Posts tagged as Andrew Cuomo
Gays Thrown Into Hot Turmoil!
Mating and dating in America's gayest city has been turned on its head. With one smooth twist of Andrew Cuomo's gloating pen, New York City's gays now find themselves in a whole different ballgame (as it were) of sexy-time outcomes. Now, like the ladies, the gays must think: am I marriage material? Am I marriage material if I put out on the first date? When and how do we get engaged? And how can we best torture our single friends with expensive destination weddings that require multiple-leg flights and pre-parties and annoying and eccentric gift registries? Long-time couples are in a similar ruckus—even those who've never wanted to get married, or think marriage is a relic of the subjugating patriarchy (well?), now have to affirm their choice to not marry. Meanwhile, gays of all stripes will get taken with the moment and marry up and then have a really, really confusing April 15, 2012. What are the legal ramifications of getting married? Gays have no idea. The real winners are gay attorneys, who should basically open up a drive-by prenup shack on Eighth Avenue. All that we know for sure is that, right now, pretty much everyone admires Captain Cuomo.
Reading The Polls In The NY Gov Race
Reading the tea leaves: "Here are some other categories of people who told Marist they preferred Cuomo to Paladino: white people, nonwhite people, poor people, middle-income people, rich people, people younger than 45, people 45 and older, men, and women."
Old Men Yelling at Each Other: The Carl Paladino Campaign is Awesome
Good times in New York State politics. Republican nutter Carl Paladino is making Buffalo proud this morning. The relevant quote being, to a reporter: "You send another goon to my daughter's house and I'll take you out, buddy!" (And this is the definition of stalking horse, for you young people who weren't around in the Boss Tweed days.) His other relevant quote being: "Has anybody asked Andrew Cuomo about his paramours?"
Shock Polls Show Deeply Vulnerable Andrew Cuomo Crushing Carl Paladino
Oh no, Andrew Cuomo is in trouble! Take it away, Fred Dicker: READ MORE
Pop Quiz: Did Carl Paladino Say This?
Buffalo is buzzing over native son Carl Paladino, Republican candidate for governor of the State of New York. Given Buffalo's losing streak generally, Carl probably does not have a great shot at the statehouse come November. But recent polls do indicate that in today's Republican primary, Carl is virtually tied with Rick Lazio. You may remember Rick as the guy who wagged his finger at First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on her march to the Foggy Bottom. READ MORE
The New York State Fair Is Happening! And Under Investigation!
We have a winner for press release of the day! "ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO LAUNCHES WIDE-RANGING INVESTIGATION INTO PATRONAGE, CRONYISM AND WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY AT THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR." Oh really? "The State Fair has long been plagued by allegations that it has become a patronage playground for friends, relatives and cronies of the Fair's directors and managers. The Attorney General's investigation will assess the integrity of ticketing, contracting, hiring, and other management and financial practices involving the Fair." (Subpoenas went out to, among other parties, Clear Channel Radio, which, hmm!) Anyway, this undoubtedly put a pall on this morning's "Pettis Pools' Extreme Canines stunt dog show" at the Adventure Zone by the New York State Fair Grandstand and the "MaxMan Reptile Rescue demonstration" in the Hall of Veterinary Health. For yes, the New York State Fair is going on right now, at the Empire Expo Center, "immediately adjacent to Route 690 just west of Syracuse." I hope no one is trying to build a mosque by it. (via)
Andrew Cuomo Is Ready To Be Your Emperor Already
The New York Times magazine moves from narcissist to narcissist! Now that horrible photo on this coming Sunday's mag is of a frightening-looking Andrew Cuomo. There's this gambit early on in the profile: "When you spend time with Andrew Cuomo, it can be easy to forget that a little more than two election cycles ago his personal life was in shambles and his political career appeared to be over." Not that easy, apparently! And it's littered with nuggets like this. "When HUD's inspector general, Susan Gaffney, criticized some of Cuomo's management decisions, his office, according to a departmental-harassment claim she filed, started a smear campaign to destroy her credibility. 'The question isn't just has Andrew Cuomo learned the lessons of Eliot Spitzer?' as one state assemblyman put it to me. 'It's also has he tamed his inner beast?'" Who knows! All I walk away remembering pretty much is that Andrew Mark Cuomo used to drive a Jaguar with the license plate "AMC ESQ."
Cuomo's Goes For #2 In Upstate Play/Ploy
Mega-shock! New York goooobernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo has picked a mayor of one of them there upstate cities as his running mate, in an appeal to the 8 million or so New York residents not residing in New York City, Westchester or Long Island. Running with Rochester's top cop turned mayor should go some way in keeping people from thinking of him as just a big-city, party machine-friendly, slick-haired, Clinton-loving, overly ethnic operator.
You Will Obey Andrew Cuomo And Elect Him Now!
Local lawyer Andrew Cuomo has made public his obvious years-long intention to be the lord-god-king of New York State, in a 20-minute speech that used phrases like: Could make Boss Tweed blush! Debacle! Carpe diem! The time for baby steps is over! Tear it down! Let my opponents play the old-style politics, with party bosses! And my fave: "When 
government 
fails, 
the 
people 
have
 the 
right 
to
 replace 
it!" I had not realized we were really interested in REPLACING THE GOVERNMENT with a single Dear Leader, but, hey, it's not like those other clowns are working out.
