[Magdalen] Mario Cuomo, RIP+

[Jay Weigel]

I've often wondered exactly *why* he chose not to run for president. My
late ex postulated that he might have had something in his past that he
didn't want the press to get hold of......or maybe he just didn't want the
press all up in his private life, -perhaps. In any case, it's too bad he
didn't.

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 4:48 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Governor used to go on the air at WAMC ( one of Albany's NPR stations)
> with Alan Chartock. He talked about anything they wanted to talk about. One
> year, as a means of helping WMAC in its pledge drive, Mario read some short
> stories about events in his life.  The fund drive went virally over the top
> and the talks were made available in a recording.
>
> Reportedly, President Nixon once remarked, "Whenever Mario talks, it's
> poetry. When anyone else talks, it's prose."
>
> Had a few things gone a bit differently, we could be now mourning an
> ex-president. And the country would be enormously better off.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Former Governor of NY died at 82, six hours after his son was inaugurated
> > as Governor.
> > +++
> > Grace & peace,
> > jon
> >
>