“If I knew that would be the result, I would’ve thought about the taxes earlier.”

— New York Gov. David Paterson, commenting on Rush Limbaugh’s announcement that he was selling his New York home and moving to Florida full-time to escape rising New York taxes.

“What an honor. Folks, is there any other private citizen, any other — who is not a criminal; you know, who is an upstanding citizen, a man for the ages. Is there any other governor who has ever excitedly said, ‘If I would have known he was leaving the state, I would have raised taxes sooner, or what have you?”

— Rush Limbaugh, reacting to Gov. Paterson’s quip and apparently forgetting his own drug addiction, past criminal charges of prescription fraud, aka, “doctor shopping,” and customs violations

“It’s a shame, really. Here’s a fellow who has had a serious pill-popping problem. Now he’s waving New York goodbye just when it is easing its drug laws. The timing could not be more unfortunate.”

— The New York Times’ Clyde Haberman, remembering better than Limbaugh