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Cuomo on his ‘inartful’ remark: ‘Of course America is great’
ap ^ | 8/17/2018 | DAVID KLEPPER

Posted on 08/17/2018 8:28:20 PM PDT by mdittmar

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, running for a third term and a potential candidate for president in 2020, acknowledged Friday that he was “inartful” when he said this week that America “was never that great.”

The Democrat went on to expound on something that few elected officials ever need to spell out.

“I want to be very clear: Of course America is great and of course America has always been great,” Cuomo said on a teleconference with reporters.

Cuomo’s appraisal of the nation was somewhat different Wednesday when, speaking at a Manhattan bill signing, he critiqued Republican President Donald Trump and his slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

“We’re not going to make America great again — it was never that great,” Cuomo told the audience, which reacted with gasps and laughter. “We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged.”

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KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; antiamericanism; backtrap; bullstalin; cumo; cuomo; cuomogohomo; fartful; flipflop; hateamericafirst; inartful; notsogreat; unamericanactivities
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1 posted on 08/17/2018 8:28:20 PM PDT by mdittmar
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Andrew Cuomo was never that great.


2 posted on 08/17/2018 8:32:27 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: mdittmar

Dude, it’s on tape - you felt it...you said it.


3 posted on 08/17/2018 8:33:37 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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Lying POS...He committed political suicide and now he walks it back...What a stooge...

Lets hope the Democrats run this idiot against Trump!


4 posted on 08/17/2018 8:34:32 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: mdittmar

Hoisted on his own petard. Can you imagine the campaign adds you could make of this.

I am not tired at all of the winning, the whining OTOH just makes me grin ear to ear.

“I didn’t mean America sucks.” Yea right.


5 posted on 08/17/2018 8:36:33 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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So why did all his Democrat supporters cheer and applaud when he said, “American was never really that great”?

Democrats are such losers...Even their lies fail miserably.


6 posted on 08/17/2018 8:38:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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DEMs love to rip America, especially its history, then state they didn’t mean it.


7 posted on 08/17/2018 8:40:12 PM PDT by CatOwner
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Ahhhh, the old “inartful” excuse. That’s like “My comments were taken out of context” excuse.

Except, every one has seen the full video by now.


8 posted on 08/17/2018 8:43:17 PM PDT by llevrok (Vote while it's still legal.)
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..he was “inartful” when he said this week that America “was never that great.”

He might have been inartful but he was saying what he really believed. You can't walk that one back.

9 posted on 08/17/2018 8:43:39 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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Dude, it’s on tape - you felt it...you said it.

Dude, it’s on tape - you felt it...you said it....I agree with you. Exactly.

10 posted on 08/17/2018 8:44:28 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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I wonder if this flip-flop will hurt his chances with wooing undecided voters in the 9/11 NY Dem primary?


11 posted on 08/17/2018 8:44:54 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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Kookoo Cuomo is clearly not fully ‘engaged’.


12 posted on 08/17/2018 8:47:02 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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“When your enemy is angry, irritate him” —Sun Tzu Trump

They make mistakes and reveal themselves


13 posted on 08/17/2018 8:49:35 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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Way too late Moron. You exposed yourself really well. It’s gonna’ stick like super glue to you.


14 posted on 08/17/2018 8:50:37 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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And bammy got a pass for “you didn’t build that!”. Cuomo was just born wrong.


15 posted on 08/17/2018 8:51:20 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

#5. Re “campaign ads you could make of this”.

Here’s one for his next political campaign (which I wrote on FR a couple days ago):
“MMGA” - Make the Mafia Great Again

Show a picture of his opponent and write “Horseheads Make Great Gifts”

“The New Three Stooges - Mario, Andrew and Chris”.

“If you loved the characters in “Dumb and Dumber”, you’ll love me!”

“Mussolini once said American wasn’t so great either”


16 posted on 08/17/2018 8:52:22 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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FU traitor.


17 posted on 08/17/2018 8:55:32 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: dragnet2

Stalinists lie. Always


18 posted on 08/17/2018 9:00:52 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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Mister Cuomo told an unplanned truth and shone an inadvertent bright light on his inner, core feelings “We’re not going to make America great again — it was never that great,” This is what Mister Cuomo believes. He thinks that he is sooo much superior to us. (One suspects that he actually hates us.)

Then, as Dems just always, absolutely must always, always do, he lied to try to cover his tracks...

“I want to be very clear: Of course America is great and of course America has always been great,” Cuomo said on a teleconference with reporters.

We know who you are, liar, liar, liar (liar) Mister Cuomo.

And your lies just make you a Democrats' Democrat.

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Liar.

19 posted on 08/17/2018 9:04:50 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
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Ironic.

“Inartful” is not a word, at least according to various dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster.com.

So, Cuomo was being too cute by half in his backtracking.


20 posted on 08/17/2018 9:07:02 PM PDT by TomGuy
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