Paterson Starts Ads For 2010 Campaign
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In an attempt to build support for his candidacy next year, Gov. David Paterson released two television ads for his 2010 campaign that will begin airing statewide Friday.
The first ad, titled “Some Say,” tries to make the case for how he’s made tough decisions in the state’s fiscal crisis and ends with the title “Governor Paterson, The People First.”
At the end of the 30-second spot, he says, “It might have been easier if all I thought about was running for Governor, but I think it’s more important to do what’s right for the people of New York.”
The second ad is a biographical ad, titled “When,” and discusses how he overcame the odds because of his blindness and even how he’s made mistakes at governor. It concludes with “but in the depths of an historic recession, you take what you have learned and have the strength to do what’s right for the people of New York.”
Here’s each script and each ad.
“Some Say”
“Some say I shouldn’t be running for Governor.
Some state legislators said that when I forced them to close 30 billion dollars of deficits.
Some union leaders said that when I asked their unions to make the same sacrifices that everyone else was making.
And some big corporations said that when I made them pay their fair share in taxes.
It might have been easier if all I thought about was running for Governor but I think it’s more important to do what’s right for the people of New York.”
“When”
“When this is what you see of the world, you learn to listen.
When your family moves so you can attend a mainstream school, you learn to be strong.
When you graduate high school in three years, Columbia University and Hofstra Law, you learn you can excel.
And when you become Governor, you learn you will make mistakes.
But in the depths of an historic recession, you take what you have learned and have the strength to do what’s right for the people of New York.”
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
