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Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:33 AM Mar 2020

Watch one of Gov. Cuomo's news conferences...

No shouting, no jockeying on a stage. They are seated and keep social distancing at the dais. He goes through each item calmly explaining, scolds those not following in an adult manner....almost an entire hour and I learned just how active our Gov. is . He reminded NY'ers to at least smile and that we would all get through this together like we did after 911. Face it he has a tough crowd to cater to but I've seen some can't stand him, but he is doing a wonderful job at leading,comments.

He asking mental health experts, dr.s therapists, etc to volunteer to man an electronic help board, to help people through the crisis. If enough volunteer it will be up and running shortly. He knows people and this is an outreach, an ear to listen to.

Got a question the Gov. says call, we will try to answer them all.

[link:https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home|]

Oh he's listed all the stuff on the way from 6000 vents to millions of masks, the garment district in NY along with designers are banding together to make face shields and gowns, etc.

Meanwhile the Trump shit-show is on the TV with rants, taunts, pointing, what little information gleaned is from those having to correct the misstatements from the Dear Leader.


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Watch one of Gov. Cuomo's news conferences... (Original Post) Historic NY Mar 2020 OP
This Cuomo hasn't been my favorite governor so far, but he's definitely up to the... TreasonousBastard Mar 2020 #1
The man is presidential material. roamer65 Mar 2020 #2
He's funny too. ooky Mar 2020 #3
I'm watching him right now. He's fucking brilliant. nolabear Mar 2020 #4
He is calm, confident and caring Danmel Mar 2020 #5

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
1. This Cuomo hasn't been my favorite governor so far, but he's definitely up to the...
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:39 AM
Mar 2020

challenge now. He's doing his job and showing us just how the artificial President should be doing his.

There is, of course, absolutely no chance that the pumpkinfaced prick will pick up on any of this.

ooky

(8,922 posts)
3. He's funny too.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:44 AM
Mar 2020

Talking about social distancing and not playing basketball he says, "you can't play basketball 6 feet apart. You can, but then you're a lousy basketball player."

Injecting a little well placed humor helps get us all through this. I enjoy listening to him, unlike Trump, which is torture listening to him.

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
4. I'm watching him right now. He's fucking brilliant.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:49 AM
Mar 2020

Practical, inspirational without blue skying, informative, authoritative and the absolute antithesis of the bumbling fool in the WH.

Danmel

(4,912 posts)
5. He is calm, confident and caring
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:51 AM
Mar 2020

He has genuine empathy, he loves his family and knows that other people love their families too.
He can state scary facts while calming people down.
I work for a NY state elected official. I have had my moments of frustration with the governor. But I have always known he is a smart and decent person. I also want to say that his staff has been very responsive, helpful and accessible under extraordinarily challenging circumstances.
The state had 180,000 claims for unemployment insurance in ONE HOUR!

Even that pendajo Lee Zeldin complimented Cuomo.
He is an exceptional leader.

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