Cuomo: America was never that great

[NewsCenter28]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/15/politics/andrew-cuomo-america-was-never-that-great/index.html

For the record, I support Cuomo's statement fully and stand by him even though Harris or Warren are my preferred 2020 candidates.


This will absolutely dominate the news cycle for the next few days in ways that little else has. I do expect an epic firestorm but sometimes things like this must be said.

[Va Lefty]

1. Link not working

[jcgoldie]

2. just take off the period at the end

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/15/politics/andrew-cuomo-america-was-never-that-great/index.html

[Trumpocalypse]

3. Guess he's not running for President

Dumb statement to make.

[Kahuna7]

5. Yep. nt

[brush]

15. He's not as dynamic a speaker as his father.

I was disappointed he stopped with "until women fulfill their potential". He could have included AAs, Latinx, Muslim Americans, Native Americans, etc. but I guess it was a women's event.

His younger brother seems to have a little more spark too when speaking.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

18. How is the truth dumb?

[Trumpocalypse]

19. It's dumb if

you want to run for President of the country you’re putting down.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

20. It's not dumb if it's true and you have a REAL plan to make America great.

Sick of politicians who lie... Cuomo''s honesty is refreshing.

[Trumpocalypse]

21. It's still dumb

from a political standpoint. If he runs that comment will be in every attack ad. He will be defined by it.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. I agree, it's not going to get him votes - which he needs.

The last time he ran he only won because of the more populous downstate. Up here in the more Republican leaning rural areas, he lost...

[NCTraveler]

29. The truth is often dumb to state out loud. nt

[47of74]

4. Yeah the pearl clutching has begun

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Agreed.

There's a lot to like about this country, but there's a collective delusion that this is the greatest country ever, which simply isn't true.

[lapfog_1]

7. We are always striving to make a more perfect union

that is the meaning of the unfinished pyramid in the seal.

The nations is under construction.

Sometimes we take a few steps backwards in the construction.

[NewsCenter28]

10. ALSO I WILL NEVER CEDE THE PATRIOTISM GAME TO A PARTY THAT FUCKING SOLD THE USA TO RUSSIA!

N/T.

[Dawson Leery]

16. Many people do not buy into the "work of progress" concept.

For the Conservative, American was perfect at it's founding. Slavery and no rights for women is all good for white men.

[LandOfHopeAndDreams]

8. Aside From Killing The Indians, Enslaving Blacks, And Invading Countries

Putting all that insignificant stuff aside, the U.S. is pretty great.

[maxsolomon]

11. OMG why do you hate America?

You can add the devastation of the native flora and fauna.

[maxsolomon]

9. Never touch the 3rd Rails:

Always pay obeisance to:

The Troops who keep us Free.
American Exceptionalism.
Guns.
The Christian God.

[LandOfHopeAndDreams]

12. Don't Forget The Flag

If you fail to stand for it, you're guilty of treason.

[Garrett78]

13. He's right, of course. And he was pretty reserved in his criticism.

He could have said the country was founded upon the genocide of one people and the enslavement of another, the effects of which are still felt. That this society is patriarchal and white supremacist, as well as woefully ignorant. And he'd be right. The truth hurts.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

22. Sure does.

[MosheFeingold]

14. I was pretty happy to get here.

The Nazis kind of sucked for us Jewish guys.

I was also happy to turn around and do a small part in kicking their asses.

The USA has flaws, but, I can assure you, compared to most any other country, it's pretty damn fantastic, in the past and in the future.

For example, the biggest blight on the USA: slavery. Well, the USA is hardly alone in that regard. All nations have taken slaves or their equivalent at some time. What is unique about the USA is slavery was abhorred by half the nation and we fought a very bloody war to get rid of it. Nary a country in the world fought a war like that -- with itself -- to free people.

I came to the USA essentially penniless; my father was a skilled worker that got us our ticket. We went from nothing to (me and my siblings): soldier/cop/lawyer/aide to a president, doctor, doctor, research scientist, engineer, and college professor.

That would never have happened in any other country.

[FSogol]

17. +1. My great grandparents were being starved out of Ireland. This country saved us.

They were coal miners and undertakers. The next generation were police officers and construction workers. Now we are engineers and veterinarians. Our kids go to college and choose their own path.

This is a great country when it attempts to live up to its ideals.

[Catherine Vincent]

23. Cuomo said different the other day

He was talking about Trump and mentioned that it should have been "Make America Greater".

[Catherine Vincent]

28. My mistake.

I didn't click the link. I thought it was about what Chris Cuomo from CNN.

[ck4829]

25. K&R

[Older Than I Look]

26. "Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not."

Same sentiment.

[ecstatic]

27. Anyone who disagrees should point out a single 5 to 10 year period

of no atrocities or inhumane acts committed by the U.S. (domestically and/or internationally). Slavery, massacres, Jim Crowe, inhumane medical experiments, atomic/nuclear bombs, illegal invasions, land grabs, etc. The list goes on and on. The latest inhumane act (caged kids) is still ongoing. SMFH. And now the image of the US being that shining place on the hill is quickly crumbling. Hypocritical racists whose own parents/grandparents immigrated here want to shut the doors.

All the things that supposedly made America great in the eyes of the world--"democracy," overcoming a disgusting past and providing opportunity for ALL people--those things are being stripped away.

This trump debacle is waking a lot of people up.