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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToo bad we don't have a president like Cuomo, rather than this ass in the White House! n/t
spanone
(135,873 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)a relief from the Orange Blob drooling.
spanone
(135,873 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Zoonart
(11,878 posts)Democratic left rejected him as not pure enough he worked with Republicans...gasp, in a state that consistently gave him a Republican legislature...double gasp. So there's that.
Cooperation is essential for effective leadership.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Not doing that is akin to the tRumpsters.
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)Its the hallmark of effective leadership.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)contact form but addressing the letter "Dear President Cuomo" and going on about how happy I was we finally had leadership and honesty.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)glance at ... figuring most of what he says is filled with lies and distortions, self flattery and boasting things he will never do. The Wartime President! Yeah, right! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VarryOn
(2,343 posts)I've been quite impressed, along with many, even on the other side of the ailse. He's a template for how in certain extreme circumstaces going above politics is necessary.
This will help set up him up nicefully for a future run at the presidency.
Basic LA
(2,047 posts)There was a man who could've easily been elected president but refused to run. Didn't he even later turn down a supreme court nomination?
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)NYT 1993: "Gov. Mario M. Cuomo said today that he had asked President Clinton to remove him from consideration for an appointment to the United States Supreme Court, saying he wished to continue serving New York while the state was on the cusp of economic recovery."
Basic LA
(2,047 posts)There was a lot of speculation at the time as to why such a gifted speaker refused higher (than governor) office.