The
Old Coot says enough is enough!
By
Merlin Lessler
This
is a bit petty, but petty is my specialty, so you shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve
had it with Governor Cuomo, bullying his way onto my TV screen, just as the Price
is Right gets to the grand finale. Day after day I watch contestants win, or
almost win, trips, sofas, refrigerators, dining room sets and other goods as
the show moves to a playoff between two contestants. That honor is decided by
spinning a giant wheel. They then try to guess the price of a collection of
“grand” prizes. The one who comes closest to the price, wins. A boat, a car, an
exotic trip, a giant screen TV, luxurious merchandise or whatever was in the
mix that day. Most viewers try to guess the price too. Just like they do when
watching Jeopardy, except you have a chance of getting the correct answer on Price
is Right.
Just
as the drama reaches its peak, Governor Cuomo takes center stage, with details ad-nauseam
regarding the pandemic and justifying his every action. It’s an FDR fireside
chat on steroids. Except, FDR only conducted 30 fireside chats over a twelve-year
period. Cuomo outdid him in one month and pushed Drew Carey aside in the
process. Roosevelt understood the principal, that less is more; Cuomo never got
the memo.
I don’t care what your politics are, you have
to admit, when it comes to Cuomo’s parent to child lectures (we’re the child)
are way overdone. And, sits on his throne with neatly trimmed hair, while the
rest of us go around with a mop on top of our head. And like Trump, he doesn’t
wear a facemask, doesn’t set a good example. It’s become the longest campaign
speech in history. If it was on Netflix, we’d be in season forty-two.
Don’t
get me wrong, It’s Ok with me that you love or hate him, respect his politics
or not. That’s what makes this country great, citizens with different views can
still respect each other, though that virtue has been severely strained over
the past 25 or so years and even more of late. The thing is, we’re overdosed with
pandemic information. There is no evening news; it’s been swallowed by the
media’s fixation on finding and airing every scrap of corona virus data. You
need a college level course in Statistics to get a hint at what they are
talking about. ENOUGH! Have your opinion, pro or con on the Cuomo orations.
Just let me watch my Price is Right!
Comments?
Complaints? Send to mlessler7@gmail.com (I’ll forward
them to the governor)
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