Former NY Governor Mario Cuomo dies at 82

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Your present mayor of London is an American.
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was born in New York City to British parents because his father went to Yankeeland to study creative writing at Iowa State University. He was given American citizenship as well as British citizenship merely because his birth was registered with both the Yankeeland authorities and the city's British Consulate.

He is of mixed ancestry. Apart from British ancestry, he also has French, Turkish, Russian and German ancestry and calls himself a "one-man melting pot."

Being a Briton who also holds a Yankeeland passport means that he is eligible to run for President of Yankeeland, and there have been those who have been calling for him to run. It would be nice to see a Brit run Yankeeland again.

And the head of the Brit banking system is a Canadian.
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And the head of the Canadian one was British between 1987 and 1994.
 
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Blackleaf said:
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was born in New York City to British parents because his father went to Yankeeland to study creative writing at Iowa State University. He was given American citizenship as well as British citizenship merely because his birth was registered with both the Yankeeland authorities and the city's British Consulate.
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Wrong, but nice try. He was given American citizenship because the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads, in pertinent part. . .

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
U.S. Const., Amdt. XIV, sec. 1.
 
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Wrong, but nice try. He was given American citizenship because the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads, in pertinent part. . .

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
U.S. Const., Amdt. XIV, sec. 1.
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He was given Yank citizenship as well as British citizenship merely because his birth was registered with both the Yankeeland authorities and the city's British Consulate. I've done my research, as I always do.

I like Boris. Despite being a Yankeeland citizen because his birth was registered with both the Yankeeland authorities and the city's British Consulate, he refuses to pay his hefty Yank tax bill. I see it as Boris's way of getting the Yanks back for the millions of pounds US embassy officials in London have refused to pay in London congestion charges.
 
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Sons of Liberty said:
I've lived in New York 39 out of 49 years idiot. The only reason you like him is because he was a Democrat, other than that you are clueless.
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If that's the case moron, why don't you back up your claim with some proof?

12 years as governor means that he had plenty of support from Republicans or he would never have won reelection that often. Republicans gave him 53% of their votes so that tells you they agreed he was not the liberal you delusionals claim he was.
 
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NPR was funny in their praise of Cuomo. How he energized the Democrats in the 84 Presidential election.

The Democrats won ONE state. ONE!

And what state was that?

Hint...

 
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gopher said:
Hate to correct you Eagle but Charles Taylor Manatt, not Cuomo, was Chairman of the Dems that year.


Try again.
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Try again what?

National Public Radio said that Cuomo energized the Democrat base in the 84 Election with his speech at the DNC.

Shake out the numbness Gopher and pay attention!

Libs are hilarious!
 
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gopher said:
If that's the case moron, why don't you back up your claim with some proof?

12 years as governor means that he had plenty of support from Republicans or he would never have won reelection that often. Republicans gave him 53% of their votes so that tells you they agreed he was not the liberal you delusionals claim he was.
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He was still better than the alternative, much like DeBlasio today as Mayor, see how well he's doing?
 
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Since you are changing the subject that means you are conceding Cuomo was not the liberal you claim he was. 53% of the Republican vote proves my point.

I no longer live in NY so that my knowledge of its current politics is limited to what I get online. But I lived in that state during Cuomo's years and can speak for what happened then.
 
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gopher said:
NPR got it wrong - he wasn't party chairman and was in no position to organize or "energize" anything.

Do try to pay attention.
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Let's try this again...

"NPR was funny in their praise of Cuomo. How he energized the Democrats in the 84 Presidential election."


WHERE did I say he was Party Chairman? WHERE did I insinuate that NPR said that?

lmao...



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Gopher, you've obviously lived underground for quite some time.
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He's busy inventorying has FAIL SHIPMENT.
 
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Lol.

It wasn't Cuomo's job to galvanize anyone as he was in no position to do so. That's the DNC's chairman's job as anyone with even the most elementary knowledge of politics knows.

But then, your knowledge of the subject is extremely limited.


Big time FAIL.

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Gopher, you've obviously lived underground for quite some time.
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Thanks for your concession.
 
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WATCH: Mario Cuomo's Speech At The 1984 Democratic Convention : The Two-Way : NPR


Cuomo, who died yesterday, served three terms as the governor of New York. But he came to national prominence with a speech at the 1984 Democratic Convention in San Francisco.

The speech was a stirring defense of liberalism that electrified the room and made Cuomo an instant contender for higher office
 
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