LUST'S LABOUR'S LOST

It's Politics 101: When a governor accused of
sexual impropriety is arm in arm with his
daughter, his pants ought to be zipped up.

 Whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo quits or not is almost immaterial to me. What's
important is that the accusations of sexual harassment have reminded me how much I disliked him until the pandemic hit New York a year ago. 

 Until then, Cuomo symbolized the worst of New York politics -- corruption, bullying, obnoxiousness -- all the while sowing fear in the hearts of what were supposed to be Democrat allies. His downfall isn't Shakespearean -- there's no real personal tragedy to speak of, unless it's feigning ignorance of using an iPhone as a way to cop a feel off a female staffer. Now that's tragic, particularly when the gov is 63 and the woman roughly 30 years his junior. 

Interestingly, Cuomo hasn't denied doing it. He merely said he didn't touch any woman "inappropriately". Do you see the difference? Because it isn't much of a stretch to believe that he didn't think it was inappropriate. It's similar to the "I don't believe it" defense that gets you off the perjury hook when questioned by a Senate committee. 

How many gay kids do you think
Andrew beat up after school?

What Cuomo has always unconvincingly denied was committing one of the more legendary local political stunts. When his father Mario ran for New York mayor against Ed Koch in 1977, posters reading VOTE FOR CUOMO, NOT THE HOMO went up all over town.

Look at that photo of young Andrew (with his parents) on the left. Now tell me that you don't think he was capable of doing it. Then go back in time and accuse him in person. Give me a call when you're out of traction.

And yet I allowed all this to vanish like toilet paper off grocery store shelves last year when Cuomo started his daily pandemic press briefings. I wrote about them many times in my "Under Covid" series on this blog. His sober, articulate, at times righteously angry tone contrasted mightily with the crap Donald Trump was shoveling our way on a regular basis. 

Chris is wearing a CUOMO hat to remember his name.

Yes, I found things to make fun of, as when he heaped praise on Dragnet, talked about his favorite sports car, or gave verbal noogies to his kid brother Chris Cuomo, the prime time CNN host who caught COVID early on and never let us forget it. 

 

I don't think these
sheets are selling well
anymore.

But most New Yorkers passed those moments off as lighthearted distractions from the terrible time we were going through. Even when talk regarding nursing home deaths cover-ups made the rounds, or journalists objected to Chris Cuomo interviewing his brother every evening, it was all quickly brushed away because An Hour of Zen with Andrew Cuomo was airing worldwide.

What we didn't know at the time was that Andrew Cuomo (quoting the New York Times) "would sometimes quiz aides as soon as he ended a broadcast about which networks carried him live and exactly when they cut away — data they were expected to have at their fingertips" -- just another reason for "Cuomosexuals"  to be likely identifying as "Biden Curious" these days.

Cuomo tries disguising himself as an Orthodox Jew to
avoid detection.

Hilariously, the proud left-of-center Governor of New York been reduced to playing the "cancel culture" card -- the sure sign of desperation. The politicians that Gov. Cuomo has verbally abused over his three terms aren't coming to his aid now that he needs them. He might have found the money to build the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, but he's burned all the others behind him.  

 

Even his knucklehead kid brother finds it impossible to cover the Governor's problems. Et tu, Chris? Perhaps there is a touch of Shakespeare here.

Bullying, sexual harassment, obsession with ratings, fudging the numbers, whining about "cancel culture" -- no wonder Cuomo and Trump hated each other. They were seeing each other via fun house mirrors.

Kathy Hochul asks Cuomo if the key to the
Executive Mansion  is under the
front door mat.

New York's Governor is refusing to quit -- but so did Elliot Spitzer. The talk in Albany is that he'll resign if advised to by the only politician he's said to respect: Joe Biden. And right now, the President has bigger things than a handsy governor to focus on. 

But one word from the President, and Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul will be getting a pretty sweet promotion. And Cuomo will be able to take heart in being responsible for giving New York its first woman governor.  

Hey, does Chris need a new sidekick?

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