An apolitical friend reached out to me the other day with an honest question: Is Andrew Cuomo the best governor in the United States?
The answer to that question is a hard “no,” but my friend is not the only one thinking that way, especially among New Yorkers.
A new poll, under the headline “Cuomo Threatens Trump” shows Cuomo’s numbers skyrocketing during his handling of the coronavirus crisis and has him challenging Trump seriously in a head-to-head matchup. Polls show the president’s approval ratings moving upward during the crisis, too. Both of these politicians seem to be leveraging their nationally televised Corona briefings toward general approval of their handling of the situation.
The truth is both of these politicians seem to be benefiting from the “rally ’round the flag effect.” Seen most spectacularly during 9/11, the “rally ’round the flag effect” is a term coined by political scientists to describe how Americans tend to favor their leaders during times of national distress. During “the most spectacular of international crises,” government officials can expect “a public rally.” This is how we can understand President George Bush’s astounding approval rating of 90 percent during the intial outbreak of “the war on terrorism.” Or FDR’s 84 percent approval rating during the Great Depression, even though some economists have questioned if his actions actually prolonged our economic burdens, and didn’t help alleviate them.
It isn’t too difficult to see why Cuomo seems to be benefiting from the flag effect more than Trump is. While Cuomo has been getting the benefits of the televised briefings, his critiques and criticisms have come mostly from the local press. The national press, on the other hand, has been fawning over him. And thus there has been little mitigation to the theory’s effect. Full - Story - Elliot Fuchs - American Greatness
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Supererogatory was always a strain in Cuomo’s behavioral pattern
Su·per·erog·a·to·ry (adj): 1: observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required.
2: superfluous.
3: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
I confess, that last definition wasn’t given by the lexicographers at Merriam-Webster. I helpfully added it for them. But few individuals in government officialdom have done so many supererogatory things during the coronavirus crisis as the Empire State’s Cuomo.
I thought Trump was supposed to be the one delivering the over-the-top showmanship, but Cuomo has proven that the [he] can do 'anything'.
Securing an affordable stream of hand sanitizer for the state? .. he falsely claimed that prisoners were making hand sanitizer Securing ventilators for the state? .. Blaming the Trump administration for a lack of ventilators when Cuomo, in fact, resisted ordering them for his state in the case of a pandemic after a 2015 report? Supererogatory. Read More
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Cuomo Klan and the Mafia
Most prominent Italian Americans at one time or another are accused of being 'connected' at one level or another. 'Connected' being a euphemism for being a mafia stooge at the very least or at most a mafia mogul . Mario Cuomo, who once stated "the mafia doesn't exist" is certainly no exception.
Wading through scores of old news stories and columns I was amazed at how diligently the liberal press of his day endeavored to depict him as a choir boy who ascended to Sainthood. That alone aroused my suspicion, if the liberal press is promoting somebody or something - then yes, he/she/it is connected. If not connected to the classical Italian mob, then that other great organized crime cabal - The Democratic Party. Now none will deny Saint Mario's connections to the Democrats he was one of the dirt-bags, but his connections to the Mafia itself is a tad more suspect, it is largely based on guilt by association.
Mario Cuomo's obscure mafia ties are believed the reason he declined to seek his parties Presidential nomination. Read More
