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David Paterson | Former Governor | 05-04-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Joining us right now. Former governor. He can talk about
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  Speaker 1: a whole bunch of stuff. He's actually a met band.
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  Speaker 1: I got to a million met games with Governor David Patterson.
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  Speaker 1: But I guess he's got memories of John Sterling, mister Governor.
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  Speaker 1: How are you well?
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  Speaker 2: You know John Sterling's history. I don't think it's really
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  Speaker 2: known to a lot of people. Back in the sixties,
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  Speaker 2: when AM radio was mostly music, the two stations that
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  Speaker 2: would compete with WABC and WMCA. But WABC had Bruce
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  Speaker 2: Marrow and they had Herboscar Anderson and all these other people,
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  Speaker 2: and they just dwarfed WNCA with WMCA. Tried to do
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  Speaker 2: is to become a talk station. And what they needed
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  Speaker 2: to complete the roster of you know, of their personalities,
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  Speaker 2: is they didn't have a sports person. So they took
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  Speaker 2: the music DJ Jack Spector and tried to make him
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  Speaker 2: a talk radio host.
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  Speaker 1: Sports yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And he was very friendly and very good, but he
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  Speaker 2: didn't really know that much about sports. So they moved
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  Speaker 2: him out and they brought in this guy named John Sterling,
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  Speaker 2: and I really liked him. And one of the things
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  Speaker 2: I remember about him that changed his life. I reminded
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  Speaker 2: him of this about three or four months ago. Was
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  Speaker 2: he was doing the show in nineteen seventy two. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I remember nineteen seventy two would be a presidential election year,
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  Speaker 2: and there was a news bulletin that Governor George Wallace
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  Speaker 2: of Alabama had been shot while campaigning he was trying
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  Speaker 2: to run for president. Sterling completely flipped right out of
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  Speaker 2: sports and started talking about violence and how people who
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  Speaker 2: have no respect for each other. And of course this
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  Speaker 2: is the eerie of the Kennedy brothers being killed and Martin,
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  Speaker 2: Luther King and Wallace survived his shooting. But I think
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  Speaker 2: the powers that be at WNCA realized that Sterling could
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  Speaker 2: do regular news or regular talk radio, not just sports,
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  Speaker 2: and I think that's what really catapulted him. And then
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  Speaker 2: you know, when the Yankees were on that station, they
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  Speaker 2: heard him. And then I didn't realize he didn't get
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  Speaker 2: to the Yankees til nineteen eighty nine. I thought it
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  Speaker 2: was sooner. But he was really quite a force. And
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  Speaker 2: I saw him in our studio just a couple of
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  Speaker 2: months ago, so it was very sad to hear this news.
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  Speaker 1: Oh he did. He was in these studios a couple
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  Speaker 1: of months ago. I haven't seen John since last year, because,
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  Speaker 1: as I pointed out earlier, to be completely honest, he
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  Speaker 1: reached out to me to speak on his behalf to
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  Speaker 1: Chad and John to try to get to convince them
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  Speaker 1: to hire him here. But I didn't need to convince them.
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  Speaker 1: To John's credit, he was on earlier cats MA Titi's in.
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  Speaker 1: Chad and Chad and Stroling got along great. They got
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  Speaker 1: along great. Chad did a great job with that. But
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  Speaker 1: I did kind of intervene to try to help John out.
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  Speaker 1: He was on my shows on wa ND quite a bit.
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  Speaker 1: I remember going many opening days to Yankee Stadium with
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  Speaker 1: Tody Mack and Beningo and the whole, and he'd be
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  Speaker 1: wearing that Yankee scarfy. Loved that scarf, and I just
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  Speaker 1: thought he was terrific, you know. And I didn't know
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  Speaker 1: about all these other stories, but you know, the fact
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  Speaker 1: that he was able to do that Governor Patterson and
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  Speaker 1: talk sports and news and politics is not a surprise
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  Speaker 1: because many many times at Yankee Stadium before the first pitch,
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  Speaker 1: I'd have conversations with John and they were not about baseball.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm not surprised to hear that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, No, he his latitude, his ability to talk about
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  Speaker 2: almost any subject was amazing. And I was fortunate enough
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  Speaker 2: to get to know him a little bit right here
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  Speaker 2: in this last year of his life. And he gave
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  Speaker 2: me a big compliment on his show that he would
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  Speaker 2: do at four o'clock when I was doing a Left
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  Speaker 2: versus Sorority at three o'clock. And I have it on
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  Speaker 2: my phone and I don't think i'll ever erase it.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, that's awesome. And you're a met ban, you know.
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  Speaker 1: And I used to be a met band, of course,
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  Speaker 1: until about two weeks ago. And ironically, I've got Jim
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  Speaker 1: Laotz coming into the studio in the next fifteen minutes.
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  Speaker 1: I'll beat the Yankee game again with Randy tonight. Randy
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  Speaker 1: has become my best friend. Andry Levine we text almost
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  Speaker 1: every day. I'm in his suite now every couple of days.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, I just think the Yankees are a
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  Speaker 1: better organization. I spoke to Steve Cohen. Cohen and I
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  Speaker 1: had a great conversation. He was terrific, he really was.
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  Speaker 1: He called me, he called me the met Owner, and
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  Speaker 1: we sat on the phone for about twenty minutes. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Bill O'Reilly to the met Yankee
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  Speaker 1: game on May the fifteenth in Queen's and Steve Cohen said,
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna sit with me, and I said, I'm honored,
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  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna sit with Steve Cohen for that game.
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  Speaker 1: So it's nice to kind of have both teams on
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  Speaker 1: my side here. But I just don't like what I'm
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  Speaker 1: seeing from the Mets, Governor, And it has nothing to
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  Speaker 1: do with the fact that they're eleven and twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: nothing to do with that.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I am a Metsan and the way you would
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  Speaker 2: know is that I wear a mask. Ha ha.
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  Speaker 1: It's embarrassing, right, But again, it's not about the wins
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  Speaker 1: and losses. They did just win the weekend series against
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  Speaker 1: the Angels, but you know, the whole mom Donnie thing
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  Speaker 1: with mister and missus Met not Cohen's full but couldn't
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  Speaker 1: stand it the way Gary Cohen spoke about Charles Kirk
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  Speaker 1: and that Chicago Cub player. He actually called him out
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  Speaker 1: for missing one meaningless game, for going to Charlie Kirk's funeral.
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  Speaker 1: You know the fact that there is no Jewish herriage night.
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  Speaker 1: I don't care that it was canceled in twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: three since they canceled that night. Something in twenty twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: cold October the seventh happened and Steve Cohen admitted to
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  Speaker 1: me that the biggest percentage of his fan base is
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  Speaker 1: probably Jewish people. So I Lindland Doors a bad guy.
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  Speaker 1: His wife worked from Mamdani during the whole transition period.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I can give you ten reasons why Governor
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  Speaker 1: Patterson being a metman these days, no thanks, and has
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  Speaker 1: nothing to do with the bad action on the field.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and the bad action on the field gets worse
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  Speaker 2: the other not last night, but the night before. They
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  Speaker 2: have the bases loaded twice and couldn't score a runner
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  Speaker 2: from second in extra innings and basil loaded no OUs
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  Speaker 2: and couldn't score any runs. That was it for me.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they lost four to three. Yeah, but what about
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  Speaker 1: all these other stories that I'm attaching to the Mets.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look, Powers and you listen to me every
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  Speaker 1: day and your lovely wife. I make no bones about it.
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  Speaker 1: I don't speak nicely. I speak like a Brooklyn guy.
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  Speaker 1: I hate Mam Donnie. I hate him. Oh that's a
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  Speaker 1: strong word, tough, That's how I feel about him.
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  Speaker 2: I would never have been able to have noticed that.
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  Speaker 2: I just wouldn't have known that.
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  Speaker 1: I gotta tell you.
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  Speaker 2: That you're talking to I am you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, you and I get along great, We have great
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  Speaker 1: times together. I'm generally a pretty good guy. So when
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  Speaker 1: I heard this story this weekend that that people are
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  Speaker 1: upset that tensions are escalating because mom, Donnie's not going
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  Speaker 1: to this really day parade. Why if I'm a Jew
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  Speaker 1: and I am a Jew, he's the last person I
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  Speaker 1: want there.
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  Speaker 2: No, Well, you would think that the mayor would recognize
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  Speaker 2: all the different ethnicities in the city.
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  Speaker 1: Make your point there. That parade started in nineteen sixty four.
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  Speaker 1: You're a student of history. The mayor was Wagner. Then
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  Speaker 1: he went to the parade, and every mayor has gone,
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  Speaker 1: everyone since ever since.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, absolutely, it's disgraceful.
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  Speaker 1: It is. What are your thoughts on Bruce Blakeman's chances
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  Speaker 1: of beating Kel I mean, realistically, you were the governor,
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  Speaker 1: and you were a good one, really a very good one,
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  Speaker 1: and you got screwed talking about baseball or baseball tickets,
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  Speaker 1: which is ridiculous.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, exactly, you shouldn't you should.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think of Bruce Blakeman's run against County
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  Speaker 1: hkel Well.
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  Speaker 2: Outside of government, Bruce Lakeman and I are friends, and
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  Speaker 2: so I tried to be objective about him. I think
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  Speaker 2: that there have been situations that he didn't react quickly enough.
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  Speaker 2: For instance, when the officer threw the what was that
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  Speaker 2: thing the cooler and hit and killed the guy who
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  Speaker 2: he was pursuing. People came out right away and talked
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  Speaker 2: about it, and it took Blateman like forty eight hours
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  Speaker 2: to say that if he was governor, he would pardon
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  Speaker 2: the officer.
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  Speaker 1: Well, hold on a second, hold on, hold on what
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  Speaker 1: the competition? The wretched woman in charge right now still
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  Speaker 1: hasn't said it, So he may have been forty eight
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  Speaker 1: hours late. She still hasn't said it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh no, Sid, I totally understand that. I totally agree
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  Speaker 2: with you. But the problem is he's the one that's
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  Speaker 2: trying to unsee her. So you've got to throw the
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  Speaker 2: first punch, and you can't look like you're responding after
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  Speaker 2: anyone else did. And in her case, people probably wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: have known whether she said anything or not until you
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  Speaker 2: just pointed it out. But I'm just saying that. I
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  Speaker 2: think maybe as time goes on and he gets more comfortable,
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  Speaker 2: and if they raise enough money, it'll be a competitive race.
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  Speaker 2: But I think he's got uh, he's got his work
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  Speaker 2: cut out for.
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  Speaker 1: Him, that's fair to say. And you know there's thirty
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  Speaker 1: people that have asked me to run for mayor. I
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  Speaker 1: know you know this, Governor Patterson, serious people, Laura Trump
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  Speaker 1: on this show endorsing me.
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  Speaker 2: Bruce Blakeman, I don't think you should run for mayor.
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  Speaker 2: I think we should to have a hand to hand
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  Speaker 2: combat in front of city Hall, and when we throw
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  Speaker 2: all those people out, you should take all. Well, you're
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  Speaker 2: the guy you're people.
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  Speaker 1: Well wait a second, Governor Patterson, you're the guy that
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  Speaker 1: kicked the ass in the streets and actually saved your son's life,
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  Speaker 1: which is a great moment for you, in a beautiful moment.
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  Speaker 1: But I was talking about me necessarily running. I probably won't.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody keeps telling me the same thing. Sid you may
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  Speaker 1: be the most powerful man in this city without serving office.
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  Speaker 1: You got that bully pulp at four hours a morning.
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  Speaker 1: Why would you waste your time having to deal with
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  Speaker 1: the city council and legislators and the governor and all
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  Speaker 1: that stuff. And they may be right, but I guess
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  Speaker 1: the question to you is if you're the Republicans, you're
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  Speaker 1: Ed Cox, whoever you are on this party here in
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  Speaker 1: New York State, When do you start to really take
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  Speaker 1: this seriously? Because again, quite frankly, Curtis Sliev joke, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: we need a real candidate this time around. Somebody's gonna
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  Speaker 1: get more than seven percent of fourteen percent. When do
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  Speaker 1: the Republicans start taking that race seriously?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you what said. If there is a
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  Speaker 2: good candidate for the report Republicans, I guarantee you Ed
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  Speaker 2: Cost will signed him. He works at this all the time.
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  Speaker 2: He's quite a gentleman when you talk to him, but
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  Speaker 2: he really wants to change a lot of things. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, I was the Democratic chair when he was
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  Speaker 2: a Republican chair. We actually got along. So I think
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  Speaker 2: the issues that come up are going to direct how
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  Speaker 2: people vote this year more than the personality.
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  Speaker 1: Or would you look down if you're Ed Cox being serious?
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  Speaker 1: Katch Matidis has one familiar before. He almost did it again,
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  Speaker 1: but he's got enough on his plate. Okay, but he's
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  Speaker 1: a billionaire. Do you look at a person like a
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  Speaker 1: Bill Lackman or Ken Griman, those types of guys that
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  Speaker 1: Mom Donnie has gone out of his way to make
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  Speaker 1: their lives miserable, the guys that pay the majority of
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  Speaker 1: the taxes year, despite what people say on Twitter, their lives.
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  Speaker 1: Would you look for somebody like that who's got money
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  Speaker 1: and power in this city, like a Mike Bloomberg had
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  Speaker 1: to try to save us.
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  Speaker 2: I think the only two people who would could be
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  Speaker 2: guaranteed to become favorites would be Michael Bloomberg or and
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  Speaker 2: I'm not just saying this, John Kathermantite's you.
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  Speaker 1: Would tell you you would, you would actually suggest to
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  Speaker 1: Bloomberg that he should run again. He's already won it
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  Speaker 1: three times.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the way that the way the state is, maybe
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  Speaker 2: your fourth time is in order.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, listen, I wouldn't. I had. I had a very
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  Speaker 1: difficult time with Bloomberg's third reign that was terror, but
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  Speaker 1: the first two following Woody Giuliani, he was certainly very
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  Speaker 1: very good and talking about Rudy Giuliani, he's he's in
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  Speaker 1: the hospital this morning in Florida. Reports that I'm hearing
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  Speaker 1: is pneumonia. Long issue, but he is turning the corner.
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  Speaker 1: Any thoughts on Rudy.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's good to hear. Apparently he was not well
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  Speaker 2: when he did his podcast Friday night, and then somewhere
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  Speaker 2: between then and yesterday afternoon, it became clear that he
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  Speaker 2: was very ill. But I was happy this here that
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  Speaker 2: they said critical but stable, and stable usually means that
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  Speaker 2: the person will recover. I'm not a doctor, but that's
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  Speaker 2: just how I thought it.
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  Speaker 1: Right, that's true. I spoke to his son three times already,
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  Speaker 1: starting at one forty eight this morning, Andrew, Great Andrew,
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  Speaker 1: and he seemed to be optimistic. Like you just said that,
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  Speaker 1: he is critical, but he is at the very least stable.
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  Speaker 1: So let's wrap the ball on this close it where
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  Speaker 1: we started. Governor David Patterson. You got some great stories
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  Speaker 1: and some great information about John Sterling. So in case
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  Speaker 1: his family in Tenify, New Jersey is listening right now,
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  Speaker 1: what would you like to say on the way out
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  Speaker 1: about the Yankee Great John Sterling will be lost today
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  Speaker 1: at the age of eighty seven.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he I think performed on radio and also when
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  Speaker 2: he was broadcasting, he really changed what broadcasting was. It
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  Speaker 2: used to be like a monotone. And it is high,
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  Speaker 2: it is far, it is gone. Only one person could
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  Speaker 2: say that, and that's John Stirling.
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  Speaker 1: You're right, it is high and it is far far.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's gone. That is great. Sid.
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  Speaker 1: Oh you were great. I'm glad you're called in. You
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  Speaker 1: had some great so they always do. You know, you're
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  Speaker 1: an amazing guest. That's why catch Matitis has you want
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  Speaker 1: all the time. I can't get you on all the time,
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  Speaker 1: but every time you are on, you want terrific, so said.
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  Speaker 2: All you have to do is Dallas phone number.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, you're great. Governor Patterson. Say hello
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  Speaker 1: to your wife and me and thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Terrific job. I enjoyed you today. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking right at her.
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  Speaker 1: Take care, all right, take care. That's my man, Governor
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  Speaker 1: David Patterson. I love when he says I'm looking right
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  Speaker 1: at her. He's blind. It's like the last time I
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  Speaker 1: saw me. He goes, Hey, Sid, it's good to see it, really.
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  Speaker 3: Good to see. He is one of the best guys, smartest.
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  Speaker 3: If you have anything bad to say about Governor Patterson,
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  Speaker 3: then you don't love Jesus is up there to say, elik.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, without a job.
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