Ms. Paladino was talking about the recent uproar over Mr. Paladino's suggestion that homosexuality was not "an equally valid and successful option".
What emerged, partly at the prompting of Alexander and Moore, was the final and ultimately successful option: the bold and unexpected decision to help Salmond stage his referendum.
"Thanks to decades of remarkable growth," he writes, "the Chinese today can argue that their model of economic development, which combines an increasingly open economy with a closed political system, can be a successful option for development in many nations".
He had faced widespread criticism for telling Jewish leaders on Sunday that children should not be "brainwashed" into thinking homosexuality was "an equally valid and successful option" — and for later expressing revulsion at gay pride parades.
Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate in New York's governor's race, was forced to retreat swiftly this week after saying that children should not be "brainwashed" into thinking being gay was "a valid or successful option".
On Sunday, Mr. Paladino, speaking to a group of Orthodox Jewish leaders in Brooklyn, said children should not be "brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option — it isn't".
