RGA Head Jokes About Paterson’s Blindness

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Nick Ayers, the executive director of the Republican Governors Association, tweeted a series of jokes this morning about White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel trying to get certain Democratic governors to retire.

Rahm: “Gov Paterson you should accept the ambassadorship to New Zealand. Its beautiful there. Have you not seen it?…oh, right, sorry.”

New York Gov. David Paterson is legally blind.

(via Ben Smith)

Late update: Ayers has apologized and deleted the tweet.

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