(CNN) – A confrontation Wednesday night between New York gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino and a reporter threatened to turn physical.
The dustup was captured in an exclusive cellphone video by CNN affiliate YNN Albany. It began with New York Post statehouse columnist Fred Dicker pressing Paladino to back up an explosive allegation he made to the Politico website Wednesday that his opponent, Andrew Cuomo, had taken "paramours" during his marriage to Kerry Kennedy.
"Do you have any evidence of the charge you made?"
"You'll get it at the appropriate time. You're not entitled to it," retorted Paladino, who then derided Dicker as Cuomo's "stalking horse" and "bird dog."
The confrontation escalated from there.
"You send another goon to my daughter's house and I'll take you out, buddy," an apparent reference to the Post's coverage of a daughter Paladino had out of wedlock.
Dicker shot back: "You gonna take me out?"
"Yeah."
"How you gonna do that?"
"Watch," Paladino ended with, before walking off.
The Post declined to comment on the altercation. The Paladino camp did not immediately return a request for comment. Nor did the Cuomo camp.
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This guy, Paladino, sounds like an old time Mafia boss. Can't imagine he is the Repub candidate!!
This guy should be investigated. He sounds like a member of the mafia!
I wish the politicians would bring back civility to campaigning and leave the mud slinging out of it. Campaign on the issues facing this country. Both sides have examples of "affairs" right up to Pres Clinton. Slinging mud shows just as much a lack of character as not honoring your marriage vows.
Paldino thinks that money can buy everything and everyone, he can insult people, he can call them names, and he doesn't have to answer for anything to anyone. I have great respect for Americans, because they will not choose a rich dirt bag to buy their future.
A typical Tea Party thug. If Paladino had some facts about Cuomo, why didn't he just tell the reporter? Because he lied and didn't have any facts.
This man Paladino is the disgrace. I can't really stand this man. I wonder why the reporter did not bite his finger which he was wagging in his face!
Is it just me, or do we have more than the normal quota of lunatics running for office this year?
heck i would vote for him just for the way he stood up to that slug....wish he had a lot more politians like that with some balls.
Pure class, New York. Be careful what you wish for! This guy isn't even under budget, union, infrastructure-failure, weather, etc. stressors, yet he's acting out like a little kid who doesn't want to dress for school.
C'Mon CNN! And the rest of the media, too! You are going to try to put Paladino in the worst light possible and attempt to push the people of New York into voting for Cuomo. Guess what? I don't think that is going to happen. New York is ripe for change, even if it means one-term governor Paladino! He may be rude, crude, belligerant, NOT politically correct, but he ain't no different than the rest of us New Yorkers! AND he doesn't seem to suck up to anybody, or whine or blame anybody else for his own missteps. No more Bushes, no more Clintons, no more Cuomos! NO MORE POLITICAL FAMILY DYNASTIES!!!
Well, obviously, that's the real Carl Paladino taking. "I'll take you out." Is this guy 'made' or is he just overdosed on Soprano reruns?
Tea Party candidates.............not ready for prime time.
this guy is insane
Just give this lowlife goomba enough rope and he'll surely hang himself.
If some scumbag like Dicker went to my daughters house and videotaped her through her bedroom window, i would also threaten to "Take Them Out". Dicker works for Andrew Cuomo.
Why are so many Republicans mentally unstable?
Now THAT is the kind of political muscle we need!!!
Rub out anyone who questions, eliminate anyone who disagrees.
SERIOUSLY, how much more do you need to recognize this guy as a common thug, ready and willing to engage any means to get WHAT HE WANTS, there is no reason to believe that he will do anything for anyone who cannot pay for it.
Paladino is a loose cannon... A total extremist wing-nut. How he became the Republican nominee is not only alarming, but also suspect.
These are the candidates voters are putting forth for our most important government official positions? Absolutely frightening!
Paladino is mentally unbalanced. Between him and his campaign advisors, it is more like an organized crime group.
Pray for NYS my fellow Americans. This is going to be very ugly, we the voters get to choose between two extremes for Govenor. Niether have the best interests of the people in mind, both have over bloated egos and both are corrupt to the core.
Where are the honest hard working people of leadership? Oh that's right who in their right mind would want to be part of this state's government?
I'm voting this Nov. and I'm not voting for either of these two Bozos. Third party all the way this election for Govenor.
What happened to the media...they have hit a new low. Why is the media stalking the man's daughter? Families should be left out of political races.
Not surprising that media trust has hit a new low per Gallup.
Paladino is a loose cannon but if you watch the video, the reporter Dicker (that's his real name) was not acting like a reporter and in fact was jabbing his finger in an aggressive manner toward Paladino. I like the reponse of Paladino's staffer who jumped in the middle and told Dicker that not only was he out of line, "he was off their Christmas card list".
That reporter is out of line. Imagine the firestorm that would ensue if that was someone, from Fox News, talking to a Democrat candidate. CNN, way to only post the side where Paladino retaliated.
Gee, be very careful how you blog about this guy, he just might take us out.
Sounds like Palindino belongs to the mafia and is going back there, this guy is scary beyond belief and you wonder about the people casting ballots these days
Two weeks ago on national tv, Eliot Spitzer claimed Andy Cuomo was the dirtiest politician he ever knew. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this reporter is a "bird-dog" for Cuomo. I would wan't to kick his ass too if he was harassing my kids.At least Paladino doesn't try to act like Mr. Goody Two Shoes like Cuomo does
As a former (but always) New Yorker I gotta say that the phrase "I'll take you out!" was totally taken out of context!!!
We use it ALL the time. It is the West Coast's equivalent of "Let's do lunch!". Lighten up! lol
So Paladino, is all the Tea Party could come up with..GOD help us all
This is the kind of crap that we will come to expect from the Tea Party crowd that is being nominated and possibly elected if we are not careful. This should be a wake up call for the Tea Party.
Meant to say : The East Coast's equivalent of "Let's do lunch!". My bad.
Nothing this guy says surprises me anymore. Maybe this is is his "Tony saprano" alter ego coming to the surface.
I read in an article last month he thinks that Welfare recipients (code word for minorities,even though just as many Whites are receive assistance these days because of the dismal economy) should be held in Empty correctional facilites until
they get the proper job training and Hygene skills. I'm Like WTF??? This guy is more offensive than Rush, Sean, and
Glenn Combined. Glad I don't live in the Empire state, sheesh!
Kind of sad both of them. The reporter seems to have some personal agenda and did they send reporters to his kids house?
No wonder the teabaggers don't want the press around. Is this what New Yorkers want representing them?
If some low life reporter from some gossip rag sends someone snooping around and scaring my daughter and I'd say and do the same thing. Nice to see that Paladino is not just another namby pamby politician that will say anything/do anything to be elected. You should have smacked him right then and there.
Normally, threatening to kill a reporter would end a person's political aspirations. In the new world of Tea Party politics, however, Paladino may have just become a legitimate candidate for President.
This guy is a loose cannon. I hope the NY voters are as smart as I think they are.
Paladino is just another example of the lunatic candidates of the Tea Party.
Though I do not condone what Paladino said I understand it. The press can be like the paparazzi. If they would send someone to my daughter's house to spy on her I would react the same. This election cycle is getting dirty. I have nothing but disgust for the politicians and the press who try to degrade their opponents. America is in the decline but most of our politicians seeking re-election will now resort to anything and everything negative. I hope we Americans do not buy into it and throw them all out of office.
wonderful. T Party Mafia thug running for office. what's the difference? we have a Mafia thug government that has been for sale for 40 years. Buy a Senator, get legislation passed. Buy a Congressman, get legislation passed. Pay a little more and your lobbyists get to write the legislation. You're too poor to buy a senator? Tough luck, you don't get anytjhing. Let's be real here. THE US government is a group of thugs and it is for sale.
Wow, the guy sounds like he is unhinged.
I'd take out anyone that fooled with my family. Anyone that wouldn't would be in the Michael Dukakis and Obummie camp. I call them cowards.
Wow. I wish he was governor here in California.
Paladino and his thugs belong in jail, not the state capitol. How do these lunatics get on ballots?
The year of the nut cases!! We have O'donnell a real nut, this nut, Brewer here in AZ with amillion lies, the people in the tea party and Republican party that what to do away with Social Security. Adding thousand of senior to the work force because they lose their retirement would help. People are against health care???? The whole country has issues. Vote for these nut cases and see what happens? Scared yet!
Paladino sounds like a stereotypical TV Mafia hitman. And he wants to be Governor of New York! Surely the Republican Party can do better for a candidate. Sir, have you no shame? to quote a past historical figure. What has happened to civility?
As a father, I can understand his frustration. However, that is conduct unbecoming of a gubernatorial candidate. This can either be a positive for him (parents feeling his frustration) or a negative (he's a hothead and unfit for governor). I can see both sides. I live in Indiana and don't know much about either candidate, therefore, I cannot comment on whether I would still vote for him. It's all about the policies.
This guy is nuts! I hope the people of NY don't make a huge mistake. The far right is taking over the repub. party. Sad
Anyone who lives in the Albany NY area and watches WRGB Ch 6 sees Fred Dicker almost nightly on the news with his political commenting. I've never seen Fred make much noise for the side of any candidate. (I don't read his columns in the NY Post). This heated exchange he had with Carl Paladino really is out of character for Dicker! I have for thirty years alway found Fred Dicker to be a fair reporter who would "Ding" Republicans as quickly as he would "Ding" Democrats!! That has always been his style!
NYS politics is a beast of its own, and Fred Dicker knows it first hand! I'm a Conservative Republican who did vote for Palatino in the Primary over Lazio, because as an upstater, I'm sick of down state politicians!! For me it was a "Worst of Two Evils" decision! I realize Carl Paladino is a lose cannon and I'll eat my hat if he is elected our next NYS Governor, but I'm afraid Cuomo is going to win in November regardless of my voting for Paladino! Thats life in New York State Politics!!!!! In the end, Fred Dicker is still a good guy!
Who would be surprised at this? The right and the extreme racist right, that doesn't know a thing about governing, tries to attack reporter. Imagine what these nuts would do if they ever get elected? The republican party is a nut case senario now that the extremists and teabuggers seem to have grabbed power. They must be eliminated before they have us wearing brown shirts and goose stepping!