{"id":192048,"date":"2021-03-06T05:14:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T10:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=192048"},"modified":"2021-03-06T05:14:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T10:14:49","slug":"diary-of-death-a-retrospective-review-of-american-crisis-by-gov-andrew-cuomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diary-of-death-a-retrospective-review-of-american-crisis-by-gov-andrew-cuomo\/","title":{"rendered":"DIARY OF DEATH: A Retrospective Review of \u2018American Crisis\u2019 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdiary-of-death-a-retrospective-review-of-american-crisis-by-gov-andrew-cuomo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=192048&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cuomo-book-final2-e1614701232642.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Whatever one&#8217;s opinion of Andrew Cuomo, we can all agree he&#8217;s had an eventful year.<\/p>\n<p>As governor of New York, Cuomo was at the forefront of America&#8217;s public reckoning with the COVID-19 pandemic. He was the first politician since Ross Perot to become a global celebrity and sex symbol by giving PowerPoint presentations. He wrote a book about his leadership prowess, then <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/cuomo-accepts-emmy-as-pandemic-surges\/\">accepted<\/a> an International Emmy Award as\u00a0new cases of the virus surged to record levels. Through it all, he still found time to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/27\/nyregion\/cuomo-charlotte-bennett-sexual-harassment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexually harass<\/a>\u00a0his female subordinates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Culture<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/diary-of-death-a-retrospective-review-of-american-crisis-by-gov-andrew-cuomo\/\"><strong>DIARY OF DEATH: A Retrospective Review of \u2018American Crisis&#8217; by Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/times-up-leader-ignored-sexual-assault-allegation-against-star-doctor-lawsuit-says\/\"><strong>Time&#8217;s Up Leader Ignored Sexual Assault Allegation Against Star Doctor, Lawsuit Says<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/review-liftoff\/\"><strong>Failure Is an Option<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than 12,000 New Yorkers have died since October 13, when <em>American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/em> hit bookshelves. Cuomo is no longer the #Resistance rock star he was in the early days and weeks of the pandemic, when thousands of nursing home patients were dying on his watch, and his administration was deliberately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/04\/nyregion\/cuomo-nursing-home-deaths.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hiding<\/a> the data to avoid negative press.<\/p>\n<p>The extent to which the &#8220;Butcher of Albany&#8221; was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1367704258808844289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slavishly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stuntbrain\/status\/1367453884600434688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deified<\/a> in the media cannot be overstated.\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/nowthisnews.com\/news\/people-are-thirsting-after-gov-andrew-cuomo-right-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thirst<\/a>, as the saying goes, was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRubinBlogger\/status\/1242842512743641095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real<\/a>. As it turned out, avoiding negative press coverage was rather easy, given the circumstances.\u00a0In the\u00a0eyes of professional journalists and other psychopaths incapable of merely liking a politician, Cuomo was a certified PILF.\u00a0They gave him a variety of sexually charged nicknames\u2014the &#8220;Luv Guv,&#8221; among others\u2014that ring differently in light of the sexual harassment allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The most significant difference between then and now? Donald Trump is no longer president.\u00a0Cuomomania never would have happened otherwise. Molly Jong-Fast, author of the\u00a0<em>Vogue<\/em> piece &#8220;Why We Are Crushing on Andrew Cuomo Right Now,&#8221; recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/my-cuomo-crush-turned-out-to-be-stockholm-syndrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> as much. For what it&#8217;s worth, she was also a fan of #Resistance porn lawyer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/that-time-the-media-dubbed-michael-avenatti-savior-of-the-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Avenatti<\/a>\u00a0and an unpaid adviser to the Lincoln Project. Being the &#8220;bad boy&#8221; who opposes Trump can be a lucrative career path, so long as you avoid committing felonies. (Easier said than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnn-darling-michael-avenatti-nike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">done<\/a>, apparently.)<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/oct\/17\/american-crisis-review-andrew-cuomo-new-york-covid-trump-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">early<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/as-trump-blundered-cuomo-stepped-into-the-coronavirus-spotlight\/2020\/10\/15\/60b7a108-0ca4-11eb-b1e8-16b59b92b36d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reviews<\/a>\u00a0of <em>American Crisis<\/em> weren&#8217;t very interested in what the heroic author had to say about his own leadership during the pandemic. Instead, they fixated on Cuomo&#8217;s criticism of Trump. Few even questioned his decision to write the book\u2014a de facto declaration of victory over a pandemic that wasn&#8217;t over. Even Trump waited until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousegiftshop.com\/product-p\/trump-defeats-covid.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after<\/a> the election to start selling those commemorative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pics\/comments\/k40usa\/trump_defeats_covid_coin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo, according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>, first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/04\/nyregion\/cuomo-nursing-home-deaths.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentioned<\/a> the idea of writing a book in July, just days after his administration released a doctored report on the number of COVID-related deaths among New York nursing home patients. Cuomo&#8217;s policies were not to blame, the report concluded. Criticism of the state&#8217;s (doctored but still high) nursing home death toll, Cuomo writes in the book, was &#8220;a lie&#8221;\u00a0orchestrated by &#8220;Trump people&#8221; and Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>That was a perfectly adequate defense at the time, but\u00a0Trump&#8217;s absence from the political stage means the news cycles are normal again. Cuomo, among others, has withered under the most basic scrutiny. In addition to the sexual harassment <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/andrew-cuomo-sex-attorney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scandal<\/a>, Democratic lawmakers are investigating his handling of the nursing home deaths, and airing fresh grievances about his notoriously volatile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/19\/andrew-cuomo-phone-bullying-screaming-470025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temper<\/a>.\u00a0Some Democrats think <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/allahpundit\/2021\/03\/01\/inching-away-pelosi-says-cuomo-allegation-credible-aoc-says-impeachment-table\/?utm_source=Twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_term=inching-away-pelosi-says-cuomo-allegation-credible-aoc-says-impeachment-table&#038;utm_content=0&#038;utm_campaign=PostPromoterPro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impeachment<\/a> should be on the table, as others\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/25\/cuomo-crisis-new-york-governor-471696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">question<\/a>\u00a0the governor&#8217;s ability to survive a primary challenge in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a shame that Cuomo&#8217;s book has been spared the scrutiny it deserves. Not that anyone&#8217;s still reading it. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessemckinley\/status\/1367898299794096130\">Sales<\/a> of\u00a0<em>American Crisis<\/em> have &#8220;ground to a near halt in the last month.&#8221; The <em>Free Beacon<\/em> purchased one of about 400 copies sold since January 23. Despite its billing as a &#8220;remarkable portrait of selfless leadership,&#8221; the book is best enjoyed as a cry for help from a deeply disturbed man.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo describes the various stress management tactics he employed at the height of the pandemic. Most of them involved his late father, Gov. Mario Cuomo. He would literally wear his father&#8217;s old shoes on &#8220;difficult&#8221; days.\u00a0Sometimes he would lie in bed and have imaginary conversations with dad. &#8220;I would list a fact pattern and ask him what he thought,&#8221; he writes. &#8220;And then I would provide his analysis.&#8221; This made him &#8220;feel as if I were not alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Psychological experts, who had a field day analyzing Trump, will find fertile ground in the pages of <em>American Crisis<\/em>. For example, Cuomo goes on an extended rant about how his younger brother Chris, the CNN personality, is considered the &#8220;funny&#8221; one in the family. It&#8217;s only because their father was &#8220;much more tolerant than he had been with me&#8221; and &#8220;encouraged [Chris&#8217;s] humor.&#8221; People wouldn&#8217;t think Chris was so funny if he had to deal with the constant media scrutiny that comes with being governor of New York, he insists.<\/p>\n<p>As previously mentioned, the rant is an extended one. Cuomo keeps going, complaining that during their numerous &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/the-toughest-questions-chris-cuomo-asks-his-big-brother\/\">interviews<\/a>&#8221; on CNN, his playful gibes at Chris weren&#8217;t considered &#8220;cute,&#8221; while his brother&#8217;s gibes were. He was in a &#8220;no-win position&#8221; and couldn&#8217;t adequately convey to the viewing public just how funny he really is.\u00a0&#8220;I am funny,&#8221; Cuomo concludes, forcefully. &#8220;Many people don&#8217;t know that I am funny. But I am. Actually, I am very funny.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His own insistence notwithstanding, Cuomo&#8217;s talent for comedy is not universally accepted. &#8220;At work sometimes I think I am being playful and make jokes that I think are funny,&#8221; Cuomo, 62, recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AaronKatersky\/status\/1366155768072929280\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained<\/a> in response to a former aide&#8217;s accusation of sexual harassment. According to the aide, 25, the governor&#8217;s &#8220;jokes&#8221; included asking if she &#8220;had ever been with an older man&#8221; while the two were alone in his office.<\/p>\n<p>During the early days of the pandemic, comedian John Oliver said he couldn&#8217;t wait &#8220;to get to the other side of this when I can go back to being irritated by [Andrew Cuomo] again.&#8221; Welcome to the other side. &#8220;Cuomo is famously unpleasant,&#8221;\u00a0Oliver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/entertainment\/john-oliver-takes-a-flamethrower-to-famously-unpleasant-andrew-cuomo-for-his-list-of-controversies-hes-a-colossal-asshole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranted<\/a>\u00a0irritably over the weekend.\u00a0&#8220;Even before the current scandals, there was something gross about Cuomo&#8217;s glee in his public adulation last year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, duh. Some of us knew as much already. Ditto the scumbag Avenatti and the Lincoln Project grifters.\u00a0Maybe one of these days we can finally admit that making funny faces while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/27\/arts\/television\/trump-sarah-cooper.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lip-syncing<\/a> Donald Trump&#8217;s rambling soliloquies was not, in fact, the comedic achievement of the decade. For now, we can all do our best to remember, lest the scandals distract us, that Andrew Cuomo has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/cuomo-nipple-pierce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pierced nipples<\/a>.\u00a0That&#8217;s pretty funny.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever one&#8217;s opinion of Andrew Cuomo, we can all agree he&#8217;s had an eventful year. 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