2 March 2022: Opinion - Who Does Andrew Cuomo Think He's Fooling?

Churchill: Who does Andrew Cuomo think he's fooling?

Albany Times-Union columnist Chris Churchill critiques Andrew M. Cuomo's first post-resignation-in-disgrace political ad.

"Political attacks won," it declares. "And New Yorkers lost a proven leader."

To watch the ad, you could forget Cuomo could have avoided his early departure by making his case to the state Legislature. With all of New York watching, the Democrat could have used impeachment hearings to refute details in the James report. He could have used the forum to sway public opinion in his favor.

Instead, he quit.

By doing so, he saved himself the potential revelations of a trial that also would have examined his deceptions about nursing home deaths or looked closely at his infamous $5.1 million book deal. He saved himself from having women, including a state trooper, testify about how he allegedly treated them. By quitting, he kept his political future on life support, at least.

Factcheck: MOSTLY TRUE! But only because by quitting, Andrew M. Cuomo confirmed for anyone considering his political future is that he is indisputably a quitter. All the political ad confirms is that Cuomo desperately needs better PR people and more legal help.