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RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
3. Yep, bet it is. Listening to an intelligent adult like Cuomo sure is
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:40 AM
Mar 2020

a relief from the Orange Blob drooling.

Zoonart

(11,869 posts)
2. Yeah... well... Cuomo did not run for President because the
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:38 AM
Mar 2020

Democratic left rejected him as not pure enough he worked with Republicans...gasp, in a state that consistently gave him a Republican legislature...double gasp. So there's that.
Cooperation is essential for effective leadership.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
5. Exactly! "Cooperation is essential for effective leadership."
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:42 AM
Mar 2020

Not doing that is akin to the tRumpsters.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
7. I know. I was thinking about writing to Trump at the White House using their
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:43 AM
Mar 2020

contact form but addressing the letter "Dear President Cuomo" and going on about how happy I was we finally had leadership and honesty.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
10. I listen to everything Cuomo says on TV, but tRump, I just
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:45 AM
Mar 2020

glance at ... figuring most of what he says is filled with lies and distortions, self flattery and boasting things he will never do. The Wartime President! Yeah, right! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
12. He's really shown himself to be quite effective at managing a crisis....
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:51 AM
Mar 2020

I've been quite impressed, along with many, even on the other side of the ailse. He's a template for how in certain extreme circumstaces going above politics is necessary.

This will help set up him up nicefully for a future run at the presidency.

 

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)
13. Listening to him reminds me of his father, Mario
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 11:58 AM
Mar 2020

There was a man who could've easily been elected president but refused to run. Didn't he even later turn down a supreme court nomination?

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
14. Here is what I found from back then ...
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:02 PM
Mar 2020

NYT 1993: "Gov. Mario M. Cuomo said today that he had asked President Clinton to remove him from consideration for an appointment to the United States Supreme Court, saying he wished to continue serving New York while the state was on the cusp of economic recovery."

 

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)
15. Nicely researched, RKP
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 02:06 PM
Mar 2020

There was a lot of speculation at the time as to why such a gifted speaker refused higher (than governor) office.

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