Andrew Cuomo’s best efforts to knock his Democratic primary challenger, Zephyr Teachout, from the ballot have failed. Cuomo is still the overwhelming favorite but for one thing: primary turnout, which is generally abysmal in New York primaries. Even if Cuomo loses the primaries, the Working Families Party has endorsed him (a decision looking stupider by the minute), so he’ll appear on that ballot line and could still win the race for governor this Fall. Nevertheless, I’ll be voting for Teachout on September 9th, for two reasons: she’s qualified, and fuck Andrew Cuomo. Let me elaborate on that: fuck Cuomo, fuck his corruption, and fuck his middle-of-the-road corporatism in a state where he could be a hell of a lot more liberal.
Ruh-Roh
by @heymistermix.com| 41 Comments
This post is in: Election 2014, Democratic Cowardice
BGinCHI
I laugh my ass off every time someone on the TV machine suggests he has national aspirations.
Mario Cuomo had charm and the courage to do some good. His son is like a bad James Caan cover band, circa The Thief.
? Martin
I’d vote for her just for her name.
askew
Cuomo sucks but she is a joke of a candidate with no real experience. I am not sure I’d trust her to be Governor.
Anya
Me tooo! And honestly, I don’t even know anything about her, but fuck Andrew Cuomo.
ETA – there’s no “middle-of-the-road corporatism.” He’s a full corporatist asshole. Fuck him.
Hal
Was she really that much of a threat to Cuomo? It seems silly to draw so much attention to someone just so you can be king of the hill. Looks like he took a page from Chris Christie on how to look like you’re running away with the election.
SteveM
Since he’s going to win in a blowout, and since he wants to collect enough corporate cash to run for president someday, let me add: Fuck Andrew Cuomo in advance for approving fracking in New York State, which I assume he’ll do at about 4:30 the first Friday afternoon after the polls close in November.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I haven’t followed him closely, but I get the sense that he takes his national ambitions very seriously, kind of like Schweitzer, only with Bizarro Sirotas whispering encouragement into his ear. I wonder if he gets a lot of warm and fluffy receptions on CNBC and from the likes of Bloomberg and The Economist (media outlets I am only vaguely familiar with, but I suspect an “entitlement” “reforming” Democrat would be their just their kind of fellow)
BGinCHI
@askew: Because NY state politics has been run by geniuses for so long.
Hate to break that record.
BGinCHI
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I bet when he gets near Elizabeth Warren her magical sword that detects Wall Street corruption glows brightly.
Lee Rudolph
@Anya:
Exactly.
And, PS, fuck Cuomo.
chopper
fuck cuomo. fuck him right in the fucking ear.
MomSense
O/T
So sorry, but fuck Robin Williams is dead.
skerry
@MomSense: Shit. Statement implies suicide.
rikyrah
Blame the party for not nominating a credible candidate.
? Martin
@skerry: Yep, that’s the vibe I’m getting off of it as well.
Edit: Marin County Coroner suspects death to be ‘suicide due to asphyxia’.
MomSense
@skerry:
I know. God. This is just really devastating especially for someone who has brought such joy to feel alone and depressed.
askew
@BGinCHI:
No but there has to be some middle ground between corrupt asshole and someone with no governing experience.
Edited to add: Oh no on Robin Williams. That is horrible. He’s fought substance abuse issues for years.
KG
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I think it’s because he’s governor of New York. California is often like that, and Texas is becoming like that… If you’re governor of a big state, people automatically assume you must be qualified to be president
El Caganer
Andrew Cuomo and Willard Romney remind me of each other – in both cases, you look at their fathers and wonder, “WTF happened?”
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Wow. I knew he had substance issues, but that’s a shock.
The Thin Black Duke
It’s a bitter irony that a lot of comedians are very sad people.
Suffern ACE
Hey. Join the club. I’ll vote for her too.
Tim C.
@BGinCHI: I am totally stealing the idea of Warren having a magic sword that glows…
rikyrah
@MomSense:
There was an appearance that he did on The Tonight Show when Johnny Carson was still there that I still remember to this day. I was in tears after it, he was so funny.
RIP,Robin.
Kay
The opinion is embarrassing, how desperate they were to find something to stop her.
She’s obviously qualified as far as residency. It’s not even close.
It’s funny how this particular “type” of politician doesn’t seem to be as attractive as they were in, say, 2010.
I put Cuomo in the “Christie” category of corrupt ‘n captured fake tough guys. I think the mayor of Chicago is also in this group I’ve created and he’s not holding up real well either.
Maybe it was a fad. Let’s hope so.
Bob
god-o-mighty, pleasepleaseplease fuck Andrew Cuomo.
Groucho48
The one negative about her running is that if enough folks voted for Coumo on the Working Families line, it could knock Republicans into minor party status, which means they would get little or no say in a lot of internal housekeeping stuff. It would be great if enough people would vote for her that she could come in second, but, I don’t see that happening.
SFAW
@rikyrah:
He and Jonathan Winters were (together) on one of Carson’s last shows, might have been the last one where he had guests. It was amazing. Before there was Robin, there was Jonathan, and it’s hard to say whether one was more brilliant than the other.
SFAW
@El Caganer:
I was thinking the same thing.
Mario must be rolling over in his grave.
Villago Delenda Est
@KG: If anything, being Governor of Texas is absolutely proof that you’re unfit to be President of the United States. The deserting coward made that abundantly clear.
Suffern ACE
@Groucho48: she is running as a democrat . If she looses, we can vote for him in the general as working families since she isn’t running as a working families candidate I the primary.
wenchacha
@SFAW: How much could one guy fuck up? His dad had charisma and charm, and Andrew divorced a Kennedy. Mario is still around, but I hope he tells Andy to STFU sometimes, at least.
Groucho48
@Suffern ACE:
Ah! Good to know! I hadn’t realized she had filed as a Dem. That means I get to vote against Cuomo after all. At least, in the primary.
Arclite
So, uh, tell us how you really feel.
glasnost
Mistermix, this post makes me see starbursts. You nailed it. I’d vote for Zephyr Teachout, Ralph Nader, Hilary Clinton, Evan Bayh and Bernie Sanders (I like him, but just to illustrate breadth) over Mario Cuomo. I would at least think about Joe Lieberman for a second before passing. He’s the only worse Democrat I can think of. Mario Cuomo is an insipiration to abandon the whole party. Fuck him sideways with exclamation points.
SFAW
@wenchacha:
This will kill him.
(Sorry, old movie ref. As was the set-up.)
Vlad
Cuomo’s a jackass, but I could never vote for someone as naive as Teachout. That whole “Blogger Code of Ethics” bullshit she was pushing is just a deal-breaker, IMO. Someone with judgment and horse sense that bad doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power.
PurpleGirl
I’m voting for Teachout. Andrew Cuomo can take a long walk off a short pier (into a section of the Hudson River never cleaned of the PCBs).
C.V. Danes
I lost more than a little respect for Working Families when they elected to back Cuomo, especially since he seems to take great pride in bashing liberals. Where’s the courage of your convictions, Working Families?
El Caganer
@glasnost: I’m guessing you mean Andrew.
JGabriel
Count me as another vote for Teachout. I’m sick of Cuomo screwing Democratic constituencies nearly every chance he gets.