Andrew Cuomo plots his revenge

[brooklynite]

Politico

As governor of New York, ANDREW CUOMO was notorious among the Albany press corps for using the media as a tool to inspire fear and sow mayhem. He’d speak to reporters on background as a “senior administration official,” and use that anonymity to defend himself. He’d plant unsavory stories about political opponents. He’d get his aides to carry out his dirty work.

It’s an approach Cuomo plans to continue in life after office.

Playbook has learned that RICH AZZOPARDI — Cuomo’s longtime spokesperson and senior adviser — is the former governor’s first big hire using the $18 million in leftover campaign cash the governor had amassed for his now-defunct reelection campaign — and which he now plans to use to mount a campaign of retribution against his perceived political enemies, including now-Gov. KATHY HOCHUL.

According to a dozen reporters and political aides, during Cuomo’s final two weeks in office, Azzopardi mounted an aggressive last-ditch attempt to salvage the governor’s political career, including:
— Posing as an ally of Hochul’s and suggesting that he was recruiting candidates for her transition — a move that some observers saw as an attempt to test Cuomo aides for loyalty. Senior members of Hochul’s staff say they were unaware of Azzopardi’s outreach and, in the words of one senior aide, view it as “nonsensical.”
— Cold-calling reporters to plant stories about Cuomo’s perceived enemies.
— DMing journalists on Twitter and encouraging them to tweet out messages questioning the veracity of New York A.G. TISH JAMES’ report into the accusations of sexual harassment against Cuomo.
— Serving up background quotes questioning the competence of then-Lt. Gov. Hochul.

[regnaD kciN]

1. I think ANDREW CUOMO needs to SHUT UP and GO AWAY...

Maybe he can share a CONDO with ANTHONY WEINER. What does POLITICO think about that!

[Scrivener7]

2. If someone other than Politico says it, I will consider whether to believe it.

[LiberalFighter]

3. I'm going to question anything positive about Cuomo.

And anything negative about Hochul that does not have the source identified.

[Bristlecone]

4. This reads a bit like a revenge piece itself.

[Budi]

9. It is. Consider the source. See Post #8 below.

The writers of the salacious trash mag, Politico/Politico Playbook will Sell their journalistic souls, if they even have one left to sell...

[Goonch]

5. ;-{)

[Joinfortmill]

6. This is the kind of behavior

That got him into trouble in the first place. He's digging his own grave.

[liberal_mama]

7. I think Cuomo will try to get revenge. I read that biography about him, The Contender.

It wasn't a really flattering portrayal of him.

[Budi]

8. From the desk of Rachel Bade & Ryan Lizza!?

Politico Playbook.

The same Ryan Lizza fired by the New Yorker over sexual misconduct? That Ryan Lizza?
Commenting about ..ahem, Andrew Cuomo? 😄

Rachael Bade, who enlisted Dan Crenshaw as her military specialist on her recent Podcast ? That Rachael Bade?
🙄

Link to tweet

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1st of all Politico has been sold to a Conservative German Newspaper Oligarch.
That makes Politico officially a RW source.
Judging by their 'hard hitting quips" about the Afghanistan crisis & Biden, I'd say these 2 & the rest of Politico/Politico Playbook is finally living up to it's true identity.


Conservative media group Axel Springer is acquiring POLITICO.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215790097

This acquisition now makes Politico/Politico Playbook officially a RW source.