Posted on 11/21/2020 1:32:13 AM PST by John Semmens
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) has won this year's International Emmy® Founders Award for his "dramatic and convincing portrayal of a man who cares about people" during the 111 daily briefings he gave on the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year.
International Academy President & CEO, Bruce L. Paisner said "Gov. Cuomo effectively created television shows, with characters, plot lines, and stories of success and failure. The way he wheedled more than his state's fair share of medical equipment out of a befuddled President Trump was masterful. The quantities of ventilators and hospital beds he persuaded Trump to hand over resulted in a massive unused surplus unmatched by anything seen in any other state. It was a genuinely spellbinding performance."
The Founder's Award is presented to an individual or organization who "crosses cultural boundaries to touch our common humanity." Previous recipients include former Vice President Al Gore, Oprah Winfrey, and Steven Spielberg.
Not everyone was impressed by Cuomo's performance. President Trump was especially critical, pointing out that "it was the ingenuity and generosity of the federal coronavirus response team that made it possible for the State of New York to escape the health disaster that Gov. Cuomo's improvidence would have inflicted on its inhabitants. It is the benefactor, not the beggar, who deserves credit for the lives that were saved."
The Emmy Award wasn't the only unmerited commendation the Governor received this year. Despite his imposition of a cruel and excessive lockdown of the state's economy that forced thousands of small businesses into bankruptcy and caused tens of thousands of wage earners to lose their jobs, Cuomo has been rewarded with a $25,000/year raise in his salary. This will make his $250,000 annual pay the highest for any governor in the country.
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Well, his performance IS an act.
I was going to say the same thing. Cuomo himself is a satire.
He wins a Dummy Award.
He wins Fredo Award.
Payoffs for politicians...makes the world go round 🤮
I think the article meant to say he was nominated for an enema,he always looks constipated, just my guess
I don't think we can count this as "satire", John. Similar versions likely heard in every news room across the Country.
Thanks for another fine column.
Cuomo would deserve a Medal of Honor if America was at war with New York nursing home residents.
What did he get it for? Sitting on the toilet reading a newspaper?
He played the part of an ignorant buffoon lawmaker to a tee.
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