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  Critics Driven by Racial Bias, Paterson Says
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News DateFriday, August 21, 2009 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionCritics Driven by Racial Bias, Paterson Says

By DANNY HAKIM and RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Published: August 21, 2009

ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson lashed out on Friday at critics who say he should not run for election, and he suggested that he was being undermined by an orchestrated, racially biased effort by the media to force him to step aside.

The governor, on a morning radio talk show, said that Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, the only other African-American governor, was suffering similar treatment, and he predicted that President Obama would, too.
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