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Live and Let Live 303's avatar

We'll see. While I'm not a big Mamdani fan, I have been hoping that Cuomo will lose this race. His time as Governor should be enough in my eyes for him to never be in political power again. But we'll see if the voters agree. If anything I'm hoping that Cuomo losing this race will serve as at least a symbolic blow to the New York Political Establishment. If the voters are unhappy with the cost of living in their area, perhaps try to actually address their issues rather than blame them and serve up former failed politicians.

It's also nice watching the strategy of accusing one's opponent of being weak or supportive terror backfire. This strategy has been used quite bit over the years, mostly to go after critics of the GWOT. So watching it get called out like this by even "centrists" now is a real win even before the election.

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Kevin Beck's avatar

The only way I could think that Mamdani's name is hard to pronounce is if you say, "Mad-man." instead. Just like it's easy to say, "Cow-moo," instead of Cuomo.

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JohnnyGee's avatar

Yeah Cuomo's career is sad like some many corrupt, entitled self absorbed scumbag's careers are sad. And that's the problem, Cuomo was not an outlier. He is an American politician, who rose to power like too many politicians do in this country. Yeah he got the hook off the stage, but today's system was created by and for guys like him. He'll disappear from public view, but don't for a minute believe he's out of politics.

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Cody Bowman's avatar

A DSA member cheering 9/11 or something similar isn’t that crazy of an assertion.

You’re forgetting that second order of American exceptionalism that the left subscribes to; I’ve heard you talk about it before.

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AJDeiboldt-The High Notes's avatar

Cuomo is like an athlete everyone can see is past his prime but who won't retire because his ego keeps telling him he has one more in him. Being forced to resign as NY governor should have been his come to Jesus moment that his political career was over.

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George Shay's avatar

Interestingly, no one has mentioned Mad-Mani’s roots in the British Empire, an oppressor. I guess his family’s role in oppressing Ugandans doesn't fit the narrative.

Identity politics aside, the big problem with him is his socialism bordering on outright communism. He will destroy NYC.

Any Jew who votes for him has a death penalty wish.

That giant sucking sound you’ll hear if he gets elected will be the Jews, wealth, and business escaping from Gotham.

Of course, that looks like victory to DSA, since they consider billionaires to be policy failures.

But after they tax the rich until there are no rich anymore, where will they get the money to buy votes? Not from Trump’s Federal government, which Mad-Mani’s buddy Chuck Schumer has shut down anyway.

That’s the mother of all policy failures.

Mad-mani will take the Big Apple right back to where it was in the horrific 1970s, rotten to the core,

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