Mario Cuomo's Legnedary Keynote Speech to the 1984 Dem convention--- which still resonates TODAY! [View all]

'the tale of two cities'...

“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)...

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