New York Governor David Paterson Turns To Occult Magic To Ward Off The Evil Eye
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New
York Governor David Paterson Turns To
Occult
Magic To Ward Off The Evil Eye
Gov. Paterson is counting on a
Madonna-blessed
higher power to lead him out of the
mess in
Albany. The lame-duck governor has
begun
wearing a red string kabbalah bracelet
- just
like the Material Girl - in an
eyebrow-raising
bid to deflect ill will. "It was
explained to the governor that the red
string
is a symbol of protection [that] wards
off
problems and tribulations," Paterson
spokesman Morgan Hook said. "His
attitude
was that he'll take all the help he
can
get." Paterson could be forgiven for
turning to a little divine protection.
In the
past six months he's found himself
under
investigation, dumped his reelection
bid as a
result, and wrestled with the
Legislature over
the state budget. So he's apparently
trying
his luck with the trendy talisman
favored by
followers of the mystical Jewish
discipline.
But unlike Madonna, Demi Moore and
Britney
Spears, Paterson is not yet one of the
devoted, a spokesman said. "Kabbalah
didn't change his life, just to be
clear
here," Hook said. Either way, Paterson
may not be getting all the spiritual
backup he
hopes for - the bracelet is
customarily worn
on the left wrist, while the governor
is seen
in photos wearing it on his right.
Paterson's
spiritual shift was set in motion this
spring
when the Catholic-raised pol visited
the
Queens burial site of a venerated
rabbi. It
was at the Union Field Cemetery in
Ridgewood,
housing the body of Rabbi Jacob
Joseph, who
died in 1902 and whose tomb has become
a
sacred site visited by thousands of
Jews, that
Paterson learned about the little red
string.
Kabbalah followers believe that the
$26
bracelet wards off the "evil eye"
and brings about good fortune.