Arrogance and Andrew Cuomo

 

There was a moment today when I thought, very briefly, upon hearing that Andrew Cuomo was going to make a statement at 1 p.m. after the details of the investigation into the allegations of his sexual harassment had been made public, that maybe, just maybe, he was going to do the right thing. Surely, I thought, like a poor innocent fish, he's just taking a minute to draft his resignation comments and will be getting his ass out of office with some basic dignity intact because if he tries to hang on, shit is going to get nasty from here on. 

He certainly did no such thing. He made a disgusting appeal to his age and ethnicity and tried to maintain that no, everyone just misunderstood him: actually, he is a big supporter of women. The current throughout--these lying women are just trying to jam me up. With no explanation of what set them off (other than the simple truth) or how their coming forward about what they went through benefits them in the slightest, except that he not be in a position of power anymore, and not be able to continue to do harm.

And here's the grotesque thing--this was a prepared statement that came along with a montage of Governor Kissyface showing physical affection to a wide assortment of people, as if to say, see? This is just how he is. How can you imagine that any of this was inappropriate? 

Well, thanks to the visual representation, I can imagine it a bit more vividly, so thanks for that. It's astounding. Someone cut that together and thought "This is helping." But clearly, that was put together before AG James' announcement.

Ted Cruz and the Terrible Loss

Chris Cuomo to Ted Cruz after Cruz attacks his brother:

"Why don’t you talk to the president like you talk to my brother? You afraid of him? ... My brother’s not the president. I’m talking about the president. The one who called you a liar, the one who said your wife was ugly!" pic.twitter.com/k5rbElyzPy

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) October 1, 2020

When you think of all of the terrible words that have passed between Sen. Cruz and Donald Trump--mostly on Donald Trump's side, it really is quite something that Cruz defends Trump over and over again. And over. And--you get the idea.

Has he defended Trump more than he has his wife, his dad, his dignity, or his faith, all of which Trump has at one time or another attacked? Sure. But maybe it's a form of acting.

You know Cruz was a theater kid once upon a time. Maybe he's decided that discretion is the better part of valor, and also knows from which direction his party's salvation supposedly comes. So he puts on a play, a false face, better than the one he owns.

But what a loss to the theater! He had the range for comedy or tragedy:

But in politics he is farce and tragedy at once. And poorly done, at that.