Paladino Flips Off Reporter

Failed 2010 New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino (R) visited the state Capitol and passed by “the glass-walled office of Fred Dicker, the state editor of the New York Post who was in the middle of his daily, live, radio show,” the Albany Times Union reports.

“‘Hey Fred!’ Paladino shouted. The two men had a physical tiff during the 2010 campaign, where Dicker forcefully questioned Paladino about his unsubstantiated suggestion that Cuomo had been a womanizer, and Paladino yelled at Dicker for the actions of a Post reporter who staked out his Buffalo home.”

“Dicker looked up. Paladino raised his middle finger, smiled, and walked away.”