9 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I saw this coming. Despite Cuomo's bluster, his network of boosters and enablers, uh advisors was crumbling, day by day.

Hopefully Hochul doesn't have any skeletons in the closet, like when David Patterson was intent on confessing to a previous affair during his marriage after he took over the governor position after the Elliott Spitzer scandal.

You know, it seems like NY only gets a minority governor after the white guy in charge messes up and creates an entire scandal.

Hopefully the outcome is better this time.

Let's hope so!!

1 hour ago, Skin said:

I wonder why they are waiting for 14 days? I didn't read the article is there an explanation for that? 

It's a massive undertaking from where Lt. Gov is concerned. Hochul's duties were more along the line of farther upstate, smaller towns, even some rural districts, far away from the nexus of power. She was pretty marginalized (which in the end, helped her avoid the taint of this scandal), so she did not have access to all the "tools" that she would have needed to hit the ground running immediately. Even though she was preparing for the likelihood of taking over the governor's office, like I said, it's a massive undertaking and she will need time to get to learn about key issues, especially downstate ones and gather her own advisors.

 

 

So much happening. ICYMI:

NEW: The Senate approves the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan with a 69-30 vote. https://t.co/5TdSCKMhuk

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) August 10, 2021

We'll see what the House does now, hopefully soon.

 

More right-wingers being sued for misinformation.

 

Breaking: Dominion Voting Systems is suing Newsmax, One America News Network, and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne for defamation.

Dominion is seeking more than $1.6 billion in damages.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 10, 2021

Some are already saying that Cuomo is resigning because that means he can run for office again. I wouldn't be surprised.

 

I hate to break it to people but most folks don't care about Andrew Cuomo.   I get he's Governor of NY and has a higher than normal profile, but I can't name one person I know in Illinois who gives a crap.  The media which is primarily centered on the east coast is certainly not reflective of overall opinion. 

As for running again, really? He was going to be impeached. Does anyone believe that he wants that as part of his legacy?  I don't. 

This is not a reflection of anyone here don't take it that way please, but whenever  I read this kind of stuff it gives me less and less respect for the media and press. Most people really don't care about what these people think. It's not like anyone out there is Walter Cronkite.

Edited August 10, 20214 yr by JaneAusten

23 minutes ago, JaneAusten said:

I hate to break it to people but most folks don't care about Andrew Cuomo.   I get he's Governor of NY and has a higher than normal profile, but I can't name one person I know in Illinois who gives a crap.  The media which is primarily centered on the east coast is certainly not reflective of overall opinion. 

As for running again, really? He was going to be impeached. Does anyone believe that he wants that as part of his legacy?  I don't. 

This is not a reflection of anyone here don't take it that way please, but whenever  I read this kind of stuff it gives me less and less respect for the media and press. Most people really don't care about what these people think. It's not like anyone out there is Walter Cronkite.

When I said on another site that I didn't care about Cuomo, I got accused of supporting him and being a rape apologist. When the truth is that I simply have no opinion of him whatsoever.

As for his accusers, after watching the left try to MeToo Biden TWICE (once with Lucy Flories then again with that crackpot Tara Reade, I decided that I'm not interested in anymore "resign now!" freakouts from people on the left.

20 minutes ago, JaneAusten said:

I hate to break it to people but most folks don't care about Andrew Cuomo.   I get he's Governor of NY and has a higher than normal profile, but I can't name one person I know in Illinois who gives a crap.  The media which is primarily centered on the east coast is certainly not reflective of overall opinion. 

As for running again, really? He was going to be impeached. Does anyone believe that he wants that as part of his legacy?  I don't.

I get what you are saying, but I believe he's so egotistical that he'd run again for some kind of public office. What I can't take is the sheer hypocrisy from the right. I personally know people who are roasting Cuomo on a spit while lauding T**** for the exact same behavior. As someone who has endured both sexual abuse and victim shaming because of it, I feel very sensitive about this story...even more so because these slimy creeps will never serve any time, which is why civil court is the accusers' only recourse. I am glad that some of them are taking that step and I hope they win.

19 minutes ago, amybrickwallace said:

I get what you are saying, but I believe he's so egotistical that he'd run again for some kind of public office. What I can't take is the sheer hypocrisy from the right. I personally know people who are roasting Cuomo on a spit while lauding T**** for the exact same behavior. As someone who has endured both sexual abuse and victim shaming because of it, I feel very sensitive about this story...even more so because these slimy creeps will never serve any time, which is why civil court is the accusers' only recourse. I am glad that some of them are taking that step and I hope they win.

 Cuomo has always been a slimeball and sleazy. The minute the accusations were made,  I don't think many people said "oh no not him". He's not Joe Biden. And I do hope the women who he abused get some recourse.  But overall  can't say I care about Cuomo resigning and  frankly have no idea where and what he would run for. Does he have an ego - oh massive. But none of these people have a clue what Cuomo is going to do. And it's frankly tiresome to hear the same tiresome people in the media talking about it. 

Listen I live in Illinois and how many of our Governors have gone to prison. Yeah some of our leaders did actually pay a price which is one reason I really don't give a crap about Cuomo nor why most people here could care less also. We have Governors in this country literally killing human beings and that's a game but Cuomo is the worst according to them.

16 minutes ago, JaneAusten said:

 Cuomo has always been a slimeball and sleazy. The minute the accusations were made,  I don't think many people said "oh no not him". He's not Joe Biden. And I do hope the women who he abused get some recourse.  But overall  can't say I care about Cuomo resigning and  frankly have no idea where and what he would run for. Does he have an ego - oh massive. But none of these people have a clue what Cuomo is going to do. And it's frankly tiresome to hear the same tiresome people in the media talking about it. 

Listen I live in Illinois and how many of our Governors have gone to prison. Yeah some of our leaders did actually pay a price which is one reason I really don't give a crap about Cuomo nor why most people here could care less also. We have Governors in this country literally killing human beings and that's a game but Cuomo is the worst according to them.

Fair enough. Hopefully once Cuomo's out, he'll become obsolete.

48 minutes ago, marceline said:

When I said on another site that I didn't care about Cuomo, I got accused of supporting him and being a rape apologist. When the truth is that I simply have no opinion of him whatsoever.

As for his accusers, after watching the left try to MeToo Biden TWICE (once with Lucy Flories then again with that crackpot Tara Reade, I decided that I'm not interested in anymore "resign now!" freakouts from people on the left.

Yes to all of this.   And frankly I have no interest in hearing one person in the press or media talk about this. The NY Times for gods sake demanded he resign but somehow killing 600,000 people and promoting an insurrection - an attempted coup - is not severe enough nor is willingly letting people in your state die for political gain.

2 minutes ago, JaneAusten said:

The NY Times for gods sake demanded he resign but somehow killing 600,000 people and promoting an insurrection - an attempted coup - is not severe enough nor is willingly letting people in your state die for political gain.

Agreed 100%.

It's a shame that no one seems to care about all those nursing home deaths and the aspect of Cuomo lying in order diminish the numbers of people who died because of his horrible decisions.

Aaannnndd guess who was the source of the "Andrew Cuomo" comeback narrative.  This might be the only time I agree with Cenk. Can we please stop taking Chuck Todd seriously for gods sake.

 

 

1 minute ago, DramatistDreamer said:

It's a shame that no one seems to care about all those nursing home deaths and the aspect of Cuomo lying in order diminish the numbers of people who died because of his horrible decisions.

AMEN!!!!

Just now, DramatistDreamer said:

It's a shame that no one seems to care about all those nursing home deaths and the aspect of Cuomo lying in order diminish the numbers of people who died because of his horrible decisions.

it is indeed a shame. It's infuriating that not only Cuomo but other governors like Deathsantis, ahem, DeSantis out of Florida are alleged to have fudged the numbers. It's sickening. 😡😡😡😡😡

DeSantis is now requesting that the Biden administration send 300 ventilators to Florida. A genuine sociopath.