'It's not that I was accusing him,' says gubernatorial candidate
(NEWSER) - So, remember when Carl Paladino accused his rival, Andrew Cuomo, of having an affair ? Yeah, he didn't really mean that. Yesterday, he retracted the claim, saying it was all just a big misunderstanding, reports the Buffalo News . Paladino says he was just so "sick and tired" of the affair questions lobbed his way that he asked a reporter if the press had asked the same questions of Cuomo. "It's not that I was accusing him," he said, though he did tell jostled New York Post reporter Fred Dicker that he would supply proof "at the appropriate time." More»