Okay, so the new Governor didn’t exactly grow up in the Gov’s mansion, but allow me a little artistic license….

I grudgingly drew this to accompany The Journal News’s endorsement of Andrew Cuomo for Governor. I originally agreed to do some type of illustration, but ended up doing a slightly gun-jumping editorial cartoon (although nobody thinks Paladino is going to pull any upsets.) “Grudgingly” I heard you ask? I personally would LOVE to see a Governor Paladino. His simplistic “were gonna cut” policies coupled with his theatrically brusque, but thin-skinned personality would create instant chaos, strikes, government and service shutdowns, you name it. As a NY cartoonist I heartily endorse that sort of thing – and with it, Carl Paladino.