pinball Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Effective in August 24 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Do you have a link? I hope he does resign ASAP, but I can't find anything anywhere that confirms this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Corraleno said: Do you have a link? I hope he does resign ASAP, but I can't find anything anywhere that confirms this. JUST IN: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns (cnn.com) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, mommyoffive said: JUST IN: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns (cnn.com) Thanks! The story just hit the NBC NY affiliate I was watching, which had updated 4 minutes ago that he was still fighting it. Then literally 10 seconds ago it changed to he resigned. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 First Female Governor of NYS will be Kathy Hochul. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I am so happy and not even in NY! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livetoread Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Good. I never jumped on the Cuomo bandwagon, and I shivered when folks were floating him as presidential material back in the early covid days. I don't know what it is about swaggering, brash, egotistical males that sets some hearts aflutter politically, but these guys should not be near power. They shine for two seconds in severe crises because we love to feel like someone is is control, and then they go back to wrecking lives and abusing their power. 16 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 He lost me when he wrote a book about his awesomeness at quelling the Covid pandemic—last fall when we were still smack in the middle of it. I have met Kathy Hochul a few times and honestly liked her. I am not a democrat so we might differ politically, but she seemed like a genuinely decent person. Time will tell, I guess. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 25 minutes ago, livetoread said: Good. I never jumped on the Cuomo bandwagon, and I shivered when folks were floating him as presidential material back in the early covid days. I don't know what it is about swaggering, brash, egotistical males that sets some hearts aflutter politically, but these guys should not be near power. They shine for two seconds in severe crises because we love to feel like someone is is control, and then they go back to wrecking lives and abusing their power. Oh, you’d be surprised at how many women are drawn to this type of man. You find them everywhere, in the most unusual of places… 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 36 minutes ago, livetoread said: Good. I never jumped on the Cuomo bandwagon, and I shivered when folks were floating him as presidential material back in the early covid days. I don't know what it is about swaggering, brash, egotistical males that sets some hearts aflutter politically, but these guys should not be near power. They shine for two seconds in severe crises because we love to feel like someone is is control, and then they go back to wrecking lives and abusing their power. I’ll admit, I was fully drawn in to what I saw as basic competence in as much as “competence” was a thing in the first thick of it, which isn’t saying a whole lot for anyone else’s effectiveness or even the known results there when it came down to it. But I felt there was strength (as a neighboring state.). But, yeah... hindsight. And, ya know, more info. Rudy was once thought of as capable, too. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I wonder if his sudden resignation was influenced by the fact that the New Yorker just published a long article this morning by Ronan Farrow that details Cuomo's attempts to intervene in corruption investigations when they got too close to him or his allies. It's so strange that his office was aggressively denying all claims in the investigative report, maligning the integrity of not only his accusers but also Letitia James, and then news stations suddenly cut from covering the press conference about how he was going to fight the accusations to announcing that he resigned. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Corraleno said: I wonder if his sudden resignation was influenced by the fact that the New Yorker just published a long article this morning by Ronan Farrow that details Cuomo's attempts to intervene in corruption investigations when they got too close to him or his allies. It's so strange that his office was aggressively denying all claims in the investigative report, maligning the integrity of not only his accusers but also Letitia James, and then news stations suddenly cut from covering the press conference about how he was going to fight the accusations to announcing that he resigned. I was wondering about the same thing. What else are about to release on him. I never cared for him and have heard stories about his antics for years. About time they caught up with him. Edited August 10, 2021 by itsheresomewhere 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I'm so happy to admit that I was wrong. I didn't think he'd resign in a million years. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Ronan Farrow is a force of nature. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 21 minutes ago, RootAnn said: I'm so happy to admit that I was wrong. I didn't think he'd resign in a million years. I got to thinking about this earlier- if he resigned, he could run again for political office. Give the I have learned my lesson over the years about how wrong I was speech. Those go still think he is awesome would still vote for him. I don’t expect him to fade away from the cameras as he loves himself too much. Unless they can actually get it together to get a conviction…. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, livetoread said: Good. I never jumped on the Cuomo bandwagon, and I shivered when folks were floating him as presidential material back in the early covid days. I don't know what it is about swaggering, brash, egotistical males that sets some hearts aflutter politically, but these guys should not be near power. They shine for two seconds in severe crises because we love to feel like someone is is control, and then they go back to wrecking lives and abusing their power. I felt the same about Rudy Giuliani after 9/11 when everyone was calling him "America's Mayor". Nope. I didn't forget who he was before 9/11 and he only got worse as the years went on. While I wasn't worshipping Cuomo last year I did think he was doing a pretty good job. That is until the information about nursing homes came out. Plus when compared to my own governor he was doing a good job. ETA: I'm glad he resigned. I do think he would have been impeached and removed but at least the people of NYS are saved the cost of impeachment proceedings. Edited August 10, 2021 by Lady Florida. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_a_Number Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Carrie12345 said: I’ll admit, I was fully drawn in to what I saw as basic competence in as much as “competence” was a thing in the first thick of it, which isn’t saying a whole lot for anyone else’s effectiveness or even the known results there when it came down to it. But I felt there was strength (as a neighboring state.). But, yeah... hindsight. And, ya know, more info. Rudy was once thought of as capable, too. Yep, I was, too. He seemed competent. Heck, I still think he’s relatively competent, although the pandemic book turned me off, too. He seems like a smart guy but one whose ego made him unable to act on it. It’s a shame. (And of course, he seems like an asshole. But honestly, I don’t necessarily expect politicians not to be asses.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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