and once there , larry king asked him if he had new york ( cnn ) -- those lurid rumors flying around about new york gov.
since word of an imminent new york times story electrified new york political and media circles last week , paterson has been on the defensive .
he 's issued a number of denials , but each one seems to glance off the rumor mill and fly crazily back in his face : fighting back against the post 's claims of extra - marital humping prompted some more unsubstantiated rumors once they start getting passed around like a lukewarm shrimp cocktail .
thus paterson ended up on larry king tonight , hoping that saying the same things he 'd been saying all week to more people would fix things .
i think i have taken on lives of their own .
 
when larry king asked david paterson tonight if his blindness made it hard for him to read the tabloid headlines about a story he claims does n't exist , we understood the true meaning of " kafkaesque " .
we were one of a number of outlets speculating about an unpublished new york times article with sexy revelations crazy enough to force paterson 's resignation .
asked whether the onslaught of rumors means " somebody ( is ) after you , " paterson did not resign .