Andrew Cuomo
A Whitney Global Media Commentary
November 3rd, 2021
By William O’Shaughnessy, President and Editorial Director
I’ve recently had many conversations about the latest Andrew Cuomo developments … most of them with those who know of our 38-year friendship with his father of sainted memory.
This is ‘showboating’ by somebody up there in Albany.
When you’re down … everybody loves to stomp on you.
I’m not a huge fan of Andrew … but I don’t like this.
No real Prosecutors would be involved in this nonsense.
With a misdemeanor they usually are pleaded out. Any penalties are – and should be – minimal.
The AG said he bothered 11 other women. But that’s what we call ‘propensity evidence.’ Not admissible.
It’s time to stop prosecuting and piling on the guy.
It’s a load of shit and people are starting to realize it.
Andrew may be paying a price, only for not being a nice guy. That’s the extent of it.
He alienated people on the way up.
I feel so sorry for his family and especially for his mother.
He didn’t keep up his friendships or handle himself in a collegial way.
Andrew keeps everybody at arm’s length … even his family.
This piling on him is unfair and unnecessary.
It looks like what I might call upstate opportunists.
The D.A., apparently, didn’t even know about this.
Why would anyone ever want to be governor or president – or in public life – if they can nibble you to death after your public service is done.
Examples like this … and what happened to Andrew … will discourage men and women of quality from public service. Who the hell wants to submit to the rigors which attend public life?
This is opportunism First Class.
A lot of women I know think it’s bullshit!
This doesn’t happen to well brought-up and classy women. Guys are so afraid of rejection and embarrassment … they wouldn’t mess with self-assured and grounded women.
I’m bothered by this.
Look up the word ‘Coquette’ or ‘Opportunist.’
This is really outrageous … what they’re trying to do with Andrew. Nobody is even taking credit for the Notice of indictment.
This is the ‘Me Too’ generation gone berserk!
He’s not exactly a warm, fuzzy guy … but, like everyone else, he deserves fairness.
I may be in the minority, but I think the guy was a great governor.
I hear his Mother is quite a remarkable woman. This must be difficult for her. Isn’t she close to 90?
Even the famous Hazel Dukes, a pretty formidable woman who called him ‘her son’ didn’t have a way to reach out for him.
William O’Shaughnessy, a former president of the New York State Broadcasters Association, was chairman of Public Affairs for the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington. He has been a point man and advocate for the broadcasters of America on First Amendment and Free Speech issues and is presently chairman of the Guardian Fund of the Broadcasters Foundation of America, the national charitable organization. He is also a longtime director and member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation. He has operated WVOX and WVIP, two of the last independent stations in the New York area, for over 60 years as president and editorial director.
He is the author of “AirWAVES” (1999) … “It All Comes Back to Me Now” (2001) … “More Riffs, Rants and Raves” (2004) … and “VOX POPULI: The O’Shaughnessy Files,” released in January, 2011. He has also written “Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man,” a tribute to his late friend Governor Mario M. Cuomo. His newest book RADIOactive for Fordham University Press, another anthology with interviews, commentaries, speeches and tributes was published in 2019. He is presently working on Townies, a paean to those without wealth, influence or high estate in suburban Westchester County, the heart of the Eastern Establishment.