Just teach it in High School Economics class. Oh wait, they control what goes into the text books.
Just teach it in High School Economics class. Oh wait, they control what goes into the text books.
Russell Berman of the far-left Atlantic thinks he knows. He lays it out in plain English in the subtitle of his article, “Why Cuomo Finally Resigned”: “Democrats hold their leaders to higher standards than Republicans do. When they abandoned the New York governor, he had no choice but to quit.” Of course, this is self-serving, virtue-signaling pablum. Utter nonsense. On August 24, Cuomo will be replaced by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, also a Democrat. And after that, deep-blue New York state will elevate another Democrat to the governor’s mansion as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow. The kingdom is secure.
But this is an alluring maneuver. Crowing that your “side” polices its members’ wrongdoing better than the other “side” does when there is absolutely no downside to doing so is entirely expected. Would you be surprised if a poll showed 100 percent of children think having candy for dinner is a good idea?
Similar logic is at play here.
Democratic pundits and politicians, having extirpated the lewd, grabby-hands Cuomo from the New York governorship, will point to that result forever after as proof that they’re more moral than Republicans. There is zero downside for them in the move. You want proof?
Virginia’s Democratic Governor Ralph “Blackface” Northam didn’t step down; his lieutenant governor and attorney general, both Democrats, were mired in their own scandals, and the next in line to possibly take his place was a Republican. And do we even need to mention Bill Clinton, whose resignation would have crippled Al Gore in the next presidential election?
I rest my case.
So, having dispensed with Berman’s transparently false explanation for why Cuomo resigned so suddenly, we can consider the actual reason. And like most things in these past 18 months, it’s only partially related to the coronavirus. But it’s really quite straightforward, once you see it.
Russell Berman of the far-left Atlantic thinks he knows. He lays it out in plain English in the subtitle of his article, “Why Cuomo Finally Resigned”: “Democrats hold their leaders to higher standards than Republicans do. When they abandoned the New York governor, he had no choice but to quit.” Of course, this is self-serving, virtue-signaling pablum. Utter nonsense. On August 24, Cuomo will be replaced by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, also a Democrat. And after that, deep-blue New York state will elevate another Democrat to the governor’s mansion as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow. The kingdom is secure.
But this is an alluring maneuver. Crowing that your “side” polices its members’ wrongdoing better than the other “side” does when there is absolutely no downside to doing so is entirely expected. Would you be surprised if a poll showed 100 percent of children think having candy for dinner is a good idea?
Similar logic is at play here.
Democratic pundits and politicians, having extirpated the lewd, grabby-hands Cuomo from the New York governorship, will point to that result forever after as proof that they’re more moral than Republicans. There is zero downside for them in the move. You want proof?
Virginia’s Democratic Governor Ralph “Blackface” Northam didn’t step down; his lieutenant governor and attorney general, both Democrats, were mired in their own scandals, and the next in line to possibly take his place was a Republican. And do we even need to mention Bill Clinton, whose resignation would have crippled Al Gore in the next presidential election?
I rest my case.
So, having dispensed with Berman’s transparently false explanation for why Cuomo resigned so suddenly, we can consider the actual reason. And like most things in these past 18 months, it’s only partially related to the coronavirus. But it’s really quite straightforward, once you see it.
(post is archived)