Gov. Mario Cuomo on the state of the middle-class

draft_mario_cuomo

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Tue Apr-10-07 01:53 AM
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Gov. Mario Cuomo on the state of the middle-class

Edited on Tue Apr-10-07 01:54 AM by draft_mario_cuomo

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Former three-term New York Governor Mario Cuomo addressed a conference on the state of the middle-class in New York City on 4/2. Although the specific topic was the middle-class in NYC, the issues confronting the middle-class in New York are essentially the same as faced by middle-class Americans across the country. This is an edited version that captures the main points of his keynote speech at the conference. This man would make an excellent president!

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draft_mario_cuomo

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Tue Apr-10-07 03:47 AM
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1. Cuomo on the struggles of the poor and middle-class under conservative rule

This is from his famous keynote speech at the 1984 DNC convention, with the applause edited out. What he said in 1984 about America under Reagan rings as true in 2007 about Bush's America. http://www.theartofrwfirestone.com/tempcuomo/MC84%20Reagan's%20Shining%20City.mp3

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Tue Apr-10-07 04:22 PM
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2. It's much worse under Bush than Reagan.

Reagan was full of it too, but no where near as Bush II.

Just think of how great things were just a few years back, now we have this turd "leading" us.

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Sherman A1

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Tue Apr-10-07 04:36 PM
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3. Yes

Reagan was the start of this when he fired the Air Traffic Controlers and it has gotten much, much worse under Bush II. I will say in his defense that at least St. Ronnie could speak in complete sentences.

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Wed Apr-11-07 07:20 PM
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4. Love this man and he is right

Greed has killed the middle class now its rich and poor

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draft_mario_cuomo

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Thu Apr-12-07 07:54 PM
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5. We need to deliver this message to the people

Edited on Thu Apr-12-07 07:56 PM by draft_mario_cuomo

It is a shame the Republicans have been able to divert the attention of many people from the real issue of the decline of the middle-class with trivial things such as school prayer, "the war on christmas", guns, etc. We Democrats must get enough voters to look at the real issues.

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