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New York’s Andrew Cuomo faces his Nixon moment (opinion)
silive.com ^ | 08/04/2021 | Tom Wrobleski

Posted on 08/04/2021 1:32:28 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – When President Richard Nixon was neck deep in the Watergate scandal and faced impeachment in the House of Representatives and a trial in the U.S. Senate, Tricky Dick said he would never resign.

After all, Nixon was sure that he could beat conviction in the Senate, where he merely had to hold on to a third of the members in order to remain in office.

As gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson wrote at the time, any president who couldn’t use the vast powers of their office to keep 33 senators in line by hook or by crook wasn’t worth their salt and likely would have never become president in the first place.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cuomo; faces; moment; nixon
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Nixon didn't put people in nursing homes and wasn't a pervert.
1 posted on 08/04/2021 1:32:28 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I keep hearing that he won’t resign, and that he can survive this. But how will he have ANY credibility after this? The heavy hitters in his own party are calling for it. And if the New York State Assembly doesn’t give him an ultimatum, THEY become laughingstocks.


2 posted on 08/04/2021 1:39:47 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cuomo

a weak politician clinging to power.
I predict he will get the Andrew Johnson deal


3 posted on 08/04/2021 1:52:54 PM PDT by RockyTx
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why do I feel Nixon will be proven a classier act?


4 posted on 08/04/2021 1:53:10 PM PDT by Hiryusan
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Can we start a campaign called:

“Hang in There Andy!”


5 posted on 08/04/2021 1:55:58 PM PDT by edwinland
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To: ChicagoConservative27
He's Mayonnaise. He's got nowhere else to go.

Andy's entire life has been devoted to becoming President. Now, the arrogant ass has reached the end of the line. The dream is dead, just like his father's. He may take down his little brother's career too.

6 posted on 08/04/2021 2:00:01 PM PDT by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: fhayek

Cuomo must fight on.
He needs to channel the spirit of Bill Clinton, establish a legal defense fund with a celebrity chairperson, and never give up.
“Remember the Lewinsky”


7 posted on 08/04/2021 2:03:08 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is just a distraction to take the focus off the inept potato in chief


8 posted on 08/04/2021 2:04:21 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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“I keep hearing that he won’t resign, and that he can survive this. But how will he have ANY credibility after this?”

Both Clinton and Biden did much worse. Cuomo’s sin is he is not liberal enough.


9 posted on 08/04/2021 2:04:37 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: nascarnation
Bill Clinton was post-Clarence Thomas, but pre-"Me too". Clinton utilized the 'nuts and sluts' strategy. Not sure if that flies anymore. But MSNBC will twist a pretzel into the fourth dimension, if need be...

Plus, the commie libs in New York are creaming over "Tish" James as the heir apparent. Cuomo doesn't stand a chance.

10 posted on 08/04/2021 2:08:02 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: alternatives?

Cuomo is liberal enough and ruthless as a tyrant. But he has outlived his expiration date.


11 posted on 08/04/2021 2:09:38 PM PDT by fhayek
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I think a badly wounded but still in office Cuomo is a perfect outcome. I sure hope he’s got enough cojones to fight to the finish. At the very least force an impeachment and conviction in the NYS legislature.


12 posted on 08/04/2021 2:10:25 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: dead

He may take down his little brother’s career too.


Is there any reason for CNN to hang onto Fredo after his current contract? In fact I’m sure he’s one more emotional outburst away from getting his walking papers. CNN has to buy political influence, yes. But they no longer need to buy political influence with the Cuomo-family. And so like a veteran athlete that makes too much money, Fredo gets cut. The particulars aren’t important.


13 posted on 08/04/2021 2:27:15 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Governor 'Nursing Home Killer' (NHK) Cuomo can't resign - he has absolutely nowhere to go. The man is unemployable outside of government, and especially outside of government in New York.

Then again, he might be able to get a patronage job at a glass recycling plant in Brooklyn with Anthony Weiner, another New York Democrat politician and pervert.

14 posted on 08/04/2021 2:30:52 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: dead


15 posted on 08/04/2021 2:49:21 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nixon loved his country and hated its enemies at the time, who were Leftists and Democrats.

Much of what is wrong with this country can be traced back to that.


16 posted on 08/04/2021 2:49:25 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: Chode

That is an awesome graphic to post...:)


17 posted on 08/04/2021 2:50:06 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: rlmorel

8^)


18 posted on 08/04/2021 3:03:41 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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Hahahaha...I could hear it in my ears...

"I GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO!"

19 posted on 08/04/2021 3:20:35 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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100%... good flick


20 posted on 08/04/2021 3:46:27 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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