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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHelp, I Think I'm In Love With Andrew Cuomo???
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Rebecca Fishbein
Today 12:20PM
My roommates moved out of my Brooklyn apartment just ahead of the pandemic, and their replacements havent moved in yet. (At this point, they might not move in at all.) This means I havent had much company in the last week, and based on current covid-19 predictions, it might be like this for a long time. I am lonely and scared and anxious, but I have mitigated some of these feelings with my days two bright spots: 1) My afternoon run, and 2) New York Governor Andrew Cuomos daily streamed press conference.
I worked in local New York news for years and developed an intense and reasonable dislike of Cuomo. He has repeatedly hindered attempts to reform the criminal justice system, he took advantage of a once largely conservative state Congress to keep progressive legislation on reproductive health from becoming law, he fucked around with the MTA so much he forced out the only useful subway leader the administrations ever seen, etc., etc., etc.
And yet, in this time of crisis, with little concrete information available, I need Cuomos measured bullying, his love of circumventing the federal government, his sparring with increasingly incompetent city leadership. Not only that, but the less contact I have with other humans, the more I start to think of Cuomo as my only friend. Ive started laughing at his little jokes. I catch myself touching my hair (not my face!) when he talks about an increase in testing capacity. I swooned when he told a reporter he had his own workout routine. I have watched a clip of him and brother Chris Cuomo bickering about their mother at least 20 times. I think I have a crush???
It seems Ive fallen victim to Stockholm Syndrome, which Merriam-Webster defines as the psychological tendency of a hostage to bond with, identify with, or sympathize with his or her captor. Cuomo isnt holding me hostage so much as coronavirus is, but he is the only one telling me what to do, where I can and cannot go (anywhere), who I can and cannot see (everyone), who I can and cannot listen to (President Trump, Bill de Blasio), what I can and cannot eat (anything but pasta).
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Rebecca Fishbein
Today 12:20PM
My roommates moved out of my Brooklyn apartment just ahead of the pandemic, and their replacements havent moved in yet. (At this point, they might not move in at all.) This means I havent had much company in the last week, and based on current covid-19 predictions, it might be like this for a long time. I am lonely and scared and anxious, but I have mitigated some of these feelings with my days two bright spots: 1) My afternoon run, and 2) New York Governor Andrew Cuomos daily streamed press conference.
I worked in local New York news for years and developed an intense and reasonable dislike of Cuomo. He has repeatedly hindered attempts to reform the criminal justice system, he took advantage of a once largely conservative state Congress to keep progressive legislation on reproductive health from becoming law, he fucked around with the MTA so much he forced out the only useful subway leader the administrations ever seen, etc., etc., etc.
And yet, in this time of crisis, with little concrete information available, I need Cuomos measured bullying, his love of circumventing the federal government, his sparring with increasingly incompetent city leadership. Not only that, but the less contact I have with other humans, the more I start to think of Cuomo as my only friend. Ive started laughing at his little jokes. I catch myself touching my hair (not my face!) when he talks about an increase in testing capacity. I swooned when he told a reporter he had his own workout routine. I have watched a clip of him and brother Chris Cuomo bickering about their mother at least 20 times. I think I have a crush???
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It seems Ive fallen victim to Stockholm Syndrome, which Merriam-Webster defines as the psychological tendency of a hostage to bond with, identify with, or sympathize with his or her captor. Cuomo isnt holding me hostage so much as coronavirus is, but he is the only one telling me what to do, where I can and cannot go (anywhere), who I can and cannot see (everyone), who I can and cannot listen to (President Trump, Bill de Blasio), what I can and cannot eat (anything but pasta).
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Help, I Think I'm In Love With Andrew Cuomo??? (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
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LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)1. 😆😆. Tho I don't share the exact feelings,
I appreciate the thought.
Maybe cuz I have a dog. Hes pretty damn swoony.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)2. I love it.❤
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)3. I look forward to his pressers. Even when he doesn't have answers, you just know he's going to do
the right thing based upon the circumstances confronting him. Obama was like that. With trump, you just feel like he's going to screw things up, even if he has one brief moment where he seems lucid.
VarryOn
(2,343 posts)4. Generally not a fan, but he's really stepped up the last few weeks...
He just seems to have a knack for handling a crisis. Too bad he and the NYC mayor dont get along.
pattyloutwo
(279 posts)5. I love that CNN clip!
Spoiler alert: They both know their sis is the fave!