Cuomo Staff Penned Praises for the Boss – Maziarz reads word for word
So the puppet Maziarz just read the praises for Cuomo? Does he have an original thought when it comes to the issues destroying this state? We know he does with all the politicking going on within his district office and back rooms in Albany.Mr. Maziarz read almost word-for-word 14 sentences from an 18-sentence speech prepared by Mr. Cuomo’s office. He said he thought it had been prepared by one of his own aides.
This is it, controlling the
message and making sure all the legislators that are in your back pocket don’t go off cue, they don’t want the truth coming out as to what is actually going on behind the scenes.
“If you write the text you’re totally controlling the message, and Gov. Cuomo has been particularly cognizant of controlling the message and controlling the flow of information,”As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo toured the state this year to promote his budget plan, local officials greeted him with a chorus of praise on each stop that sounded almost identical.
That wasn’t an accident: Some of their speeches were written by Mr. Cuomo’s staff.
The governor’s aides sent a fully scripted speech to some local politicians and officials scheduled to speak before Mr. Cuomo at the regional budget presentations in January and February. Although they were called “suggested talking points,” at least three officials—a mayor, a state senator and a college president—used nearly identical language as they introduced the governor on three separate dates in different cities.
“Gov. Cuomo has restored a sense of pride, a credibility in New York state government,” Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, a first-term Democrat, told an audience on Jan. 18, before beckoning Mr. Cuomo to the podium.
“Gov. Cuomo has restored a sense of pride and credibility in New York state government,” said state Sen. George Maziarz, a Niagara County Republican at a Jan. 25 event in Buffalo.
“Gov. Cuomo has restored a sense of pride and credibility in New York state government,” SUNY Plattsburgh President John Ettling said at Mr. Cuomo’s Feb. 3 stop on his tour, according to Cardinal Points, a student newspaper. Mr. Ettling’s staff didn’t dispute the quote.
It isn’t unusual for politicians to minimize spontaneity and, therefore, risk at their public events, coaching other participants to stay on message. It is less common to dictate an entire speech for another elected official or speaker who doesn’t work for their administration, said former aides to public officials and political observers.
via Cuomo Staff Penned Praises for the Boss – WSJ.com.
