In the July 24 issue of New York magazine, an article on Tom Suozzi, written by Stephen Rodrick, ridiculed the candidate for New York State governor. One line from that article read as such:

"Meet Tom Suozzi, the perfect candidate for governor of New York in any other year than this one."

Granted, it's not the most concrete sentence we've ever read, but who are we to judge? This particular New York article did not show support for Tom Suozzi. Whatever. No biggie, right? Wrong. Suozzi's campaign manager decided it would be a great idea to use this quote for a flyer promoting Suozzi. Well, not the whole quote, of course … just the part that makes the quote completely different from what was actually written.

The promotional page has NYM naming Suozzi "the perfect candidate for governor." Minus the "except he's not" part. Needless to say, New York is pissed, and they're demanding Suozzi toss all the flyers which promote this false support for the candidate. The political camp's response?

"The Suozzi campaign is proud of our candidate's life and work," said Campaign Manager Paul Rivera. "And we believe that Tom Suozzi is the perfect candidate for governor, in this or any other year."

Which is fine, of course … except New York magazine obviously doesn't agree — and saying that they do is more or less libel. Manipulating the press and then hoping nobody would notice? Totally something the perfect governor of New York would do. (Note to Suozzi's campaign party: that was sarcasm, and not intended to support Suozzi for governor.)

Suozzi ad only half true: mag [Daily News]