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I live in NYC - Cuomo is still somewhat popular here, particularly (and perhaps counterintuitively) among older women. At least among the older women I know, hi
by game_the0ry 5y ago
I live in NYC - Cuomo is still somewhat popular here, particularly (and perhaps counterintuitively) among older women. At least among the older women I know, his transgressions are processed in the same way that Trump's were when the "grab 'em by the p-ssy" tape leaked.
Cuomo is skilled in playing "leader" on tv:
* the daily covid press briefings - these were especially powerful among Americans looking for some kind of steady leadership they could latch on to and feel safe and were especially amped up by the media (remember "Cuomo-sexual"?)
* in his response yesterday to AG's allegations, he showed multiple pics of him hugging and touching people he greeted, as a way of minimizing the pic that showed him touching one of his accuser's face
* multiple staged videos on tv of him assessing and riding the subways, cleaning the subways, attending gay pride parade, etc all to create a fake image of him as a "man of the people"
^^ that stuff still works on the over 55 demographics that watch CNN, so they still support him. IIRC, he had like ~50% approval rating like a couple weeks ago.
- 3327 5y agoyeah i don't see why he should resign if Trump didn't. playing devils advocate here but this is the new normal.
- puszczyk 5y agoI don’t know why the answer is unpopular. I not an American and don’t follow the NY politics. I don’t know too much about the scandal. But the ^^^ description sounds like a playbook followed by many politicians in many places , and the one that seems to work quite often.
- game_the0ry 5y agoI will probably get more downvotes for this, but don't care. Likely being downvoted by folks who identify as liberal / democrat who still have misplaced faith that Cuomo is an effective leader. That's how strong the media effect is.
- iammisc 5y agoPolitics has become a religion substitute in this country. People are becoming blinded by dogma, but instead of the dogma being about unfalsifiable claims, it's about facts and real world happenings.
- fidesomnes 5y ago"the daily covid press briefings - these were especially powerful among Americans looking for some kind of steady leadership they could latch on to and feel safe" What is wrong with Americans that they watched that and "feel safe"?
- iammisc 5y agoThis is why the focus is on sex assault and not nursing home deaths. Like it or not, there's a segment of the population that celebrates men who grab life by certain parts. they're typically elderly. And the elderly are a more active voter bloc. The reason they stoped investigating the nursing home deaths is because titillating older women with a handsome elderly man is more likely to lead to political success than talking about how he killed older ladies.
- zozbot234 5y agoYou may be unfamiliar with just how serious the allegations against Cuomo are, there's a link to the state AG report in this HN thread. Arguably, they paint a comprehensive picture of a guy who simply cannot be trusted with any leadership role, or any authority over people more generally. There's simply no excuse for his treating people who were working with him as he did. The report lists many cases of grossly intrusive, invasive and inappropriate behavior; if even a single instance had some merit it would be more than enough to immediately and seriously call into question his ability to lead people effectively.
- iammisc 5y agoAbsolutely, but forcing elderly to their deaths in the face of multiple warnings against it and against federally recommended policy is much worse. Sex assault is terrible, but marching people off to death is much worse, IMO.