Friday, August 13, 2010

Sneaky Andy Cuomo Toasts Arrogant Rangel

From Brendan Scott at the New York Post:
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio yesterday unveiled a new ad showing rival Andrew Cuomo trying to slip out of Rep. Charles Rangel's birthday party at The Plaza hotel and ducking questions about his support for the congressman amid his ethical woes.
Lazio claimed that Cuomo, the outgoing attorney general and presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, used an underground subway passage to get in and out of The Plaza on Wednesday to avoid the media waiting outside.
As the 1995 Euro-dance hit "Run Away" plays in the background, the GOP candidate's Web video shows Cuomo walking up subway stairs at the Fifth Avenue/59th Street station with several aides before he emerges onto the street and gets into a waiting vehicle.
A woman with a microphone approaches the Democrat to say, "Sir, tell us about your support for Charlie Rangel." Cuomo refuses to say anything.
The ad, entitled "Runaway," concludes with a headline: "Andrew Cuomo. 29 years as a product of Albany."
The video was shot by a Lazio campaign aide who was tailing Cuomo.
Meanwhile, the day after appearing at the Rangel birthday bash, Cuomo released a 30-second TV ad promoting his "tough, 20-point plan to clean up Albany," including a curb on campaign donations from lobbyists and reforming how lawmakers dole out pork-barrel grants.
The spot features close-ups of average New Yorkers with words such as "disgraceful," "dysfunctional" and "a mess" to sum up their view of the political process. . . .
For this entire story please see the New York Post

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