Does It Matter?

Earlier this week, all the talk and focus was on Governor Patterson admitting to trying drugs when he was 23. Why does this even matter? In politics no one seems to care anymore about persuading voters with their plans and ideas about how they want to help the people. Instead we get commercials and speeches from politicians attacking each other and bringing up unimportant issues of the past. Yes, Patterson was not elected, he came into office because of the Eliot Spitzer and his sexual trysts with a prostitute. But immediately after Patterson was sworn in, what was all over the news the next day was his rendezvous with another woman in a hotel (just a little side note: my building is a block away from that hotel) many years ago. Again let me repeat, MANY YEARS AGO! why should it matter what happened in the past. We should appreciate the fact that we now have a politician in office who is actually honest and not afraid to admit to his past mistakes. He hasn't been in office that long, but there are a lot of important issues coming up for Patterson to show New Yorkers his ability to govern this great state. If he does well, all that was in the past should no longer matter and the way he runs the state should be what people care about. All politicians need to stop looking for dirt on others and show people what they're going to do to make their lives better.