings of a man who does not realize that the sex scandal must await until after one is elected governor of New York?

  5. 5.

    geg6

    This is an April Fool’s joke, right?

    Or maybe Cuomo’s people talked him into it?

    He can’t be serious. He does understand that he is a national joke, right?

    Damn. It really is turning out to be a good day.

    Oh, and OT, another glimmer of Bill O sounding intelligent? (I can’t believe I typed that!)

    O’Reilly then went on to explain that even though he himself refers to Franken as “Stuart Smalley” all the time, Mattera should not have taken that posture as a journalist in trying to get answers from Franken about the health care bill. “The mistake you made was you were disrespectful for him — to him, when you called him ‘Sen. Smalley,'” said O’Reilly, “and you gave him a reason to blow you off.”

    http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/oreilly-lectures-blogger-on-etiquette-dont-disrespect-al-franken.php?ref=fpb

  6. 6.

    Liz

    OH WOW! I read these things all day long, and I still don’t get that it’s April Fool’s Day.

    Damn. That would be awesome.

  8. 8.

    Da Bomb

    Well he would fit right in with the Wingnuts, especially with his history of tickling men, sexually harrassing men, and getting approached in the shower by a naked one.

    Now all he needs to produce is a receipt for drinks at a tantric leather bar and he’s golden!

    But I am sure this all a bad joke.

  9. 9.

    Lev

    NY Republicans are so pathetic that this would probably count as a coup for them. I mean, they’re actually running Rick Lazio again. That guy just has loser written all over him more than anyone since Walter Mondale.

  10. 10.

    LuciaMia

    FreeperLand had an article on Limbaugh declaring a presidential bid in 2012. Then I remembered the calendar…

  11. 11.

    DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)

    When something like this is announced and it actually makes sense then you know that it’s really April 1st. Now if you had said that he was running as a Democrat…

  12. 12.

    danimal

    Impressive. DougJ was able to plant this story in the Rochester press and then comment on it for BJ. That’s why he’s an Arkon.

  13. 13.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Damn. I fell for it.

    @geg6:

    Oh, and OT, another glimmer of Bill O sounding intelligent? (I can’t believe I typed that!)

    O’Reilly will say something reasonable or even intelligent about once every three months, as long as that massive ego wrapped in a very thin-skin (like McCain, he’s a miracle of psychological physics) isn’t threatened.

  16. 16.

    geg6

    And another OT…

    I just wrote an email to my state’s Attorney General, Tom Corbett, asking him if his lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act would also mean I would no longer be forced by the state to purchase auto insurance. And if not, why not. I do not expect an answer.

  17. 17.

    LuciaMia

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I hear he is also planning to cut a check to the Snyder family to pay the Phelpseseses.

    How dare he make a decent human gesture!
    Will this threaten his standing over at Fox?

  18. 18.

    AngusJackBootedThugOfMeat

    Surely there is a cartoon clip that goes with this?

    How about Porky Pig? “Everyth-uh-th-uh-th-uh-th-uh-It all happens for a re-uh-re-re-uh-re-uh-re-uh purpose!”

  19. 19.

    AngusJackBootedThugOfMeat

    You know it’s a great thread when Porky Pig has the last word.

  20. 20.

    MattR

    @geg6: I have to agree with some of the TPM commenters about O’Reilly. He was not being all too intelligent or encouraging civil discourse. He was explaining to Mattera that the in person rudeness gave Franken an excuse to avoid talking to him (an out from Mattera’s trap so to speak). That is the only reason that calling him Sen Smalley was bad.

  23. 23.

    asiangrrlMN

    Man. Sad to say, I thought it could actually be real. Which says something about the state of our politics, I guess. Would been interesting, to say the least.

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