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Pataki: Long Island is 'Microcosm' of State, Country [VIDEO]

Former governor on scene at Hofstra.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki on Tuesday called Long Island a microcosm of the state for its varied demographics, especially when it comes to incomes and the high cost of living.

Patch caught up with him in the media room at Hofstra University, not long before the second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney began.

See our video above.

Nassau Taxpayer October 17, 2012 at 11:44 am
Pataki was irrelevant as governor, now fit to swirl the bowl with Romney. Flush twice.
pbug56 October 17, 2012 at 05:43 pm
Why does anyone talk to this scum?
MARTIN DREW October 17, 2012 at 08:54 pm
Romney - YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT..
pbug56 October 17, 2012 at 09:08 pm
Hopefully not mine! After Romney's second lie-a-thon on national TV let's hope a few of the brain dead undecided have finally figured out he can't be trusted.
You may not like President Obama, but he didn't need a mountain of fact checking last night.
Ross R. Caliguri October 20, 2012 at 10:28 pm
Former Gov. Pataki just learned a new word, microcosm! He can now have a glass of milk and some cookies. If New York State can only get rid of the State Senate and the equally useless, incompetent, obsolete State Assembly New York would be on the road to improvement.
robkoz October 20, 2012 at 11:33 pm
And we had 2 losers after him. Spitzer and Paterson. One who wanted to give illegals drivers licenses and the other that gave the MTA access to our property taxes. One loved high class hookers and the other was only blind cause his brain wasn't turned on.
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