DON'T LAUGH TOO HARD – AT 8:38 P.M. ET:  I'm always amazed at how dumb some politicians think we are.  Consider the illustrious case of one Andrew Cuomo.

Now, many of you know that Andy is the attorney general of New York State, a state where corruption is as normal as traffic jams.  His father was the three-term governor.  The Cuomos are New York State government.  If New York had a Mount Rushmore, the Cuomos would be all the faces. 

But, er, there's a problem.  New York State government has become a joke.  It has all the credibility of Bill Clinton teaching virginity.  So now Andy is running for daddy's old job, and he's got to figure out how he separates himself from a state government that's been the family business.

So what is Andy touting in a new rush of TV ads?  Why, of course, it's his "tough" (the required word) 20-point plan to clean up state government.  I mean, you watch the ads and you'd think the man had never set foot in the state capital.  Andy, who is state government, is going to go in there with a big broom and clean it up.  Now, we might legitimately ask, if Andy is so concerned, where was the 20-point plan, say, last year?  I get the feeling this "plan" was developed by some campaign aide in about five minutes.

Oh, by the way, where did we last see Andy?  We saw him a few nights ago toasting Charlie Rangel at fast-buck Charlie's big birthday bash in Manhattan.  Let's not risk losing any important support here.

And they wonder why we laugh.

August 13, 2010