Carl Paladino is a wealthy developer in Buffalo and a member of the school board. He ran against Andrew Cuomo and lost. He is known for making disgusting racist and sexist remarks. A local website–artvoice.com–asked Buffalo celebrities what they hoped for in 2017. This was his response.
Here are the questions posed to a group of Buffalo “celebrities”, and Paladino’s responses. Please share widely and make this go viral—Mr. Paladino, a major Trump supporter in New York State should be held accountable for his heinous words.
THE QUESTIONS WE POSED:
1. What would you most like to happen in 2017?
2. What would you like to see go away in 2017?
3. Who would you like to see run for mayor of Buffalo in next year’s election?
4. Should the new $50 million Amtrak station be at Central Terminal or Canal Side?
Carl Paladino
DEVELOPER, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, POLITICAL ACTIVIST
1. Obama catches mad cow disease after being caught having relations with a Herford. He dies before his trial and is buried in a cow pasture next to Valerie Jarret, who died weeks prior, after being convicted of sedition and treason, when a Jihady cell mate mistook her for being a nice person and decapitated her.
2. Michelle Obama. I’d like her to return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla.
3. Someone with a brain, a set of balls and a lack of fear who has enough money so as not to owe anyone anything once elected and who believes in a market economy.
4. We need a $50 million dollar train station as much as we need parasitic people like Lou Ciminelli, 80% of the school board and the dizziness of socialistic progressive politicians who never signed the front of a paycheck. At best 400 people a day take a train. They are not complaining about exchange or Depew. We are already the laughingstock of America for having the dumbest elected leaders ever. Why add to it.
WHAT DO WE WANT FOR 2017? We have a Lot of Different Opinions
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Diane Ravitch's blog 
What an incredibly loathsome individual. But he and his ilk represent the ethos and belief system of the Trump administration through and through. It amounts to a tea party/radical right wing coup d’etat.
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Chilling. It demonstrates how coarse our society is becoming. We’ve always known that people think this way and talk like this in private, but now they’re emboldened to do so on in a public forum.
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Katz in American Governor describes in but then it got much worse.
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Personally, I’d rather people like this just speak their mind about how they feel ….that way everyone knows how to deal with it since it’s all out in the open.
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I’m sorry, but there are certain things that should NOT be spoken, and what that scumbag said is an example of that. The disgusting insinuations and outright sexism and racism should not exist in a supposedly “developed” society.
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Besides, Lisa, what has this, “Let’s have everyone speak their minds because it’s so ‘refreshing'” gotten us? A vile, nasty, creepy, racist, misogynist jerk as the leader of the free world. Seeing “where he was at” didn’t stop him from winning.
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https://thinkprogress.org/locker-room-talk-2016-trump-rose-manning-b08b517e1442#.fa6v8q9mi
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Paladino is infamous for his inappropriate diatribes. He was also one of the first people to endorse Trump and even sponsored a rally for him here in Buffalo.
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Please contact Commissioner Elia of NYSED, and tell her he needs to be removed from the Buffalo School Board. 518-474-5844
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Terry Kalb, I called and they are taking names and numbers if you call. I told her I felt I had a right to call because the granddaughter in my family lives in Albany New York (that family is 1/2 Yankee and 1/2 is of immigrant families from the Middle East who have been here for several generations (syrian/lebanese etc). I know what was done in the 1930s and we need to speak up for our kids…. Also, this total hate of women like Michelle (or any woman who has college education , experience, but is not a “business man”)…. There was some good advice shared on NPR today about DACA and telling students what they could or should do… “your name is already on the list”…. so the advice depends on circumstances but the colleges are making attempts (at least those interviewed on WBUR) to advise students about their status….
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I only read the first two because it is so disgusting my ire is raised. My friend who is also divorced with no children said “if the mushroom cloud comes over Haverhill we don’t have much to worry about because at this age the stars are already written.” but I sure worry about other people’s kids (and grandkids). And especiay my sister in Austin TX whose grand kids are of mixed heritage (she has grandchildren are 1/4 Yankee, 1/4 Mexican American and 1/2 black and I tell the ones in TX to keep an extra copy of their paper work at grandma’s house in Austin ). I know I am repeating myself but this garbage from paladino is highly inflammatory and need my energy to work on the “No on #2” because the governor in MA is pulling charters in every way he can and he will add vouchers and ESAs (the favorite of the Walmart Foundation that funds the research at Univeristy of Arkansas)… I know I posted these issues before and my concerns about anti-semitism ; Another one in my Boston University alumni magazine today is “character education” in 36 states.. and I know what that means in a world of Devos.. Marty West who enforces “grit” measurement (lthrough board members and David Driscoll at NAEP) writes about “Catholic Schoos for Catholic Students” and for Devos that means “evangelical ” schools. And the “libertarian” think tank in Boston Pioneer Institute has a director who says I am anti-Catholic because I won’t support charfer schools. I’ve got enough battles for one day…
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Is this fake news from the left? Has thus been verified? Seriously, before I spread such vileness, I would like to know. Thanks
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Go to link Diane provided above.
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Catholic St. Bonaventure University named him Alumnus of the Year. That should be revoked; and Pope Francis should summarily excommunicate him for speech antithetical to Christianity.
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From the buffalo news: Paladino verified to The Buffalo News that he did make the comments, while at the same time slamming News editors for inquiring.
“Of course I did,” he said Friday morning. “Tell them all to go f— themselves.”
“Tell that Rod Watson I made that comment just for him,” he continued, referencing one of the News’ black editors who is also a columnist.
[Paladino’s ‘Asian’ comments spark condemnation, discussion]
Paladino said he made the statements because of what he considered Obama’s ineffective response to the crisis in Aleppo. He called Obama the worst president in the history of the United States and criticized him for “putting criminals back on the streets.”
http://buffalonews.com/2016/12/23/carl-paladinos-harsh-2017-wish-list-causes-firestorm-social-media/
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Looks legit, and Paladino has always been a controversy-loving pig at the trough, insulting his way to political prominence.
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No this is not fake news. I’m formerly from Buffalo and have been following the Buffalo School Board news and other Buffalo papers. This is the crap the city has been listening to for a long time from this person and those who support him. He’s a disgusting human being and this is what he really said.
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Paladino was contacted by the media and he confirmed that this was indeed his statement and he stands by it.
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I had the same reaction. But there are several internet follow-ups that indicate this is not fake news.
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This is definitely NOT fake news. People in Buffalo are outraged, but other shrug and say, “That’s just Carl being Carl.”
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Absolutely disgusting and racist person. Does not deserve any attention.
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Deserves to be booted off the Buffalo school board.
Has contempt for the children he allegedly serves.
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Carl Paladino is the living definition of a hate fill fool from the Alt-Right and a member of Little Fingers deplorable population faction
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A video of a Buffalo city school board meeting, shows Paladino summoning a police officer over to, apparently, usher a citizen, who was speaking respectfully, out of the meeting. Paladino’s behavior offended me because, it seemed similar to the actions of a customer getting the attention of a waiter. Buffalo police shouldn’t act cowered and acquiesce to the richest 0.1%. The middle class pays the bulk of police department expenses.
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This is precisely why I support free speech! Free speech reveals who the idiots and fascists are. How embarrassing for Paladino. And he has no clue. I see: (1) Entitlement at it’s worse, and (2) The human species at its worse.
Paladino is crazed. Yes, may this one go viral.
Thank you again, Diane.
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Even if it goes viral, no one will do anything. No one will call this creep on the garbage he’s spewing. Didn’t do a darn thing against Trump. That’s the part about this catastrophe that scares me the most: that Trump spewed all of this on the general public, and that enough of the general public accepted it to get him elected. My fellow citizens, who are supposedly for freedom and justice, voting in this dictator.
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For the little it’s worth, Cuomo criticized the statements. School privatization advocates, like former Georgia Governor/Senator Talmadge, who was a racist, would agree with Paladino. Most of them, just have better filters on what they say.
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cuomo speaks out as you mentioned and it is important what WE do also … as parents and teachers guiding young people it is important to get into the conversation. Good principals also show leadership in the school community. This is cultural change and we need to “bend the arc” as some groups are saying…. offer a different model, what are the opposite viewpoints, assert that there is a different perspective. Yes, Paladino will insist on having his right to say these things but it is essential to point out that the public forum is not your private kitchen or workshop or “locker room”. Not all of this can be fixed with courts and judges — it is cultural change that requires each one of us.
In the area of abusive violence to women (that often comes from the same kinds of people like Palladino) there are two books that are significant in getting to understand the problem. Our Guys follows the history of a youth who is adopted and she has cognitive disabilities; what do we do in the schools/culture when these students bring different needs to the school…. the culture of the school (in terms of bullying and humiliation) is important and we can’t control it in all ways but we set certain safeguards — how the life of this young woman plays out in a culture of school setting (when her status is below the status occupied by the boys ). And for older girls, a similar theme is in Jon Krakauer’s book Missoula that I recommended to my niece who attends community college in the Seattle area.
These vile individuals who perform on a stage with their vitriol exposed reminds us of a lot of things: yes, it is in the culture ; it is racial prejudice not just in the south (as we northerners have been known to project)…. Some incidents in schools lately have been totally overlooked but others are in the public press and schools have taken remedial steps in some cases. Some sports teams are taking stands and many are explaining that they don’t use that kind of “locker room” jargon… but we know there are those who do . It is similar to when our high school students start modeling their behaviors on “ganga” and behaviors of prisoners … one of the reasons for school uniforms (I remember this being discussed in Lawrence MA) was that the gang colors would not be on display in the schools as “fashion ads”. Teachers are in a prominent position to help students discern and make differentiations among these different perspectives (and behaviors)…. and that will have enormous influence. Duane insisted on his freedom and right to “cuss”. my nephew wears 4 letter insults in tattoos in cyrrilic alphabet but it is still insultng … what private behaviors or behaviors in small groups of friends in your own home are permitted while not appropriate in public venues? These are a lot of areas where parents and teachers can be very direct if they are mature adult role models. Can’t leave everything up to elected officials to pass a new law It bothers me when Boston has to pass a law on no “up skirting” where that should be a cultural standard and something that is part of the agreed upon rules of living together in a ciivil society –the fact that it has to be a “law” is bothersome to me (but I understand how we got to this point)
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In his run for Governor against Cuomo, his chances of being taken seriously as a candidate went down the drain with his similar racist comments.
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For you Jean:
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Duane!
Duane who?
Dwain the damn bathtub I’m dwrowning!
Merry Xmas.
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Duane the Stalker…. would you just not address me please? You were on FB telling young (mostly naive/dealistic) people that there were no conclusions tot be drawn from the Nader campaign or the Perot campaign. You claim to have superior powers of “statistics” but you were trying to influence people to vote for Stein; that is not voting none’s conscience that is proselytizing and that was when I asked you to stop because there is not enough known in the world that you can predict the future. We are living in chaos theory — yet you kept asssuring people on FB that it made no difference in the election if they chose libertarians, or Stein etc. That was when I closed off watching what you were saint on FB. Please to not stalk me on the Diane R. list . I think there are enough people here on this blog about Palladiono to illustrate my point that hate speech in public forum is not acceptable (even if duane insists on his right to cussing)… Hate speech in slurs calling someone a name like N*, C* or SL* or “retarde””cripple” ) those were the names I was referring to because they are like bullets and they are attempted to shame people so that they are not part of Humanity and must be marginalized to be disenfranchised (like lepers). I was not reerring t the tomes when you hit your thumb with a hammer and call your self an insuring term. But , as in the past < i wish that you would not address me and I tried to ignore your current post until you write a supposedly silly poem.
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Jean,
There are legal grounds for removing Paladino from office: conduct unbecoming his office. He has unlimited speech. After all, he is a billionaire.
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The Erie County Executive called for his resignation from the Buffalo School Board due to these remarks.
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I may be mistaken but I believe I read that someone had called for him to resign a year or so ago –but probably not anyone who has any power. Would be good for all if he did.
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Tell us what you really think, putz
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This all could have been prevented if he had taken the penicillin,when he was first infected. There must have been a common carrier at the 2000 republican convention..
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Vomit. I’ve been doing that a lot lately.
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Reblogged this on BLOGGYWOCKY and commented:
I cannot even fully express my contempt and loathing for this bigoted, racist scum.
Not surprising that he is a Trump supporter. Trump has turned over the rock, and the maggots are crawling out. 😦
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If you are on Twitter, look for Larry Scott’s Twitter feed. He has a long list of groups in Buffalo that have denounced Carl P.
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Paladino must really hate himself.
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The good news is that Paladino is being denounced by the Governor, the chancellor of the Regents, the Buffalo PTO, and news media. The State Commissioner of Education MaryEllen Elia has the power to remove, but will she?
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Do you even have to ask that question . That is about as likely as Obama sending one Banker to jail. We can watch Christie close the GW bridge, God only knows what Trump will do to target political enemies. It would be refreshing to see Democrats just use the legal means available to them when dealing with the right. Is there any doubt how the stand off in Oregon would have been resolved had it been Black militants and a republican administration. Never mind look how Occupy was resolved by a Democratic President.
“They go low we go high” great speech . I,m just not sure it is either good politics or policy. This is how you win five terms.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2012-12-07/when-the-army-invaded-montgomery-ward
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The thousands at Standing Rock, protecting the water supply, down the entire corridor of communities, got little media coverage. Oregon’s buffoons were covered on a daily basis.
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Carl Paladino on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carlppaladino/?fref=ts
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarlPaladino
Email at the Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education page: cppaladino@buffaloschools.org
Or email the President of their BOE: http://www.buffaloschools.org/board_members.cfm?master=1
You have the power to make your voice be heard.
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Thanks for the links.
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Betty Rosa statement on what Carl said:
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What’s even more, deeply chilling are these ongoing requests for names by the Trump sedition team. How very much like Nazi Germany or the Russian gov run by the KGB or China during the Communist Revolution.
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https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN14D00N?client=safari
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Yes, the transition team at Environmental Protection Agency asked for names of anyone working on climate change. At the State Department, the team asked for names of anyone involved in gender equity programs.
Purge?
They should answer: Everyone.
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I’m curious, Diane. What was your experience when transitioning from Bush 41 to Clinton? How is this transition different from what you and your colleagues experienced? I know that there are thousands of committed career civil servants in DC who must be incredibly demoralized right now.
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Greg,
I was the last one to leave the Department. I was Secretary for a day. The incoming Clinton administration had its plans, and they did not ask any questions.
The permanent civil service people refer to the political appointees as the”Christmas help.” There are always a few who manage to burrow in and get civil service jobs. I found most of the high-ranking civil servants to be very knowledgeable and dedicated. Some will have a hard time working for strums appointees because so many of the Trumpsters hate the function of the agency to which they are assigned.
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On that subject, Diane: an American Master Sergeant from World War II was just recently given the “Righteous Among the Nations” award for doing that very thing. When the Nazis guarding his prisoner of war camp demanded that Roddie Anderson name the Jews in the unit, he replied that they ALL were. http://ncojournal.dodlive.mil/2016/02/10/pow-master-sergeant-told-nazis-we-are-all-jews/
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gathering the lists of names; a “Purge” Stalin gathered the high in command in his naval services and when they were all on the boat (I think it was in St Petersburg/Leningrad) he just had the whole boatload of them sunk. Ofcourse, when W W II came along he didn’t have thos naval officers to conduct the necessary defense of the country.
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My former wife grew up in China during the Mao era and was a child during the Cultural Revolution. She says what Little Fingers (she calls him Donald Trump) is doing is exactly what Mao did to justify the Cultural Revoluiton, and that Americans will have to suffer as much or more than the Chinese did before someone stops this insanity from the hate filled, deplorable Alt-Right that is emerging to fill the same roll Mao’s Little Red Guard did in China. Millions committed suicide to escape the insanity of their world turned upside down. Millions more were murdered before Mao died, and Deng Xiaoping, with help from China’s Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) generals, stopped the madness.
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-friend-and-ny-campaign-co-chair-says-he-wants-obama-dead-of-%E2%80%98mad-cow-disease%E2%80%99-in-2017/ar-BBxv2am?li=BBnb7Kz
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There was a time when Paladino wouldn’t have been taken seriously, and dismissed as a buffoon. But now we elected a buffoon as president. And so many voters do not seem to care about what they say or do. Pointing out there disgusting behavior seems to just be preaching to the choir. How can it be explained to everyone that this behavior is dangerous for all of us? An honest approach that can be understood by everyone?
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Whither civility?
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Over yonder rainbow.
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Paladino is the unvarnished face of school rephorm.
In 2010, the WSJ reported on Paladino’s well-publicized confession that he had a child born out of wedlock, “a fact everyone in the family knew for years, except Mrs. Palladino.” The article continues that Carl “pulled his wife aside” at their adult son’s funeral, to tell her about the affair and child. If Pres. Obama was the kind of man that Paladino is, he’d “hope for Paladino’s gullible wife to return to her ancestor’s soil, with ‘so many children, they didn’t know what to do’ ” (Paladino’s wife has 9 siblings.) He’d “hope she would take up with a man, who like Trump has kids with 3 different women, or like Carl, who has kids with 2 different women”. Obama would “hope that that she found a lying, bigoted Latin lover, to dominate her”. Paladino’s “hopes” for Michele were total fabrications. On the other hand, Obama’s speculated “hopes” for the wife of Paladino….
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Don’t paint all of Buffalo with the same brush. Palladio is a favorite son in South Buffalo, but even then, he only won by a few hundred votes in his district during the last school Board election where he was running against an eighteen year old.
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Why was his only competition, an 18- year- old? Where was the teacher’s union? !!!!!!!!!!!
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P.O.S. (The first two words are “Piece of…you all can figure out the “S” on your own)
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It’s a sad commentary, but the response of “It’s just Carl being Carl” has been a familiar lamentation for many years and not just in this one instance.
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