How to Earn a Nickname Forever

I dedicate these words to Chris Fredo Cuomo and wish him luck in trying to free himself from his new moniker. Chris is a prominent CNN News Anchor, is paid a good salary and also enjoys fame because his brother Andrew is the current governor of New York State. Andrew won re-election by winning 15 out of 62 counties in the state in his last (and I'm hoping it's really his last) run. Measured by acre, almost 90% of NYS voted against Andrew. Both of them are the progeny of former NY Governor Mario Cuomo, a lackluster politician whom Andrew shamelessly named a new bridge over the Hudson river after recently. Most of us common folk still call it the Tappan Zee bridge for some strange reason.

Both Andrew and Chris seem to be Type A personalities, although Andrew seems to measure his words somewhat better when in public. Occasionally, he lets his guard down as we have seen when he said America will never be great again because it was never that great to begin with. While shocked at that statement, I'm thankful he made it because it will come back to haunt him if he ever seriously runs for the White House.

Chris, er, Fredo seems to have an anger management problem, as seen in his very recent meltdown when somebody dared to call him Fredo in public. Fredo is, of course a reference to the Godfather movie that portrayed him as the weaker son, one who also ended up dead at his younger brothers orders when his disloyalty to the family could no longer be tolerated. We tend to think of Fredo as weak and somewhat feeble-minded; apparently that was enough to trigger Chris Fredo Cuomo into a violent rage, one in which he physically threatened the person who called him that. In the recorded interaction, no physical threat was ever made to Fredo.

Ah, this time you earned the title, Fredo. You could have laughed it off, walked away or simply ignored it. But you chose not to, and you made the mistake of melting down in front of a camera. These famous words will make you Fredo forever, Mr. Cuomo:

I'll fucking ruin your shit. I'll fucking throw you down these stairs.

Nice touch. As expected, CNN stood by him, physical threats and all. But then again, it's CNN aka fake news, and their declining ratings reflect that reality. Cuomo is, of course, posing as  news anchor when he's really a liberal snake-oil salesman parroting the company line. Well, most of the time, save that in which he lets us know he wants to throw somebody down the stairs.

Hey Fredo, Here's a suggestion: Grow some thicker skin. If that doesn't work, take an anger management course, something your bosses at CNN should have immediately signed you up for. And ironically, you went against the liberal screed on safe places, bullying and the like. You melted like the snowflake you are, albeit a "tough guy" snowflake if there ever was one.

But if there is any one thing that is 100% certain to come out of this, it is that you will go to your grave being called Fredo forever.

In this case, it's so fitting. Congratulations, you really earned this nickname. Now when we see it in the news, we'll immediately think of you. Thanks for the laugh,  Fredo.

Oh yeah, right now you're in the lead for my regular blog Stupid Quote of the Week. But it's only Tuesday, and we'll see if anybody opens their mouth with even more stupid words than yours before Saturday.

Good luck, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you'll stay in the lead.