Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Upping the antics

In the eternally unruly capital of New York State new grist is feeding the rumour mill. The talk in Albany is that allegations will be published of infidelity and drug use by governor David Paterson. So scandalous are they, it is whispered, that he will have to resign.
Mr Paterson has engaged in the absurd theatre of fending off questions about claims not yet made by an article that may not exist. He may be right to complain that the rumours are outrageous “even by Albany standards”. But Albany standards are precisely why such allegations get easy traction.
After all, Mr Paterson owes his position to a scandal that brought down his predecessor Eliot Spitzer, whose involvement with a call girl was particularly embarrassing given the former attorney general’s righteous attacks on prostitution rings and Wall Street fraud. When Mr Paterson ascended to the top job, he also acknowledged past dalliances with drugs and women to pre-empt nosey journalists.

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