Long before he became governor of New York and dazzled the 1984 Democratic National Convention with eloquent oratory, Mario Cuomo played minor league baseball in Bridgeport, according to a statement he made in Ken Burns’ documentary Baseball. Cuomo passed away on Thursday at the age of 82. This speech placed him on the national stage.
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“Tale of Two Cities,” not Charles Dickens but Mario Cuomo, is still true 30 years later. Cuomo spoke truth to power but this country has a deaf ear.
We lost a great Democrat, a great leader and a great man.
And Andrew is no Mario, for sure.
Great speech. It is clear his son is nothing like him.