I can totally believe it because of our shit society, but also still "can't believe" scumbag Cuomo is going to win...
From what I understand, the absolute most optimistic polls have Cuomo still ahead by 1-2 points, and the worst have him ahead by 15+...
I have no love to shout from the rooftops for, so if I could I'd be shouting "I fucking hate the vast majority of you people."
Our society: "yes we've voted for moronic corruption and self serving greed, but this time it will be different! I mean the other guy is a spooky socialist!!!"
Actually there are more polls coming out that have Mamdani ahead now, still extremely close but I wouldn't call it a guaranteed win for Cuomo. Especially since we're just starting to see the ripple effects from the Mayoral debate and AOC's endorsement.
Important to remember, too, that a lot of those polls make meaningful assumptions about who is likely to turn out, and Mamdani's strategy is pretty zeroed-in on mobilizing registered democrats who ordinarily would not be likely to vote in a primary race.
Cuomo's campaign is extremely traditional and aiming at traditionally active primary voters, so it would be extremely encouraging to see a major race be won by the radical, non-traditional candidate over the traditional establishment one. It would certainly open up the field for 2028, especially against establishment democrats who's main advantage is their safe coalition numbers.
Why would you be surprised? This is the same city that voted for a cop and then was surprised to find out he was corrupt. You have to expect NYC to make the wrong decision.
And then did nothing about it.
"No see this corrupt cop is black, therefore he's going to be okay. Ignore that he's an state-backed abuser no matter his skin tone, as all cops are rotten to the core, he's black so he clearly know what it's like to be beaten to death for being black."
Individually, I tend to like Americans, but as a whole I consider American culture least capable of self-examination / selflessness.
I've lived in several highly multicultural cities and I've traveled far and wide. I can say for sure, thinking is just not an American passtime.
I have a feeling people will interpret the image differently depending on age. To me it looks intentionally altered to have the look and feel of a most wanted photo or a screen grab they'd show on the news in the US when reporting Middle East conflict. Particularly what you'd see in the 90s and early 2000s post 9/11.
Besides the beard his eyes are also made to look very dark.
I'd say the entire color balance of the one on the right was tweaked specifically to remove the sparkle of humanity that can be seen in the one on the left.
It definitely looks like a most wanted photo from that age.
For some reason it's making me think of the old PC game SWAT 2. I think they had mug shots for the terrorist side?
Just in case the Mandani campaign hasn't thought of this pithy phrase yet:
Status Quo-mo/Cuomo.
Looks sillier in writing, sounds a bit less silly when spoken.
My consultancy fee is $0.00, and I donate all proceedes soley to myself.
R's ratfucking an election through shopped fx pics and fake polls? Never heard of it.
This is about the Democratic primary. This is about the Democratic establishment pulling out all the stops against a progressive challenge.
Knocked doors for a city council election. Candidate was a lesbian, not out because even today being gay is a death sentence for a politic career.
The day before the election they sent out an illegal mailing outing her. (And it was fucking vile) She lost.
start Photoshoping cuomo in pictures with pedophiles, murderers, and rapists.
alternative, Photoshop them into pro-nazi propaganda.
when they go hard, you go harder.
fuck em.
NYC always ends electing the worst candidates.
Zohran would have my vote if I lived there.
I'm rooting for Mamdani. He seems like a well-rounded guy. That question framing on why he wasn't vising Israel was the most cultist shit I've ever seen. He gave a good reply.
I don't agree with him that Israel has a right to exist when he was pushed on BDS during the debate.
But any candidate who passes the low low bar of "not financially or militarily supporting Israel" gets a pass.
I think responding to the question with "Israel has a right to exist as a state with equal rights" is the best way he could have phrased it. I know the preferred way for those on the left is "no state has a right to exist," but that's not a sentiment that's going to resonate with liberals, and many would see it as "scary radical wants to burn it all down."
His answer is a clever way of proposing a one-state solution without freaking people out.
Shocker that Creeper Cuomo would stoop to this.
I mean, that just looks like it was blown out to me.
The lengthening is more obvious if you look closely at the left side of the beard.
Not gonna lie, this does not seem intentional to me.
Edited to add, some people misunderstanding me. It does not look to me like they made his beard longer or darker on purpose. It looks to me like there is an effect filter slapped over the top of the photo which is causing blurring, some shadowing, it's also generally low quality, causing it to look "blown out". One part that makes me wonder if this is the case is the "hair gap" in the top left of the original picture.
Basically, rather than assuming the worst that it was intentionally made to look longer or darker for scary reasons, it just looks like bad design to me.
True. Mamdani's beard might have grown while they put the picture in storage.
actual LOL. Now I have water up my nose 😂
Edited my comment for clarity.
"Oops we edited this photo by mistake, and then posted it on our site by mistake too. Silly us, just constant human error and software bugs that benefited us."
I'm not denying that the photo is obviously edited. I was not saying the photo was edited accidentally. I'm repudiating that it was done with the intention of making the beard look longer and darker.
Considering you made this comment after I added my clarification, I have to assume it was made purely in bad faith.
fig pucker.
W/e king you look great. If these alterations trigger them they were past the point of no return anyway.
