Mario Cuomo’s 1984 Convention Speech

Posted by admin on May 15th, 2010 and filed under democratic | 25 Comments »

One of the best rhetorical performances ever given, at a time when people didn’t want to hear it.

Duration : 0:7:48


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25 Responses

  1. Radders123 Says:

    amazing
    amazing

  2. brickman73 Says:

    great speech
    great speech

  3. goldhillkid Says:

    barack obama …
    barack obama couldnt with mario cuomo

  4. MrPontiusPilate Says:

    I agree completely. …
    I agree completely. It’s a terrible shame

  5. ptl1143 Says:

    The Democratic …
    The Democratic party is lost and rapidly moving down the same path as the Republicans: corporate prostitutes.

  6. h4KK Says:

    Watching these …
    Watching these older Democratic party speeches makes me both sad and hopeful – today’s Democratic party has little regard for strong progressives. But if the party leadership believed in these things once before, surely it can return to these positions, someday.

  7. jgrisso07 Says:

    This is why I am …
    This is why I am proud to be a democrat.

  8. klabkebash Says:

    Hey Giuliani backed …
    Hey Giuliani backed this guy in 1994. He voted for a Democrat!!! Then he lost.. such a looser Rudy is..

  9. Keither9 Says:

    king of the hill …
    king of the hill huh?

  10. RichieD814 Says:

    Great speech. …
    Great speech. Reminds me of Michael Corleone a little bit.

  11. davidab23 Says:

    Yep, at least they …
    Yep, at least they got Minnesota… the same place that later gave us Jesse Ventura and Al Fraken.. Way to go Mario!

  12. skieskipper Says:

    wow, i really love …
    wow, i really love this speech… Great rhetorical performance..

  13. manbearpig8402 Says:

    Man, why the …
    Man, why the did Cuomo not run in ‘88?!

  14. hazmat70666 Says:

    Sadly, they “loss” …
    Sadly, they “loss” that election to illiterates.

    The word is LOST.

  15. Triumphit1 Says:

    They loss that …
    They loss that election right

  16. harlem0987 Says:

    1,000,000,000 agree …
    1,000,000,000 agree with ya. And the american dumb wants another bush in office.

  17. harlem0987 Says:

    He was a great GOV …
    He was a great GOV and I hope his son gets elected and clean up New York for good.

  18. harlem0987 Says:

    I hope his son gets …
    I hope his son gets in as governor of New York.

  19. harlem0987 Says:

    Why we don’t have …
    Why we don’t have BRIGHT people like you who’s not quick to kiss and bend over? Wonderful comment you made.

  20. JakeMorrisonMusic Says:

    Brilliant! Where …
    Brilliant! Where are my generation’s RFK’s and Mario Cuomo’s!?! Cmon, we can do better!

  21. kickplus Says:

    god bless the ones …
    god bless the ones that cant afford help and I hope you do feel comfort in your future

  22. fenderboy88 Says:

    Australia has ” …
    Australia has ”boring Kevin Rudd as P.M

  23. youvebeenthunderstru Says:

    The problem with …
    The problem with politics is mainly that the candidates refuse to address the actual issues – one thing Bush was actually good at even if he was an evil satanic president – and just speak rhetoric… nobody has any sense any more, politics has honestly turned into a game.

  24. ro3ox Says:

    Brilliant speech, …
    Brilliant speech, powerful, moving and true.

  25. 1970ralph Says:

    This speech still …
    This speech still rings true, 25 years later.

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