So Cuomo bankrolled this Women's Equality Party solely to drain votes from the WFP and maybe get them off the ballot for good, as far as i can tell. AND THEY STILL ENDORSED HIM! "Please hit me on the head with a 2x4 again, governor." Green Green Green.
http://www.howiehawkins.org/why_howie_hawkins_deserves_your_vote_and_the_wfp_does_not
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 November 2014 12:27 (nine years ago) link
He played the "WEP" card well after the endorsement though, and if they withdrew their endorsement or violated the terms of the agreement by appearing unsupportive of Reptile Face, he could retract his commitment to pass the Women's Equality Agenda, the NYS DREAM Act, raise the minimum wage, etc, AND bring the IDC back. The WFP leadership weighed how many people's lives that would change and decided if they could hold him accountable to those commitments it would be worth it.
Basically now that he agreed to all those progressive issues he's trying to break them so they CAN'T hold him accountable, ie having his cake for free and ordering a hit on the baker he ordered it from.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 3 November 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
yeah I know it was after. Withdrawal of the endorsement would be the honorable way out.
Celeb enthusiasts about the "WEP" are the usual gang of tourists, oh hello Lena Dunham.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 November 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link
Ugh unfortunately I live right on the edge of Cornegy's council district and while my own city council person is terrible, I'm glad she's just crazy and not "centrist" or whatever Cornegy thinks he is. He's publicly supporting BOTH the WEP **and** Prop 1. Why why why why
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 3 November 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
If anyone can defend a No vote on ballot proposals 2 and 3, i'm all ears. (All I can detect: legislators won't read electronic bills; the tech money is better spent elsewhere on schools, and only public ones.)
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 November 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
I think Prop 2 is just a bit of house keeping, something about how the countdown for how long they have to read a proposed bill before it comes to a vote will start from when the email is sent instead of when paper copies are distro'ed. Will prob result in legislators assigning a staffer to print it out for them as soon as the email comes through and that's assuming anyone was reading proposed legislation anyway.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 3 November 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
A frustrated labor union source said that in the end, Cuomo is just being Cuomo.
“The mayor arranged a forced marriage between the base and him,” said the union source, who has helped with the Democratic effort to win the Senate. “This is what happens when you get into an arranged marriage. It doesn’t always work out.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/gov-cuomo-closing-campaign-strategy-left-democrats-scratching-heads-blog-entry-1.1996812
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 November 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
Fuck Cuomo so much. Gonna protest vote tomorrow.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 04:02 (nine years ago) link
Me too. He's been shitting on teachers so goddamn relentlessly. I'm voting Hawkins/Jones.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 14:19 (nine years ago) link
I would be delighted if the Greens outpolled the WFP, not sure it's gonna happen.
My state senator is this unopposed asshole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Felder
so I wrote in myself.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Cuomo's statewide total from last night is currently 52.78%, lol
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
5% for Hawkins, I guess that's something
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
Slightly more than Working Families and "Women's Equality Party" combined.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
since they're both effectively the Dem ticket it's probably not an accurate comparison
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
well State Senate solidly back in Republican hands, they don't even need scumbag "Democrat" Felder anymore.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 19:59 (nine years ago) link
ie excellent crutch for Cuomo, another WFP negotiating triumph.
― Nhex, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:57 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That's actually why it's marginally meaningful, because Working Families is supposed to be this *insider progressive* party that works with the dems to make sure progressive issues get pushed (or just uses false promises to keep progressives from defecting away from the dems entirely, depending on how you look at it).
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
I mean with Cuomo winning 52-39, it's not of enormous significance, but in a closer D-R race, the number of progressives who vote for the dem on the Working Families line vs vote for a third party candidate could make the difference.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
Cuomo's raw vote total is the lowest for a NY gov winner since FDR in 1930. (When we had a lot less people, if more voters.)
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 November 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
Shelly Silver -- what took so long?
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150122/BLOGS04/150129937/charges-against-silver-point-to-leonard-litwin
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 January 2015 05:56 (nine years ago) link
http://justice.gawker.com/tweets-sum-up-relationship-between-andrew-cuomo-and-bil-1683531638
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 February 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
Wayne Barrett, who wrote fine muckraking columns for the Voice when it was a newspaper, on Dean Skelos et al:
With all the focus on Shelly Silver and his Assembly apparatchiks, let’s not forget New York’s state Senate, where four of the last five majority leaders have been indicted and the fifth, Dean Skelos, is reportedly under investigation....
The swamp is so deeply bi-partisan that Democrat (Malcolm) Smith was bribing Republican county leaders to get the Republican line, Democrat (Pedro) Espada was initially installed as leader by Republicans, and (Joe) Bruno, who claimed years ago that Silver’s outside income inspired his own consulting career, just derided Silver’s prosecutors as “out of control.”
...It is comforting to note that local comedian Al Sharpton hosted new speaker Heastie at his National Action Network over the weekend and declared that any attempt to change the three-men-in-a-room nirvana in Albany would now be seen as racist. Along with a prayer blessing for Heastie, Sharpton issued a threat: “If you mess with Carl, you’re messing with us.”
“Don’t talk about breaking up the trio now. We just got into the trio,” Sharpton said, forgetting that Smith, Sampson and ex-governor David Paterson were recently part of the three, actually outnumbering white men at one point. It’s hard to believe Sharpton might’ve forgotten Paterson, Smith and (John) Sampson, since all were involved with him in the Aqueduct scandal, with Sharpton collecting $100,000 in NAN contributions from bidders on the $3 billion, 30-year racino contract, the richest in state history.
We haven’t heard from the Greeks yet about what they will do if they lose their man in the room, Dean Skelos, the state senator from Rockville Centre in Long Island who succeeded Bruno. Hemlock is always an option. Jonathan Dienst, the Emmy-Award winning WNBC reporter who broke the Skelos story, says Bharara is investigating the majority leader’s ties to the real estate industry....
http://cityandstateny.com/2/politics/new-york-state-articles/new-york-state-senate/the-dean-of-the-senate.html#.VN4gPPnF9yy
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 February 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link
as rumored, Skelos & Son
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/nyregion/dean-skelos-new-york-senate-leader-and-son-are-arrested-on-corruption-charges.html
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 May 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link
deBlasio unloads on Cuomo! (and all the right people are appalled, it seems)
http://gothamist.com/2015/06/30/mayor_de_blasio_is_sick_tired_of_go.php
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 July 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link
kinda wish Silver trial was on TV
along w/ $50 M in de facto bribes, yesterday's testimony covered "gifts of handmade matzo"
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 November 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
shelly shelly bo belly
http://gawker.com/sheldon-silver-longtime-titan-of-new-york-politics-gu-1745361552
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:17 (eight years ago) link
please Preet, go get Andy now
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/12/dean-skelos-and-son-found-guilty-on-all-counts.html
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 12 December 2015 03:44 (eight years ago) link
right up there with not thinking abt Ted Cruz having affairs...
http://gawker.com/feds-former-state-assembly-speaker-sheldon-silver-had-1771176455
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 April 2016 19:25 (eight years ago) link
Josh Dawsey @jdawsey1De Blasio encourages media to look into "fascinating interconnections" and the "cast of characters" around Cuomo and state ethics agency.
@DougHenwood oh this is a prime spectator sport
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 17:30 (eight years ago) link
charged with fraud, kills himself, wins primary
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/09/13/bill-nojay-rochester-election-milne/90329448/
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 16:19 (seven years ago) link
a path to victory, but with a catch
― salthigh, Wednesday, 14 September 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
certainly fits the "unresponsive" part of the thread title
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
Cuomo, positive political calculus:
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/nyregion/free-tuition-new-york-colleges-plan.html?_r=0
Cuomo, standard POS:
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a52009/cuomo-legal-services-veto/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 January 2017 15:40 (seven years ago) link
to put further emphasis on Andy's game
http://theslot.jezebel.com/andrew-cuomo-is-a-fucking-snake-1790712955
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 January 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
Biggus Dickus: Prince Andy saves plastic bags in NYC
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/n-y-lawmakers-urge-cuomo-compromise-disposable-bag-fee-article-1.2972351
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link
@ZackFinkNewsSources say 421a proposal being discussed by State Leaders includes money for certain Brooklyn neighborhoods as gift to @NYSenatorFelder
https://www.citylab.com/housing/2017/03/can-andrew-cuomo-really-deliver-on-his-housing-promises/521076/
Simcha Felder, such a shit
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 March 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8l_mOIXoAE_Pqf.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 April 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
NY constitutional convention on the ballot this fall.
http://gothamist.com/2017/06/06/ny_constitutional_convention.php
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 June 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
about the only thing i am looking forward to in 2020 is voting against this schmuck in the democratic primary https://t.co/76KTXrg94v— Max Read (@max_read) June 22, 2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 June 2017 08:10 (six years ago) link
Shelly Silver's conviction is vacated
I think we can all agree what America needs most now is a narrow definition of what legally constitutes corruption pic.twitter.com/ilDS5xcBx5— David Klion (@DavidKlion) July 13, 2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 July 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
Every year it gets harder to understand why Spitzer resigned— slackbot (@pareene) July 21, 2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 July 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
can't blame the guy
http://gothamist.com/2017/08/09/daniel_squadron_resign_state_senate.php
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
yo that name can't be real
― Nhex, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
that's my district; maybe i should run
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
clean up Albany, mook
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 21:27 (six years ago) link
good thread
Andrew Cuomo has now officially decided not to call special elections in time for newly elected Senators (likely Democrats) to be part of the 2018 budget.That means he has chosen to maintain a Republican veto over all New York legislation. 1/— Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) January 22, 2018
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 January 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
this Percocco trial is some farcical shit
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 9 February 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
Last night @NYGovCuomo did two interviews, one on @CNN the other with @MSNBC. The Governor’s team released a transcript of CNN interview but NOT the one on MSNBC. Perhaps because @AriMelber asked him about Joe Percoco at about :56 here: https://t.co/R1FNKVp9sn— Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) February 16, 2018
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 February 2018 21:40 (six years ago) link
LOL. Wayne LaPierre just said Andrew Cuomo was a "European-style socialist."— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) February 22, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 February 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
i'd settle for Vermont-style
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 February 2018 16:48 (six years ago) link