Albany’s Culture of Corruption & Fusion
In your real day-to-day life, does last week’s Zephyr Teachout / Working Families Party brinksmanship with Governor Cuomo matter to you?
@fud31how is this “deal” with WFP by @NYGovCuomo not making him a victim of extortion or a participant in bribery?
— Nick Langworthy (@NickLangworthy) May 31, 2014
Mr. Langworthy hits on a key point of New York’s fundamentally corrupt electoral fusion system – all of this chasing of third, fourth, and fifth lines involves extortion and bribery. All of it. Every single one.
The system is dirty because the system is set up to be dirty.
But the system itself can’t be reformed as long as fusion is permitted to be legal. You can bet that just about very time a politico chases a minor party fusion line, there’s some degree of corruption afoot. The “Independence Party” is the worst, but they’re all cut from the same cloth.
IDC’s Savino tells BuffNews just now Cuomo is “desperately trying to seek support of fringe 3rd party so saying whatever he has to say.”
— Tom Precious (@TomPreciousALB) June 1, 2014
It really doesn’t get any simpler. If you want to end Albany’s culture of corruption, you have to end Albany’s culture of corruption. Just. Do. It.
If you’re like I am, do you draw any comfort or satisfaction from the fact that Cuomo is equally reviled on both the hard left and hard right?
Like I said many times before…Andrew is a wolf in sheeps clothing…..
The signs of Cuomo’s corrupt nature were evident from day 1, yet the hard left helped elect him.
well, to be fair, the alternative wasn’t any better. Carl helped elect him as well.
Well Mike it might help if the Republicans would actually put up a viable candidate to run instead of the sacrificial lambs (and Paladino Wingnuts). They haven’t had one since Pataki…..
Why limit yourself to just Democrats or Republicans?
What’s the difference. Same bowing and scraping is demanded by the Conservatives and Independents. Fusion voting has to end