Sorry Gov, I disagree. Since when is it legal to use official stationary to attack a political opponent? It never has been and never should be. I don’t care how twisted the thinking is in Albany. We all know that Albany has a twisted view of everything, now we are setting an all time low example. Grow up!
Attack on GOPer gets gov’s seal of approval
SYRACUSE – Gov. Spitzer yesterday defended his administration’s role in authorizing a state Homeland Security Office attack on a GOP state Senate candidate last February.
Responding to a Daily News story about the attack on Nassau Republican Maureen O’Connell, Spitzer said it was important to tell the public her supporters improperly used a state Homeland Security Office seal on campaign literature.
“What [homeland security officials and his aides] did was not only right but necessary, and we would do it again tomorrow,” Spitzer said at the state fair here.
The governor drew a sharp contrast between the O’Connell slap and what he has conceded was his aides’ “egregious” misuse of state police to discredit state Senate GOP leader Joe Bruno in what’s become known as Troopergate.
He noted The News would raise similar objections if someone used the newspaper’s masthead without authorization.
Senate Deputy Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Nassau) called Spitzer’s justification badly flawed, saying it was inappropriate to use taxpayer resources and state officials to smear O’Connell.
“This was an outrageous misuse of taxpayer resources at the highest levels of government, and it’s especially outrageous to use Homeland Security because that office should be sacred and never misused after 9/11,” Skelos said.
