Posted on 11/17/2001 8:35:50 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Former Clinton Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo has been caught on audiotape warning that the black and Hispanic coalition that dominated New York City's Democratic mayoral contest this year "can't happen" again in New York's gubernatorial race next year.
Cuomo, son of New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, told fellow Democrats on election night that nominating his gubernatorial rival, State Comptroller Carl McCall, would be "the second installment in that contract, that racial contract, and that can't happen."
McCall, an African-American, called Cuomo's comments "divisive."
"It's a shame that the former secretary is running this type of crass campaign for his own political gain," said McCall on Friday. McCall has consistently trailed Cuomo in polls on the 2002 governor's race.
Cuomo spokesman Peter Ragone first denied Cuomo used the term "racial contract," arguing that the recording of the controversial comments, made by Jewish Week reporter Adam Dickter, was too muddled to be understood.
But a reporter for the New York Times, who heard the tape Friday, reported in Saturday's editions that the recording "makes clear that the quote was accurate."
Playing the race card as avidly as any 1960's Dixiecrat, Cuomo's warning that blacks and Hispanics could scuttle the Democratic Party's chances next year seems certain to further exacerbate tensions in a party already split along racial fault lines.
Add to that the fact that Cuomo's comment isn't the first time New York's leading Democratic family has appealed to racial fears in a bid for high office.
During the 1994 campaign that ousted then-Gov. Mario Cuomo, the state's first lady Matilda Cuomo twice warned that blacks would riot unless her husband was reelected.
"I think we could have race riots" if he is Pataki elected, she warned, in an interview with New York's Daily News.
Mrs. Cuomo had earlier told the New York Times that without her husband's leadership, New York would "have rebellions worse than L.A." and "people killing each other."
Still, it seems that the Dem nomination fight for NY governor will be a microcosm of fighting between the various Democratic factions.
Ahhh, .. Andrew Cuomos HUD legacy
Inside HUDs Financial Fiasco
Source: INSIGHT magazine; Published: June 1, 2001
Author: Kelly Patricia OMearaHUD STUD'S LATEST DUD
Source:New York Post; Published: 6/01/01"We Need More Money" -- HUD Residents Whine
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; Published: May 17, 2001; Author: Mark LukasiakCuomo Leaves HUD in Shambles
Source: INSIGHT magazine; Published: February 9, 2001; Author: Kelly Patricia OMearaWhy Is $59 Billion Missing From HUD?
Source: InsightMag.com; Published: October 14, 2000; Author: Kelly Patricia O'Meara"Ethnic Cleansing", HUD and CIA Drug Dealing
Source: From the Wildnerness/Le Metropole Café; Published: Originally May 1999/November 13, 2000; Author: Catherine Austin FittsFEDS OFFER $105M FOR HUD BAILOUT
Source: New York Post; Published:5/11/01; Author: BRIAN BLOMQUIST Thankless Task (re: continued HUD scandals)
Source: INSIGHT magazine; Published: April 27, 2001; Author: Paul M. RodriguezHUD Officials Accused in Report
Source: www.Newsday.com; Published: 04/13/01; Author: Matt KelleyHUD Teacher/Cop Housing Fraud Found
Source: Bloomberg; Published: 3/29/01West Side Story (MY TITLE: Cuomo Still acting like HUD director for pers gain)
Source: ©Ithaca Times 2001 ;Published: March 20, 2001 ; Author:Jay WrolstadTexas' HUD Money Buys New York Votes (My Title)
Source: Galveston Daily News; Published: 16 Mar 2001; Author: Michael A. SmithHUD funds fuel Cuomo race
Source: The Hill; Published: February 7, 2000; Author: Melanie FonderHUD: The Horror Movie
Source: Village Voice; Published: January 10 - 16, 2001; > Author: Ward HarkavyFraud on Home Front (HUD)
Source: Newsday; Published: January 14, 2001 ; Author: Graham RaymanHUD Waste: Puff piece on Sec Cuomo cost taxpayers $750,000
Source: Houston Chronicle; Published: December 19, 2000Tenants Are Losers In Schemes For Loans (ANOTHER HUD SCANDAL)
Source: The New York Times; Published: December 10, 2000; Author: TERRY PRISTINClinton Gives Pardon in HUD Scandal
Source: Associated Press; Published: 11-21-00 ; Author: MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN"Ethnic Cleansing", HUD and CIA Drug Dealing
Source: From the Wildnerness/Le Metropole Café; Published: Originally May 1999/November 13, 2000; Author: Catherine Austin FittsFBI raids HUD office in Denver
SourceDenver Post; Published: 4 Nov 2000; Author: Mark Obmascik and Marilyn RobinsonHUD IG Files Harassment Complaint
Source: Associated Press; Published: AP-NY-10-18-00 17
If I wasn't so damn mad at The Weekly Standard I'd email them and ask them if it's archived on their web site!
Liberalism is a manifesting cancer, there is no tomorrow.
Knowledge is power!
But I often have Darth Vader's voice echoing in my head: Don't underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
Yoda: "No, no, no. Quicker, easier, more seductive."
(BTW, my favorite: "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.")
I thought blacks and hispanics were part of the democrat party!?!? Looks like Andrew's got the jump on his father's looks and a giant lag on his intellect. Speaking as an upstate New Yorker; it couldn't happen to a more deserving fellow.
Neighbor, I'm going to "lift" those links and include them in the evening update of "tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast." I wondered if anyone would recall all the fraud & corruption & missing tax money during andy's reign!
Certainly...be my guest. I compile these articles and add to them as the information/scandals becomes available. Then post them to any thread that is germane to the subject.
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