General Discussion

Gov. Mario Cuomo delivered to the 1984 Democratic National Convention....

“It’s an old story,” he told the convention. “It’s as old as our history. The difference between Democrats and Republicans has always been measured in courage and confidence. … The Republicans believe that the wagon train will not make it to the frontier unless some of the old, some of the young, some of the weak are left behind by the side of the trail. … ‘The strong,’ they tell us, ‘will inherit the land.’
https://www.liherald.com/fivetowns/stories/a-late-governors-words-meant-the-world-to-me,62742


I had never heard of Mario Cuomo before that night,
but I actually viewed this speech the first time in the home of my best childhood friend,
who was a strong Reagan supporter,
and declared to him "THIS is the guy we Democrats should have nominated,
INSTEAD of Mondale".... He could offer nothing to refute that supposition...

(I was a Hart supporter in 1984, and worked for him with a little team of youngsters which I recruited---
always said that it was extremely STUPID for the Democrats in 1984 to nominate
the Vice President of the guy who LOST by a LANDSLIDE in the previous election---
but it appears that it was 'his turn' that year, particularly after Ted Kennedy refused to run)

I did hope that Mario Cuomo would run for President, especially in 1988,
but he didn't, for whatever reason(s)...

Now his son Andrew, who also became a Governor of New York,
gained some national prominence in the first year of the COVID crisis,
with his daily covid press conferences---

At that point I thought that he might become a new national Democratic Party leader,
and even a future presidential nominee of the party---

but I had no idea that he had already torpedoed his own presidential chances
via numerous instances of sexual harassment of women....

'Sad acorn'....

And yeah--- his second campaign for mayor of New York City
did him no credit, either--- with the religious and racial things...

Sometimes the sons fail to credit the fathers--- RFK Junior is another prime example

Closing with the full 'tale of two cities' speech by NY Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1984:
(and this speech still resonates today, and maybe ESPECIALLY today!)