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GOP candidate for NY Governor is a scumbag

hgc said:
Just curious. How is Cuomo a scumbag?
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Well known to be a dirty player with sharp elbows; he was the hatchet man for his father.

Spitzer felt Cuomo hyped and leaked investigations into his office. But still, he's right that Cuomo has this quiet, serious problem with his reputation among insiders.
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IIRC Joe Klein also hinted at this in Primary Colors; it's been years since I read the book, but I do remember a discussion of Ozio's (i.e. Cuomo's) son being a real sleaze.

Also, he lied about voting for Bloomberg.
 
Brainster said:
Well known to be a dirty player with sharp elbows; he was the hatchet man for his father.
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That's not exactly a substantial accusation. There are no specifics at all.

IIRC Joe Klein also hinted at this in Primary Colors; it's been years since I read the book, but I do remember a discussion of Ozio's (i.e. Cuomo's) son being a real sleaze.
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Again...Rather insubstantial. And based on a book whose factual basis is questionable.

Also, he lied about voting for Bloomberg.
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Well, that's specific at least. Not exactly the sort of thing that (IMO) would get him labeled "scumbag," but at least it's verifiable.
 
Playing hardball politics is one thing, but I'm not sure how you can compare one candidate making a false claim about who he voted for and another angrily threatening a reporter with violence. One can easily be written off as a gaffe, and the other is... well, borderline sociopathic behavior.

Thrown in those racist and pornographic e-mails of Paladino's, and you're going to have to come up with something a little more substantial than "Cuomo isn't very nice".
 
Brainster said:
Well, this ensures that no matter whom is elected, New Yorkers will have a scumbag for governor.

Of course, they should be used to it by now.
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This is true. The choice is, do you go with the scumbag that has been in politics all his life, or the scumbag that is a newcomer? Cuomo is the same old scumbag that has been running New York down for decades. As Bad as Paladino may be, he's not the same old crap. That does count for something. New York has been the worst state government in the country. Cuomo will just continue it. At least Paladino will shake it up.

PS. He must be an idiot. He was dumped by a Kennedy
 
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The Painter said:
As Bad as Paladino may be, he's not the same old crap. That does count for something. New York has been the worst state government in the country. Cuomo will just continue it. At least Paladino will shake it up.
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you clearly don't know the first thing about New York State govt.

Paladino is a racist, homophobic, liar. I'll be damned if he becomes by Governor.

Anyone who votes for him, votes for his views...as far as I am concerned.
 
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Paladino also fathered an illegitimate child with an employee while he was still married to someone else.

Then he threatened to "take out" a reporter who tried to get additional background on what sort of relationship he and the baby mamma had.

Classy, dude!
 
The dude said he was mad cause a reporter was looking and taking pictures of his daughter through her windows!
That would make any father go postal!
 
it is possible...that Paladino wasn't actually accusing Cuomo of having an affair.

in response to a question about his own infedelity, Palidino may have just said "why don't you ask Cuomo about his affairs?"

...which was not an allusion to Cuomo actually having an affair..but more like just saying "why don't you bother Cuomo like your bothering me".

hmm..

but he is still a scumbag.
 
The Painter said:
This is true. The choice is, do you go with the scumbag that has been in politics all his life, or the scumbag that is a newcomer? Cuomo is the same old scumbag that has been running New York down for decades. As Bad as Paladino may be, he's not the same old crap. That does count for something. New York has been the worst state government in the country. Cuomo will just continue it. At least Paladino will shake it up.

PS. He must be an idiot. He was dumped by a Kennedy
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Your logic is impeccable. All that is missing is the Q.E.D. These are all excellent reasons for electing an unstable individual with a predilection for racist communications and unsubstantiated personal attacks.

Daredelvis
 
However... NPR interviewed people from the area who find Palladino's outrageous behavior favorable.....One couple said "he's got spunk!" and another individual said "he stands up for his position."
This has always sort of eluded me... "He stands up for his position." "Yes, but what if the position is demonstrably wrong?"
"Well, at least he believes what he says..."

Strange....

In more than a few foreign countries, notably Taiwan and Korea, parliament frequently erupts into fistfights over various issues. The voters feel this demonstrates that the legislators feel strongly about their position....

How we have advanced over our primitive ancestors.
 
Bikewer said:
However... NPR interviewed people from the area who find Palladino's outrageous behavior favorable.....One couple said "he's got spunk!"
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Pretty evident by his fathering a child out of wedlock...

Michael
 
Before all you (especially you out of staters) anoint him Saint Coumo you should do a little homework on the guy.

When Com became HUD Secretary in 1997, he axed a federal program that had saved the U.S. $2.2 billion between 1994 and 1997 and reinstituted a system that lost the government money while earning billions for favored friends. He fired a former HUD official whose company designed the program.
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That wasn’t the only money big money lost. When Cuomo was secretary, HUD reported that $59 billion was missing! It couldn't’t say where they money went, because it failed to produce audited financial statements.
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As Secretary of HUD, Andrew Cuomo reversed the policy of selling defaulted mortgages so that families could keep their homes. Instead, he chose to foreclose on mortgages, which meant that families lost their homes and insiders cleaned up on fire-sale priced properties. The US Treasury also lost billions.
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Now does he still sound like the solution to the problem or is he the problem?


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The Painter said:
Before all you (especially you out of staters) anoint him Saint Coumo you should do a little homework on the guy.
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Who's "anointing him Saint Cuomo?"

None of what you cited, even if true, excuses voting for an unhinged racist with violent tendencies.
 
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