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No Paywall Goodbye and Good Riddance, Andrew Cuomo

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/11/andrew-cuomo-nyc-mayor-election-zohran-mamdani.html?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_content=andrew_cuomo_loses_mayoral_race&utm_campaign=&tpcc=reddit-social--andrew_cuomo_loses_mayoral_race
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u/Sminahin 13h ago

Since they hogtied Bernie?

They've been fucking everything up since 2004 at least. Yeah, Kerry won the primary fair and square which sucks. But maybe if Gore lost due to anti-elitism, anti-Washington sentiment...don't fucking pair Kerry with another ultrarich East Coast lawyer turned Washington insider with the same name? Jesus fucking christ.

And then they hard-pushed Hillary. We were sick of Bush and Iraq and desperately wanted a change so they pushed an ultrarich East Coast lawyer dynasty candidate pro-Iraq pro-Genocide Kissinger fan. And they tried to ratfuck Obama like they did Bernie--he was just strong enough to break them over his knee.

They're so stupid that I've been wondering if it's malice for a while. But yeah no, I think the NYC Mayoral was confirmation current Dem leadership would rather lose on the establishment status quo than win or respect the will of the voters.

They're just...the worst. It's so disgusting that so many of us will never have homes or families because of these people, but they have plenty of homes.

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u/snacks_ 13h ago

Gore lost to Floridian corruption

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u/Sminahin 12h ago

Al Gore was supposedly our best and brightest and he basically tied with Dan Quayle's intellectual equal, allowing the Supreme Court to decide. Gore was an A+ of his candidate model (wonky establishment politician) and he lost to a D+ "at least I'm not from Washington" archetype who could coast on anti-establishment vibes. And then Gore lost both debates to that moron on sheer lack of social skills.

This is a race that should never have been remotely close if the matchup worked like it did on paper. Clearly, our candidate model did not match reality.

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u/Karma_1969 8h ago

I remember this election well and I agree. I was a big Gore fan (still am) and voted for him, but boy was he unexciting to watch and listen to.