A third former aide of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Saturday night came forward with sexual harassment allegations against him, following two former aides accusing the governor of inappropriate behavior in the workplace.
There willl be more.
Liss decided to come forward after two other former Cuomo aides accused the New York governor of sexual harassment in the workplace. Liss said she was underwhelmed by the governor’s response to their allegations.
Nevertheless, she will be accused of being part of some shady, orchestrated scheme.
“I understand that sensitivities have changed and behavior has changed, and I get it."
Translation: “The skeezy shit women used to put up with 20 years ago, they don’t put up with anymore. Damn, sucks for me.”
He might get away with that if all the accusations stemmed from twenty years ago.
Some do, of course:
(Washington Post.)
The stupid selfish motherfucker.
He needs to resign.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
A master class in bungled damage control.
Or, “How to Totally Fuck Yourself by Having Male Spokespeople Guarantee the Flood Gates will Now be Fully Opened by (1) Attacking the Female Accusers, & (2) Categorically Denying and/or Minimizing Behavior that No Doubt Dozens of Other Women Experienced”:
In a statement to PIX11 News, Peter Ajemian, Cuomo’s director of communications, denied Hinton’s account of her encounter with Cuomo in a hotel room.
“This did not happen,” he said. “Karen Hinton is a known antagonist of the governor’s who is attempting to take advantage of this moment to score cheap points with made up allegations from 21 years ago. All women have the right to come forward and tell their story — however, it’s also the responsibility of the press to consider self-motivation. This is reckless.”
and
WPIX’s affiliate station News 4 in Buffalo reached out to the governor’s office and received a statement from Senior Adviser Rich Azzopardi.
“Reporters and photographers have covered the governor for 14 years, watching him kiss men and women and posing for pictures,” Azzopardi said. “At the public open house mansion‎ reception, there are hundreds of people and he poses for hundreds of pictures. That’s what people in politics do.”
If only he could have faked a sincere response.
Time to go.
I think he’ll have resigned by April.
“Cuomo is not irreplaceable”
Lee Papa
Rude Pundit
Papa’s latest blog entry on Cuomo is spot on .
Has already been.
In a statement to PIX11 News, Peter Ajemian, Cuomo’s director of communications, denied Hinton’s account of her encounter with Cuomo in a hotel room.
“This did not happen,” he said. “Karen Hinton is a known antagonist of the governor’s who is attempting to take advantage of this moment to score cheap points with made up allegations from 21 years ago. All women have the right to come forward and tell their story — however, it’s also the responsibility of the press to consider self-motivation. This is reckless.”
And none of us are, really.
Hahaha! That was essentially Papa’s following sentence.
I was referring to Ms. Liss but you’re right: maybe they think taking a cudgel to Ms. Hinton will scare others off.
In this they are incorrect.
The article title for Vanity Fair or the Atlantic writes itself:
The Unbearable Fungibility of The Blue Trump.
I’m not as rude so I cannot really compete.
This whole thing could’ve been avoided if only Cuomo had some kind of warning example that sexualizing the workplace with subordinates was a problem.
Oh.
Cuomo served as [HUD] Secretary from January 1997 until the Clinton administration ended in 2001.[17]
