Governor Paterson is not happy about the recent reports of him sporting a red bendel.. He claims the reports are like "throwing dung at a cross or stomping on a Star of David"..

Even funnier is this:

Paterson said he decided to wear the bracelet this spring after feeling "touched" during a visit to the Queens tomb of revered Orthodox rabbi, Jacob Joseph. It's tradition for visitors to put on such bracelets, he said.

tradition? what a crock someone sold him!