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CTyankee

(63,903 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:17 PM Mar 2020

I watched Andrew Cuomo's address about the shut down and how it affects New York and I gotta say

he was terrific. Our own guv Ned Lamont is very good but a little bloodless. Cuomo was just terrific if a little long winded. But I'm housebound all day today so what the hell.

He explained everything. He knows New Yorkers and he knows how they think.

He even explained how he's not gonna "shut down NYC." He handled it like a real question but explained why, even if he wanted to, he couldn't do it. These things have to be explained to some people in an accent and cadence they are used to hearing and Cuomo has that.

It was a stellar performance with a little personal home life with his dad and sibs thrown in but it was kinda fun. And, as they say in New York, "it wouldn't hurt..."

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I watched Andrew Cuomo's address about the shut down and how it affects New York and I gotta say (Original Post) CTyankee Mar 2020 OP
Did you hear them say True Blue American Mar 2020 #1
I think so. I didn't catch everything. It was a long presser... CTyankee Mar 2020 #4
I just caught that. True Blue American Mar 2020 #5
Yep!!! "It was a stellar performance!" He's great!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2020 #2
"The buck stops on my desk" - Andrew Cuomo DinahMoeHum Mar 2020 #3
John Roberts just asked Dr. Fauci True Blue American Mar 2020 #6

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
6. John Roberts just asked Dr. Fauci
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 12:40 PM
Mar 2020

About the 45 days. He answered,” You have to be careful setting a time line. You own it when you do!”

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